Arizona republican., 1917-10-07
DEPORTED MEN FROM BISBEE GET CHANCE
 BEFORE COMMISSION

After spending a busy day in Phoe-
 nix yesterday, the first day of real in- vestigating into the causes of the in dustral unrest in Arizona, the special labor commission appo:nted by Presi- dent Wilson will depart at . o'clock this morning over Ihe 4.pache trail for Globe.'
 Four sessions were held by the com
 mission yesterday, tho IaSt one not end ing until a late hour last night. Ap- bearing before the commission at their request Were representatives of labor unions of the state, the commercial bodies of the city and also a small del egation formerly from Bisbee, among them two who claimed to have been de- ported from that town on August F among l,200 others.
 delegation representing the state federation of labor and the central labor union went into consultation with i the commission at noon yesterday at the Hotel Adams and remained until 1 o'clock In this delegation were Thom- as A. French, secretary of the State Federation of Labor; T. J. Croaff new i ly-elected president of the State feder- | ation of Labor; C. E. Tracy. editor of the Arizona Labor Journal, and H. s. l McCluskey.
 Following the adjournment at 1 1 o'clock the delegation of labor union men again went into consultation with the commission from o'clock until 3 o'clock.
 TT m 3 until , O clock the commission 1 was closeted in executive session with 1 representatives of the Chamber of
 Commerce and the Merchants and | Manufacturers association. In this | delegation were among others: Edward
 F. Parker, vice president of the South western Cotton company; H. B. Atha, 1 president of the Arizona Egyptian Cot 1 ton company: pr. J. c. Norton, J. w. | Doris, William Pinney. William Lount | and H. l.. Aller
 | The members of the Chamber of | Commerce and of the Merchant and | Manufacturers association met with us at our request said Secretary of La
 bor Wilson last night. We heard their | statements as to their ideas of the causes of the various industrial dis
 turbances in the state, but they said ] that they did not feel sufficiently well
 advised to make a suggestion of settle ! ment We felt that their ideas were i valuable to us in our investigation of ] the matter however, and were glad i to receive them. The representatives | of the labor bodies stated that they de- sired to be of whatever assistance pos 1 sible in the amicable and permanent
 settlement of the labor troubles in the i state They entered heartily into the ] spirit of the desire to bring about a | complete understanding of the differ
 ences that have arisen between tho operators and miners and stated that
 they were ready to aia in any manner. ! Secretary Wilson declined to state what. if any, particular points were 1 discussed in either conference, declar- i ing that such points might be con- ] strued as being the basis of settle ] ment
 l The general opinion O. ali. declared the secretary, was that all selfish opinions or desires must be subordi-
 mated to the present national need.
 The last conference of the day was at
 o'clock at which time a committee
 at the request of William Rodgers who i lives at the Vermont Booming house,
 was admitted to the conference room at the hotel Two of this committee
 claimed to have been among those de- ported from Bisbee They gave their
 personal experiences on that day at Bisbee. No comment was made by the l members of the commission concernir. {. | this conference.
 F The commission has announced tt.
 the towns in this state to be visited by
 them in the course of their investiga
 tions are Globe Miami. Clifton, Mo-
 renci, Bisbee and Jerome. Following
 the visit at Jerome the commission may return to Phoenix
 Charles H. Mover president of th'
 Western Federation of Miners, who has
 been in I'heeniX during the stay of tho
 special labor commission, will go tC
 Globe this morning to be present there
 while the labor commission investigate.
 the recent labor troubles in that mining
 district. Mir. Mover was not called tC
 appear before the commission while il
 Phoenix.