Arizona republican., 1917-07-12

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 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown of thorns," dryly remarked Gov ernor Thomas E. Campbell yesterday at his office in the state house in com ment upon the telegram from the law breaking, awdefying I. w. W.'s in forming the governor that members of thelr organization were being abused by ''lawless mob" and demanding protection in terms decidedly insulting.
 After having defied all legal author ity of the state for days, threatening to bring to a standstill the mining in dustry of Arizona, regardless of the needs of the government in the present crisis, and at last rounded up and driv- en out by determined, enraged, ex- asperated citizens, the whining and threatening appeal to the law did not find the governor in particularly sympathetic mood.
 The demand is as follows:
 "Workers in Jerome, members of our organization, are being brutally abused, jailed and deported by Iawless mob. We demand protection for them. If pro- lection is refused by you, you must assume the consequence of such re- fusaI."
 Signed-Executive Committee, Metal Mine Workers Union No. 800, Miami and Globe Branch"
 That the governors fighting blood was aroused by the threat in the tele- gram from the I. w. w. leaders that he must assume the consequences is evident from the following answer sent to the I. w. w. leaders:
 "l acknowledge receipt of your teIe- gram regarding deportation from Je- rome.. l have been making investiga- ton and on my own initiative and pre- vious to receiving your message have advised sheriff at kingman to release the men in his custody. The threaten ing tone of your telegram is disliked and shall consider any like commun- cation from organization or individual coming to my attention in future suf- ficient cause for immediate action against responsible party or parties.
 "THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, "Governor of Arizona" AS stated in his, answer to the l. w. W. leaders, the governor had ordered the release of the "wobblies" at King man where they had been returned by determined residnts of Needles, Cal, who had not permitted the deported l. | w. W.'s from Jerome to leave the
 trains. The sheriff at Kingman noti fled Governor Campbell of their ar rival at Kingman and asked for advice in the following telegram received yes terday at the state house:
 Tn regard to the 61 I. W. WIS from Jerome not permitted to land at Needles, have rounded up fl of them and have them under guard. What shall 1 do with them?'
 | The governor replied that unless some proper and legal charge is placed against them they must be released .' "The deportation oS men from one section of the state to another is to be deplored," said Governor Campbell yes | terday, and I am taking such meas ures as are in my power to ally such acts, not only in support of the laws of the state, but for the protection of other communities unable or unwilling to move the undesirables from their com munity
 Border states naturally insist upon protection from illegal deportation. ' said the governor, and the state itself becomes involved with other states, as now is the case in the deportation of | the l. w. W.'s from Jerome to Cali fornia, taken from Yavapai county to | Needles and were not allowed to leave
 the cars, but were met by a committee of citizens and peace officers and re-
 turned to Kingman, to the sheriff who immediately took up the matter with
 me, asking for advice.
 My only advice" continued the gov f ernor, was, as executive of the state
 to release them unless some proper and legal charge is placed against them
 My hope and wish is that the citizens
 in the various mining camps now in- fested by I. w. W.'s restrain them selves until such time as proper and legal steps have been taken by county state or federal authorities to handle the menace of militant industrial ac- tion.
 q do not think the situation al Globe will be settled for some time.
 declared Governor Campbell. The
 w. W. activity and their avowed pur- pose of tying up the metal mining ac-
 tivity of the state, the militancy ol
 their membership as well as their con siderable numbers, ramifying through
 every industry, including farming, SC (Continued on Page Two)