Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-13
COLUMBUS, N. M, GETS
READY TO KEEP BIG
GANG OF MEN MOVING
Men Deported from Bisbee
Reported Strung Out
Along Railroad Track.
San Francisco Sheriffs Are
Ready to Repel Invasion
From the North.

Miami, Ariz., July 13.-
Len German subjects, at
least two of whom are be-
lieved to be army officers,
have been located here and
in nearby camps, it became
known here today. They are
believed to have been sent
into this district to assist
the |. w. w. agitators in tie
ing up copper mines.
Columbus, N. NJ, July 13.-The ar
my OF Industrial Workers of the World
whose special train of cattle cars and
box cars vas side tracked at Her.
manas, n. NJ. 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 direction, according to reports re-
ceived here.
RELYING on this information. colum-
bus citizens turned out heavily armed
to repel any invasion" The situation
of the dcported persons was described
as desperate. Hermanas. a railroad
station, surrounded by few houses.
mad no supplies for feeding the I. w
w numbering nEarly I SOC I 53Nsta
feared a situation difficult to G trsss
might arise If they--swarmed into
town here
Aligned Against I. w. w.
San Francisco. July 13.-The far
west continued today to align itself
against disturbances caused by the In
dustrlal Workers of the World. State.
county and city officials and some citt-
zens on their own behalf were active,
following the lead Of Bisbee. Arizona,
where at an early hour the citizens
who Yesterday deported approximately
l,2OO men, had been asked to mobilize
against any return of the undesirables.
Sheriffs of Alameda and Contra
counties around San Francisco bay
were prepared to repel I. w. WIS said
to be marching from the north and
during the night deputies stood guard
over all roads leading into both coun-
ties An l. w. w. organizer was way
laid north Of Bellingham, Wash, last
night, when he attempted to reach a
logging camp. He was taken back to
Bellingham and told to take the first
outbound steamer.
From Butte, Mont, where the pres
ent situation first gained prominence,
reports seemingly indicate a settle
| ment of the mine strike within the
near future. Dissension has broken
out among the different striking ele-
! ments, and a mass meeting will be
held Sunday to decide whether a por-
ton of the men who struck in sym
pathy will return to their tasks.
Not Federal Censorship.
! Douglas. Ariz., July 13.-The CEN
sorship imposed on Associated Press
dispatches filed here and in Bisbee yes
terday during the deportation Of near
| ly 1,100 members of the Industrial
Workers Of the World from Bisbee
was directed by two officers of the
| Phelps-Dodge orporation-Robert
Rea, general auditor of the corpora
ton and H. H. Stout. superintendent
of the Copper Queen smelter here.
These men and not army officers, as
reported to the outside world by the
| Western Union Office here at the time
were the ones who issued the censor
ship orders to the telegraph company.
Manager Tillotson of the local West
ern Union Office thought Mr.. Stout was
a captain in the regular army and that
he was bound to obey his orders.