The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-07-13
CONTIN INUES WITH END NOT
 IN SIGHT
Where is Joseph F. Myers? His Coming to the District Appears In- definite-Stationary Engineers Pass Resolution Requesting Further Ne gotiations.
All quiet along the Frisco

All qGlet along the FrlScO-
 The above brief statement sums up in a nutshell the strike situation in the Clifton-Morenci district at the close of te second week of strike of the Mine, Mill and Smeltermen Union officially called by Jno. l.. Donnelly. President of the Arizona State Feder- ation of Labor, on Saturday night June 30th resulting in d complete par alysis of the copper industry in this section, effecting five thousand em- ployees, curtailing the production of S,O0O,00O pounds of copper monthly, and costing the employees in wages alone at the rate of s14O.000 per week
 Where is Jos. F. Myers, Federal Mediator of the Department Of Labor?
 That is the question asked several times each day by business men and company employees and at the time of going to press nobody in this dis trict appears to know where he is or when he is coming to the district-if he ever comes.
 A copper company official when asked where MT. Myers was and i when he was expected here, replied: He may be in New York or Hong Kong, China. so far as we know and since last heard from in Houston, lShdS, Wt nave uOI DGeH duNlS6Q or his movements.
 A prominent labor leader. when preached on the same subject. was where MT. Myers is or when he is coming to the district The mine managers asked him to come here, we didn't"
 1 With the coming of the Federal Mediator rather indefinite, to say the least. according to the above state ments. it appears that the srike situ- ! atlon here is a game of wait.
 | It is no secret that the mine mana gers of the district are making prep arations for long shut down. It is reported that employees of the Phelps Dodge Corporation (Morenci branch) who were leaving for a vacation were | told to stay as long as they liked; that there was no immediate prospect of an early resumption of operation by that company. At the same time 1 it is well to bear in mind that the net profits of The Arizona Copper Com pany. Ltd, having it's general offices in Edinburgh, Scotland are compara- lively small, after paying the war tax in both Great Britain and the United States. The conclusion should not be drawn, however, that the companies are not anxious and willing to resume operations. That they were willing to continue operations was evidenced by the reply given the District Griev- ance Committee on the eve of the strike and we are strongly of the opinion that if the Grievance Commit l tee had been authorized to continue negotiations until the arrival of MT
 Myers, who wired requesting post
 ronement of the strike. that the situ- ation could have been adjusted satis- factorily to all concerned
 1 The only new development reported this week was the action of the sta tionary engineers. It is stated on
 good authority that at a meeting of
 the local union of this craft in the | district this week communication
 was received from the national head quarters of this organizat ton refusing it's endorsement of strike of this
 craft in the district, on penalty of for l feiting their charter, Whereupon resolution was introduced and adopted requesting the District Grievance Com mittee to reopen negotiations with
 the managers. It was further stated that this action by the stationary en- gineers would be followed by other craft locals in the district.
 President DonnelIy, of the State Fed
 ation of Labor. returned to the district this week from Phoenix and Globe, where he had a conference with | Governor Campbell at the latter place Sheriff Wheeler Takes Action l On Thursday in Bisbee Sheriff Wheeler deputized more than thous and citizens as deputy sheriffs and after posting proclamation that all
 |. w. W. agitators and sympathfz- CTS would be considered as vagrants
 and enemies of the government. pro- ceeded to round up twelve hundred
 IT. w. w. strikers, marched them to
 the baseball park at Warren, d near
 by suberb, where a special train COIL 1 sisting of twenty-four cattle cars was in readiness, loaded the I. w. w. fol