Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-05

was not pTo-dllgs ludl II hLtM uo wal except the war that it wased itself. Sir, on that date our boys in France. loyal to their government, were lining up in their trenches, their bayonets fixed, ready to dash forward and turn back the hun, giving up their lives if need be while the author of those treasonahle words languished in a Chicago jail, bOastins or his dislOyal.y. secure in the knowledge that the gov ernOr of a great state was his friend and would permit one of his ap- Dointees tQ journey to Chicago to ie- fend him. notwithstanding the fact that the best recommendation that ap- pointee had for loyalty 10 his govern ment was the fact that he had su0- scribed S25 to the Red Cross fund, no part of which he has ever paid.
 And now Mir. President, I turn to the governors message and l find that he condemns those who depOrted the I. w. W.'s and their sympathiZers on the ground that the strike that was in existence there was not a strike of the I. w. w but a strike of honest laOorers and backed by honest labor unions. l. the governor is wrong and he strike was called by the I. w. w, and the men deported were l. w. W.s and their sympathizers, then the gov ernor's accusation must lose its force and some degree of justification be accorded the deporters.
 Pre-Strike Conditions
 "On the 26th day of June, 1917, 4.71S men were employed in the mines of the Warren district, includ- n~ union and non-union men and l. W. W.'s. The wage paid those men at that time was S5.60 for a days work of eight hours. Working conditions were on equality with those of any other mining district in the United States. For several months prior tc June 26th the I. W. WIS began to as semble in the district and organize the men under what they termed the Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union No. 500, which is an accredited brancn of the 1. w w. Prior to this time there existed in the Warren district what was known as Bisbee Local No. 1O6. International Union of Mine, Mill & Shelter workers, which is a branch Of the American Federation of Labor, which is the union recognized as the legally constituted Miners union by the miners in almost every camp in the United States. The 1. W. W.s in their organization worked secretly at first. but later came out in the open. Their membership grew until in the month Of May, 1917, their membership exceeded that of the International Union of Mine. Mill and Shelter work CTS in that district. Having obtained 2 majority of membership the l. w.. W.'s took possession of the hall occu- pied by the legally constituted Miners Union and the Warren District Trades Assembly. The Trades Assembly was forced to vacate the hall and took up other quarters. The International Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers was gradually absorbed by the I. w. W. through it's branch, known as the Metal Mine Workers.
 |. w. w. Make Demands
 "On June 26th, 1917. the l. W. w, through it's branch organization, made the following demands of the mining companies:
 First: The abolition of the physical examination.
 Second: Two men to work on ma chimes.
 Third: Two men to work together in all raises.
 Fourth. To discontinue all blasting during the shift.
 Fifth: The abolition of all bonus and contract work.
 Sixth: To abolish the sliding scale. All men underground a minimum fiat rate of $6 per shift. Top men $5.0O per shift.
 Seventh: No discrimination to be shown against members of any organ ization.
 No answer was made by the com panies and a strike was called that night without a referendum vote being taken. The first knowledge that the miners had that a strike had been called was the appearance of pickets as they were coming off shift. Three days prior to the calling of the strike, Charles F. Mover, president of the h. ternational Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers Union, demanded the sur render of the local charter on account of non-payment of dues. The secre- tary. attempted to sell the furniture and lease of the Miners Union and committee of which the secretary or the Miners Union was member, in terviewed the owner of the building 10 that end. All of this was made pos sible by the absorption of the mem- bership of the local Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers Union by the l. w. w. branch union. The strike con tinued until the morning of July 18th. All of the mines were practically closed and the production of copper practically stopped. On July 1st, Tom J. White and C. K. Jacobson, both members of the American Federation of Labor. sent to Chas. H. Mover, pres ident of that organization the follow ing telegram:
 ITO Chas H. Mover,
 "President. Western Federation
 of Miners, Denver, Colo.
 "Wfll Western federation or
 non-union men who continue work
 in Bisbee be considered scabs ar
 unfair?
 TOM J. WHITE,
 "C. K. JACOBSON.
 "To which MT. Mover sent the tol- lowing answer:
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