The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-01-14
WESTERN FEDERATION
 ELIMINATED IN DISTRICT

ployees, composed of approximately a thousand men, said the workingmen of this district should be proud of their efforts, extending over four long months, for the principle of organiza> tion. MT. Donelly stated that this was the vital principle at stake-the right of workingmen to sell their la bor collectively, a right guaranteed to them under the constitution of their country.
 Commenting upon the remuneration of the Western Federation of Miners, which action had been taken by the mass meeting a few minutes earlier, the speaker told the men that by their action they were adjusting themselves to a condition which probably would bring about a settle ment.
 The speaker called attention to the interests of the public at large and the loss experienced by them in the present controversy as well as the employer and employees. Citing the fact that the Western Federation of Miners, as an organization, was to- day and had been the stumbling block towards a settlement, MT. Donelly said the men had now shown a will ingness to eliminate any organization in order to bring about settlement, but we. demand the right of organi- zation as workingmen for the better ment of our condition and we invite the managers now to meet with us face to face across the conference table,"
 We have now withdrawn the ob- jectionable feature insisted upon by the managers and the message we send to them today is that the time has come to act and in an effort to bring about a settlement we call up on the citizenship of Greenlee county and the citizenship of the State of Arizona for their assistance and CO., operation. Unless a settlement is effected now this strike will undoubt- edly be prolonged"
 Citing the difference in the wage scale in, the Miami district and the Clifton district the speaker stated that with copper selling at nineteen cents per pound miners in the Cliff ton district received s2 -S1 per day while miners at Miami received $4 b per day and that the difference in the price paid muckers was $2.11 cents per day in favor of Miami. The speaker also stated that when cop per advanced one cent per pound employees in the Miami district re- ceived an advance of 12 cents per day while in this district the slid ing scale was so arranged that the employees only received an advance of cents per day.
 Resenting the imputation that he was an agitator MT. Donelly called attention to the fact that fourteen years ago he was a resident of Clifton and worked on the converters at the old A. c. shelter and had been a miner and prospector in Arizona ever since.
 i Charters Shipped by Express On Wednesday afternoon in the presence of Theo. Holingsworth, w. S. Bradfield, S. F. Await, J. c. and seals of the three local Western Federation of Miners unions were taken to the express office and ship ped to the Secretary of the Western Federation of Miners at Denver, Colo.
 Following this action the men have Iassumed an expectant attitude await ing some communication from the mine managers at Fl Paso. Assur- ance of protection with an entire ab- sence of parades or demonstrations should the managers see fit to return to the district have been sent to the managers by the union executives and other citizens of the district.
 Yawp from Harris.
 Phoenix, Jan 12-Col Harris, head of the state militia, when in formed yesterday evening of the ac- tion of the Clifton district miners in withdrawing from the Western Feder- ation of Miners, said:
 GsrrI, ;1 I:o as to whether the action of the men in pulling away from the Western Federation of Miners will hasten the termination of the present strike. The mine owners have all along held that they would refuse to treat with the strikers as long as the latter were af- filiated with the Western Federation Of Miners, but there has always been disposition on the part of the men to believe that even if they did cut loose from the big organization, the managers would still refuse to make any concessions to them. The basic principle at the bottom of the trouble lis not ahy utilization which the miners might have, but only the question of whether or not the mine owners will pay fair wages, and unless these wage compromises are met, the strike will continue indefinitely. However, the men are drawing away from the federation in an effort to remove any cause or excuse which the managers might have toward a settlement, and now that they have taken this action, it is up to the owners to make good their promises. D
 John L. DoneIIy's Statement.
 Vice-President John l.. Donelly, in an interview with an Era representa- tive on Friday afternoon, stated:
 When the workmen of this district finally agreed to renounce their al Ilegiance to the Western Federation of Miners, as demanded by the mine managers as preliminary to a set clement of the present strike, I had little faith that the managers would