Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-24

addresses were made by Gutierrez, De
 Lara and other paid organizers of the I Western Federation Thousands of
 hat bands emblazoned with the text "Hurrah for Governor Hunt" were
 worn by the strikers. On Thursday afternoon, Governor Hunt summoned
 the mine managers Co conference ! He announced that his nvestigations convinced him that the workmen had just cause for complaint. and insisted
 on the two sides getting together. He
 said he was going away but if he re-
 turned he would be TT" and the mine managers would have no say in the
 matter The same afternoon at Q D.
 m. Governor Hunt addressed a mass
 meeting of the strikers. Guy F. Miller
 making the introductory speech. Gov
 ernor Hunt threatened Co put mine l managers as well as strikers "in the | bull pen" Attorney General Wiley
 F.. Jones followed concluding brief address with the announcement that
 the strikers cause was "the cause of
 Almighty Cod
 1 Governor Hunt returned to Phoenix
 in the evening. Following his depart
 ure, the attitude of the strikers re- Ivealed that they had been inspired ] with renewed confidence The West e.n Federation leaders became bolder The Sheri1 withdrew permits for the company employees to operate the lighting plant which supplied Clifton and portions of Morenci, and strikers a.rointed by the Western Federation
 took their places. The ice plant was next taken over by mob which later
 visited the electric sub-station at
 Clifton. A mob of 2,O0O then marched
 from the Federation headquarsp-e in
 Chase Creek to the general offices of
 the Arizona Copper Company, bearing
 flags and banners inscribed with in-
 sulting texts. The cry of the mob was
 down with the managers" Edward
 Dawson, Master Mechanic of the Ari-
 zona and New Mexico Railway Com pany was seized on the street after
 being pointed out to the mob by a
 deputy sheriff MT Dawson's hat was
 snatched from his head his face was slapped repeatedly, and Federation strikers yelled Throw him into the river"
 The Sherh was an inactive observ- CT of this assault until he approached 1 MT. Dawson and led him as the head of the mob to the Sherin's office. Similar indignities were suffered dur ing the day by seven company em- ployees who at last were rescued" by ! the Sheriff or his deputies and taken to the Sherin's office for protection" ] Hostile demonstrations were also 1 made in Morenci against officials of . the Detroit Mining Company and the l Arizona Mining Company.
 The companies managers held @ meeting at which it was decided their . presence in the district only served to l incite further the Western Federation . mobs to greater scenes of disturbance. violence and destruction of property. lt was obvious that Federation leaders ! planned to employ the banks Of MeNi- l. cans led by Americans to seize the | and subject them to humiIi- ] ation and possible injury. It was also indicated that by pre-arrangement the proposed victims would be rescued" . by the Sheriff and incarcerated in 5ail. In order to defeat this program Of violence, the managers left Clifton on the afternoon of Oct 9 in a special . train. Within a few minutes of their departure, the sheriff and his deputy gave chase in an automobile. striving Co intercept the special train at Dun can Failing in this. they returned to Clifton and procured a warrant for the arrest of the managers O ntheir arrival at LOrdsburg New Mexico The managers were arrested at Lords burg by telephone demand-on charge of felony based on the quega- ton that their departure from the strike district tended to incite riotine and hostile demonstrations. The sher ih and his deputy hastened to Lords burg by automobile. arriving at 1:3O a. m. They appeared before a local justice of the peace and insisted upon the mine managers being tried upon
 70 N-A''A AlItN ihNf we're ltiDLH ana tugitiyes from justice. The court found the charge wholly unsupported by any evidence and the mine mana gers were placed on an IT Paso train under armed guard to prevent kidnap- ping The engineer and fireman of the special train. upon their return to | Clifton, were set upon and severely beaten by a mob of Federation thugs !.
 Having thus foiled the plan of Gov. ernor Hunt, the Sherin and Western Federation leaders. the mine manae- CTS took up their headquarters in El| Paso. The Sherid applied to Cover nor Hunt to send troops to the strike . district and Hunt complied with the . request 32 militiamen being dis1atch- l. ed to the scene Meantime, Western Federation leaders made house to house canvass Of Morenci and Metcalf| forcing workmen to join the Fedora tion. Bands of Mevicans led by Amer 1 lean lieutenants of the Western Fed eration rounded up non-union men . who were dragged from their homes . and beaten They were then offered | the alternative of leaving town or} affiliatiup with fbe Federation NroSr