Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-19
STRIKERS WIFE GETssS.S5FROM
 HE UNION
Mrs. Keefe Has Not Received a Cent From Husband, and Is Being Cared for by the Local Salvation Army,

A visit by Review reporter yester-
 day to the home of Mrs. J. l. .Keefe, wife of J. l.. Reefe, miner formerly
 employed in the Warren district, but
 at present in Goldfleld, where he went
 when called out on strike by Local 106,
 W. F. M., April g, verified the facts of
 her destitute condition, which was re. ported by neighbors to Constable Twomey. who in turn secured the Sal
 vation Army corps to take charge of her case.
 In the course of the interview Mrs.
 Keefe stated that her husband had been a shift boss at the Shattuck- Arizona mine, and that when the Western Federation came into the dis trict he joined the union. Subsequent ly he answered the call of the com
 mittee and went out on strike. For six
 months previous to this time, she
 stated. Keefe had neglected herself and children as well as two belonging
 to his first wife, and seemed to have
 taken the opportunity of the strike to desert them.
 The strike had been in progress for some time when Keefe left the dis trict, going to GoIdfeld. Nevada, and since that time she has received two letters from him, but says she has not received cent for the support of her self and children. After her husband left the district Mrs. Keefe received assistance from the local union up un- i til June 4 when a grocery bill was al- ! lowed by the relief committee. Since that time Mrs Keefe maintains the | union refused to honor a second bill for groceries, and has refused to pay the house rent, and the reason assign ed by Mrs. Keefe is that her husband
 asked for the transfer of his member ship from the local union to that of Goldfield.
 Mrs. Keefe stated further that with ! the many troubles incidental to her l husbands going out on strike, the l sickness of her children and herself, and with the worriment about obtain ing food for her children, she has been 1 subjected to a strain which unnerved ] her. She went on to state that the lo- cal corps of the Salvation Army, in which she was formerly a captain. was rendering her every assistance now. ] relieving her wants to a great extent.
 Mrs. .Keefe deplored the fact that her troubles had been aired in the press [ stated that the only thing she cared 1 for was to maintain her own reputa- ] tion against certain islander which has been sent abroad and take care of her
 children. ! When the wife of the captain of the local corps of the Salvation Army call i ed on Mrs. Keefe on Sunday morning 1 she states. she found the family in stTaitened circumstances, and during 1 the course Of the day had groceries and other necessaries sent to the house. Since that time the rent of the l house, amounting to S11, up until the l first of June, was paid by the captain
 oS the Salvation Army. and the re- 1 ceipt for the same was shown to a 1 Review reporter last evening by that
 officer. In all. since Sunday morning. the captain of the corps states and shows receipts for the same. s20.e5 has been contributed to the Keefe family.
 When seen by a Review reporter
 last evening Deputy Sheriff Bill White stated that when he went to the house
 on oM yadnh SGRpum
 on Monday he found Mrs. Keefe dis tracted by her many worries, and evi- dently on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
 At union headquarters Secretary
 Brown shows receipts for a bill of
 chased from Fisher & Hickey, and
 which was delivered at the home of
 Mrs. Keefe on June 4. Brown also
 states that the relief committee had
 the rent paid to June 18th, and re
 fused to pay it again until the month
 had expired. The secretary of the
 union also is authority for the state
 ment that the relief committee never
 refused to provide any more groceries
 and that the committee paid the last
 bill promptly when presented and that
 no more grocery bills had been re cefved since June Sth.