Tombstone epitaph., 1917-06-03
SYMPATHY STRIKE
NOW IN JERoMe

Aiio S1Tbeht~Fs iu Jefehf' l-se2nS Of sn order calling upon the pump. men at five mines to quit work and rejection by the union of s proposal ty Industrial Workers of the World to return to work if demands for in, creased wages were granted by the operators were the outstanding features of todayis developments of the strike initiated Thursday night by the Jerome local of the Industrial local Union of Mine. Min and Smelt- CT Workers. to enforce demasd7 for recognition of the union. About twenty copper mines in the Jerome district are affected :.
 The strike os pumpmen was order. ed effective st o'clock today at each of the i've mines affected ex cept the Arkansas and Arizona, where the men were told to remain until tomorrow night because Of the absence of the superintendent
 Officers of the carpenters and cleo tricians unions sannounned their strike had bacn ordered by their national headquarters and that the men had been ordered out immadit"iy. The electricis as authorized one man 10 re, main on duty to keep the Jerome lighting system in operation. here was a demonstration at Clarkdale today. participated in by several hun, dred miners who marched from here The men marched to a point near the smelter and then returned C Jerome. There were no disorders. The miners claimed the smener CT ployes had failed to keep their promise to strike.
 Tn sympathy with from 1900 to 1900 mine workers on strike iu the Jerome copper district .or recogni- ton of the union a strike of alectri- cians and carpenters nas o-en ap- proved. union officials announced to- day and the men ordered out. Min. CTS are on strike at IS or 2s mines here.
 Union officials announced late ,o day they had rejected proposals mace ny the Industrial Workers Q. the World that the strikers accept the increased wage scale offered by the operators and return to york without pressing demands for -ccog hilton of the union.
 The proposal of the Industrial Workers was presented to the union leaders by a committee appointed at a mass meeting. It recommended the miners offer to accept .he Mi ami scale provided the companies ra. instate all strikers. r also em bodied . counter proposition that the strikers demanded se & day for underground work. Ss.5o on surface work and two men to each machine Grin.
 Leaders of the Industrial Workers asserted if the union rejected the proposals they would inform the op- orators they would not return to work if the union was recognized. They claimed they lad 200 men here. while union leaders said there were not more than 100 Industrial Workers Of the World in the distric.
 In rejecting the demands Of the n. dustriaI Workers of the World. W. A. Burns, nc.noer Of the executive com. -.irfee of the International union. ana H. g. McCiuskey. Arizona's organis- er Of the union. Issued a signed state ment in which they said:
 "The I. W. W. organization was imported into this state as an aux. ialiasy of the Mine Owners associa tioa and is now being maintained to break the back Of the miners union in ArizooA-
 Several mine operators reported they were continuing the operation Of their pumps. In some cases the shift bosses were manning the pumps.
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