The Parker post., 1917-08-25
CAMPBELL ON
LABOR TROUBLE
HE TAKES BOTH SIDES TO TASK
IN THE MATTER WHICH LED
UP TO THE DEPORTATION OF
MEN FROM WARREN DISTRICT.


OF the recent labor trouble in the
Warren district, in a letter of in
struction forwarded to the county
officials of Cochise county, does not
spare i'll his criticism either side,
wherein he believes it has erred, in
the recent controversy which led
to the deportation of citizens from
that district, but gives it to 'em
straight from the shoulder.
He denounced in no un certain
language the activities of the l. w.
w. as nothing short of reasonable,
and their principles as a stencil in
the nostrils of decent American
people.
The plan of deporting men with
out due process of law he condemns,
and also takes issue with the methods
of the Bisbee Loyalty League in their
refusal to allow entrance Of citizens
into the district, and in positive
| terms gives instructions that this
system of procedure be stopped.
The governor takes the stand that
all deported persons are entitled to
the full legal rights secured to them
in the constitution and statutes of
| Arizona, and, unless by proper ap-
plication and execution of the laws
thus afforded, must not be restrained
| in the exercise of their liberties as
laffecting not only the Warren dis
tricts but all parts of Arizona.
In this manner Governor Campbell
deals with the situation which en-
| bodies the safe return of the men to
their homes. In his instructions to
the proper officials of COchise county,
.ile makes it clear that unless his in
detail he will take the only step left
| for him to take-declare martial
law
The governors instructions which
were forwarded, on the 18th inst, to
Sheriff Harry G. Wheeler, County
Attorney j. F. Ross, and Mayor Jacob
Erickson of Bisbee, were effectively
as follows:
''The result of my personal investi-
cation, August 9th to 18th, and the
evidence obtained by the attorney
general under my direction and filed
in this department. concerning events
prior to the strike in the Warren
district, called by the Metal Mine
| Workers. branch, Industrial Workers
of the World, June 27, and subse-
Quent incidents, including the depor-
tation of July 18th and others of
that date, is briefly summed up here
in, together with such findings of
fact and directions for your future
guidance, as 1 feel it my duty to
dictate:
81. The method of presentation
of demands to the several operating
mining companies and the calling OF
the strike Immediately thereafter,
without resort to referendum on the
part of those to be affected, was un-
fair.
"2. Tactics used by the strikers
the preaching of impossible doctrines
and ridiculing national war policies
Of intimidation, interference, insult
assault and threats of violence tC
life and property, brought about a
reign of lawlessness, invading the
constitutional rights of the whole
body polite of the district.
"3. 1t is asserted by the sheriff
that, because of the absence of state
aid and failure to obtain relief from
federal military; and due to the
helplessness of legal machinery tC
cope with a dangerous situation, in
volving prisoners beyond Jail capac-
ity and desirous to effect the removal
of menace which, in his judgment
could only result in great loss OF life
he proceeded with the help OF dep
utie and citizens posse, to arres
alleged members of the l. w. w. anG
active sympathizers, and on the 12tl
Of July, fOrcibly depOrted them tt
the number of twelve hundred, int,
the state of New Mexico, and he ac
cepts responsibility therefor.
"a. Undoubtedly, number o
persons not members of the I. w. w
or affiliated with their activities
were included in this deportation
J Some of these depOrted were force,
to leave dependent families, busines
interests or other property.
"5. In the Warren district, sine
July 18th, the constitutional rights