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Show 3 L U L 1 1 H L Threatened Clash Between Be-tween . Citizens and Federation Miners on One Side and Industrial Indus-trial Workers of World on the Other Averted. DEPORTED MEN SAFE AT COLUMBUS United States Army Officers Of-ficers Have Charge of the Refugee Camp, Which Is on the Site of the One Established by Major GeneraJ Pershing. Per-shing. CiT-iORE, Ariz., July Hi Threats of a clash of serious proportions between the newly organized Citizens' Loyalty league ot' Miami and members of the Metal Mine Workers' Industrial union ot' that place, with minor friction between be-tween members of the Industrial union and those of tho International union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in the Copper Hill district, served tonight to draw from the hundreds deported from .Hishec Thursday morning sonic of tho interest which has been attached to them since their plight became known, i Two troops of. cavalry, rushed to Miami from Globe, got tho situation in hand soon enough to prevent the threatened threat-ened disorder. That in tho Copper Hill district was said to consist of interferences by tho Industrial union men with members of the other organization organi-zation who wanted to work. It developed devel-oped nothing serious. Some feeling was engendered in this district when a party of about thirtv cowboys, all armed and mounted, mount-ed, cleared the Copper Hill road of Industrial In-dustrial union pickets, the alleged interference in-terference with men on the wav to work being tho reason given for their action. This is the third time the pickets pick-ets of the union in this section liavo been dispersed. Preparing for Funeral. At Itisbee preparations are being s. made by the Citizens' Protective league to attend the funeral tomorrow of Orson Or-son P. Milfne, one of their number killed during Thursday 's deportations. The Protective league plan is for attendance at-tendance as a unit, each member wearing wear-ing the bridge of the organization, a white handkerchief around the arm. All mine? in that dist rict were work hi g today, including the smaller ones which had been shut down since the strike was called nearly three weeks ago. They were producing, the operators oper-ators said, about one-half to two-thirds of a normal output. No change was reported in the situation situa-tion in the Clifton-Morenci district, nor had anything been reported lute od:y concerning the conditions at Kay, here it is known the governor fears industrial difl'iculties may take place. Exiles in fomp. Hevond the Mate border, in New Mexico, the men exiled from RNbee Thnrsdn v were shelt ered in the detention deten-tion ramp originadv established there for Mexican refugees. What was to become of the exiles nobody seemed to know, but it was known many of them wished to return to homes, friends or relatives in Risbee. Fader government su per vision, they recei ved food nnd other necessaries today. Complaints of robberies committed on some of them bv thoc em: aired i their deportation were made in the camp. Some of the exiles were cheered to-dav to-dav bv the arrival of automobiles, bringing friends or relatives from Ris-bee. Ris-bee. and bv the distribution of a quantity quan-tity of tobacco bought by popular subscription. sub-scription. Advices from Risbee indicated ro inclination in-clination to welcome the depn-tcd ones. V Six camps are being built at points r" commanding the approaches to the citv. and at these points armed guards are stationed. Men who are willing to go (GontirTied on Pare Four.) FEDERAL SOLDIERS 'I SET TO 111 (Continued from Page Ons.) to work are being permitted to enter 1ha district nud arc given identification curds by the guards to piovide a means of checking up incoming strangers. BELIEVE WILSON WILL ORDER THEM SENT TO BISBEE ("OLt'MIU'S, N. M., July 14. Tonight To-night the United 'Stsilca is host to Arizona's Ari-zona's deported miiun-s, mill men and (mail morch.-mtd who are encamped on the desert balf way between Columbus and the Mexieun border. A small city of canvas has sprung up on the site of the Mexican refugee camps established by (.ionoral Pershing, and 10-10 men are sleeping on beds tonight to-night for the first time since Wednesday Wednes-day at Bisboe. Thov came here early . today under escort of United States cav-alrv. cav-alrv. All afternoon the men have been working in a blistering sun setting up tents, digging pits for field kitchens and hauling firewood. It. was declared to be the hottest day of the summer hero and many men wero forced to quit and rest in the shade of the khaki tents, which wero erected under the direction of the soldiers. The first government rations wero' issued is-sued to the men for their supper, consisting con-sisting of canned beef, canned tomatoes toma-toes and bread. Tomorrow at breakfast break-fast they will receive a ration of coffee, cof-fee, the first they have had since leaving Bisbee. Under, the direction of the army officers of-ficers and soldiers, an orderly, well-policed well-policed camp was established out of the chaos which followed the arrival of the tired and travel-stained men shortly after noon. Lieutenant Shekerjian, provost marshal, mar-shal, was in charge of the work of es- tablishing the camp and organizing the refugees into a regiment composed of battalions and companies for feeding and caring for the needs of the men. lie has relieved Attorney William B. Cleary in charge of the men. The Bisbee Bis-bee attorney, having had a bath, a shave and a change of linen, was not recognized when he appeared at the camp today. Now that the men havo had settled for them the problem of where they were to go, they are beginning to consider con-sider when they will be returned to Bisbee where they have their families, homes, and many of them business affairs. af-fairs. They are almost universally agreed they will be ready to return to Bisbee when accompanied by United States soldiers and not before. One American miner said tonight: "We are preparing to go back to Bisbee but "not until the soldiers go along to protect us." Army officers also are in the dark as to what the next move, will be, and say they have orders only to feedand care for the wants of the men. The exiles are not being treated. as prisoners, prison-ers, but are being guarded by soldiers with side arms and no one is permitted to enter the camp without a pass. The men believe the president will order them sent back to their homes, but there is no information in camp upon which to base this supposition. The men continue to complain about having money and valuables taken from them at Bisbee, but are unable to give names of anyone who robbed them. They also allege that their wives were not being permitted to draw money from the Bisbee banks, but this reporL was not confirmed by any specific facts. Mrs. Myrtle Keeh, wdi'o came here to see her husband at the camp, stated late today she recognized the Bisbee merchant mer-chant who entered her house at night wrhile she was alone. After-the exiles had completed establishing estab-lishing camp they all went to the big water tank in the camp and bathed their blistered feet, washed their clothes and then slept in the shade of the wedge tents. They obey ordors without with-out comment and seem to' have accepted their lot until'the president and former Governor G. W. P. Hunt, in whom they have every confidence, relieve thei'r plight. when the unshaven and unwashed crowd marched up to the refugee camp this afternoon they presented one of tho strangest sights Columbus has seen since-Villa's Mexican bandits dashed into town on March 9, 1916. Many were without hats and wore soiled handkerchiefs on their' heads to keep off the hot sun. Others limped from blistered feet, while old men and the physically unfit had difficulty in marching the mile to the camp from the railroad. One man fainted after reaching the camp and the hospital tent was crowded with minor cases during the afternoon, though no serious illness has been discovered. Milo Nickoal, a Montenegrin miner, wore a bloody bandage around his head, , where he said a special deputy hit him with a revolver at Bisbee. His shirt was stained with dried blood.. A cook in a restaurant in Bisbee marched to the camp wearing his cook''s cap and apron, not having had time to get his coat, and hat. Harry Evans, a native of Cardiff, Wales, claims acquaintance with David Lloyd George, the British premier. |