The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-08
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MOB IN ATTACK
ON EIGHT WHITES
Forest Fire Set by Band
Sweeping Mountain,
HURRIES TO RESCUE.
/, w. W, Organizers Behind
Asbestos Mine Trouble.

PHOENIX, Arts., Aug. S.-Losg
distance telephone messages frea a
Globs and Miami today indicated
that the little band Of asbestos nia..
ss and friendly cowboys bslsag. 1,
ursd In . dugout In the Sierra A.
chas mountains BY warring ApssAs
indiana and unfrisndiy Mssieasa Il
still we're holding out, sithsseh
their suppliss Of ammuniuoa aal
food were running psrileusly lev. 3
GLOBE. Ari.., Aas. s.--A6ioses e !
mounted rangers led by Deputy Shses
III Dan hrmer, were expected today ~.
reach the sesne Of the Anaehs Ia1iaoA
uprising in the Sierra Anchas mosasS
tsins. fifty miles northwest OF herA''
where nine white mon, employees OF thUf|
asbestos mines in that region. were ~
ported early today TO be surrounded Ia
a dugout by mob OF more than ona
hundred striking Indian and Mexican
miners. while a forest fire set by the 1
Indians was sweeping the mountainAs 4
Deputy Sheriff Armer and his men lsto
here on horseback early last night fes
the fifty-mile ride over the mountajo
trails to the rescue OF the white fnsh
Other Forces on ~ Way.
Other forces OF cowboys and ioteoi Y
rangers are hurrying to the impssile4 \
white mems assistance from vArlouo
neighborna towns.
Telephone lines leading toward tho'f
asbestos mines from Globe are out VI 4
commission today, The sheriff's oiHs
GERS believe the wires have been cut
by the Indians.
Indiana Are Reinforced.
The striking Indians are reported n
have been reinforced by braves FROM
the Cibeque country the widest Sec
tion OF the Indian reservation, In which
old residents fear to 60 alone. The
Cibeque Apaches retain the old faith OF 4.
their tribe In the medicine man who
easily can arouse them to violent acA 4
ton.
First news oi the trouble. which ~
gan yesterday morning when the L.
dians and Mexican, employed IN ~ 4
asbestos mine struck for higher -
was received last night in 4 telepko0> r
message from forest ranger who ~ 2
ridden twenty-five miles TO give 49,
alarm. N3
Nv. W. organissrs Blansd. H
Because of the lack Of commua1oni
tion, all messages must be carried ~
horseback twenty-five miles to Q lS6oe4
phone. Details OF the uprising voeo
unknown here but reports lndic6lo1
that two organizers Of the lnduslS)nls
Workers Of the World. one . Nex}eoA
who spoke the Apache tongue, he'd bsea
working among the men for the lsso
week and had instigated the strike
which led to the revolt.
Fifty Nils From Globe.
The uprising /, about fifty miles
northwest OF Globe, near the Touto
range, and lies close to the San Carlos
Indian reservation Deputy Sheriff
Dan Armer and his posse of cowboys
arc pusnlnH tnSlT nIOunN W Unc u'hs
in order to reach the scene.
Rangers and cowboys are fighting
the forest fires near Tonto, according to
latest adviccs, and It was believed the
flames will be brought under control
with the arrival OF the posses and nelgh-
boring ranch hands,
Received o5 q Day.
The Apache Indians at the asbestos
properties are chiefly employed 20
transport the ore to the railroad ~
wa, ,aid they received S a day Ihs
higher wage scale demanded mine
owner, say would force them to close
the mine,
'sThe difficulties and cost OF trans:
,or,ins the ore by pack mule ~ Y
automobile trucks to the railroa4
ssid one operator, makes Il impeee
,or the owners to receive . reana
tive profit
Il may he twenty-four hOQes e
before the news Of the ae11oA II
cowboys and posse reaches ~, ~ &
world 49,