Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-08
Tuesday Morning, January 8, 1918.
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Yesterday was granI day Bisbee U. S A. Hun dreds and hundreds of Norkingmen standing most of the day in long awaiting their to before the window down their hundred dollars or fifty as the case might be- their bonus for tinuous service the employ of the mining companies of this district Every with years continuous service his credit to have hundred dollars New Years gift and fer six months service, fifty dol lars. The thronged all day by men with glad faces and alert carriage and jaunty step.
 This bonus came as a complete surprise. Christmas had come and been numbered the yesterdays The New Year in its second week and had shed its swaddling clothes The men were figuring closely their pay checks and expected reduce of the Christmas point where they could wipe them out before washington's birthday came along
 And then came the announcement of the decision of the companies make the New Year happy indeed
 It would seem. judging by the companies action of yesterday. their policy reward service and loyalty sticktotveness. this is ii should be. Surely the who has worked here year in and year out. through thick and thin summer and winter cold time of calm and time of storm. is entitled further consideration than the who yesterday and may go away tOmOrrOw.
 Here is a who has worked here for five years He gets good pay. it is true Better than five dollars day That is for any workngman. it is argued Yes But this man dependable He stayed with his work other men threw down their tools and threatened loyal men The storm passes and this still receives his five dollars quarter Here comes a from the Pacific coast or from Utah Montana He may be only fair miner and -r,,-t But the scale is five and quarter. and he receives that along with the old miner who is expert the and who has builded here who this and proved his appreciation of good by unsWerving loyalty to com pany
 Reward for service It is fine thing It promotes loyalty just kindness makes the cheek glow and smile makes the heart hat stronger
 The company hopes plan where by continuous service will receive special consd- erstion," declares Grant H. Dowen. manager of the Copper Queen. in commenting his brief but ef- fectve upon the bonus cheeks This the dawn of brighter day for every workingman in the district who builds his home his family and his future with pride the building It means bigger. better town here and it future.
 
 and the shessness shrker and the general all round worthlessness the transformer whom de pend in upon the misplaced generosity of the steady worker.
 Consider what this splendid generosity com panes. the C and A, the Shattuck and the Copper Queen. the principal cities of this county The strike is No strike threatened or even talked of at this time Yet these companies yesterday gave hundred eightythree thousand dollars in cold cash in Bisbee alone about one hundred thousand dollars in Douglas immense sums and simply reward of service Gave them to men who tried and not found wanting Gave them for continuous service of six months and year Gave them willingly. gladly and without sound of drum or flourish trumpet newspaper had to call up the officials the telephone get details Their only word the matter was that made to the themselves by their own bosses. The men of every trade fared alike The the giving was fine the gift itself There strings attached