El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-09

u ECLARING positively that JAey
ID E.I not rssaEo 70 he -s 55lsS
men and asserting further that they
must be assured that all influence Of
the Western Federation Of Miners has
been removed from the appointment
OF any committee with which they ne
gOtiate the mine managers today ad-
dressed two letters TO Gov. @. W p
Hunt, OF Arizona.
The managers. by inuendo. assaH the
good faith Of the governor IN some OF
lis past acts towards them and inform
him that ne must come clean be
fore the strike can be discussed with
q view TO settling it,
The letters are signed by the Arizona
Copper company, limited Norman car
michael general manager. the Detroit
CopDer Mining company Of Arizona, NJ
H Mclean, general manager, and the
Shannon Copper company, by D. w
Bonnie, general manager, and were
relegraphed to the governor at noon
Saturday Two letters We're sent
The mana ayers assert a willingness 10
meet @ committee Of their own en-
ployes in FL Paso to discuss the situa-
ton, providing the employees are sent
without any connection with the
Western Federation.
Governor Is Blamed
The first letter TO Gov. HUNT was as
follows.
we have received your letter or
October 9TH, addressed TO the three
managers Of the copper mining compa-
MES in the Cliftou-MOrenci district. IN
which preliminary 20 Its further con-
tents you take advantage OF the Op-
pOrtuniLy TO characterize our departure
from the CliftOn-Morenci district as
unjustified by conditions affecting Ell
Their our welfare or our safety and as
spectacular
Governor Hunt, you, by your inflam-
matory speeches and open suggestions
I'D q
reach an agreement with the strikers
IN our camps, and by your open and
encouraging affiliations with the lead
ers Of the Western Federation Of Min
ers in private and upon the streets and
public places Of our respective camps,
while you were there, were largely
the cause of our being compelled 10
withdraw from the affected district
The Sheriff and the Mob.
Further IL was perfectly evident
that the sheriff Of the county was IN
able TO give adequate protection out !
side OF the county Jail TO individuals !
whose presence in the district gave Of /
tense TO the leaders and supporters OF I
the Western Federation Of Miners ana /
that the procedure followed by the mob
was To single out individuals Tor sub
and when a certain stage in the pro-
ceedings had been reached, the sheriff !
or his deputies would remove the vic (
tins from the hands Of the mob and /
incarcerate him in the jail or sheriffs (
office for protection.
Recall Their Departure.
I'VE would further say in reference I
TO your remarks on this subject that !
the only spectacular features connected !
with our departure We're the hot pur- |
suit by the sheriff and his deputy, |
Franz. and the beating up Of the en-
Eineer and fireman by q mob OF West !
ern Federation strikers on their re- /
turn to Clifton
You state that our actions were 1
wholly u1justified b conditions af- {
fectinE our welfare and safety in the !
CliEIou-NOrenci mining district. ana 4
You further state that you cannot ad- /
nit that our alleged apprehension had /
any actual foundation in fact
Citizens Driven Out.
we consider it fair TO measure your
assurance and your expressed opinion
on that subject with your opinion and
your assurance so solemnly given us !
that law and order have now been 4
restored and that the situation in the I
CHftOn-Norenci district is now well IN
der control Of the sheriff. while II is
= notorious fact. necessarily known to !
you and the public generally that at
the very time you were writing US
such assurance and for days before and /
since, hundreds Of our best citizens