Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-22

W. w. went from Jerome and was soon joined by his first lieutenant from the Globe Miami district When they had the Bisbee campaign well started they turned attention to Clifton and Morenci, where they gave assistance 10 the state federation head who had been handling these districts and who had also been prominent in the Je- rome strike organization and in Mi ami. Subsequently they went to Mi ami and Globe and in the week pre- vious to calling of the strikes there they were foremost in bringing pre- liminary steps to conclusion. Fol lowing this they made endeavors to reach the districts of Ray and Super for and to gain entry to Douglas with view of tieing up the smelters. Tn | these efforts they were frustrated by indignant authorities and citizens who declared that any interference with the copper industry during time of war meant interference with the na- ton to the point of treason. This atti- tude has been taken by loyal citizens throughout the state, they finding jus tification for it in the fact that in none of the mining districts attacked by the agitators have there been con ditions of wages or employment which were not the best in their several classes existing anywhere and with which the men had no fault until the disturbers among them became active with intimidation
 Briefly, careful investigation and an alysis of the situation in Arizona makes it clear that a group of agita- tors who have been active for several years in association with several la bor organizations have secretly CO., operated under the general direction and influence of the I. w. w. in Ari- zona since last November; that their only attachments have been embar- rassment of the production of war essential and demOraliZatiOn of men and business in Arizona; that they have resorted to much deception and treachery among the rank and file of their organizations and to all manner of intimidation and false pretense be- fore the general public, even to the length of attempted intimidation Of the governor of the state and false representations to the president and departments at Washington; that their continued efforts have not been pos sible without large money resources which must have come from outside and which no one would have inter est in furnishing under existing con ditions of national stress except a for eign foe; that their continued free dom to plot and excute steps interfer- ing with an essential war metal is dis tinctly menacing and justifies many letters and telegrams which depart ments at Washington will find in their files declaring the need of federal in- vestigation and protective action in Arizona, embracing the detention of these ring leaders, one of whom is now the spokesman among the men deported from the Warren District, and justifying a large amount of news paper comment in Arizona, which dur ing more than three months has rep resented a constant appeal for feder- al help in the state in order that mu- nitions crippling strikes and such cul- minations as those of Jerome and Bis bee might be forestalled and averted.
 EDITORS NOTE-There has been criticism of the fact that until the ev ening of July 12, a strict censorship prevailed over the telegraph offices in Bisbee and Douglas, news of the pro ceedings under way in the Warren District during that day being refused transmission. Editors and all others conversant with the general situation in Arizona mining districts on that day will fully justify the censorship in the light of the fact that the necessity for action in Bisbee came so abruptly that there was no time to give ad
 vance warning to the authorities in other counties where I. w. W's were assebled and ready to precipitate des- perate actions. Had the word got to them before the authorities were well