The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-11-02
PRESIDENTS MEDIATION COMMISSION
 SETTLES STRIKE IN DISTRICT

nany, the Presidents Mediation Con-
 mission shall recommend to the Presi
 dent that such Company shall be
 permitted to obtain an increased sell
 inc price which will enable 1t to earn
 such fair profit.
 The agreeme ent under which the
 Compsnies and the men have operat-
 ed since March, 1916, shall continue
 in full force and effect insofar as same may be in anywise in conflict with the terms of the order.
 The Commission concluded it's
 hearing of employees on Friday even-
 ing and on Saturday invited the mine
 managers of the district to appear.
 The managers were heard on Sat urday, and Monday and Tuesday was spent by the Commission in further hearing of representatives of en- ployees and going over the testimony that had been presented by the fn- terested parties. Wednesday morn ing the Commission listened to com mittee of citizens who presented a statement to the Commission, signed by seven hundred American citizens
 among all classes. protesting against
 the hasty and i'll advised action of the alien element in the district in
 calling the strike July 1, last. Later on Wednesday afternoon the Con- mission heard the Citizens Commit tee which was appointed at the mass meeting at the Court house several weeks ago and who attempted a settlement.
 At five thirty" Wednesday after
 noon the Secretary to the Commis-
 sion, MT. Felix Frankfurter, gave
 out the official statement and order Of the Commission and at seven O. clock the Commission and attaches departed on special train for Bis
 bee.
 At noon Friday the A C. company had employed three or four hundred men who had been on strike and this will be about the rate of re-employ- mcnt from day to day until full op- erations are resumed. The con- crete bulkheads are being broken in to at the entrance to the mines and the workings are being made safe for the return of the miners. The Shannon and Phelps Dodge compan- ies are slowly getting their forces together but it is predicted that it will be the first of the new year at least before the district is under way again in full bfast. It is expected by the A. c. company to have the No. 6 concentrator at Morenci in operation within two weeks The { operaton of the Metcalf mine and the Longfellow will depend upon the completion of the improvements to the No. 1 concentrator at Cliff ton. The fire in the Coronado mine is still burning and new connec. tion must be made for the Horseshoe mine. Owing to these conditions
 probably a thousand men will not find immediate employment The second furnace at the A. c. shelter will probably not be blown in for eight weeks.
 The order of the Commission in
 full as addressed to the employers Of the district is as follows The order addressed to the employees is the same with the exception that the strike is directed to be called off Clifton, Arizona, Oct. 30, 1917. To Norman Carmichael, General Mgr. The Arizona Copper Company. Ltd. M. H. Mclean. General Manager,
 The Detroit Copper Company. J. w. Bonnie, General Manager, Shannon Copper Company.
 John Christy.
 Gentlemen:
 Democracy and freedom are at stake in the winning of the present war. A foreign autocrat has wan 1 tonly destroyed the lives of, our peo- pie while gagged in their usual and l legitimate avocations at sea. He has tried to turn foreign nations against us in order that our nation p, ha ond nnr. great Western and Southwestern
 country placed under the Jurisdiction and control of alien governments He has sought to rule over us by ordering what we should and should not do to the minutest detail. He has caused our manufacturing es- tabiishments to be blown up and has taken the lives of our workmen in oul own land.
 The German Government must not be permitted to continue this policy
 or to carry these designs into fur ther execution. Our first duty as patriotic American citizens. having ! the future welfare and freedom of : cur people at heart, is to compose
 our personal and Industrial differen' l ces so as to enable us to use the | highest efficiency of man-power foI
 the national defense. Every pound of 1 copper that can he produced is nee
 essary for the preparation for the
 contest. Every impeachment that is
 placed in the way of its production
 gives aid and comfort to the enemy
 Our men at the front ara even now
 making sacrifices for the common good, with greater sacrifices to fol low. Surely our men at home mus
 be equally willing to make sacrifices for the welfare of the nation.
 The country must have the maxi mum uninterrupted output of copper from this district during the period Of the war. No grievances on tht rart of the men, whether well-found ed or imaginary, must be allowed tc
 result in stoppage of production Practicable machinery must be de | vicnd for the ad in sim ent of oriey