The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-25
CITY WILL CLEAN UP
Officials Start Campaign
Against Oklahoma Boil
shevist Branch
RADICALS WILL BE HELD
State Will Assist If Nee
essary-Normal Condi-
tion Restored

DRuMRIdtiT okla.. Sept a.
Adjtaht General Barrett Of The
Oklahoma guard. six unita OF which
arrived hero last night IN response
to calla from Mayor Nlcodenus and
District Judge Wilcox, after the dls.
turbauce of Monday nlsht, paA pre-.
pairing early this evening TO depart
for Oklahoma City leaving n ocom-
pany Of 90 guardsmon TO patrol Ger.
tain districts here
Tho state guard units varo pre-.
phflng TO leave about 10 o'clock 20
night for Oklahoma city. Only about
20 of tho Euardzmen were used To
patrol streets In front OF ofli,e
buildings here today
a cleanup campaign was inau-
gurated This afternoon against tha
| Oklahoma branch OF bolsheyists by
city officials OF Drumright, Mayor
! w. ~, Nloodemus and national xunrd
staff officers held consultatIons
throughout the morning and 1t was
decided TO round up the radicals
who are known TO have been caus-
Ing strife In the oil district. About
90 names are Included In "a list and
warrants Will be issued for their nr-
u
lutant General Barrett stated that
he would furnish state guards 10
assist local authorities In making ar
rests II the request IL made
$50 Guardmcn Prrncnt,
This morning there wero 400 state
suhrdsmen In the city. They In
eluded parts of company u from El
Reno and companies I, - and IA OF
Oklahoma Clty, with detachmsntR
from the machine gun company and
The supply company. Tho ordnance
lnoluded tSa machine guns Tues
Day night brought $50 soldiers ana
10 more arrived "Wednesday morn
Ina
The situation was 20 we'll IN hand
that Adjutant General Barrett am
nounCed early this morning that all
men would bo Withdrawn today with
the exception ~ machine gun
squad AMI 30 infantrymen aud
dozen members OF the supply COM
pnny They Will be held until cir
cumHtances warrant their with
hrnwnl That will probably be not
la'or than Thursday night unless new
dcYeiOpmenta arise. General Barrett g
said
W. y. Welch. business agent and
organizer of the on Field workers
union, which claims mbershln
ot 500 In prumright and 1900 In
the district was interviewed by
cwHpapcrW"n in the city jal this
morning He declared thar he wass
iunoctnt of melting riot. but I'd
miti"i that he WAS member OF to
active two hundred" OF Monday
nights dlsordps. He admitted an
1g0nlsm 90 the city administration
4
'n resign because they had helped
''rIEehreakers into tho office OF tho
telephone company"
Rack Co Normal.
brumrlght Is back on n normal
basis again. The first laughs of the
lay were heard and the first smiles
seen last night as the state troops
'wuuF into broadway and marched
n the city hall Hundreds ~ PEG.
pie were still up 60 greet them and
he tension Of "a days suspense vas
relieved hy their arrival while many
NJ the citizens today were somewhat
.nccnved that troops had been sent
others held the view That tho word
" their coming. which spread quietly
about the town Tuesday night wac
alone responsible FOR prevention ur
further trouble. Tho feeling ~ tho
"'ty officials i- shown Is fHs urcpa~
lu0u- made TIr4fl" r.rH. when
more TRAM 1.H citizens ~.-r ruur.
.nIa Toned special deputy snrrffa and
Varr stationed fnrp. CHOU. .nr nH..-
-"fH '|r'Hl.f uf 'hn town
Nl... Row. Taylor OF oklahoma
sE vHa ..T .r charge .. -.' 'nr
.H.hma' nf H|..wru who VIII re-
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