Arizona republican., 1918-05-30
Special to The Republican,


 CHICAGO. May 29.-The exploits of Joseph A. Oates, whose intrepid ven- lures carried him into the inner circles of the miners union who were at war with the Industrial Workers of the World in Arizona, were introduced to- day as evidence by the government in tho trial of 1l2 ]. W. w. leaders for conspiracy 10 upset the nations war plans.
 Oates daring. as an I. w. ". organ izer in the southwest mining region just prior 10 the sensational wholesale deportations from Bisbee was shown in a set of letters from the Miami, Ari- zona, files and which the government charged furnished one of the links in the chain of evidence indicating the nationwide conspiracy, was directed from general headquarters in Chicago. Oates told of beating the A. r. of l.. to strike in the Miami district by 16 hours.
 Beats Miners Union
 f'Wo called a striko 16 hours before the w. r. M. (Wostern Federation of AHners)," he wrote Co Haywood July ,. It was 90 per cent strike, which leaves q small minority for the w. r. NJ. to call out"
 Three weeks later he wrote he was on his way to a detention camp, having been held with Cusler, Kane and Bom- ha on charge of breach of the peace Asletter from Julio Blanco late in July tells of a street car strike with 1900 mtn out and more going out all the time.' He wrote: "Gunmen are plen- tituL having been shipped in here by carloads"
 William Pope government agent at ANIPHffg fn1d af n al1 saiitious speech made by Stanley J. Clark, one of the defendants August 2L 1917, shortly after the Bisbeo de- portations and the Arizona miners strike.
 Fl told the governor of Arizona that unless tho miners got what they want ed not @ hushel of wheat would be har- vested in the northwest this year. Clark is reported as having said: The government had better keep 7,000.000 os their soldiers on this side of the ocean to put down rebellions and strikes"
 He's Great Jiner
 sThe draft law is constitutional but it5is peculiar in that it is applied to each individual. not collectively. Each man must decide according to his conscience whether he will abide by it
 
 I'm a great jtner."
 T am sorry aor the devils who bought Liberty bonds. They have thrown their money away. They will not be worth the paper they are written on when the war is over. The l. w. W. will have charge of the government after the war and will repudiate all bonds.
 'I know there are government Een in the audience but I'm a lawyer and know how far can go. have been arrested four times in the last three weeks by pinhead officers. but they always had 10 let me go."
 "Won't Draft |. W. w."
 The government says the draft is going into effect September 1, but SC war as ]. W. w. miners are concerned it is not going into effect at all' Grover II. Perry, one of the defendants working in the southwest informed the members in an official bulletin, read into the records.
 The witness told of the reign of terror in the Arizona mining district involving the deportation of hundreds of I. w. W. from Bisbee, and tes.'fiec concerning conditions leading up to tho strike of the mine workers. Resolu- tions adopted by the Miami, Arizona branch were read, which called upor the mine owners to establish a six. hour day. 30 minutes of which was tc be allowed for lunch, the discharge o armed guards, permit the affiliatior with the I. W. w. of all workers ana fixing Q minimum wage scale of S6 ( day.