Arizona republican., 1916-01-25
Over Five Thousand Men, Out Since September II, Are Expected to Return to Work Next Week Fol lowing Vote Taken
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 CLIFTON, Ariz., Jan. 24-The strike of 5,0OO miners in the three copper districts of Clifton, Morenci and Met calf, Arizona, which began September II last, was definitely terminated to- night when the former employees of the three operating concerns, the Ar izona, Detroit and s harmon copper companies, voted unanimously to re- turn to work under the proposition of tered by the managers of the three companies on January s. Operations. suspended since the strike began, probably will be resumed next week.
 Under this proposition the com panles recognize no union, but will introduce sliding scale of pay. under which the miners will receive, at the present price of copper $341 per day. Carpenters will be paid B per day. machinists and boilermakers $5.31 and labOrers $2.50. grievance committee will meet the mine managers once month to discuss and adjust griev- ances
 It developed today that the strike, which was called by Guy Miller. an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners, was not authorized by that organization and that no assessments ever were levied by that or any other organization for the support of the strikers. Financial assistance.was ren- dered only by miners of the state. principally those of Miami
 There was no question of a shorter day The Arizona law provides that men shall not work underground more than eight hours a day The proDo- sition presented by the company man agers merely extended the sliding wage scale to include copper at 24 cents per pound. Prior to the strike the scale stopped increasing after copper reached twenty cents
 The strike which ended today was remarkable in various ways. There was practically no violence, a cir cumstance for which the temperance interests gave credit to the Arizona prohibition law. The miners did their own policing, and as deputy sheriffs sworn in by Sheriff James G. Cash, of Greenlee county, aided in guarding the property worth millions. of the employers, whom they were fighting For the first time probably in the history of mine camp labor troubles there was no blOOdshed
 State militia, in varying numbers were on duty for almost the entire period of the strike. and in this par ticular also, the strike violated Drec- edents. The state soldiers were re- ceived with open arms by the strikers
 On number of occasions. non- union men were beaten, but the strikers declared that they acted only after great provocation. A large number of men who refused to join the unions formed in each of the three camps were invited to leave and they entered a refugee camp at Duncan, 30 miles south of here On another occasion, the windows of the Arizona Copper COmpany's general offices were broken. But these were | the only breaches of order.
 Soon after the strike began, J. W. Bennie Norman Carmichael and NJ. | H. McLain, managers of the oper- | ating companies boarded a locomo- 1 tive and left for Fl PasO to which city the strikers sent several dele cations to treat for peace. without result
 | The strike was called after a period of organization work by Miller, Gu tierreZ de Lara, a Mexican radical and others. Although a large major | ity of the strikers were MeXicans, and they worked in harmony with their fellows of other nationalities. The strikers almost immediately | abandoned their demand for recogni- tion of the Western Federation ot l Miners. They successively aban-
 doned all other claims except that ot l higher pay finally accepting the proposition of the managers to return
 to work and discuss grievances after l ward.