Arizona republican., 1917-07-24
WARREN DISTRICT MEN CALL ON
 DISTRICT MUST OBEY STATE LAW

Just what occurred at Bisbee and the Warren mining district of Cochise county that led up to the deportation on July F by Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler and 1,50O deputies of more than 1000 l. W. W's and their followers was ex- plained yesterday to Governor Camp bell by committee of six Bisbee and Douglas citizens who had come to Phoenix for that purpose.
 The committee, representing the Citizens Protective League of Bisbee and Douglas, was composed of the fol- lowing: Thomas Hughes, NJ. w. Mer- rill Dr. N. c. Bledsoe, J. C. Curry and G. w. Ludwig of Bisbee and Albert Stacy of Douglas.
 Half past one o'clock was the time set for the meeting between the com mittee and the governor, and it was after o'clock, when the committee left the private office of the executive.
 The object of the visit of the com mittee to the governor was. as the members stated, to give him "first hand" information in regard to all the occurrences in that district that led up to the famous deportation of the I. w. Ws in wholesale, which deportation had received such widespread publicity throughout the country, some of the
 
 statements with no basis in truth, they alleged
 The greatest of care had been taken. they insisted. that no one should be unjustly sent out of the district. and if any had been so wrongly included in the roundup, it had been due to their own actions, the committee declared Among some of the stories circulated of this kind was one to the effect that women and children had been injured the night of the deportation This they declared, was untrue. No women or children had been harmed, they said, and further, al families of agltators, the heads of whom had been deported. were being taken care of by the Clti- zens' Protective league.
 But the l. w. W's themselves and their followers and sympathizers are no more welcome in the Warren min ing district today, the committee told the governor, than they have been at any time. Loyal Americans are invited to go to Bisbee and that mining dis trict; they will be welcomed and given employment but there is no place there for the agitator.
 If the committee of Bisbee and Doug las citizens who called upon Governor Campbell yesterday expected to tell that executive anything new concerning the Bisbee deportation, and the facts , surrounding it, they found themselves mistaken. Governor Campbell assured them and showed them before the inter 1 view was concluded, that he was fully acquainted with all the circumstances that led up to the deportation and with all the facts If the affair.
 After listening to the committee at length in their explanation of the facts of the deportation of the l. w. Ws 1 from Bisbee, the governor told them l that notwithstanding their view of the affair, deporting the undesirable agl- | tators from the district was not the proper way to handle the situation. 1 that it was entirey illegal, and that it was the governors duty to uphold the laws. To that end he told the com mittee that he would expect them to abide by the laws in the future 1 In spite of the efforts of the depu- tized citizens to see that no man was wrongly sent out of the district. the governor was confident, he told the | committee. that some innocent persons had been deported.
 The committee left Phoenix last night on their return to Bisbee. Before their departure, they declared that they con sidereG that their visit to the governor had been worth while; that they felt they had explained the situation more fully and in a clearer manner than could be done at long distance. Al though the governor had made 1t plaln to them that he expected the Blsoee citizens. in company with all others
 to obey the laws of the state, and that
 in deporting the I. W. Ws and thelr
 followers they had taken the law mic their own hands, yet the committee
 stood pat on their statement that tne
 l. w. WIS and their sympathlzers were not welcome in their district; that only law abiding, patriotic men would re-
 ceive the glad hand from them.
 Wiley0E. Jones, attorney general, nae
 been invited by Governor Campbell tt attend the conference with the BlsbeF
 committee and had accepted. MT. Jones
 later called up the governors office
 by telephone and asked for the names
 of the committee, which were given hln over the telephone by MT. Merrill,
 member of the committee. When MT
 Jones' stenographer was called to the
 rescue and had given him the list, nc told the secretary that if the committee
 had any communication for him they lcould come to his office. He added | that he considered his office of equa
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