Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-06-19
THE WORK AT nORENCI
Detailed Description Of the Perform
ance Of the Militia.

Murcnci. Ariz.. June 16.-(Special
Correspondence of The Republican,
Ncur readers will be interested in =
CGr1 cot account of the way in which
tlic great strike at Morenci was set
Tied by the national guardsmcn. Many
it lot all of the accounts whicn have
Grrodred in the newspapers nave been
i,cnnnplete or incorrect.
rho guardsmen. numbering 100 en-
listed men. arrived at LordsnTTg. y.
IL. a: about o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon, June 10. There were repre-
S..ntcd company A, Thatchec. Iicutcn-
ant John Nash; company T., Phoenix.
CIltain r. NJ. Lamson; compauJ g..
Tempe. Lieutenant NJ. II. Mayr.: conf
pauy F. Mesa, Captain W. J. lie Baron;
company II. Yuma, Captain c. r. Don
aldson: First cavalry troop, Nogales.
Captain Charles r. Perkins. The field
and staff of the regiment were Colonel
James II. McClintock. Major f. 5. Ir-
gals, Surgeon Charles IL. Jones. Adju-
tant J.. w Coggins. Quartermaster
George \. Alkire and Chaplain Lewis
Halsey.
At Lordsburg we took the Arizona &
New Mexico railroad to Guthrie, which
is. by wagon road. some sixteen miles
from Morenci. The train to Morenci
was mostly made IN of coal cars. II
locked like trains seen In pictures Of
the war in South Africa. Rifles reach
cd out from each side of the cars. az
it was reported that several hundred
strikers We're waiting for the guards
men between Guthrie and Morenci. On
account Of a. washout we disembarked
a mile from the Morenci station and
marched into town in column of tours.
Vacant stores and the library gymna-
stun were used as temporary barracks.
The next day at the usual hour for
their gathering. the malcontents were
%een, in groups of ten or twenty, on
their way up the hill to the amphithe.
'atrical opening known as the lime
quarry. Colonel McClintock was noti-
fed. and ordered the First battalion to
march IN the hill.
The column was composed OF COM
panies h, c. II and f. on reaching the
top of the HILL company e made a
flank movement in the direction of the
LCngfeliow incline. and was ready To
cut off the retreat of the strikers.
Colonel McClintock and Mr.. Cleveland
rode uD re hill and reached the line
quarry several hundred yards in adj
vance Of the guardsmen, riding into
the crowd of strikers.
Colonel McClintock ASKED for tho
leader Of the mob. which numbered
about 500 men, and ordered him to in
form his people that they must dis
perse. The strike leader began to ar
que the matter but was told that no
argument was admissible; that the
strikers must dispense and must hold
no more meetings at that place
Several of the leaders began to say
in chorus: we no sabe." Colonel
McClintock rode toward them and
said You viii go," and, they went.
at this moment the column of nation
al guardsmen came up. company b OF
Phoenix in advance. the battalion un-
der command of Major ingalls,, tn
company led by Captain Lamson.
This was the last large meeting hell
by the rioters and the last time they
assembled at the lime quarry. 1t was
reported on Wednesday that numbers
of men were moving toward the old
meeting place. but they did not go as
FAR as the quarry. The Mexican vice
consul was holding a conference with
some of the strike leaders, and a num-
her of the strikers gathered around the
building in which the meeting was held
but the lime quarry was deserted
The citizens OF Morenci all praise the
=uardsmen and believe that they ar
rive" just in time. l.. HALSEY.