Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18
WATCHFUL POLICE
PREVENT TROUBLE
Dreaded Saturday Night Goes
by Without Sign of |. w.
w. Disturbance.
LONE PR0WLER IS CHASED
Attempting to Break Into
Transfer Storeroom; Eight
Suspects Held.

Complete, precautionary measures
caused Saturday in Tulsa to pass with
no marked outbreak OF hostilties to-
ward /. w. W. members known to be
in this city or OF threatened dcpreda-
tions which had been planned by
members of the |. w. w who are bit
ter In their denunciation of the men
who recently mobbed II Of their mem
oers ana drove them from the city.
County and city peace officers look
ed forward to Saturday night as the
time set for the inauguration of the
reign of terror in this city, threatened
by The I. w. w. members. and with
the warning given these same officials
they set about to block any anarchistic
move. As a result but three disturb
ances marked the closing day OF the
week.
Prowlcr Chased.
About 7:45 o'clock last night gem
eral fire alarm was turned in from
alarm box near the Nichols Transfer
company's warehouse on North Bould-
er, just north of the Frisco tracks
Motorcycle police and several pieces
of fire fighting equipment were rushed
TO the scene only to find that there
was no fire. The alarm had been
turned in by a man who happened TO
be driving by the place and who had
-~etected man in the act Of breaking
into the warehouse. Whether the in
truder was lnSflling an effort 60 toss
a bomb into the place, or Just attempt
ing to gain entrance to steal was not
disclosed as he was driven from the
place before the police or fire depart
ment succeeded in crossing the tracks
blocked by an incoming passenger
train.
Six Held on NnSrancy Chargc.
Earlier in the. afternoon, the cases
OF SIX men arrested late Friday night
on'n charge OF vagrancy, having been
caught I'm the Missouri rooming house
on West First in % roundup by the
police of suspicious characters. were
continued in the municipal court until
Tuosduy Among the six arrested are
three suspected of being affiliated
with the /. w. w and the detective
department is engaged in securing in
formation on the others Those who
are being held from among the 2G
arrested are: j. Burns, w. EringtoD,
Mike Miller Joe Lehman, w. h. Hipps,
ana u. Lacy.
Wencil Francha, the nationaal or
ganiZer of the !. w. w, who was ass
rested Friday by Detective Carmach-
cal, and who admitted having come
to Tulsa to see what Tulsa was going
to do about the treatment accorded
the II /. w. w. members who were
I, T.s. hAI
incommunicado at the city Jail last
night, several cells removed from
othsrs suspected Of being affiliated
with the same organization in which
Francha is a general officer. While
no charge has been placed against
him, he is being held pending investi
cation and the police are able to place
a more serious charge against him
If necessary.
As additional information is secured
on the explosion of the Standard Oil
company (of Indana) refinery and
loading station at Norfolk on Thurs
day night, the theory that the explo-
sion was purely accidental Is
strengthened. Officials of the COM
pany scout the idea that the plant
which cost the lives of two men was
blown up by I. W. w. members and
agree that 1t was a case of a gas ex
plosion which resulted from someone
striking a match or the gases spread
ing to the fires at the refinery.
Mitchell In Tolls Again.
Declaring that he has forsaken the
teachings of the |. w. w, l.. NJ.
Mitchell, who was one of the Z tarred
and feathered a week ago Friday
night, is now confined in the city Jail
for inVpstiRa tiOn.
one week ago today Mitchell called
up Sheriff Mccullough on the teIe-
phone and asked to be permitted to
return to Tulsa, declaring that he was
converted" by the Knights of Liberty,
who used the lash on his back before
applying the coat of tar and feathers.
He was told at the time of his con-
versation with the sheriff that = he
might return If he would agree that
the United States government was
able to get along without the advice
or action Of the l. w. w. and to this
he agreed. The fact that the police
doubt the sincerity of his promise is
the cause OF his arrest yesterday. lie
Is accused Of having distributed liter
ature protesting against the good