The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-26
CO OMM|SS|ON IS MADE WELCOME
 IN CLIFTON
Secretary of Labor and Colleagues Arrive Wednesday Afternoon 10 investigate industrial Conditions in this District

Arrive "Wednesday Afternoon to
 investigate industrial Conditions in
 this District
 Hearinr With Union Labor Represen- tatives Concluded on Friday and
 Managers Will Appear on Saturday
 The Presidential Investigating Com mission, headed by Hon. w. B. Will son, Secretary of Labor, arrived in the District on Wednesday afternoon, last, for the purpose of consolidating the labor differences between the miners and smeltermen of Clifton, Morenci and Metcalf and the mine managers.
 After three days spent in the dis trict the general opinion is that the purpose of the Commission will be accomplished before they leave and the more optomistic are predicting that the miners will be ready to re- port for work not later than Novem- Der 1.
 The Commission is composed Of five members, including the Secre- tary of Labor. Two members of the commission, MT. Marsh and MT. Walker, have been active for num- Der of years with the labor movement throughout the United States. MT. Marsh is at present President of the Washington State Federation of La Dor and MT. Walker holds similar position with organized labor in the state of Illinois. Col. Spangler an- other member of the Commission, is a large coal operator of Pennsylvania and MT. Reed is a mining and oil operator of Colorado. Mir. Felix Frankfurter, of Washington, D. C., is Secretary and Counsel to the Com mission and MT. Lowenthal is as sistant secretary.
 John Lyons and Hugh Williamson with the party are two practical miners from the coal fields of Penn syivania.
 P. H. Horner is the official clerk or the commission and is being as sisted by MT. Allen and MT. Rud- row, who joined the party at Phoe- nix Miss Morris is also accompany ing the party in the capacity of pri- vate secretary to Commissioner Walk CT. Father O'Dwyer. of Colorado, is with the party as the guest of Con- missioner Reed.
 Since the arrival of the commits sioners they have expressed them selves as delighted with the cordial reception extended them on all sides and they say they have been made to feel at home in the district by the representatives of the employees, the managers and the citizens.
 Upon the arrival of the afternoon train at Duncan on "Wednesday the presidential Tarty was met by joint committee of the Town Council and Chamber of Commerce consisting of Mayor 0. T. Cotey. Councilman Frank Springer, A. R. Lynch Dr. L.. A. ". Burtch. D. NJ. Cansler. w. E. Kelly w. W. Wilkey. and Joseph Terrell, who welcomed the com mission to Greenlee county and of fered their services during the Stay of the commission in any manner possible.
 Secretary Wilson and Commission CTS Marsh. Spangler and Walker alighted from their private cars arc accompanied the Committee overland by auto from Duncan to Clifton and were agreeably surprised nt the splendid highway constructed ill this county.
 Arriving in Clifton at 4 p. m. an invitation was extended to Secretary Wilson by Judge F. B. Laine. Chair man of iherty Bond Campaign in CreenIee county, to serve i1 the Ca pac-ty of four-minute sHt;-ter. wh;ch Invitation Was prG'np.'T ac- cepted and ..n aud,trce which crowd ed [. Q t'riT'ce Theatre to tts- doors greeted the Secretary of t1c" and gave him an ovl, on whe.. inc rruse 1n spt.a at 7:30 n. m.
 W:tr his watch in his hand the Secretary spoke earnestly and vi:or- .or inn Nf ko at home behind the army at the front furnishing the sinews of war and urged upon the workers to con tribute their bit, small individually it might be. but worth millions col lectively Secretary Wilson has two sons in the war and he appealed to the audience in behalf of your boys and my boys"
 Thursday morning the commission went for sight seeing trip about the district escorted by. General Man aeer Norman Carmichael. of the Arizona Copper Co.,, Ltd. The party was unable to reach Metcalf by auto on account of a land slide on the Metcalf road and returned to Clifton and proceeded to Morenci where the party was the guests of General Manager Milton Mclean of the Phelps-Dodge Co.,. at luncheon at the Morenci Hotel. The party were later shown the Longfellow mine, the oldest copper producing mine in the state and the site of the old adobe shelter, which used charcoal instead of coke in the earliest days, and the product hauled by freight teams to La Junta, Colo.
 Returning to Clifton at o'clock the Commission went into official session in the Superior Court room at the court house and began it's official investigation of the cause of the cessation of industrial operations in this district which has continued for four months Following the