Arizona republican., 1913-08-05
Six Companies Camp on School Grounds Near Du1st Bros. Ranch and Resumption of Rioting Is Prevented.
ARMED FORCES
 ARE ON MARCH
Claim is Made That Parties of Industrial Workers Bearing Arms Are Max ing Way to Scene of the Disorder.
ASSOCIATED FREES DISPATCH

ASSOCIATED PREss DISPATCH
 WfIEATLAND. August 4.-With six
 companies Of militia camped on the
 school grounds and the hop pickers'
 encampment on Durst Bros ranch
 reduced to a few hundred. there was
 little indication of d resumption of
 tue rioting which brought death yes
 terddy to four men. among them Dis
 uict Attorney F. T. ManyeH Every
 train today carried out full load of
 hop picIlers from the force of over
 two thousand which yesterday occu-
 pied q huddle of tents. sackn- shel-
 ters and even brush lean-tu> which formed the harvester camp. Every hour saw the number dWindl= as the
 workers were paid of and dt..arted
 by train, wagon or afoOt.
 But fifty picllers appeared for work this afternoon and the ranch own CTS and Adjutant General Forbes, the poIsonal representative of Governor Johnson on the scene, are not in clined to anticipate further trouble. Rumors were rife today of varIpus lJ:,rtIe, of Industrial Workers of the World said 10 be marching to the sctnt No Foundation for these re- ports could be discovered and General i',rhes said tonight that the soldiers WpulC probably be- withdrawn tomor- row.
 \ feature of the day was the tota. luCk of ill feeling toward the guards men displayed by hop pickers. Inc OroviIe and Chico companies arrived soon after daylight and marched at once to the center of the pickere' camp. Not a hoot greeted them and the officers in command said today i tncle was no indication of ill feeling ! e,-lIihited at any time Soon after ward General Forbes and four Sac~l- . mtptc companies rolled in on q spe- ] c:al train and the militiamen Were at i once withdrawn to the public school l eroun: to make camp.
 The soldiers were called on only once and that was before noon, when | Chief Of Police C. J. Mccoy. of | MarysviIe, in charge of the peace :, officers camp. located William Beck, 1 d youthful Mexican against whom | Mccoy had evidence tending to con nect him with last nights shooting. Mccoy appealed to General Forbes to guard the camp to prevent any man leaving until Beck was arrested. \ cordon was thrown about the camp in the few minutes. Three automo- piles loaded with guardsmen dashed through the crooked camp street and the men sprang out to form a sllir- mish line to the north and east. An other line dashed to the other sides, and before they knew what was hap pening, those in the camp were shut in by a line of loaded rifles There was no evidence of disturbance with m the line
 Beck made no resistance. Mccoy said he had q witness who would swear that he saw Beck firing with an automatic pistol during the riot, while another would testify that he saw him just after the shooting with an automatic in his hand Manwell md Deputy Sheriff Reardon. he said, lad been killed by bullets from an { automatic.
 Beck was hurried to the city jail in an automobile He took his arrest ] quietly and showed no emotion. Later Beck and six others were taken to for safe keeping. They were handcuffed together as they were placed aboard the train, and q :, militia guard of ten accompanied , hem besides Mccoy and his men. A carefully prepared statement was ssued tonight by Ralph Durst, one ,f the owners of the ranch who participated in every scene of yester ' lays trouble and he described the .iot as he saw it. The story begins he first signs of discomfort were -
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