Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-31
Strikers Have Now Been Out at New Cornelia for One
 Month-Work Is Going on in Spite of Efforts to Stop It.
SOME POINTERS HAD
 ON STATUS OF AFFAIR
Danger of Mexican Trouble Has Abated and American l. w. W.'s Who Stirred Up Trouble Not Well Liked.
(By A. Ealjean)

AJO, Ariz.. Dec BOA month ago the employees of the Cornelia Copper Go. were called upon to walk out. Occurrences in the interim provide one of the most remarkable stories in the history of labor disputes in re- cent years.
 Twelve hundred men were on the pay roll when the walk-out was called. The company was taken by surprise. So were the great majority of its em- ployees. all drawing top-wages for con- struction work. In the first confusion among the men. many dropped their work. For fesy days operations were no day passed in which the construc- tion work did not proceed.
 Along with the continuance of work and the steady recuperation of ths construction forces during the month [ that has .intervened. there are out standing these very exceptional facts as related to strikes and strike meth ods:
 Not a single new worker has been imported by the company.
 Not single eviction has been made from the properties of the company. But 31 persons have been arrested in connection with the labor differ ences in the month of their duration.
 Of those arrested. 16 were dismissed with warnings. eight were held Q the superior court aud four were fined in the court of Justice Nairs. The total of fines assessed was but s90. the highest $50. for an aggravated case of gun packing. one of s20 for gun pack ing. the defendant pleading guilty, with a ten days sentence attached. and two of s10. each for disturbing the peace through the use of abusive language. Three cases are yet to come to hearing.
 Of the total number arrested, two were women, both married. who per sisted in picketing and in abusive lan- guage toward men who continued at work. These were the only women arrested They were discharged upon averring that they had not understood that they were committing an Sffense defying the orders of officers, and on promising not to repeat the offense charged. Between the time of their arrest and discharge. they had been at liberty under bond.
 Careful observation of the justice court and of the conduct of officers of the sheriff. together with observation of the conduct of the men continuing at work and the men remaining out, made without prejudice and after mingling freely among the men on both sides. leads to these conclusions:
 That the absence of any taint of persecution on the part of court or of fcers has been complete; that there has been very great patience and ef- fort exercised to deal justly and fairly. and to impress upon both sides the need of self restraint. court and ofi- cers setting the example for this: that of the total arrests 30 per cent were men in the employ of the com pdny, NnO DTOhe TeSttdihl anu "cfo charged with overt acts against pick cts going to and from work. the per centage establishing that the authort- ties play no favorites.
 That the company officials have worked hard to hold their men from resentment by word or blow of picket line methods; that the labor leaders have from time to time promised to work in harmony with the ofhcers to the end of preventing the picket line from running to abuse. and that on number of days the picket line has been absolutely free from epithets of any kind toward the workers and from interference with them. conditions in
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