Weekly journal-miner., 1919-04-16
EXPOSE OFL.W.W W. ACTIVITIES AT
 CAPITAL CITY

secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World branch were made pub lie nere today by Sheriff John Mont
 gomery of Maricopa county in a campaign of publicity Ito let the peo-
 pie of this city and county know l. ! w. w. conditions here and to impress on Washington the necessity for pro tection"
 An alleged verbatim copy of a statement by former l. w. w. sec retary, receipt for money and letters were among the papers published.
 Sheriff Montgomery said his in
 formation had been presented to a committee of citizens and this com mittee had decided upon publicity as remedy. His secret investigation of I. w. w. affairs, he added, had
 been prompted by determination
 to prevent a recurrence of alleged incendiarism in the Salt river valley Much of the matter given out, he asserted, came from the Phoenix ]. l w. w. office which he described as headquarters second in importance only to the main office at Chicago. He said he had obtained records and
 papers relating to I. w. w. opera
 ions in Arizona, New Mexico, Cal
 ifornia, Texas. Colorado and Nevada
 A former secretary of the I. w. w.. according to stenographic report of answers said to have been made by him to Sheriff Montgomery's questions. is credited with the follow ing admissions:
 That incendiarism in the Sah river valley near Phoenix last sum [ mer was carried out by members of the I. w. w. s.:.r
 That members of the organiza ton still are carrying on the com paign of the torch"
 That a member of the l. w. w. from California told him privately some of the Sacramento bunch of forty convicted there several months ago, were guilty of the sab otage charged against them.
 That the secretary, together with other members of the I. w. w. had held conferences on Tabor matter> in common in the Phoenix labor temple.
 The records of the Phoenix head quarters of the organization in the sheriffs possession show total Of $17,OG0 received in dues during half year, mostly miners dues, those for other branches having been sent directly to Chicago. A grand total of nearly $1O9,OOO is shown as the Phoenix offices receipts from all. sources for less than a year. Of this more than $SO,OCO is represented asI coming from the sale of literature, due stamps, six-hour stamps and de iense stamps for the prisoners fund in this state, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Colorado and Texas.
 United States government docu- ments, declared Sheriff Montgomery were not safe from I. w. w. hands and in proof of his assertion, he pro-I duced two orders to the UnitedI States marshal for Arizona for raids on certain premises in the city of Bisbee to seize seditious literature, prescribed badges, etc. According to the inscriptions on the back of these the seizures were made, one being endorsed by C. J. McFarlane, who signed himself Special employ Dept. of Justice U. S." And was dated March IS and the. other March l9 1918. Sheriff Montgomery declared these documents belong properly un der lock and key in the United States 1 commissioners office at Bisbee.
 An efficient system of bookkeep' | ing, with printed forms for every purpose, stamping the I. w. w. or ganization as one run on strictly | businesslike lines and not the in~ tangible body it sometimes is sup posed to be, is shown in its records now held by the Maricopa count sheriff. Liberal use of the mails for transmission, special dellv- cry packages and registered letters also are in evidence. While there IS abundance of testimony, said Sheriff Montgomery, that money was rushed to I. w. w. delegates by wire when the occasion demanded.
 In the verbatim statement which Sheriff Montgomery asserted he obtained from the former secretary before a witness, the following ques- lions and answers appear:
 Q. There are still radicals in the state, men who believe in force and orch?
 A. I could not point them out. They don't stand very well in the I knew at the time { of the fires here in the valley that { some of the boys were doing it but .
 didn't know who. (
 o. You were confident that some ( ,f the members of the l. w. w. Ii were responsible for the fires?
 A. We were confident some of C he members were doing it, but we c Iidn't know who. Most of us are opposed to that, but I will tell you he truth. the old 400 are in the big est part of that. Gle is reported T O have said previously that "400' was S