Arizona republican., 1916-12-07
HERE SAY SCALE Is
 NUT ADVANCED

William Kasavan, w. H. Culberson and John $. Dodson, representatives or the striking carpenters of the New tOrneha Mining Company. arrived in town yesterday and desired to make a statement of their side of the con troYersy. and in behalf of the other crafts at the mine which are now out. Mir. Kasavan was the spokes- man of the party. Regarding the sliding scale, he said, that the work there had been under that scale on q oasis of copper at 24 cents a pound, and he said that the same Wages were paid there then that were paid at Bisbee and Douglas. But when copper rose the scale at Aio remain ed unchanged. though 1t was raised at Bisboe and Douglas
 Tho wages Of carpenters at Ajo al that time had been $4.50 a day After the carpenters there organized. there was an increase to $5 q day, and at the same time all wages had been advanced. but not on the sliding scale. for the same kind of labor now brings $650 q day ai Douglas and Risbee.
 Among the grievances of the men, said Mr. Kasavan was the high cost of living at Aio. where he says one Icannot live on less than Sl0 or Sis month. and does not live very well tscn
 The Mexicans and the Indians em- ployed there te said were paid from S9 to S2.5n day. and at the end of tho month most of them had not more than g. or S3 left and many had not even enough to meet their monthly bills for the most frugal living The fact that two days after ! tE st4ttf ffa i Ind to support from 800 to zoo men ! who had gone out, was proof that ! thev mad been unable tp lay up any thing. said Mir. Kasavan.
 Mir KasdVan said that another grievance was that there was dis examination between union and nom nnion labor that some of the union men had been discharged for heinz
 members of the union. and that the frs. committee that waited on the management of the company to pre- sent the demands or the men. had been discharged from the employ
 ment Of the company
 Afr Kasavan made the follow ing ,chronc logical statement of the eVenfs
 that led up to the strike. "A specin
 meeting of the carpenters was called for November 20. and 1 was elected l vice president of No l.723. Tn, electricians asked for the floor fol ten minutes. and moved for the ap- pointment of joint committee t' demand an increase of wages. w,
 did not agree to the joint commit
 tee. but proceedod in different way
 The next day the ma nagement called on the electricians individually. Tho men were asked to withdraw then
 demands and were threatened witt discharge 1T they did not The cleo ificiaus declared strike tfat night and q men went out That night was discharged for being union man H. Burghart. another member Was discharged and the anger of the local was raised. We called q special meeting for Wednesday night and committee was apointed to ask the management to reinstate us. The committee was turned down and two members of 1t Were discharged.
 The Douglas Bisbee scale was de- nied hut the managcmcnt offered 70 treat with ;hc men individually. On Thursday a general strike was cali cd and she American members Of the union now have from 5nO to s01 men to feed. II costs about S1j0 d day. We are ceiling upon the public for aid, and ask that supplies. any thing in the way of food. he sent to either MT Thatcher or Alr. Grow. of Ajo
 Mir. Dodson showed telegram hc had jus. received rom George swa1- union. saying that the iron workers and lead burners went out yesterda, morning.