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 Gaher Here for Hearing.
 Contrary to expectations the Fed eral Investigating Commission, ap- pointed by President Wilson to in- vestigate industrial disturbances on the Pacific coast and in the south west did not arrive in the district this week as expected.
 The Commission, who originally in- tended to spend two days in the Globe Miami district, have now been there two weeks. According to ad- vices received in Clifton the latter part of the week the Commission is positively to arrive in Clifton on Monday next, coming overland from Stafford after holding a meeting with the farmers and business men of Graham county, at that place, and a similar meeting with the farmers and business men of Duncan, in this county.
 While in Globe the Commission practically spent the entire first week in listening to statements of repre- sentatives of organized labor in that district. All the officials of the local unions appeared but most of the time was consumed in hearing the grievances, real or imaginary, of the Globe and Miami miners unions as represented by George D. Smith and Secretary Barnes.
 After concluding the hearing with the representatives of organized la bor, the Commission listened to statements from workmen now en- pioyed by the mining companies of the Globe-Miami district and who are not on strike. During the first part of the present week the Commission in vited the mine managers of the dis trict into conference and at last ac- count the Commission was engaged in hearing the merchants and the public in general
 According to published reports the casual reader draws the conclusion that the miners in the Globe Miami district, who went out on strike three months ago, are willing to re- turn to work, in body, and leave the adjustment of their demands to the decision of the Commission, pro- vided the mine managers will like wise agree to this arrangement.
 While all the hearings of the Com mission have been behind closed doors it is generally reported that the mine managers submitted to the Commission that the mines were at present being operated on a reduced scale by workmen who had refused to obey the strike order, and others who had since applied for work, and that the managers could not see their way clear to displace these men hv thise who had gone out on strike. This situation appears to be the chief stumbling block which the Con- mission. for the past several days. has been trying to. overcome.
 Contrary to the opinion entertained in some quarters the Commission is not clothed with authority to order one side or the other to comply with their opinion or decisions regarding any industrial dispute. Their mis- sion appears to be one of investiga ton. and attempted conciliation, and failing in this, the testimony with the recommendations of the commission, are to be submitted to President Woodrow Wilson.
 After having been in Globe several days the Commission sent the follow ing telegram to the Committee on Public Information at Washington and the telegram was printed in the Official Bulletin under date of Oct 18th as follows::
 'The Presidents labor commission. sent to the Southwest and the noun tain region, has. concluded the hear / ing of the side of the striking miners in the Globe Miami copper district of Arizona. The commission was erati- fed to hear that the State leader of the strikers and President Mover. of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers, have unreser- vedly placed the adjustment of the Arizona labor difficulties into the hands of the commission with an un- conditional agreement to abide by anvi decision the commission may make for the maintenance of peaceful la bor relations in Arizona. at least dur ing the period of the war
 Operators Side Being Heard.
 "The Commission is now hearing the side of the operators, and when the side is concluded and the views Of other parties interested in the commissions inquiry are submitted the commission will begin the task Of formulating a plan of settlement through the cooperation of all inter- ested parties. which it is hoped will satisfy all sides and thus give the Nation the copper it needs under just conditions of employment.
 The striking unions concluded the presentation of their case to the commission by making an unqualified offer to go back to work Immediately upon the agreement of the operators to sumbit the dispute to arbitration hy the commission. and to continue at work pending the arbitrati The strikers expressly stated that they were eager to do away with any de- lay which would in the least hold up the normal production of copper for