Show INDIANS ON THE STRIKE Rsd Men In California Object to Irrigation Irri-gation Work Washington Sept lfiA strike of the Warners ranch Indians in California for the employment of their tribe as a unit on irrigation work ordered by the Government for their sole benefit t has been reported to the Interior department depart-ment by George Butler irrigation superintendent Mr Butler was ordered to the Pala ranch whence the Warners ranch Indians recently were transferred I trans-ferred after years of trouble to develop a water supply and dig irrigation ditches for the benefit of the Indians He employed eight of them at 5125 a day on August 31st promising to cni ploy all whenever extension of the work warranted It I but the Indians refused togo to-go to work deciding at a council meeting meet-ing that all or none of their number should be employed Mr Butlers report i re-port arraigns the tribe as dissatisfied dissatis-fied unruly and unsettled says they attempt tc a dictate the policy l of the reservation and terms of labor and refuse re-fuse to affiliate with the other Indians except at fiestas At a recent fiesta he says forty places where drinks were sold were counted and the report adds It Is I said a deput marshal was running run-ning a game wide open The report questions the advisability of employing the Indians In the irrigation irriga-tion work under the circumstances |