Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-17

from anyone acquainted with condi- tious at Cananea during the past year. Asked for a statement concerning con- ditions at Cananea. Mir. Douglas pre- pared the following;
 The preposterous fabrication of falsehoods appearing in the Los An geles Times of Wednesday, in the form of dispatch from San Bias. is so palpably an emanation of a disorder ed mind, probably located in back room similar to the' one described in tho article that it hardly deserges comment.
 Fifteen hundred cavasry were not mobilized at .Agua Prieta. but twoI hundred left that place for Colonia Morelos. a point about a hundred miles south of the border, las. Wea- nesday morning.
 The Huelga General General Strike) published in Los Angeles bs anea, and among the socialists at that place created some little stir, but the vast majority of the population of Cananea are intelligent enough to dis regard articles of this inccndiary type, and although the circulation of this publication may have in Il meas ure been responsible foi street meet ing held at Cananea on Sunday last. in which about two hundred and fif. | ty persons took pat it is by no means certain that this article had anything to do with 1t. It is a fac. that member of the !. w. w. did some loud talking at Cenarea laSt week, and was expelled by the auth critics.
 The strike at Cananea a year ago had absolutely nothing to do with the retirement of Dr. l.. n. Ricketts as Dr. Ricketts has been for many years and still is the president of the Cananea Consolidated Copper company.
 The writer of this statement, James s. Douglas. has never been threatened with lynching, and has been invited by the government and the people of Cananea to live at Can anea, and he has been spending a good portion of his time at that place since he accepted the position of gen eral manager of the Cananea Consoli- dated Copper company.
 Wages were not cut a month ago, and there is no intention of cutting them at the present time, and so long as copper keeps above IF or 13 cents, 1t is most unlikely that a general cut in wages will take place. It Is a fact that there has been more or less discontent at Cananea, as there are many idle people, due to the clos ing down of mines in adjoining states. and in the southern part of the state of Sonora; but the company has ev- cry hope of increasing the output gradually at an early date, and it is their ambition to better the condi- ton of them employees, and secure their good feeling and friendly co. operation.'
 Following is the article which ap- peared in the Los Ange.es Times and referred to by MT. Douglas.
 SAN BIAS, Jan. 16.-Warned that more than 5000 employees were i'm plicated in plot to seize and oper- ate the great copper properties at Cananea, representatives of the com panies involved filed representations with the constitutionalist authorities today with a view to expel from the ! ne | tors who are alleged to have stirred up trouble and discontent by preacn- ing the doctrine of direct action" According to information sent to Gen. Carranza the anarchist leaders of the movement have been making their headquarters at room No. 77. No. 205 North Main street. Los An geles, where plant is said to exist for the printing of seditious docu- ments.
 Appeals to the American govern ment were sent early in the day. and 1t is reported tonight that more than 600 men have sworn to take the lives of the higher officials as prelimin- ary to returning the property to thd working classes.''
 Within an hour after receiving the report, General Carranza ordered l.. 500 cavalry to mobilize at Agua pris- ta for, the purpose of marching on Cananea. Two troops of cavalry are available at Agua Prieta under the command of Colonel Enrique Galvas, but the representatives of the cop. per companies asserted that at least 5000 men will be required to put dcwn the instruction unless the at. tempt to steal the mines is nipped in the bud before the members of tie I. w. w. have an opportunity to show their strength. . 2
 According to the protests lodged with both governments the trouble among the employees of the Canapea Cons,lidated Copper company oiig- mated as the result of an article published in the Huelga General of Los Angeles Dec. 27 in which the operatives were informed thet the