The Coconino sun., 1915-12-24
ACTION TAKEN THAT MAY
 END CLIFTON MINE STRIKE

| iNS9OiiI AiiHoiot DSNs ioSh' <hie WI having had their workmen driven out of the Morenci district where they had gone for the purpose of perform ing assessment work on 40 mining claims they own, and after having been warned by the sheriff of the coun ty that he feared violence if they at tempted to perform the assessment work, the Detroit Copper Mining com pany today filed in the federal court with Judge Sawtelle a bill of com plaint praying for an injunction re- straining the Western Federation of Miners locals at Clifton, Morenci and Metcalf from interfering with their representatives in the performance of the work referred to. Following the filing of the complaint an order to show cause was issued by the court returnable Friday December 24th.
 A telephone message from Phoenix says that Dillon, U. s. Marshall had left there for this city and would assemble group of deputies for the purpose of serving the order to show cause. This work will entail consider able effort for the reason that in addi- tion to the Western Federation organ ization named in the complaint about thirty other defendants are named those who had been active according to the allegations made in interfering with the efforts of the company's worl1men in performing the assess ment work.
 It has been hoped by the company that the application to the federal court would not be necessary. They ! had been encouraged to believe by sheriff Cash of Greenlee county that the work would be permitted without the workmen being molested and on the suggestion of the sheriff Frank Mclean accompanied by several shift bosses went to Morenci from Duncan ready to undertake the necessary work They were met at Morenci by the sheriff and informed that he had been in error in telling them that they would not be molested and on the con- trary he stated it to be his opinion that if the work was undertaken it would result in violence to their per sons.
 i The worlmen representing their company were then taken to Newtown which is settlement near Morenci, the headquarters in the strike district of the Western Federation of Miners, and were informed by the officials of | the unions that the Detroit Copper Mining company nor any of it's work men would not be permitted under any circumstances or at any price to perform the assessment work which was necessary to be done if the com pany was to protect its title to their unpatented mining claims. The com pany's workmen then made an appeal directly to the individual strikers but were told that the answer of their organizations officials was their an swer.
 The complaint filed today sets out in detail the description of the min ing claims and describes at length the depredations committed by the de- fendant's during the last two months and since the strike was called by Guy Miller the executive committeeman of the Western Federation. A tempo rary writ of injunction restraining and prohibiting the defendants from and destroy their property is asked for, and following hearing upon the complaint permanent injunction is asked.
 It is generally believed here that the action taken today marks the be- ginning of steps which will work the end of the Clifton Morenci strike. A large majority of the workmen for merly employed by the company are destroying or damaging the property of the plaintiff or from soliciting, ad- vising or melting others to damage now living at the Duncan refugee col ony which has been maintained at the expense of the mining companies and the workmen remaining at Clifton al- though minority are now the only hindrance to work being resumed in the district. Their alleged acts of depreciation in violation of law which the county authorities have been un- able to carb it is now thought will be brought to stop by the federal authorities. The hearing on next Fri day is being anticipated with interest.
 Returned to Owner
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