The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-13

tions OF the organization. SlAty |. w.
vs. wrr. drportrd FROM Jerome.
Ariz., and rrG"pnrt"G from Needles.
CAL. without physical violence. The
threats attributed 10 them arc gen
orally against property. They say
they base their Demands and actions
upnn the theories of George Sorcl. Il
Frrnchman. and 50; from him the
plan o. property destruction as Il
lever 10 gain their End. which they
define a. industrial democracy.
This property destruction as adrn-
Gated and practiCrd in the west. Of
LAKE has taken many forms. Lumber
mills have had their costly SAWS
spliutered by spikes driven into logs.
In The orchard districts. fruit trees
have died after copper nails had been
hammered into them.
The organizers proclaim the move.
m"nt 10 be Worldwide. TIL" red Ilag
is the supposed universal banner and
each member OF the organization
carries Il red card. Membership i
sought in all branches OF industry.
Organizers say $1,000 farm laborcrs
belong and that the plantation labor
OF the south Is being organized. II is
The theory of the |. ". W. that each
branch OF industry should help the
other in gaining its ends. and Rodger
Culver. an |. W. W. speaker, recently
said at Miami. Ariz.. IF necessary To
enforce the miners demands, there
will be no wheat crop in the North
American continent"
Driven from Bisbee.
RGSREt.. Ariz.. July l%.-Alnre than
|. 100 Industrial Workers rf tbs World
were deportcd from Bisbrr today in II
cattl. ears. with their announced d"Sti-
nation as Columbus. New Mexico. Tho
special train carrying them left Warren.
four miles from Bisbec. at noon.
The men were driven from the city by
deputy Sh"rifS and about 1000 armed
mon. members OF an organization known
as tn. "CttlHcns rrntectiV" League.
Two men were killed during the work "t
de portation.
A strike was called here 10y tho metnl
workers branch Of Tic !. w. w. about
tive weeks ago. Since then. according to
o.licirlS scores Of strange men have been
in Ri<h.c These men are alleged (" have
prevented miners from returning 70
"UTk. tEliIS itT kllS IpN''h-'P W -
.crd undcsira blcs were nude at mid
night hv Harry G.. Wheeler. sheriff Of
CnchiSc county. Within Nv" hours the
sheriff had dcputiZed 1900 men and or
dered ,h.n To report at various points ut
4 o'clock this morning. When the hands
Of citizens assembled those who were not
already armed were given rifles ana re-
vnlvers with instructions TO use them
only in Self-defenSc.
Until the last I. W. W. IS run out.
was the watchword OF tho waiting men.
AT $40 o'clock special newspaper "di'
,ious contained Il proclamation hr Sh"r-
III Wheeler ordering women and chi1drcn
TO keep or the streets during III" day.
simultaneously five bands az arnca
citizens appeared as If ny magic. Some
hurried from alleys. Other bands came
strcaming from store rooms and some
sor:,nc down from low roofs of business
buildings. all marched in Il husincss-llke
n,onner 10 tho center Of the town.
Every strange man on III" streets was
challenged.
"Uold on. stranger: what's your bust
reSSH"
What are you doing in Eisbce?' and
how long have yon been here were
some OF the questions asked ny the III
tic groups rs they SURROUNDED "ach man.
Every suSpirimls looking Individual was
,l,ccd under arrest. Four sounds o; Ct
iyens coming from different parts or the
,.itv reached tl... center OF town m the
>at;tn time Each hard WAS marching
win several hundred prisoners. sA the
prisoners marched along tn" streets nun
drCd$ nf rifles were lercied AT their
lr7.ds from all sides,
After an hours wait Cantore and cap
:urrd marched 10 tho depot Whcr" an
Their squad m duty had taken charge
of several hundred more mon. Nc S:Jo
O'clock the prisoners were lined up Nv"
abreast. t'lankcd by tw" thousand h";tS-
ily armed citizens the raptives wHr" or
drrrd to march down the railroad tracks
towards Warren. AZ, Lowell. suhnrh
about 500 more T. W. W. were merged
it.t" tn" rrhc"SSi"n.
Tho baseball park At Warren was
chosen for the place Of assembling the
men n bc dcrort"d.
When tho prisoners wcr" inside the
enclosure half tn" armed bands formed
a guard around the park while the other
half started a systematic search OF the
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