Arizona republican., 1917-05-28
The Jerome Strike

In the best interests of Arizona and the nation just method should be devised for terminating the strike at Jerome
 The dispute between the mine workers and the mine owners, evidently aggravated by L w w. ties has resulted in the practical closing down great copper producing district thus cutting down the copper supply greatly needed by the govern ment and allies at the rate of several millions pounds a month.
 spread of the dispute to other districts will tainly result in prompt intervention by the govern It afford let mine owners and the mine workers fight this thing out among themselves and take their time to it. Nor the postpone action until the properties become damaged by neglect that long time will be required for their rehabilitation.
 This is time for the employees the employers to be playing for position It is time for the mine workers to attempt to enforce a recognition of the union. for the mine to start a fight the union to undermine any of the standards tablished for guarding the interests of labor Rather is it time for both sides prove their desire to give real patriotic service by cooperating in every way possible to speed up production.
 At the meeting in Washington May between the National Council of Defense and the representa- states. Wilson secretary labor handled this in very direct and el-headed way when he said:
 We feel that neither laborer employer should permit a stoppage of work to take place a result of a dispute about wages any other thing for that matter until the established agencies of the government state and national, have had oppor- tunity to their good offices to bring about adjustment of the difficulty.
 There is other phase of that subject matter that would like to touch just for moment, and is is a he trade unionist Under normal conditions the trade Unonist believes in collective bargaining. He believes that the trade union should be recognized for the pose of conducting collective bargaining and in many Instances they have been recognized but this is no time to take advantage of emergencies to force recognition of the union.
 T do not believe that any working has any right nerfere with capital in organizing into porations I do believe that any capitalist has any right to interfere with working in organizing into unions If workmen free as capital is free to organize and their standards of living main taned, then it would to be tho height of disloy alty stop the wheels industry in this critical period solely for the purpose forcing recognition of the unon And that is of the things that must be impressed upon employer and employe alike-that is the height of disloyalty bring about soppage of industries in order the lishment of standards that they have able force during normal conditions"
 We advise both sides the Jerome controversy to study very carefully Secretary Wilson's remarks, stop the present friction which disastrous all concerned and production. The wage increase asked for has already been granted. As Secretary Wilson well says, this is time force recognition of the union and that feature of the controversy should be promptly dropped; while the side of the companies, they should be willing to meet with a properly appointed committee of their workmen both union and union, and adjust quickly and in liberal spirit such differences to conditions of labor may arise
 Unless such adjustment is promptly made both the mine workers and mine be assured