Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-09
Armed With Baskets of Coal,
They Refused to Let Min
ers Enter the Mentmor
Mine Last Friday. II
SHERIFF AND PAGE 81
APPEAL TO MF/<%$ (
Situation is Quiet ~ tiaI
Law Is In Fo,/ ~ Miu-
tant General i /Con-
fers With e.. rs.
By JOUN s, COTsHALL.


Gallup, N. NJ. April s,--Closc
cooperation in the enforcement of
all rules OF martial law in the Gal
lup coal mining district extending
as far as seven miles beyond the
city limits was promised this after
noon to Adjutant General Henry
Rolf Brown by A. T. Hannett,
mayor OF Gallup. Bob Roberts,
acting sheriff OF Mckinley county.
representative of the coal mininc
operators and delegates of the ma
tional division and Gallup local OF
the United Mine Workers OF
America. under whose influence
the sympathetic strike in the Gal
lup district was declared.
The assurance Of cooperation
was made to the adiutant general
at the conference called by him
yesterday afternoon at the court
house for the purpose of explain
ing the rules of conduct which had
been decided upon by the military
authorities for the district
"Nc yr'cnd 20 VIII"
"I would rather sec soldiers here
at this time than professional gun
men, Pete Casna, reorganizer OF
the Gallup miners union, assured
the military authorities. 1--WE in
tend to win our objective by law
| full means" Casna was detailed
| by the union headquarters at In
dianapolis to reorganize the old
| Gallup miners union on March %
The union was formed twenty
years ago but had become mac
tive and is now reported to havr
a membership OF nine hundred.
Although Mayor A. It. Hannett
gladly pledged his cooperation to
the military authorities, he pro
tested against Gallup, quiet and
peaceful city, being put under mar
tial law.
1.-THE mines are not in Gallup and
the city Is as peaceful as a Sunday
school" ne declared. Adjutant
General Brown replied that he was
only acting under higher orders
firm Santa re and that he intended
! to carry them out to the letter.
City Is PatrolIcd.
From the three companies Of
New Mexico national guard OF
which the adjutant general is now
in charge in the Gallup district
| forty men have been detailed as
military police and are patrolline
the city this evening. The posses
! sion Of firearms in the city and
district is prohibited. Public meet
ings can be held by all parties
upon receipt of permit from mil
| itary authorities. Raids are being
planned on numerous alleged
! houses Of ill-fame and in connec-
tion with alleged violations of th5
anti-liquor laws. Following a sur
vev of these alleged unlawful ac.
tivities in the vicinity. local Off
GERS placed all data at the disposa
Of the military authorities today.
1--WE intend to give all parties tc
this situation a square deal. favor
ing neither side and are taking
| every precaution toward that end.
declared Adjutant General Brown
in discussing the preliminary activ.
tiles of the militia in the district.
4 Women Started Row.
| kilograms in the hands of city
| anu toUl1lN VI iIltldlN 1iitlNdtc TIA
the call for military aid was sent
| to Governor Tcchem following the
refusal of four women armed with
baskets of coal to allow a number
OF miners who wanted work tt
| enter the Kaseman mine at Ment-
more Friday morning.
Acting Sheriff Roberts was call
ed to the scene and later wired
lGovernor Mechem that he was un.
able to cope with the situation
| Another wire was sent by Gregory
Page, chairman of the county re-
publican committee, asking for mil
itary assistance to quell the dis
lturbance and to allow some of the
men who wanted to work to do sc
without fear of physical injury
1t is claimed that about 40 per cent
of the nearly one thousand miners
who are out on strike really wan
to work.
A visit to the scene of the riot
at the Mentmore mine this morn
ing revealed numerous children
and dogs playing in the sun an6
a number of workmen lounging II
perfect friendship around thi
mine. The Mentmore disturbance
is the only one since the sympathet
ic strike started here.
! Most of Mines Idle.
With the exception of the Gallur
American mines. which are operat
led on short tinre, all of the mines
in the district are PRACTICAL!
closed. This includes the Kase
man mine and the properties OF thu
Southwestern as well as a large
number of smaller workings.
| Following the conference witt
the military authorities this after
moon. about 500 striking miners
held mass meeting at their hal
and endorsed the attitude of thu
leaders. in pledging cooperation
with the military authorities. An
other mass meeting will be helt
Sunday afternoon.
There was no demonstration fol
flowing the meeting today.
The three national guard unit
from Albuquerque, Santa Fe ant
Las Cruces, have eneamped a
Pastime park at the edge Of the
city.
Details will be placed at tht
various mines Sunday. II I.
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