El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-23
GENERAL ,
PATTON LOOKS FOR
M|CABLE SETTLING
OF FUSS At GALLUP
SOME OF REPORTS ABOUT GUM
MEN EXAGGERATED, LEGAL Of
FICER FINDS; ASSURED BY
SHERIFF THERE WILL BE NO
FURTHER GROUND FOR CON-
PLANT

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Attorney General Harry L. Patton,
who wen to Gallup last week to look
into the situation there, and who has
returned to Santa Fe, Is hopeful that
a satisfactory adjustment Of the Gallup
difficulties will be reached without out
side action. He said as much In a re.
port to Governor Lindsey yesterday
evening, and In an Interview today.
Mr.. Patton found that some Of the
reports concerning the activities Of
gunner at Gallup evidently were ex-
Iaggerated, While there he was assur
ed by Sheriff Roberts and the man In
charge of the police force Of the
Gallup-Amerlcan company that there
would be no ground for complaint In
the future. .
The attorney general was unable to
find any connection between the strike
at Gallup and pro-German interests
but while there he told the miners
that further agitation by the strikers
without great ~provocatlon would con-
vince him that such connection exist
ed.
The attorney general went to Gal
|lup in company with District Attor-
|ney George r. Craig, of Albuquerque.
In an interview today, Mr.. Patton
said:
"The only strike in the Gallup dis
trict was that at the Gallup4American
mines. We were reliably informed
that a large majority of those who
went out on the strike have found
employment at other mines. Assur-
ance is given by friends of the miners
that there will be no violence and no
molestation of miners who go to work
at the Gallup-American.
"The belief is entertained by some
that the agitation which brought
about the strike comes from proGer-
man sources. On the other hand,
friends of the miners told us that
they are satisfied that such is not
the case, and I am inclined to such
view. but | stated to such persons
that further activities by the strikers,
without great ~provocation, would be
proof to my mind of pro-German &C
Itivity.
"Mr. Craig and l tried to impress
upon both factions that, while we
recognized that the employers and the
miners each had rights entitled to re-
spect, the rights Of all parties are
subordinated to the rights of the
country in its present peril; and that
the imperative necessity Of the coun-
try demands that coal be dug. ! be-
lieve that leaders of both sides of the
controversy appreciate this and that
each side will h%enceforth make con-
cessions to promote the common well
fare. II either side hereafter per-
sists in a headstrong course, the
loyal element Of that community will
be quick to condemn such action In
mo uncertain terms.
at has been charged, not without
some foundation, that gunner en-
ployed by the companies have made
themselves obnoxious, although l
think such reports have been ex-
aggerated. We were assured by Sher-
iff Roberts and James Blair, who has
charge of the police force for the
Gallup-American, that there would be
no foundation for such complaints III
the future. To the credit of all
parties it might be said, that from
the standpoint of law and order, 'con-
ditions could not be improved upon.
"Officers Of the Gallup-American
are authority for the statement that
a force of respectable size is now en-
ployed in their mine, and that new
men are going to work every day.
They predict that in a very short
time the men will be working at full
capacity. XXX.
'Thinking and loyal men on both
sides have decided that it is unprofit-
able to decide the question as to
whether it was a mistake to deport
the strikers, or whether it was a mis-
take to return the strikers to Gallup.
They have decided that present and
future problems must be solved, re-
CARELESS of past events, and are set
ting about to accomplish such ends.
"After making the trip, I feel en-
couraged owe the situation and be-
lieve that conditions will adjust
themselves without outside inter-
%farencn"