Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-26

A year ago such utterances in sym pathy with l. w. w. and other radical pro-German disturbers as have recent ly been heard in a governors message and in radical comment upon Federal grand jury actions, would have pre- cipitated strikes in every industrial district in the state. It is the strong est kind of evidence that great change has come about and that the : worker, is awake to the needs of the government for his undisturbed labor, that scarcely a ripple of attention has . been paid the recent outbursts. This is the more significant in view of the fact that these outbursts have been accompanied by the issuance of new l. W. w. literature urging the abolish ment of wages and the seizure by the l. W. w. of all properties. At the same time l. w. w. leaders have in- timated that the policy being pursued is based upon decision to bring na- tion-wide strikes during the summer and their members and friends only await the word.
 Strength is Gone
 This may be true, but there IS ev- erything to indicate that these who are awaiting the word are the very large minority and that any start they may make will meet with harsh re- ception. There is no disposition to permit an open resumption of the strike or disaffection programs any where in the mining industry. The average mine, mill and smelter work CT is emphatic in his attitude in this respect and the professional disturber has less standing than ever before. He is not in position to get to first base anywhere in the state. Work men will not listen to him any more than will the employers. Operator and operative have reached common ground in this matter and will not be budged from it.
 The Labor Supply
 The labor problem continues to be one of shortage of men for particular lines of work rather than one of any general shortage of men. Nearly all of the mining districts have an abun- dance of men to fill every post of duty, provided the men were fitted to take over the duties. Technical men are short of the needs and their lack is beginning to delay new work. In some districts there is a shortage of machine men and in others of timber men and other classes. The shortage among mechanics has been reduced somewhat but is still in evidence. The reduction has come about through the return of numerous men from ship yards, where they failed to find the demand for labor or the working conditions they had expected.
 Activity in Construction
 Construction of United Verde Elk tension smelter, carrying out of Unit ed Verde smelter improvements and of new rail construction to the mines, with improvements in the operating division of the latter which will en- tail the expenditure of several million dollars, goes on as actively as 1t can be crowded. At Humboldt the smelter betterments of the Consolidated Ari- zona Smelling Co. and the work on the lower levels of its mines which has so greatly increased the ore re- serves in the last year, continue una bated. Reports from other parts of the state indicate that there is like maintenance of the policy which has prevailed in Arizona copper mining to crowd ahead with all possible vigor both in the conduct of immediate work and in preparation so far as possible to carry production of metal on in the future with unabated re- suits, regardless of eXpedients in new methods and equipment which may have to be resorted to.
 To Utilize New Ores
 In the Warren district there is not able endeavor in this direction in the mill erection which Administrations has made to handle its low grade lead silver-copper ores. The mill is at standstill at present awaiting the ar rival of equipment delayed in manu- facture and transportation. The Phelps-Dodge Corporations great low grade enterprise, in taking down Sac ramento Hill to recover the low grade copper content, is coming along more rapidly. The top of the hill is now gone. and another old landmark gone. At the mill site, grading is about to commence. At Ray, the Hercules IS awaiting the last of equipment for it's mill befoNs getting underway with production which will add upwards Of a million pounds the month to Arizona copper output At Miami the Miami Copper Co. power plant additions which will allow material increase in operations, are coming along as rapid ly as can be managed.
 Future Ajo Work
 New COrnelia has hardly got settled into the operation of its wonderful new separation plant with high sue cess until it is at work on plans for the cOncentrator and smelling plant which will handle it's large bodies Of sulphide ores, the extent of whcih is broadening steadily. It is now plann- ed to have the concentratOr and smeI- ter up and going in 1921. In the meantime there will be no interfer- ence with the conduct of any work in association with operation of the steam shovel pit and the present re- duction plants 10 fullest capacity. If anything, indeed, they will find a way 10 increase the work of these plants.
 Tucson District
 Is the mineralized area about Tue son about to bring in another great copper producing district for Arizona? Signs, as embodied in new discoveries of ore of commercial quality and quan