The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-12-08

obtain and maintain industrial peace if
the war is to be brought to the quick
esq possible successful conclusion and
ficed. The president Mt incubation SON. CON-
mission is charged rather with help
ing to secure peaceful industrial re.
lations for the future than to sit in
But it is impossible to make for peace
in the. future unless the occurrences
of such instances as the l3isbee de-
porta atoms are avoided. The future
cannot be safe,guarded against such
statement is made of the facts sur
rounding the Brsbee deportation and
an understa nding is had Of the condi-
t1nS which bresgh fd it about fh
Of all in their future conduct. Such
candor is also necessary because if the
truth be authoritatiyely set forth,
there will be no basis for any misrep.-
ignorance Or design.
The presidents mediation commits
sion has therefore deemed it duty
thorough and 0i IMPARTIAL e Snndstase
ton of the facts surrounding the de-
portations of the 18th of July and the
practices which have been pursued
since the deportation by officials and
ing the representatives Of the differ
emit elements involved in the deporta-
ton. both official and private, the
presidents mediation commission
rem district on June rs, 1917, to be ef-
fective the following. day. While un-
d dovtns the men sincerely felt that
ton by the companies, having regard
to the conditions in this district and
the governments need for its copper
production, the grievances were not OF
fn hoH S,,~< ;@l 49,
strike. Here as elsewhere there was
however ,>no machinery for the adjust
ment of difficulties between the COM
n pa and the men which, provided for
ances by some. authoritative disinter-
ested tribunal in which both the com.
panies and the men had confidence
and before which they had an equal
claims: This is q Fundamental diff:
that may arise in this district, and
here as in the other mining camps in
mediation commission a plan has beer
worked out establishing such ma
chinery whereby in the future a,
least during the period OF. the war
derby, Impartial process, and the resort
to- strike or lockout will be wholly
without foundation.
go Many Of those. who went out and
Of the strike, but supported it. as i
common among working men, because
Of their general loyalty to the cause
represented by the strikers and their
estimation, as well as in the minds OF
fellow workers, as "scabs."
g., Shortly. after the strike wa.
f fhh1lsd; the ne Sheriff of the county
quested the aid of federal TROOPS. ROOFS III a
request was based on the fact thai
the state militia had been drafted into
the federal service and the state there.
protection. Governor Campbell recon-
mended to the secretary of war thai
an immediate investiga ton of the sit.
'nn at Bisbee be made by a regu'
tain the need Of troops. The COVER
nor's recommendation was followed
and an investigation of the. situation
n IN B,soee c was made by an experienced
on June 3oth and again on July 2nd
and after both Investigations the of.
flcer reported that everything was
peaceable and that troops were neither
conditions.
90 That the conditions in Bisbee
we were IN TACT peaceful and free from
any m u; of disorder or viol:
citizens, as well as Of officials of the
city and county, who are in g. positinr
TO report accurately and speak with.
out bias.
90 Early on the morning of July
18th the sheriff and a large armed
force presuming to act as deputies
under the sh Had authority, compris.
men % the 2S99 men, rounded
aboard train, and carried them tc
ties at Columbus refused to permit
f fasSe IN n. charge Of the deportation to
carried them back to the desert town
-of Hermanas, New Mexico, nearby
M STATEN; The deportees were whollS
water and shelter for two days. AT
Hermanas the deported men were
abandoned by the guards who had
b DR.? them and they were left ia
was brought to the attention of The
war department, and on July IA the
deportees were escorted by troops to
Columbus, New Mexico, where they
until the middle Of Of se aa @Serrn"sn'
Of the dcportsd men 1ss were native native
% Torn 4Ss were citizens 81
draft law, and 43s were married. OF
the foreign born, over 20 nationalitfe.
were we represented including 141 Brit
mans mans e and Austro- Hungarians (othe1
60 The deportation was carried out
under the sheriff of Cochise county
1t was formally decided upon at a
meeting meet Of citizens on the night OF
ayers and other officials of the Cor.
per Queen zee Consolidated Mining com
per Queen division) and the Calume,
e., Arizona Mining company. Those
ton purposely abstained from con.
s SUI IIs;. a6o9t their plans either with
or the law officers Of the state OF
county; or their own legal advisers.
-, ~ In order to carry the plans TO,
the deportation into successful execu.
t irna tn the Leaders in the enterprise util.
phone company and exercised or at.
Temp tempted to exercise a censorship ove1
the telephone and telegraph lines ii
order to prevent any knowledge Of tn.
deportation reaching the outside world
90 The .plan for the deportatio,
ana It's ITS execution are, attributable tt
engineered 1t that Violence Waa con.