The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-01-28
Other classes of labor in proportion.
 The End in Sight.

Other classes of labor in proportion.
 The End in Sight.
 Upon the return of Henry Hill and Reece Webster from Fl Paso on January 9th bearing the statement from the managers, and following a conference with Sheriff Cash, also former employees who had served in an official capacity during the strike, a persistent rumor was in circula- tion that the end of the strike was iin sight.
 Sheriff Cash and Messrs. Webster and Hill continued their efforts dur ing the week toward an acceptance of the proposition submitted by the managers. An objection was raised by the strikers to the importation of the former employees who had been in the company camp at Duncan. At meeting held in the district on Monday the 17th inst, the men ac- cepted the proposition from the man. agers with the proviso that the refu- gees from Duncan should not be brought to the district until a con ference between the strikers and the managers had been concluded, said conference to begin within fif- l teen days after operations had been resumed. This proviso was wired the managers and promptly refused. Later in the week as a result of the efforts of the mediators the proviso was amended, agreeing to the re- turn of the refugees provided they were moved in gradually and not brought to the camp immediately in a body. This proposition was pre- sented to the managers last Friday and while awaiting. a response Mes sers. Davies and Myers, the two representatives of the Department of Labor, who have spent the past ten weeks in an investigation of labor conditions here, arrived in the dis trict
 The investigators arrived in Fl Paso from a trip to the east where they accompanied MT. Powell, who assisted in the organization of the district at the beginning of the strike. MT. PowelPs mission to the east was to secure financial assistance to pro- long the strike, but met with fail ure. Upon the arrival of Messers. Davies and Myers at Fl Paso they called upon the mine managers
 ha statement made, to Messrs. Hill and Webster and at the same time were informed of the efforts already made by them to bring about settlement of the strike. The investigators re- turned to the Sheldon Hotel and af- ter going over the statement from the managers, and being fully in formed as to the financial condition
 of the strikers, and the refusal of
 labor organizations throughout the
 country to support same, again called upon the managers and informed them that they (the investigators)
 were ready and willing to advise and
 urge the former employees of the
 companies to accept the proposition.
 Upon this statement from the investi gators the managers requested them to proceed to Clifton at once.
 Upon their arrival here Messrs. Davies and Myers went into con- ference with Messrs. Hill and Web. , ster, Sheriff Cash, and former en- ployees who were on strike, with the result that mass meetings were
 called in the district for last Sunday : and Monday in Clifton, Morenci and | MetcaIf to listen to statement from the Federal Tnvestiga tors and take a vote CT the Hin-Webster proposition from the managers.
 The Mass Meetings.
 5 On Sunday afternoon the Princess
 Theatre was crowded to the doors by former em2loyess Of the Shannon and Arizona Copper Co. Ltd. ., residing 5 in Clifton, to listen to the Federal In r vestigators.
 . John L. Donelly, Vice-President oi
 the State Federation of Labor, who
 has been directing the strike since
 the expulsion of the Western Feeder [ ation of Miners, was the first speaker MT Donelly told the men that he hat 3 been over the proposition submitted through Messrs. Hill and Webster, ? that the matter was one for settle ment by the men themselves, and tha he would not advise them one wa! 0 or the other. He said the weapon O ? starvation had been used in thi:
 strike and that his hearers knew how 0 many notches they had been compell
 ed to draw in their belts. He was O