The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-07
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An effort to settle the present strike in the Clifton-Morenci district was made as a result of meeting called by Mayor O. J. Cotey and held in the Superior Court room at the Court House on Wednesday evening of this week.
 Printed dodgers were distributed about town during the afternoon an- nouncing the mass meetings and in V1ting all citizens to attend. The call was not signed by the Mayor and the object Of the meeting was not stated, although it was generally understood that the meeting was to be held to consider the strike situation. The an- nouncement of the meeting created great deal of interest and a large number attended out of curiosity, and when the meeting was called to or der by Mayor Cotey there was ap- proximately three hundred men pres ent, including a sprinkling of Mexi- can workmen now on strike
 Az soon as it became known that a meeting was to be held in the court house on Wednesday evening, called by Mayor Cotey as a public meeting, union men, representing several crafts, and members of the Clifton Morenci and Metcalf Mine, Mill and X Smelter locals, arranged to attend the meeting. During the week H. Halter. formerly resident of Clifton, and who was member of the executive committee of the strikers in 1915. ar. rived in the district. Mr. Halter now has his headquarters in San Francis co, and since leaving Clifton has been appointed International Organizer of the Boilermakers Union. He was sent into the district to investigate the relation of the Bo4lermakers to the presen strike and has been in conference with the several locals since his arrival here. By common consent he was made the spokesman TOT the workingmen of the district on Wednesday evening. Other promin- ent union men of the district who were in attendance were c. R. Cliff lord and Wm. Leggett, both mem bers of the Arizona State Federation Convention recently held in this district. Pascual Vargas, president of the Morenci, Mine, Mill and Smell termen's Union, was also in attend ance together with score of other members
 It was shortly after eight o'clock Wuen Mayor Cotey rapped for order anu called upon John Christy. a leasing operator in the district to state the objects of the meeting MT. Christy recited the history of the strike, the position taken by the companies, the efforts that had been made by Conciliator Meyers to effect settlement, and concluded by mak- ing the statement that the meeting had been arranged to ascertain if soGnehing could be done to guarantee a resumption of operations.
 At the conclusion of the remarks by MT. Christy and few other min- or talks, H. Halter, was recognized anu outlined to the meeting his busi- ness. Tn the district and his activities slnce ms arrival. He made it plain 10 the meeting that the craftsmen Ill the district. so far as he had been aoie to learn, had no grievance to put forward but had been automatically made party to the strike as a resujt or the grievances of the Mine. Mill and Smeltermens Locals of Clifton Morenc1 and Metcalf, and until those grleVances had been satisfactorily ad- Justed. the craft members were le. galiy and morally bound to support the miners. Mir Halter then pro- posed a plan of procedure to the meeting, which he intimated might be entertained by the men on strike. He onered motion that a committee be appointed by the Mayor to confer with the committee of the unions looking to the adoption by them of the prin- clpie of arbitration, the decision of the arbitration board to be binding on both the strikers and the mine managers, in the event that the man. agers accepted the proposition. MT. Halter's proposition as to the Der. sonnel of the arbitration board was that the Board should consist of three meInbees. One member to be named by the mine managers of the district: one member to be named by Samuel Ca:nfers, President of the American Federation of :labor and one member tn be named by the President ,f the United States
 The proposition of MT Halter was adopted by the meeting and Mayor Cotey proceeded to appoint the fol lowing committee for the purpose of conterring with representatives of the unions on the following morn ing: W. T. Witt, of Duncan. Chair man fthe Board of Supervisors: John Christy, former Representative i'll the State Legislature from this county: w. R. Davis, Superintendent of the Clifton Water and Improve ment Company; R. Stevens, of the firm of Stephens & Schade: J. c. Cat ii, cattle broker.
 At this stage of the proceedings MT. Christy precipitated a somewhat heated discussion when he arose and stated that one of the objects of the meeting was about to he overlooked, the formation of a Loyalty League in the district and proceeded to outline the constitutions of the Loyalty Lea guees in Arizona which are in exis- tence in Bisbee, Douglas. Phoenix and Globe and other towns. At the conclusion of the remarks by MT. Christy MT. Halter again took the floor and announced, on behalf of the organized workingmen present, that