The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-12
JOHN MCBRIDE |S KILLED ENDORSES
 KICK
Hit By Runaway in Globe; Was First President of The American Labor Federation.

GLOBE, Oct. 9.-Judge John J Mcbride. federal mediator in the Globe-Miami copper strike troubles and the only ex-president of the Am erican Federation of Labor. was kill ed today when a runaway horse kick ed him through the plate glass front of downtown store. A number of arteries were cut and he bled to death short time after being taken to the hospital.
 l The horse belonged to a grocery solicitor and when the latter mount ed him he became frightened and threw him. He then ran up Broad street at wild gallop. Judge Me Bride was standing on a street cor ner with small group. AS the horse approached 1t stumbled, fell and rolled near the Judge and it was in the animals mad scramble that 1t kicked the judge in the pit of the lstomach. A number of citizens who witnessed the accident administered first aid and Judge Mcbride was rushed to the county hospital where he died at 12:50 p. m. less than three hours after the accident.
 The casualty came to Sec stary of Labor Wilson, who is here with the
 
 labor conditions in Arizona, as a great shock. The two men had Ibeen warm friends since 1885. | Judge Mcbride was president of the Ohio Miners Union in 1883 and 1884 during the famous Rocking Val ley strike. When the coal miners or sanized in 1885 he was selected as national president and when, in 1888, an effort was made to combine the federation of miners with Interna- tional Trades Assembly 135 of the Knights of Labor, that Is, the coal miners national district of the Knights of Labor. and what was known as the National Progressive Union, he was made head of that organization. As the president of tho Progressive Union he still con- tinued negotiations with that portion Of the Knights of Labor. National i Trade Assembly l5o, which refnsed to go into the combination creating the Progressive Union. These ne sotiations resulted in the combination of the two unions in 1890 when they were amalgamated under the title of he United Mine Workers of Ann erica. He was second president of that organization, a position he held l "3iSn he NdS tlcCtSu DTeSlu0Ut OI tue American Federation of Labor for the term beginning January 1, 1895 and ending on December of that year He is the only man who ever held the latter position except Samuel Gompers
 Since 1S95 Judge Mcbride has not fheen officially connected with any labor organization
 His heart was big. his sympathies were wide; he had a broad expert ence and because of these facts when trouble arose in the state to which he had moved from Ohio. and when these troubles seemed to require the mediation of big, broad, level head ed man. with a warm heart in his bosom. I selected Judge Mcbride for the work said Secretary Wilson to- day.
 Out of respect to his memory, the meeting of the commission was ad-
 iourned today and all flags in the
 district were dropped to half mast Judge Mcbride was 62 years old and is survived by widow and son. the latter secretary to Chief Justice Gun , nineham of the state supreme court Both reside in Phoenix. The body , will be shipped to Wayne county, nhin for huriaI