The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-06-07

U OnIIU uUIInIL zona. cannot believe that by fight ing at home we will improve our eff- ciency in France.
 Earnestly yours. (Signed) GEO. w. P. HUNT,
 Governor of Arizona. MT. Norman Carmichael,
 General Manager, Arizona Copper
 Company. Clifton, Arizona.
 carmiehae's Second Letter. The Hon. Geo. w. P. Hunt, Governor of Arizona.
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 My dear Governor Hunt:
 have received your letter of June 4th. in which you comment upon my open letter addressed to yourself up- on the subject of your recent mes- sage to the Legislature.
 In the initial paragraph of your letter you charge me with re-opening a subject, the discussion of which at this time would appear peculiarly un timely; judging by the reception which my letter received throughout the State you are certainly entitled to say that it is untimely, but for whom?
 Your reply characteristically and adroitly sidesteps the main issue and seeks to divert public attention from it. .D..s ,t
 My letter did not reopen the con- troversy which lead to the strike in the Clifton-Morenci district in 1915. ? offered no justification for the at- titude of the companies relative to their employees at that time, nor did I bring any charges against the em- ployees relative to their attitude to- ward their employers. These are old wounds which had no desire to re- open, and it would be far from my intention to say anything now which would disturb the cordial relations which have existed between the ma jor1ty of the workers in this district and the officers of the companies since that distressfu1 time, a relation ship which I earnestly hope will be strengthened and built up I do not believe that the public is at all in- terested at this time in a repetition of the history of that strike, or in a d'scussion of the points which were at issue, and while you give me a tempt- ing opening to take you down the line" on that subject, I will spare the patience of the public and your feelings, and will only touch upon those matters particularly referred to by you in this connection. % 1.-The occurrences to which fsfiad ref erence had nothing to do with the causes of the strike, but had solely to do with the relationship between one group of strikers and another, and with a condition of mob law and violence which existed in the district during period lasting over several months.
 In your message, after describing with lurid literary vividness, pre- sumably, of course, without exagger. ation, the Bisbee deportations on June 18th, 1917, you asked the ques- tion:
 Can this dastardly crime be equalled anywhere in the revolting annals of labor disputes?" I answer ed that question and that answer can- not be successfully refuted. It matters not what the merits of the controversy were, nor would ir matter were the various charges and insinuations contained in your letter in accordance with the facts The point now is that what you define as a "dastardly crime'' had been equal ed, yea, far outdistanced, in this State and under your own administra. tion; and waiving aside any insinu. ation of connivance on your part at the deportations carried on during the months of October, November and December, 1915, q will leave that to your own conscience,) the fact re- ' fy,- %6ak vx,s% III sary at your command you did not stop them. You cannot pull the wool over the eyes of the public by setting up a man of straw and knocking him down or by disporting yourself amid irrele want matters.
 Stick to the point, Governor. Can you deny that the deportations ] re Morenci district under your own ad ministration?
 Can you deny that these deporta ] tions were carried out with a bar ! parity unequalled in the revoltine annals of any other labor dispute iu this State?
 Can you deny that you were aware that unlawful deportations were being carried out in the Clifton-Morenci district?
 ! Can you deny that you did not put a stop to them?
 I ask you whether the perpetrators of these outrages were company thugs and gunmen, or were they men wearing hat bands bearing the mot to: "Hurrah for Governor Hunt?" { Can you deny that you have at all ! times failed tO call the attention of the Legislature to them, and have failed or refused to recommend or SC cure legislation calculated to prevent their repetition?
 If you presume to deny any of the above facts, then it will be my un pleasant duty to expose before the eyes of the public a full statement of facts connected with these depor | tations in the Clifton-Morencf district continued throughout the months oi l October, November and December