Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-16
Loyal and CdLn,

the most prominent business men, county officials and mine operators of this district yesterday by United States marshal, the charge being violation of law in the matter of the deportation of l. W. w. members and sympathizers on July l2 of last year. Bonds were furnished and the indicted cit izens will report at Tucson May 28 for ar raignment and possibly for trial. The incl dent did not create more than ripple in the district. All those for whom warrants had been issued who were in the district, reported to the marshal upon request and were duly served with their papers in the case. This community as a whole feels now about that deportation as it did last July It was both necessary and justified. The sheriff, backed by loyal and patriotic citizens, serving as his deputies, carried it through, and loyal and patriotic citizens calmly await the issue.
 When the sheriff decided upon the de- portation he did so as a last extremity. It was an operation to save the patient, which is to say the copper mines and the community from a cancerous disease. If there was a violation of law 1t was techni-
 
 The copper output was threatened by movement, an organization, a conspiracy that was nation wide. Copper was ne cessity for modern war Only immediate action could meet the situation, and the loyal men of this district followed the sher- if with that decision, firmness and skill for which the men of the southwest are noted. They also acted in defense of their homes and community as we'll as their gov ernment.
 While some resentment IS felt in the dis trict at this action of the government in defense of members of an outlaw organiza- ton that are being tried in the courts of Chicago for treason, yet the men most con cerned, the men against whom indict- ments have been returned, feel not this re- sentiment nor does the community at large. They abide the consequences and await the result with calm confidence in the righte- ousness of their most justifiable act Loyal then, they are even more intensely loyal now.
 Last July Bisbee and, in fact, Cochise county, declared. war upon the l. w. W. And this declaration still stands The l. W. W. started the Bisbee strike last year. It dominated the miners union and seized the reins of control l. w. W. leaders directed the strike and 1. w. w. speakers imported for the occasion, conducted the nightly meetings and spurred the strikers on. Red card men intimidated loyal citizens desir- ing to work and threatened destruction of life and property If men outside the l. w. W. were deported that July day it was be- cause they were at heart sympathizers with that treason strike. No man was sent away in those cattle cars that day without first being given a chance for his white ally. He was given a choice between the l. w. W. leadership and the old home town and the government which was calling for every pound of copper that could possibly be mined and smelted.
 The men indicted yesterday are leaders in every war work for the government in which this county has been a leader among the counties of the nation. And they are and will be leaders still in this great and patriotic work The community is behind them to man and to a woman
 The sheriff either had right, after call ing on the Federal government for troops to protect peaceable men and property, and being refused, we say he either had right to arrest these traitors and their sympathiz- CTS and turn them over to the Federal gov ernment or he had not We feel these in- dictments are based on a technicality, and the claim of conspiracy to deprive any l. w. w. of his right will fail
 In the meantime the only thing for the