Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-22
CLEARYS TALK ANSWERED BY
WORKING UNION MINERS, BlJS|-
NESS MEN AND COUNTY OFFICERS

ed addresses of Bill Cleary's one
would be led to believe that the ].
w VS. now AT Columbus were al
little innocent lambs, overflow ing
with love OF this country and pa
triots TO the core. but We who know
Bill Cleary know differently But
il is just such misleading statements
of Bill Cleary's that has caused the
, men now at Columbus to he there.
Cieary's statement that there are a
number of men ia his party that are
subject In draft and have signed up
is all rot because even if they i,d 20
the chances ara they are all exempt
because of non-citizenship and 'Ls
not Cleary been advising these men
10 resist the draft, or has he Lot
He says that lhany nave L'5",'y
Bonds. II so did he or did he moi
advise the purchase OF them and
how many dollars worth did C,earv
Jake? Echo answers and saye.L
Not any. II there are any Lib
erty Bonds held by any OF the stock
aders" in Columbus we will bet they
bought them for an investment and
not for love of country, because
Gripping our country by reducing
the output of copper and thereby
helping the Kaiser and buying Lib
erty Bonds does not jibe along the
patriotic highway. He says that
several men in the Cleary Fusileers
have sons in the army or navy. That
but goes TO show that the fathers are
poor lot and serves TO show that
the sons had more sense, more love
of country and real American blood
than tie father and proves nothing
so far as the father being patriotic
end il is ten chances to one that
The father now in the stockade while
his son is somewhere in France, tried
10 get the boy not 10 enlist because
Bill Cleary has oeen raying for
months against this war. The fol.
lowing statement carrying the sig
natures of the men VINO wrote IL. an
swers all OF Clearys stun that was !
given out 10 mislead the resident and
the American people in general but
the fact that Col. Cleary is advOcat-
ing the cause OF the men who stand
for mo religion and no law" his
statements will be taken with a
grain Of salt. To read the Cleary
statement Of the affair in Bisbee ON
June l2 one would think that the
rape OF Belgium by the Germans
was mild compared to the union
miners drive in -Bisbee As a mat
ter OF fact the drive by the union
miners, business men, tax payers
and red blOoded Americans Of the
Warren District. was participated in
by officials of all kinds and was not
4 mob or a sudden uprising of IRE.
sponsible people. IL was the last
word of an omtrages community who
had suffered 10 the breaking point.
The true statement OF the affair
follows signed by people who are re-
sponsible and who have standing
in the community above suspicion or
reproach. II uDcovers the Cleary
bunk absolutely. No living man
can question il when /, carries the
signature of Harry Wheeler. Vance
johnson and Miles Merrill. all Of
whom are known over the county
while the other men have a spot
less reputation in their community;
wheeler's reputation for veracity
covers the state while his reputation
as a fearless, law enforcing officer is
now well known in all parts OF the
union.
The following message was sent to
The president and secretary Of war:
Referring to recent occurrences in
Cochise county. which we under
stand have been brought TO your at
Iention through varions sources
and particularly through W. b.
Cleary. we take the liberty in behalf
Of the citizens of this district to sub
init the following statement:
Without discussing the merits OF
the demands upon the basis of which
the recent strike in the copper mines
Of this district was called. il may be
noted that Mr.. Cleary complains Of
enforced physical examination be-