Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-10
MINER TELLS TRUE STORY OF THE BIsBEE DECORATIONS"

cam vass of the men who prior to the strike had been working in the Rriggs shaft. In three days wef talked per sonally to 150 men. We found that practically every one of them wanted to return to work-that all of them were simply laying low, as Tom and were doing.
 So we went ahead and had posters printed, announcing tha6 there would be meeting of the Briggs miners in Brophy's Hall at Lowell on the even- ing of Sunday, July l. We scattered these posters all over the Warren District"
 Jacobson paused and smiled remin. lscently-a smile not devoid of the battle glint
 "That was some meeting" he chuckled. 'I thought we were in for licking that night"
 "Wobblies" Turn Out in Force.
 Then came the memorable Sunday night and the meeting-but a meet ing different from that planned by Jacobson and White.
 "The street in front of Bronbv,s Hall was jammed," continued Jacoh- son. Yes, literally iammedWwitb Wooplles. One would have thought that every I. W. W. in the United States had come down to give that meeting send-off.
 The result, naturally enough. Wcs that the men we really wanted-the decent laboring men-were afraid to come into the hall. Tom and I sal at the door of the hall, armed with quantity of strike ballots. Eight men in all ran the gauntlet of inc l. w. w. crowd and came up. To eacn we handed a ballot. Of the eight, when we examined the ballots later, we found that several had voted against the strike called by the Wob- plies, and one infavor.
 For two hours, from to 10 o'clock Tom and I stuck to our posts at the door of the hall"
 Mob HowIs Outside.
 While the mob howled outside ?" was suggested.
 "Howled is right" grinned Jacob son. Ut was the ungodliest racket I ever heard. But like most I. w. w actions, asve those committed in dark alleys, it began and ended in a howl.
 At the end of two hours, when no more came in, Tomand I gave iii up. Many of the men afterwards told us that it was a physical impossibii- ty to get through the mob to the hall "
 Next day, seeking another another method to get the men back to work where they wanted to be, Jacobson and white sent their now historic telegram to Mover. ''I had my doubts Of that Western Federation secre- tary," said Jacobson, "so we sent the following wire: , "5isbee, Ariz, July 2, 1917.
 "chas. H. Mover,
 president Western Federation,
 "DenVer, Colorado. .e.o
 will Western Federation or non-
 union men who continue to work in Bisbee be considered
 scabs or unfair7 Answer collect.
 "ToM J. WHITE.
 c. K. JACOBSON"
 Promptly came back the answer:
 om J. White, C. K. Jacobson,
 "sisbee, Arizona.
 "Men who continue to work in Sisbee will not be considered scabs or unfair by International Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter workers, or American Federation or Labor, as strike was not called by international Union or any oonafide organization of labor.
 cHAs. H. MOVER,
 "President of |. U. of M. M
 S. w. of A." The men, who now had had time reflect, and were further i'm. I ressed and their aversion to being . onsldered "scabs" assuaged by this 'legram of Mover, began to return work in large numbers, says Jacob on. | | Recognize I. w. w. Blow at Labor T Decent laboring men-those whoi ( elonged in the district, now realized | here they stood" said Jacobson. I They recognized that the I. w. w. h rike was not legitimate strike: 1 lat 1t had not the sanction of the c merican Federation of Labor: that s was a blow struck at labor. not for f DOT; and they returned to their jobs. 1 very day saw more and more men 1 'turning to the various shafts 8
 DCbeth d general Wdklng-uDI | realization of what the I. W. w. n ally area general unmasking of | le enemy within the gate. And hon O 't indignation began to gather forcel | the breasts of the miners. W But the arrogant I. w. w, flushed p ith their earlier taste of victory. a ent blindly on their way. They tl 'ew bolder and bolder. They way u i'd the workers going on or off i: lift in groups of one, two or three e Id threatened them. They damned u e streets of Bisbee. until self-re, q women dared not venture ,wn towni te The l. w. W.-he who would run W e nation-is not noted for his deli ir cy. The streets of Bisbee were T Ve of motley, seedly nondescript, a ofanity-shouting misfits, with eo1- W gn accents predominating in the ot rses everywhere banded about D 1nSa hn ,rrIo