Arizona republican., 1919-08-31
MOBILES PLANS IN
 WARREN SECTION ARE
 TOLD BY WITNESSES
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DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug 30. = Cross examination of witnesses for the state as to the activities and plans of the I. w. w. during the attempted statewide strike of copper miners two years ago, again took up the greater part of the joint preliminary hearing this afternoon of 200 Cochise county winers professional men and peace of ficers charged with kidnapping for al. legged participation in the Warren dis trict deportations on July 12, ls17
 Pete Segulja who said he was a member of the Austrian army prior to coming to the United States in 1910. testified that he joined the l. w. w. and took part in the strike in Bisbee be- cause he wanted to help Uncle sam lick Austria" and free the poor people of Austria from oppression" By join ing in the strike and forcing the gov ernment to take over the copper mines in the Bisbee district, said Segulja. he thought the government would get more copper for war purposes. The witness said that at the time the strike was called by the l. ". ". he was get ting higher wages than ever before n this country, but that he would rather work in the mines for the government at SS0 month than for the companies at S5.S5 day. One of the demands presented by the I. W. W. was for a flat rate of $6 day for all under ground miners, instead of the sliding scale adopted in the majority of Ari- zona copper camps
 Segulja reiterated several times that the motives of the | W. W. in calling the strike of miners soon after the declaration of war was loyal and in- tended to help the government.
 James Mccoy another states witt ness, had different theory regarding the l. w. w., of which he said he was still a member. Mccoy declared that he took part in the strike because he believed in the motto get as much as you can; get as short hours as you can and work as little as you can. Mccoy said he had been mem Der of the Western Federation of Min CTS when the strike was called by the | W. W. in the Warren district. When President Mover of the Western Fed eration of Miners wired to Bisbee and advised the miners to refuse to quit work at the request of the I. W. w said Mccoy, he tore up his card in the Western Federation of Miners and joined the I. W. w and had continued his membership ever since.
 Mccoy testified that he had seen e2 residents of the Warren district taking an active part in the deportations. Ono of these men he said, was Mayor Jacob Erickson of Bisbee. Mccoy was asked to identify the mayor but after mass ing in front of him four times, an nounced that he was not in the theater Mccoy also told of having talked win Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler of Cochise county, prior to being deported. When he asked the sheriff where he and inc other men deported were going to be taken, said Mccoy, the sheriff said:
 We're going to run you fellows our so we can have a rest" The witness said that many of the men named bv him had not carried arms on tI,e day of the deportations but sad aseemes5 to be doing the same as the rest of them"
 Half dozen other miners. business men and mine shift bosses were identi- fled by witnesses for the state as hay ing been seen, armed, during the de- portations.
 At the conclusion of the session this afternoon, Justice W. c. Jack who ie hearing the testimony adjourned co,,rt until Tuesday afternoon. No witnesses have been called so far by the defense in any of the hearings counsel for the defendants confining their efforts to close examination of each witness called by the county attorney. and questioning the witnesses thoroughIy as to their knowledge of the acti$ities of the l. w W. during the strike.