The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-12-07

ZCna, and the Warren mining QlS- trict last July 12 is contained in a report of President Wilson's special labor commission made public to- night by the president.
 The deportation was carried .out by the sheriff of Cochise county and about 1000 armed men, ''presuming to act as deputies under the sheriff's authority" the report said, and was wholly illegal, and without authority in law, either state or federal.
 After extensive investigation of the cause and circumstances surround ing the copper miners strike, the commission found that the deporta. tions were planned by number of Bisbee citizens, including officials of the Phelps Dodge and Calumet & Arizona mining interests, although no disorder or violence had been threatened by the strikers, most of them forcibly herded together and sent out of the state on special train of box cars were law abiding American citizens, the report said, and few were Germans or Austrians.
 No reference was made in the re- port to the question of whether any were members or leaders of the In dustrial Workers of the World.
 The commission reported that the deportation interfered with the op- eration of the selective draft law and suggested the president refer the evidence to Attorney General Gregory. It was also found that the leaders in the enterprise utilized the local office of The Bell Tele- phone company and attempted to exercise censorship over parts of ,y,h lines to prevent information con corning the deportations from reach ing the outside world This situa- tion should be referred to the inter state commerce commission for in vestigation, the commission suggest ed
 Both recommendations have been followed by the president. it was an nounced tonight.
 The commission recommended fur ther that steps be taken to prevent interference with men who seek ad- ! mission to the Warren mining dis , trict "in a peaceful and lawful man ner," that the responsible law off, cers of the state and county pursue Appropriate remedies for the vindi- cation of the law; and that deporta- tions he made federal criminal of fense.
 The deportations and the usurpa1 tion Of iudicial functions by self delegated body of citizens for more than a month afterwards, the com mission said, have even been made the basis Of an attempt to agect ad- versely public opinion among some Of the people of the allies
 The reference is believed to be to nrif Nf 1oI> methods by Russian workmen It is set forth also that memory of the deportations still embarrasses the establishment of industrial peace" which is declared essential for sue .cessful prosecution of the war
 One of the principal faults contrib uting to the original troubles the commission found was the lack of -s any sort of a mediation body. Ma chinery to adjust future labor diff culties has now been established by the commission in the Arizona field however.
 The report is signed by Secretary Wilson. chairman of the commission which is now touring the west; J. l.. Spangler. E. P. Marsh and J H. Walekr. members of the commission and Felix Frankfurter. counsel.
 Werner c. Reed. the other member of the commission did not sign the report as he was in San Francisco in connection with the strike of tele- phone operators there when the Bis bee investigation was made.
 The future cannot be saleguarded against d recurrence of such depor- tations, the report says. unless a candid and just statement is made nf he faa deportations and an understanding is had of the conditions which brought it about"
 After hearing the representatives Of the different elements involved in the dportation, both official and private, the commission finds that:
 "A strike was called in the Warren district on June 26, 1917. to he effective the following day. While undoubtedly the men sincerely felt that several grievances called for restification by the companies hay ing regard to the conditions in this district and the governments need Q for it's copper production, the eriev- ances were not of such nature as to have justified the strike"
 Shortly after the strike was call ed the report explains, the sheriff Of the country through the governor of. Arizona, rquested- the aid of fed cal troops, but after estiga ton of the situation in Bisbee an army off, Ger reported that everything was peaceable and that toops were neither needed nor warranted
 That the conditions is Bisbee were, in fact, peaceful and free from any manifestations or disorder or Eiolnce," the report adds. 'fs Rthe testimony Of reputable citizens,