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Show GERMAN COLD IS BEHIND STRIKES. siisyiii Former Montana Senator Discusses Copper Shortage Short-age and Activity of I. W. W. Agitators. DEADLOCK IN THE GLOBE SITUATION Official of Department of Commerce and Labor to Investigate the Trouble in Oregon. By International News Service. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 11. "The world Is short of copper. Our allies realize the clanger and look, to us for aid, but from Montana to the Pacific coast, In the north, not a copper mine is producing because the I. W. W., backed by German money, is conducting a vicious campaign to crush this industry as well as others that are vitally needed in the nation's fiijht for democracy." ' Former United States Senator W. A. Clark of Montana and president of the Salt Lake Route made this startling statement on his arrival here from Butte today. Senator Clark charges that there is a concerted German plot In this country to cripple the industries furnishing war materials, ma-terials, and alleges the German agents are using the susceptible 1. W. W.'s to carry out the plans, providing money In liberal quantities to accomplish the purpose. pur-pose. "German gold is behind It all," said Senator Clark. "They realize that fighting fight-ing us on the fields of France Is not so important as fighting us from within our own country. Amertcans must awake to tho gravity of this situation and take measures to stamp out the evil." The trouble at Jerome and other points in Arizona, attributed to the I. W. W.'s, is clue to the German secret agents' activities, according to Senator Clark. HUNT ASKED TO MEDIATE FOR THE I. W. W. STRIKERS GLOBE, Ariz., July 11. George W. P. Hunt, former governor of Arizona, federal fed-eral mediator In the Arizona copper mine strikes, today received a telegram from men deported yesterday from Jerome, 1 asking htm to act In their behalf. Mr. j Hunt said' he had no jurisdiction in the ' caae and could do nothing. No conferences were held by the mediators medi-ators or operators today. No disturbances were reported In the district. PHOENIX, Ariz., July 11. "The situation situa-tion at Globe is apparently deadlocked," says a statement issued by Governor Thomas E. Campbell here today, following1 fol-lowing1 his return from the scene of the strike. "Tt is apparent nothing can be accomplished at present in the matter of settling the labor question in the Globe-Miami Globe-Miami district. The I. W. W. have taken an arbitrary stand that they will not agree to any settlement at Globe that does not include all of the districts throughout the state, and while I believe the 'Western Federation' men are willing to effect a settlement, it Is apparent the big operators will not consent to any half-way settlement "The smaller operators have adjusted their difficulties, but are unahle to open up for work, owing to the attitude of the I. W. W." U. S. OFFICIAL TO INVESTIGATE OREGON STRIKE MARSHFIELD. Ore., July 11. R. P. Bon ham of the United States department of commerce and labor arrived here today to-day and announced he would Investigate reports that members of the Industrial. Workers of the World caused recent strikes in two lumber mills here. Nearly all the striking workmen have returned to work during the last few days. Many members of the Industrial Workers of the World, here, when the strikers started, have left since United States District Attorney Clarence Reames announced several days ago he intended to start a crusade against their agitations. IDAHO GOVERNOR SAYS NO OFFICIAL ASKED FOR TROOPS COEL'R rTAL-ENE. Idaho. July 11. : "No public official has made a request on me for United Slates troops," said , Governor Moses Alexander in reply to a criticism made last night by former Governor Frank R. Gooding, a memb.-r J of the state council nf defense. Mr. Gooding had said that Governor Alexander Alexan-der refused to sanction the call fori troops. j Governor Alexander said todav that he is invest lea tins the situation caused in 1 northern Idaho by the strikp of the Industrial In-dustrial Workers of the World n the lumber camps. The governor said that the defense council, he understood had passed a resolution asking him to rail for tronr. but that the resolution had never been presented to him. Recognition Refused. GALLUP, N. M.. July 1 1 Represcnta - i tlvef of the Gallup American Fuel mm- ' pany, in conference with Federal Medi-1 a tor M. M. Seldomridze of Colorado Srr'.ncs. today refused to prant either , reromitlon or contract relations to the members of the United Mine Workers formerly employed in their mines here' who re1" en t !y went on s; rl ke. One of the strikers, said to be a Ger-r.nn, Ger-r.nn, wts bound over to The federal crand jury tod-ty for rur.