The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-01
UNION LEADERS ARE
 DRIVEN FROM ~. MIAMI

Ed Donnelly and the Mexican agita- tor named Moreno were forced to leave the camp following a mass meet ing of the miners, held on the streets of the concentrator camp on last Sat urday evening.
 The men urged a strike for closed shop and the conservative members of the union were so indignant that the agftators were compelled to go in hiding.
 The Arizona Record gives the cause of the trouble as follows:
 Ed Donnelly, president=electa of the Arizona Federation of Miners, and an agitator named Moreno were forced to flee from Miami last night after they had made speeches on street corner, advocating strike to ob- tain the closed shop rule in. this district. Several hundred miners, 1nembers2 of the Miam union and Of the Arizona Federation, led the body which forced the two speakers into in an automobile furnished by the
 sheriffg Moreno has disapbeafed. 'i3's | The trouble grew out rof; dissehsioa ibetween members of the miners, un1
 ions in the district in which the rad icals, or agitators, on the one hand,
 have sought, ia strike for the closed lshop, while the sconservatiye, miners, lon the other hand, have been satis-
 fled with present., conditibns Don
 nelly.s and, Moreno represented the
 radical element and presented their lviews, calling for a strike, pin their istreet corner speeches.
 r '' t Trouble Expested. 0'eh 'o s'' K Early yesterday it was nosed about the Concentrator City and Globe; that lDonnelly and Moreno would. speak at a mass meeting in Miami last night
 urging strike. Members of the Miami union, meantime, hearing , ci l-these reports, warned Donneity that If he persisted in agitating, trouble
 might ensue.. Donnelly and s Moreno
 however, continued with their pro
 gram and held their meeting.
 Several hundred miners from 7. the
 inspiration and Miami companies mines attended the meeting. During
 Donnelly's and Moreno's addresse:
 there was no interruption, and ~botf l men were permitted to conclude.
 Following the meeting the crowt incensed at the agitation for a,strike threatened violence, and surged to lgYard the two spcakerg: 5DonRelly re treated and sought refuge in mo ton picture theatre, nearby Moreno t disappeared and has since remained l hidden It is presumed he fled ft'
 Globe; where his companion late : was brought. 'i,'+ l officers Appear i : Search for the missing speakers al 5 tracted deputy 'Sheriffs in Miami, an' ? 1 they in turn called Sheriff Franl II ds ynes and several deputies iron fGlobe Haynes and his men arrive l while the crowd was still surgin
 about the streets. They found Dor
 nelly in the theatre, drove their auto
 mobile to the door of the house l. spirited the speaker into the machin
 land rushed him to Globe.
 Mrs. Donnelly,. wife rof the pres n dent elect, pleaded with the leader - of the crowd for her husband. Whil ' the. search for the missing speakc # was still progressing, she appeare ,. on the street and promised that Dol i, lnelly would leave Miami and neve = return if the crowd gathered woul ,- permit him to leave peaceably. EES According to those who witnesse q the trouble and the search for Dol a nelly and Moreno, the crowd was 0 .0 derly and quiet, but determined is Practically every. member of Nth -s party was a member of the Milan ' unon Donnelly, when told the name
 of certain of the leaders, admitte
 in Globe that he knows them an - recognized that they are represent 11' tives of the conservative branch
 the union.
 ,+ Others in Miami it was state -o after the trouble last night, wi U U,r have been agitating along the san ,a lines as Donnelly, have been warne ,o by members of the union that the ~ must either leave the district change their attitude. No furth' h demonstrations is anticipated unlo: o agitators continue calling on u Y miners to strike on the grounds pr 1 posed by Donnelly and Moreno
 H.