El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-06

, smelter and sent to Guthrie a distance
OF from 20 TO % miles, arriving there
! between six and seven o'clock without
food since breakfast in the morning.
sheriff Cash was out Of town and I
called his deputies some five or six
times and demanded that the men who
took Gondera out be arrested and put
in jail and the reply ] got in each in
stance was that We will see what can
be done or something Of equal mean
ing
Couldn't Find Deputies.
we request the safe return of Son-
dera 70 -Morenci and protection while
he performs his duties in our employ.
A strange coincidence was that for
an hour &c an hour and a half begin
ming with the time Gondera was taken
into custody by the union, that not a
Morenci
Please advise if something cannot
be be done in your high office to alleviate
Please wire reply collect"
The reply from Gov. Hunt follows:
Refers Matter to Sheriff.
replying to your wire desire to ad-
wise you that copies Of same have been
forwarded to sheriff Cash and Capt
FRANK ". Hall, commanding the Ma
uonal Guard at Clifton. Have requested
the sheriff TO give this report his earn
est attention. and IL is my wish and
the people Of your district be protect
ed. The troops are there to assist
the Sheriff. and 1 feel sure that Capt
nan VIII do his utmost to cooperate
with the sheriff in the performance
OF his duty. 1 regret that your en-
ployes have been Inistreated and so
have expressed this to the sheriff Am
sure that the sheriff will do everything
IN his power for the preservation OF
peace, law and order"
Under date of December .. Owen
again telegraphed governor Hunt:
Says He Was Too Mild.
My telegraph of yesterday put Ii
mildly as / was not in possession OF
all the facts when telegraphed you"
he wired.
Please understand that the sherifrs
office was notified within an hour
after Gondera was accosted BY Jose
Gua1aro and OF s. that h
party was met on the road be-
tween Clifton and Morenci by d. J..
Address, acting sheriff: that the lat
ter had ample time to have the mill
tia located at Clifton. which we under
stand was under his direction, stop the
procession and restore order. The pro-
cession passed within three blocks of
the soldiers in Clifton and our Hail
OF Justice and all this was carried on
Just as i there were no peace officer
or A soldier in Greenlee county.
Odd Fellows Chief Ordered out.
This morning ] have confidential
information that four of our employees
are 10 leave Morenci on order of the
union, namely r. B. Lewis, L. E. Rice.
grand master of Arizona Odd Fellows:
Dave Ruiz and p. D. Gomez. the first
three being American citizens In the
event this is undertaken after the way
Gondere was handled. you can expect
bloodshed- I have given the sheriffs
office due notice of this. I have taken
it upon myself to give you quick,
careful Information in these cases be-
cause all the men referred to here are
good men and 1 know by reason OF
association Tor many years.
Please give me a quick wire reply"
No telegraphed reply being received
during the forenoon of December l.
owen sent the following telegram TO
Governor Hunt
7 regret shat 1 have not received
a reply TO my telegram This morn
ing I am advised that plans are being
laid in Newton 10 put me out of the
store Of the Phelps-Dodge Mercantile
company. Due notice has been given
the sheriffs office and 7 also ask your
protection. Please say what 7 may
expect from you
Criticises the Supervisors.
Governor Hunt, however, had replied