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San Francisco, July 12.-Deporta-
tion undertaken to-day at Bisbee,
Arz.. Of more than a thousand In
dustrial Workers Of the World CEN
tered the eyes Of the nation on an
agitation which has arisen in the
West to considerable proportions af-
ter manifesting itself sporadically
from coast to coast for years. From
the Canadian border to Mexico civic,
State and military authorities were
alert tonight to suppress all disor-
der.
Disturbances fomented admitted
by the |. w. w. organization and
| ramifying into various branches of
industry carry with them in yirtu-
ally every instance a demand for
higher wages. Officials in some
States pronounced the movement
one to reduce production Of supplies
| necessary to the conduct of the war.
but, while German influence and
financial support was charged by
tion Of this accusation could be had.
Organizers Of the l. w. W., especially
in Arizona, were reported to be we'll
financed from sources unknown even
to those we'll yersed in the workings
of the body.
Threats Made to Destroy Wheat
Military censorship which repress-
ed accounts OF immediate occurrences
in Arizona still permitted a fairly
| extensive view Of the general situa-
ton. Strikes were on tonight in
| the copper mines of Arizona and
| Montana. They we're threatened
in the mines of Colorado, Nevada
and Utah. There were lumber
| strikes in Idaho and WASHINGTON,
with agitation in the lumber dis
tricts of Oregon. Threats had been
made to destroy the wheat fields of
the Northwest. and the State council
of defense Of Washington appointed
committee especially to deal with
the Industrial Workers lest harm to
the crop ensue. Existing disturb
| ances reach into Mexico.
Bodily resistance to constituted or
unconstituted authority has not man.
ifested itself to any great extent In
| the recent Western operations Of the
| organization. Sixty Iusdustrial
Workers of the World members were
deported from Jerome, Ariz., and re-
! deported from Needles, Cal, without
| physical violence. Threats attribu-
ted to them are generally against
property.
Advocate Property Destruction.
They say they base their demands
and actions upon the theories Of
| George Sorel Frenchman, and gol
from him the plan of property de-
struction as lever to gain their
ends, which they define as "indus-
trial democracy" This property de-
struction as advocated and practiced
III the West OF late has taken many
forms. Lumber mills have had their
costly saws splintered BY spikes
driven into logs. In the orchard dis
tricts fruit trees have died after con-
| per nails had been hammered into
them.
The organizers proclaim the move
ment to be worldwide. The red flag
Is the proposed universal banner and
each member of the organization
carried red card. Membership is
sought in all branches of industry.
Organizers say $4,000 farm laborers
belong and that the plantation labor
of the South is being organized. 1t
Is the theory of the Industrial Work
ers that each branch Of the industry
should help the other in gaining it's
end. and Roger Culver, an l. w. w.
speaker. recetnly said at Miami,
Ariz., "if necessary to enforce the
miners demands there will be no
wheat crop in the North American
continent"
Threats of wholesale destruction
OF wheat have not materialized.
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