El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-07
ARE
UNDER THE BAN
Strikers in Globe Are Sus-
picioUs Of Each Newly
Arrived Nan.

bank. Many of the men who are most
active in opposition TO the employ Ing
companies have thousands Of dollars
iu cash and have been saving from
their wages about 500 a month each.
They are greEarIouS, speak little
save theu own language and get
their world Information from jour
mails ia their own language or from
the Socialist press
Hope to own the Mines.
They have been told they viii own
the mines II they follow the J. W. w.
or at least have doubled wages and
and know little Of what they are
doing. possibly, are not 20 he blamed
particularly yet furnish a dangerous
element
Suspicious of Everyone.
A conspicuous feature OF the Ari-
pici0u OF leaders and the rank and
file over the most innocent inquiries
or the arrival Of any stranger liz
camp Travellers on any mine road
are stopped and roughly iu-errO-
gated as 10 their identity and pur-
poses. Newspaper men are held in Pc
cu-iar dislike a favOrite topic at
the strikers meetings is the "venality
Of the press in general as controlled
by the trusts in their efforts to en-
slave the labOring man"
/. W. W. Hopes to Sieze Government.
HI A-AaEr 4AA 1L~ANtr A.LELt
pears only the Taguest idea over
what the strike is expected TO accom-
plish- The lenders, when dealt with
personally, are frank In telling tnar
by direct action the J. ". " ex-
ueCt TO sieze rEe government aT-e-
having first paralyzed all American
industry, l7c-u1lrg the pursuits Of
agriculture 1t is of very material and
personal benefits. however. they aG-
dress the crowds whom they daily
y.
be credited as swayed by fGnaGCal en-
thus-aSm. Vet there can he no doubt
that some of them are actuated 10y the
most sOrdid of motives. At Bisaee
was heard story of q strike leader
wh5 offered for 4 consideration 40
atoms proceeded no further shan that
point
Troops Were Needed.
Troops absolutely had TO be had
in the local disturbance. Sheriff Tom
ArDer has a sturdy bunch of cowboy .
deputies. from his old Tonic Basin
range. and = backed by seVral hun
cred armed business men. specially
ueputized-bur this force is not
trained and, without discipline, could
not be expected 20 be of large value .
other than as guards At one critical r
stage Of the local disturbance. gov
aruOr Campbell succeeded in holding
back column Of hastily organized .
home guards that was ABOUT TO march .
TO the smelter, TO feed and relieve the .
1eleagured pumping crsw- Later il
was found that o bout 1000 amred
strikers had prepared 10 meet the
narchers at the railroad bridge and
TANK them from the shelter Of the
bed OF Pinal creek In the whole af-
air there was a possibility of blood
shed of most h0rrid sort. that might
ave included the slaughter Of many
u the most valued citizens OF the
ocaLly-
Jse Women as Shield.
A peculiarly foreign feature Of the
-rlke is the way in which the J. W.
s. has placed women and children
% the forefront where bloOdshed
night be possible. or at least have
emitted women and children to be
q such places Some Of the SlayOn-
an women are fierce in their ad-
Ocacy Of the commune. One Of them
esIerlay deliberately stepped in
rOnr Of sheriff Armer's automobile
n the Copper Hill road. to stop him
POSSIBLE or TO be a sacrifice under
lis wheels. Only by clever lodging
lid he manage 10 avoid her and ger
lasL Here also has come a curious
lanltestation Of the hatred of the
oreigners TO the natives. VIE and
'iolent language is addressed TO off
.ers by the foreign strikrs-
RiOtrs Get Advantage ut First.
Inc worst feature Of the whole af-
air is the fact that the rioters Sc