Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-07-18
!. w. w. MEN DEPORTED.
LOO HeIded and Driven Into Cars.
Two Men Arc Killed.

day, are aboard "a cattle cars to-
night speeding toward New Mexico.
Their announced destination is CO.
lumbus.
The men were driven from the
city by deputy sheriffs and about g.
600 armed men, members of an or
ganization known as the "Citizcns'
Protective League" Two men were
killed.
A strike was called here by the
metal workers branch of the |. w.
w. about two weeks ago. Since then,
according to officials. scores Of
strange men have been in Bisbee.
These men are alleged to have pre-
vented miners from returning to
work
Plans for the "round-up" Of al
legged undesirables were made at
midnight by Harry c. Wheeler, She
riff Of Cochis county. Within two
hours the sheriff had deputized l.
200 men and ordered them to ruoort
at various points at o'clock this
morning.
When the bands OF citizens assem-
bled those who were not already
armed were given rifles and revolv-
ers with instructions to use them
! only In self-defense.
Until the last l. w. w. is run
ont" was the watchword passed to
the waiting men.
Women and Children Warned.
! at $50 O'Clock special newspaper
editions containing a proclamation
by Sheriff Wheeler, ordering women
and children to keep off the streets
during the day and instructing depu-
ties to arrest disturbers of the peace
were circulated.
simultaneously five bands Of arm
ed citizens suddenly appeared. Some
hurried from alleys, others from
store-rooms and some sprang from
low roofs Of business buildings. All
marched to the center Of the town.
Every strange man on the streets
was challenged
Hold on, stranger, what's your
business?' What are you doing in
Bisbee?' and How long have you
been here?" were some of the ques-
tions asked by the little groups as
they surrounded each man. Every
suspiciouslooking individual was
placed under arrest.
Fifty pickets at the entrance ia
the Cooper-Queen mines. in front OF
the post office, were arrested when
20 armed citizens rushed from the
lobby OF the post office and surround
ed them. -Four squads OF citizens
coming from different parts OF the
city. reached the center OF town at
the same time. Each band was
marching with several hundred pris-
! oncrs. AS each man was detained he
was quickly searched for weapons
AS the prisoners marched along the
streets hundreds OF rifles were level
ed at their heads from all sides.
After an hours wait captors and
captives marched to the depot. where
another squad on duty had taken
charge OF several hundred more men.
At $50 O'Clock the prisoners were
lined up two abreast. Flanked by
1000 heavily armed citizens, the
captives were ordered to march down
the railroad tracks toward Warren.
at Lowell, a suburb, about 100 more
alleged |. w. w. were merged into
the procession.
The base ball park at Warren was
chosen for the place of assembling
the men to be deported Word of the
"clean up" had preceded the sheriff
and his men, and when the prisoners
reached the park the hundreds of
spectators on the scene set up ieers.
When the prisoners were inside
the enclosure half the armed bands
formed a guard around the park
while the other half started a sys-
tematic search OF the entire district
for the men who were identified with
the Industrial Workers or who could
not account for their presence in
satisfactory manner.
Armed men went through rOoming
houses and restaurants questioning
every one. Those who did not an
swer satisfactorily were marched be-
tween long lines OF citizens to the
park. For two hours leaders OF the
Industrial Workers attempted to
make themselves heard above the