Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-14

No Physical Violence.
 Another demand was for a six dol lar wage per day as minimum, six dollars today not having any more purchasing power than three dollars and fifty cents had when miners re- ceived that sum and copper was sell ing at fourteen and fifteen cents a pound.
 "The strike on the part of the min CTS was most peaceful. In the neigh borhood of ninety per cent of the un- derground workers went out. There was no physical violence. The police records show far fewer arrests during the time of the strike than during or dinary times.
 'Bootlegging was prohibited by the activity of the miners union. The miners were not armed and few if any had even small arms in their homes, as is shown by the investigation made of their residences yesterday morning during the time they were being appre- hended and searched.
 About five o'clock on the morning of the twelfth, rounding up of the men on strike began. The strikers were members of the I. w. w. and the International Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers union.
 Describes Roundup.
 ''Men from Bisbee, Lowell, Warren and Douglas and the country adjacent thereto, to the number of twenty-two hundred( mostly armed with rifles and revolvers and some with clubs, assist ed in the work of the roundup. Most of them were business men and clerks and some were men who refused to go out on a strike. They visited all the homes of the district wherever a took him out.
 Some of the miners were treated without show of violence by the men taking them from their homes while in other instances the men were fore ed at the point of gun to leave their homes and in many instances their wives and families.
 ''They were then marched in line through the town of Lowell to the Warren ball park in Warren, an ap- proximate of three miles. They were herded by gun men with an automo- bile which carried a machine gun. This machine gun was trained on the miners.
 There was no resistance on the part of the miners so far as I ob- served. After the first shock was off the men seemed to take their plight good naturedly.
 Offered Chance to Work
 'The men were entrained on 24 cars waiting on a siding nearby. Cat tie cars and box cars were used for this purpose.
 As each man approached the train he was forced to walk between a gant- let of armed men and in some in- stances with the guns pointed toward him. He was asked whether he was willing to go back to work or not. 1T he said he would go back to work he was turned loose and allowed to min gle with the armed guards.
 "A few agreed to go back to work. The rest were entrained. It took about an hour and half to get all the men aboard About noon the train was started toward New Mexico. On top of each car were a large number of armed guards and along the railroad track for miles the train was accom- panied by automobiles with men hold ing guns fixed upon rne railroad cars.
 Many of the cars had sufficient water during the trip but in nGi:l- Der of them the water supply gave out between and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. On the way to Columbus, when the train was stopped, the guards, 1S6 in number, would permit the men to leave the train and go to other cars to get drink of water but on the return trip from Columbus this permission was not accorded.
 Car Is Crowded
 "We arrived at Columbus between 9:3O and 10 o'clock last night and left about midnight, arriving at Her manas about 8 o'clock this morning.
 During the ride back the men in the car, it was said, had not water from the time we left Coium3us un- til we reached Hermanas. This was a box car which was overcrowdec, making it impossible for all of the men to sit down on the floor at the same time. Many were rorceG to stanc hours at a time letting the weaker men sit
 When we arrived at Hermanas we were not allowed the privilege of leav- ing the train for necessary relief and a number of shots were fired from the roofs of the cars for purposes O. in limitation.
 There was much walking on top of the cars by the guards and then suddenly complete silence. At first the men thought it m;gnt be a ruse to have some of them attempt to leave the cars in order to give an excuse for shooting, but the quiet continuing we investigated and discovered we were without guards. The guards had