Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-18
American Labor Has Oppor-
tunity to Secure Employ
ment at High Wages, Is Of
fiCiaI Announcement,
SHERIFF WHEELER IS
NOW NATIONAL HERO
Business Conditions Suffer
From Effects of Strike and
Deportationsi Entrance to
City Is Well Guarded,
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tsr MORNING. JOURNAL SPECIAL LuIsEo wiRsI
Bisbee, Ariz., July III. w. w
members and sympathizers were
warned today to stay out of the War
rem district by placards placed in all
of the store windows, barber shops
and other conspicuous places. These
warnings We're not signed but were
understood to have been issued by the
sheriffs office.
The warning read:
Because of recent occurrences in
the Warren district, the members and
sympathzers of the I. w w. are not
welcome in this district and are warn .
ed to stay out
Men coming here to work or to
engage in business or other peaceful
pursuits who have no alliance with
the /. w. w. are welcome and may
expect every courtesy"
Want American Miners.
1t was also announced late today by
a leading mining man that 1 1900
American mining men were wanted
and would be welcomed in this dis
trict. He said it was planned to make
this district an American n-controlled
camp and one to which Americans
from all parts of the country would
come with assurances that they would
not be molested by the I. w. w. agi-
tators or other labor disturbers and
could be assured of steady work at
the highest wages paid any miners in
America. he said
The chart of labor conditions kept
in the general offices of the Copper
Queen company, the biggest produc-
Ing eofpl Ession "a. ,,t.s 1.sss is,. asnJn'
ed tonight that 932 men worked on
the day shift today, which is 70 per
cent of the normal day shift force.
The chart, which is kept by Manager
G. Fl. Dowell, showed that 1,407 men
worked on all shifts yesterday, which
was 65 per cent of the normal force,
according to Manager Dowell
Men on Every Train.
Men are coming into the camp on
every train to find work. They are
first examined at Osborn Junction.
Armed deputy sheriffs question all
strangers take their names and ask
their business in Bisbee. These men
are all heavily armed and many wear
khaki suits and leggings which make
them look like soldiers. There are
also soldiers stationed at and near
Osborn to guard the railroad tunnel
and bridges.
Upon their arrival in Bisbee strang-
ers suspected of being members of the
/. w. w. are taken before the investi-
eating committee who examine them
closely as to their former record,
their recent movements and labor
sympathies. If they are found ac-
ceptable they are given note to the
mine managers If they wish work, or
are permitted to go about their bust
M Th0
given notes are accepted by the com
panies and put to work. If declared
undesirable" they are ordered to
leave.
Six men classed as "undesirables'
were ordered to leave town today, ac-
cording to Sheriff Harry Wheeler. A |
total of thirty have been ordered to |
leave since the general deportation on |
July IL. Others are being searched |
for and will be deported when found, |
as they are known to be I. w. W. agi- |
tators. Only two deported I. w. w. |
men have returned and have been
re-deported.
AS far as can be learned here no
state or federal investigation of the
wholesale deportations has been start
ed either by Governor Thomas Camp
bell, by Attorney General Wiley Jones
or by the federal authorities. Col
James j. Hornbrook of the United
States army, who was here during the
labor troubles and the deportations,
has gone to Douglas. He is believed
TO have made report of the situa-
tion here to the war department. John
+. Ross, county attorney, is in Tomb
stone, the county seat, but as far as
is known here, has made no move to
bring any action against the deported
strikers or those instrumental in
them up. Neither has any
state or federal investigation been
made of the censorship imposed upon
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, July IL, by superintendent H.
n. Stout and Robert Rae, officials of
the Copper Queen company.
Ruse of Brother.
Several of the small business places
owned by men deported from here are
being operated by their employees. The
Quick Service restaurant in Lowell,
owned by Spiro Vukovich, Is one Of
these. Investigation here showed that
The message sent to Vukovich as the
Columbus deportation camp, saying
his brother Sam had been killed here,
was sent by Sam himself as way Of
getting his brother out of the camp.
A root beer stand owned by one of
The men ordered to lelte town has
been closed, while other Small places
owned by the deported men continue
20 run. Officers here deny that any |
number of the deported men were en- ,
gagged In any kind of business and that
my were in competition in any way /
with the Phelps-Dodge Mercantile {
which has a big company :
store here. Reports received by the |
citizens relief committee, which Is
,aring for the families of the deport-
ID men, show that there Is no suffer-
ng and all destitutes are being. cared