Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-13
Sheriff, With Aid of 2,O0O Armed Citizens, Ships I.
 w. w. Out of City.
MINERS STRIKE
 STARTS TROUBLE
Each of Captives, As He Boards Train, Asked If He Wants Work and the Few Who Answered in Affirma-
 tive Are Held For Examination.

Bizbee, Ariz., July 12-More than HOO alleged I. w. w., deported from Bizbee today, are board "A cattle cars tonight, speeding towards New Mex;- co, their announced destination Col umbus.
 The men were driven from the city by deputy sheriffs and about 2.OOO armed men, members of an organiza- tion known as the Citizens Protecti, 2 league. Two men were killed.
 strike was called here by the metal workers branch of the I. w.. w. about two weeks ago. Since then. according to officials. scores OF strange men have bean in Bizbee. These men are alleged to have pre- vented miners from returning to work.
 Plans for the round up of alleged undesirables were mace at midnight by Sheriff Harry Wheeler. Within two hours, the sheriff had deputizej 1,200 men and ordered them to re- port at various points at o'clock this morning
 When the bands of citizens assem bled, those who were not already armed were given rifles and revolv- CTS, with instructions to use them only in self defense.
 Until the last l. w. w. is run out. .' was the watchword passed to the waiting men.
 Posses Appear Suddenly.
 Shortly after 6:30 o'clock, bands of armed citizens suddenly appeared. Some hurried from alleys, others from store rooms, and some jumped from low roofs of business buildings. All marched to the center of the town.
 Every strange man on the streets was challenged. Every suspicious looking individual was placed under arrest. Fifty pickets at the entrance to the Copper Queen mne were ar- rested, when 25 armed citizens sur. rounded them. Four squads of citizens, coming from different parts of the city reached the center of town at the same time. Each band was march, ing with several hundred prisoners. As each man was detained, he was quickly searched for weapons. As tho prisoners marched along the streets. hundreds of rifles were levelled at
 
 After an hours wait, captors and ,captives marched to the depot, where another squad on duty had taken charge of several hundred more men. At 8:30 o'clock, the prisoners were lined up two abreast. Thanked by 2OOO heavily armed citizens the cap- ives were ordered to march down the railroad track toward Warren At Lowell, a suburb, about 300 more alleged I. w. w. were merged into the procession.
 The baseball park at Warren was chosen as the place for assembling the men to be deported. When the prisoners were inside the enclosure half the armed men formed guard around the park, while the other half started a systematic search Of the entire district, for men who were identified with the I. w. w. or whc could not account for their presence When the park apparently could holf no more, six additional squads o1 prisoners were packed in, and the guarsd were increased.
 Loaded Into Cars.
 Shortly before noon special tram rolled up to the park. The prisoner; were marched in single file onto thf cars As each man entered the car he was asked if he wanted to go te work or if he could give the name O a reliable citizen who would vouc. for him. Those who expressed a de sire for employment were neld TO- further investigation a.-
 Several prominent citizens Of BIZ bee or Lowell, who declared the; were in sympathy with the l. w. W movement, were forced into the car with the unkempt crowd. Amons these was Wm. P. Cleary, an attor ney widely known throug Arizona who was taken into custody when tn' raid first started Cleary was report ed to have spoken openy in favor 0 the I. w. w. movement
 Tonight hundreds of men are pa trolling the streets and every maj citizen is armed, some with shotsuhs others with rifles and revolvers.
 The Military Report.