-ing the United States and President Wilson. A numher of men returned to work today, to-day, officials of the company said. The (Continued on Page Tnrec.) I " GERMAN GOLD BEHIKD STIES, SAYS CLARK (Continued from Pago One.) first shipment of coal, since the strike was called, was made today. The strike was called as a result, the miners say. of abrogation, by the present 1 owners, of contracts with the United Mine Workers, made by the Victor American Amer-ican Fuel company, which formerly owned the mines. The present owners took possession only a short time ago. M'BRIDE HOPEFUL OF SETTLING THE JEROME TROUBLE GLOBE, Ariz., July 11. Judge John McBiide. federal mediator, telegraphed a recommendation to the department of labor la-bor tonight that the mediation conferences confer-ences here be suspended for the present and suggesting the advisability of his going go-ing to Jerome, where the closed shop ultimatum ul-timatum of the miners' union expires on Friday. In his telegram Judge McBride said the mine owners and striking copper cop-per miners in the Olobe-Miami district apparently were deadlocked. United States troops, mounted deputies and home guards were in control of the situation, situ-ation, he said, and there is little hope of an early agreement between the operators oper-ators and the strikers. Judge McBride was more hopeful tonight to-night of a satisfactory solution of the strike problem at Jerome, where Industrial Indus-trial Workers of the World leaders were deported yesterday. He received a message mes-sage today from one of the operators in that district saying the companies were pleased with the attitude the International Interna-tional Union of Mine. Mill and Smelter : Workers had taken toward the Industrial Workers of the World and the manner in which the international union had conducted con-ducted its sirike. Because the Jerome situation has been complicated bv the activities of the Industrial In-dustrial Workers of the World leaders, an effort Is being maxle to extend the time limit on the International's ultimatum ultima-tum for a closed shop. Governor Thomas Campbell was warned that he would be held responsible for the protection of the Industrial Workers of the World leaders who were deported from Jerome and Mo.lave count v, hy the TndustrinI Workers of the World, in a telegram sent the governor today by the Industrial Workers of the World executive execu-tive committee of the Globe-Miami district. Governor Campbell's reply to what he characterized over the loner-distance telephone tele-phone tonight as an "impudent message from the I. W. W.." read: "If I receive another expression of that kind I will treat it as an intimidation of my executive action and wil1 hold those who send it responsible accordingly." Meeting Abandoned. BIS BEE. Ariz., July 11. Several hundred hun-dred striking copper miners gathers on the sides of a gulch here today, but the public meeting which was to have been held was , abandoned when Mayor Jamh Erickson issued an ordr forbidding outdoor out-door mass meetings. No effort was made to hold the meeting outside the city limits and there was no disorder. More than 1000 men marchfvi in the funeral procession of a member of the I. W. W. today. Warned of Invasion. FORT SMITH. Ark., July 11. Emma L. Langdon, national organizer for Arkansas Ar-kansas and Oklahoma of the Internationa! Interna-tiona! Union of Mine. Mill and Smelter Workers, today reecived from headquarters headquar-ters of the organization telegraphic warning that the smelter centers of these two states arc- to be in vad'-d by a strong force of I. W. W., witli t!:e intention in-tention of creating trouble b nd inciting strikes. Placed in Stockade. EUUEXSRUUG. Wash.. July 11. F-l-era! troops stationed near b'-re today arrested be twee n hfi v and sixty Industrial Indus-trial Worker? of the World, charged with interfering with crop harvesting ani logging, log-ging, in violation of the federal statutes. The men will be brought to Ellensburg and placed In a stockade. Kingman Patrolled. KIN'GMAN'. Ariz.. July 11. County authorities au-thorities stated tonicrht that virtually all of the sixty-two Industrial Workers of the World d -ported from Jerome yesterday yester-day and turned back at the CaitV-nia state line by the authorities at Needles. Cal., when they arrived there early today, to-day, had left this mining district. The men were released a few hours after their arrival here from Needles by Sheriff J. N. Cohenour on instructions from Governor Thomas Campbell of Arizona, Ari-zona, but not until the authorities had exacted a pledge from them that they would leave Mohave county. Armed detachments of the home guard continued to patrol Kingman tonight, although al-though the authorities stated no further trouble was expected. |
