Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
|. v. v. MEN ON Way
TO COLUMBUS, n. M.
Citizens of Border Town Heav-
lily Armed to RepeI Any
'Invasion."
PRESIDENT ORDERS INQUIRY

Ell PASO. Tex, July 1S-El Paso and
southwestern general omces were ad-
vised at noon from. Hermnnas that
most of the deported I. W. w. men
were still there, flooding the telegraph
wires with appeals for assistance. A
troop Of cavalry In in control at Her
manas.
by the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. n. NJ, July 13.-The army
of Industrial Workers of the World de-
ported from Risbee yesterday. and
whose train was sidetracked at Her
manas. N. M. late last night. left Her
manas during the forenoon today and
is strung for a mile or more along the
railroad track, walking east in this di-
rection. according to reports received
here.
On this information Columbus citi-
zens turned out heavily armed to repel
any Invasion" The situation Of the
deported persons was described as des-
perate from lack of food.
President Sends Army Officers.
PHOENIX, Ariz. July 13.-Gov. Camp
pcI tllS IuoEIliHS EeCclScu Tic Aoho"ae
from President Wilson:
Secretary of War has instructed Gen.
Parker to send officers to Arizona at once
to report to him conditions there, with
a view to cooperating in the maintenance
of order
Meantime, may not respectfully urge
the great danger of citizens taking tho
law into their own hands, as your report
indicates their having done. I look upon
such actions with grave apprehensions.
A very serious responsibility IL assumed
when such precedents are set.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON,
Douglas Expects I. W. W. to Return
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. July 13.-Citizens of
Douglas today were prepared for re-
turn Of the 1897 members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World and their
sympathizers who were deported yester-
day from Bisbee. Reports received early
today indicated that the special train OF
freight cars and cattle cars which carried
the men from Bisbee had been sidetracked
at Hermanas. twenty miles west OF Co
lumbus, N. NJ. after tho local officers. at
the latter place had refused to permit the
guards who accompanied the train to un-
load their prisoners there.
A message received by Chief of Police
James H. East from Sheriff Harry
Wheeler, who accompanied the train
said the deported men were threatening
to return to Douglas on the frat pas.
senger train. and It was feared that they
would arrive here during the day. Chic,
East issued a call for 200 special poMcs
men to report for duty. fully armed, t.
handle the expected invasion. Report.
from other sources said it was consid.
cred probable that the deported mer
would stop a westbound train and com
pei the crew to carry them back te
Bisbee.
Two hundred and fifty armed guards
who escorted the Industrial Workers
Of the World and their sympathizers
from Bfsbee yesterday, returned to
Douglas this morning on the regular
westbound passenger train on the El
Paso and Southwestern railroad. They
reported they had left their charges at
Hermanas. N. NJ.
Left Charges in Lonely Place.
Hermanas. junction point on the
Ell Paso and Southwestern railroad,
consists merely of three houses inhab-
tied by Mexicans. the station and a
water tank.
Whether the deported men had beer
fed since they left Douglas was not
known here. Reports from Columbus
said many of them were in a surly
mood when the train arrived there and
refused to talk, but a few. appeared
cheerful and announced they were
taking a joy ride as the guests of the
copper companies"
When the train arrived at Columbus
the detraining point originally selected
by the guards. it was met by the deputy
city marshal and a number Of special
policemen who refused to permit either
the guards or the deported men to
leave the train.
Supt. King of the Ell Paso and South
train, was arrested on a charge Of car
rying passengers in interstate COM
merce without collecting fares, but was
when an agreement was
reached that the train would be taken
back as far as Hermanas.
The deportation of the men yesterday
was not accomplished without blood
shed. Orson p. McRae. a member of the
citizens posse which rounded up the
men, having been shot and killed by
James Brew. striker, who fired
the door of his room when a
made. Brew was killed later by Nc
Rae's companions.
No other clashes between the posse
and Industrial Workers of the World
were reported. The roundup
Of the men was complete. every one
who was known as a sympathizer of
the strikers being taken until he gave
4 satisfactory explanation of his ac-
tivities. The posse even took William
B. Cleary, an attorney. and loaded him
on the freight train with the less con-
spicuous prisoners.
What action Gov. Thomas E. Camp
oell intended to take with regard to the
was unknown, although
le telegraphed to President Wilson last
lfght that federal troops were needed
in all the strike zones to prevent fur
ther attempts to drive the striking mem
oers of the Industrial Workers of the
World out of the state. The governor
had notified the sherin at
Kingman, where a number Of 1. w, VS.
lad been held, that they were not to be
as long as they were peaceful
All Far West Against I. w. w.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1s.-The far
vest continued today to align itself
Lgainst disturbances caused by the In
[ustrial Workers of the World State