Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-09
"No Serious Disorder in GAL
Iup or Its Envlrons,"
Says Editor of Journal
After Investigation.
"SHAME, SHAME!" FROM
WOMEN is FINAL STRAW
Assaulted" Men Surprised
to Find Incident Was
Used as Basis for a
Proclamation.
(By CARL C. MAGEE)


Gallup, N. M, April s.
eve went to the mine
mouth to work Thursday
morning and found three or
four women there with two
or three children. They
tossed stones at us and said
Shame, Shame!' and we
were ashamed and went
away and thought we
would not work any more
until things were all right"
Such was the statement
made to me today by the
spokesman of a group of
three miners who were cas-
saulted" on Friday at the
Mentmore mine when they
went to work. They were
laughing and happy and
were apparently surprised
to know that the incident
had been magnified into an
excuse for declaring martial
law.
superintendent Miksch, of the
Mentmore mine, when asked his YER
sion of the roclsetbrowing incident
stated that the women threw rocks
as big as a mans first while a group
of strikers stood on a nearby hill
hooting and calling those who wish
ed to work vile names. Questioned
further he stated that the county
officers made no effort to remove
the women from the mouth of The
mine. This is the mine owners
version of the 'rioting" which led
them to ask for troops.
No serious Disorder.
There is no serious disorder IN
Gallup or its environs. There Is
none of the ugly spirit which pre-
cedes rioting. There is no reason
for the presumption that there is
likely to be any trouble which a
free and fearless sheriff and the
district Judge could not have hand
led. The whole country here is
almost as peaceful as a Quaker
meeting.
l do not care at this time to ex-
press any opinion as to the merits
of the strike. 1t began as l synira-
thetic movement to aid the nation
wide walkout. Perhaps there are
local grievances but no demands
preceded quitting work. The men
quit because President Lewis, Of
the mine workers, asked all nom
union men to go out with the un-
ions. These men complied and
some twelve hundred quit work.
Since that time some nine hundred
of these have Joined the union. Not
to exceed three hundred men in this
field are at work. These are all at
the Gallup American shafts.
The matter which brought mo
here was to learn whether or not
there was justification for declaring
martial law at this time. I desire
to discuss only that question. AS
it has cost some $500 to bring the
troops down here and will cost as
much to get them back home with
a cost of some $500 per day for
maintenance while here, it is a
matter of some concern to tax pay
ers. But that is the least of the
evils which arise from an unneces
sary and premature declaration of
martial law.
Today czar rules Mckinley
county. That he is wise and be-
nevolent despot makes him none
the less czar. Gen. Henry Rolf
Browns word is final. All the
functions of the local officers elect
ed by the people are absolutely sus-
pended except as he sees fit to
direct them to function. The right
of trial by jury and of habeas
corpus is suspended. The people
are at the mercy of the Judgment
and Justice of one man. That he Is
not abusing that power is entirely
aside from the question. The fact
remains that some 5000 American
citizens have temporarily and or