Arizona republican., 1920-03-06

'It is the Bunker Hill of Phoe
 nis," said one citizen yesterday,
 in discussing the issue with
 group of interested men. "There
 should be no misunderstanding
 of the question We are not
 fighting organized labor. but we
 are trying to bring about the
 elimination Of the pernicious unl
 Versal card, or the closed shop, in
 the building trades.
 "It is admitted that labor unions
 have accomplished much for the
 laborins man. he continued, "and
 fair minded men do not question
 the right of labor to organize, but
 very justly do they question
 the right of labor to coerce others
 and to dictate to contractors
 whom they shall and whom they
 shall not employ.
 "AIl that we need is increased
 cooperation, based on justice,
 mutual understanding and good
 will between employer and em-
 ploye to speed up the building
 program so essential to the well
 fare of the city"
 Roper Sign Destroyed
 R. n. Roper made good his pledge made at the meeting on Wednesday night. when a large sign appeared on the construction work of the new 1s. pany. stating that the work was be- nE conducted on the open shop principle It was said that when the sign made its appearance the men It work on the job were called out.
 The sign on the Roper property was destroyed last night when the canvas was cut in several places, probably. the police said, by persons not in sympathy with the open shop movement Another sign will doubt less replace the destroyed one to-day.
 Union carpenters quit work on the new hotel building at Third avenue and Washington street yesterday when non-union electricians made their appearance. this in spite of the carpenters had been a member of the union for II years. and had absolutely no control over the sub-contract for electrical equipment.
 J. NJ. Sparkes, contractor for the construction of the Arizona Packing reaffirmed yesterday the determina- tion of the Arizona Packing company to notify the 125 craftsmen a [ work on the building that after Monday the work would be carried on under the open shop principle. MT. Sparkes said he did not know what the men. all union craftsmen. would do, but he said he looked for a walkout. Most of the men, he said, had learned of the company's desicion, through newspaper reports. but he said the formality of notifying them would be carried out.
 All who signed the petition, and there are many who are either con building operations or already have work under construc- tion. are ipso facto pledged to sup port the open shop, and to see that their construction work is conducted under this principle. it was pointed out yesterday. This applies to the smallest house now building or planned. and to the largest construc- ton jobs in the city or its environs.
 In Building Trades Alone
 The Citizens Industrial committee declared that it could not point out too clearly that the open shop was being sought in the building trades alone: that the committee or the citi- zens who endorsed the campaign had no sympathy with communities which have employed the '1open shop" policy as a pretext to fight organized labor. but that the committee and it's sponsors stood for an open shop which shall mean that craftsmen belonging 10 the various unions in this city shall be given the fullest opportunity to work and that there shall be no pre- iudfce against them because of their in their craft organiza-