Arizona republican., 1916-12-26
ODD PHASES
 AJO STRIKE
Especial to The Republican,

I.lStofN Oi iabOT disputes IT. recent years,
 Twelve hundred mon were on the pay roll when the walk out was called. The company was taken by surprise. So were the great majority of the em- ployes all drawing top union wages for construction>work. In the first confus- sion among the men, many dropped their work For few days operations were at low ebb, but the, fact remains that no delay passed in which the con- struction work did not proceed.
 Along with the continuance of work and the steady recuperation of the 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 a single eviction has been made from the properties of the company.
 But thirty persons have been ar rested in connection with the labor differences in the month of their dura- ten.
 Of those arrested, sixteen were dis missed with warnings, eight were held To the superior court and four were fined in the court of Justice Mairs.
 The total fines thus assessed was but s9o, the highest $50. for an az SrlVated case of gun packing, one of SEQ for gun packing, the defendant pleading guilty, with a ten day jail 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 persis- faly ypff fInfv md f., uagc toward men who continued to work. These were the only women arrested. They were discharged upon aVerrinS that they had not understood that they were committing an offense in defying the orders of the officers ana on promising not to repeat the offensc charged. Between the time of their arrest and discharge, they had been at liberty under bond.
 Careful observation of the justice os the court and of the conduct Of officers of the sheriff. together with observation of the conduct of the men continuing at work aud the men re- manning 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 rart of court or officers nas been complete: that there has been very great patience and .ef- fort exercised to deal justly and fair ly. and to impress uEon both s.dss the need uf self-restra int. court and officers setting the example for this. tfat Of the total arrests 90 per cen. We're men in the employ of .he com- pany who broke restraint and were charged with overt acts against pick cts solng to and from work the per centaSe establishing that the author lties play no favori.es.
 That the company officials have worked hard to hold their men iron! resentment by word or blow Of picket line methods: that the labor leaders have from time to time promised 10 work In harmony with the officers 10 the end of preventing the picket hne from running to abuse, and that on number of days the picket line has been absolutely free from cpithets 0! any kind toward tie workers and rom interference with them, oondi- uons in themselves most uncsnal in labor differences
 That. although Sheriff Forbes has had but fifteen deputies in the dis trict, these men having three towns and a large area of territory in be- tween to cover on which a great deal of structural work Of all kinds is llf progress, not to mention the morning and evening picket over the roads ir winch all of the unemployed partics- pate. not d dollars worth of propertg damage has been done and but on. man has been hurt, and he not sui. 1lciently to prevent his appearing against his picket assaiiants the same evening
 At this time it appears that the period is over in which violence might De expected The Mexican element associated with reports of plans for t raid directed by NilIista leaders rom Sonora, has bcen tanled by the presence of United States troops and IS no longer a menace to the order liHess which it is to be assumed the American leaders in the lockout move ment found slipping away from thein despite their efforts. The latter were comhated by both the Mexicans anI q dangerous element composed of l. W. N-s, yegSmen and unrulv hobos of the character who drift to ;,ll scenes of labor trouble and who com pose the greater number of Ame-i- cans here who are not at work aud are associated with the strike camp. 5nt they are no longer able to stir the aleXicans here to biavado Their presence IS not agreeable to most of thc American wor3unen vet remain ing out, who not only feel that with the Mexican association thcv arr q menace tc all safety. but who also resent tho expenditure of funds for their keep. As one man expressed ii:
 The money vas subscribed not for the plilpcSc of feeding us with cattle or for feeding them. but for leriti mate uses of legitimate worxingrner.
 Should ihe surmise, based upon recent quiet. that the trouble. period IS o'er prove correct, there will have been remarkable record indeed made The 31 arrests during the nnontli arc already in excess of the q normal month in the precinct, fall ing lower. in fact. than some months in this year
 pn the industrial side there have been hardly less notable conditions The company has received applic.s- tons from and reinstated without question former employees until it now has T total daily force of ever TOO men engaged on construction.
 r Americans who were employed wren the svalk-out was ordered there are not mere than 100 remaining in Inc district who have nat returned tc work. This is believed q liberal fisurc. Most of these are broad in their assertions that they want to re4 turn 10 work. that q strike was wholly uncalled for and unjustified: nut tiley take the ground that as long as there is the slightest question as io loyalty to union law preventing their going back to work, they wia not do so.
 On this question of union law there IS tanglo. By a portion of the
 inion beads of the country it ha, hcef1 made trlapifcst that ;, cl-;lr,