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Show CHARGES l.W.W.WITH! ;BURB GREAT MILLS; ; i J California Lumber Opera-1 tor Tells of (Activities in That State. F. S. Murphy Returns From Inspection of Property on Coast. j j That the destruction of property by tit c 1. W. W. has not ceased in California Cali-fornia and that lumbermen have to be constantly on guard is the statement of Frank S. Murphy of 8alt Lake, who ha? just returned "'.from that state. The P. 8. Murphy lumber mill at Sloat, Cal., was destroyed by members of the 1. W. "y last June. It is being; rebuilt at a cost of $50,000. Forty-six I. W. W.'s in Jail. Forty-six members of the J. "V are novr in jail in Sacramento, charged with attempting to obstruct the u'ov-erumcnt u'ov-erumcnt in its war preparations, trillions tril-lions of dollars worth of property has been destroyed by incendiary fires and explosions, according to lumbermen and government officials of California. M r. Murpln- said last night that a mill not far from the Murphy property prop-erty was burned to the ground in a similar sim-ilar manner to the others, a few weeks ago. i Unconfirmed reports were received in : Salt Lake that members of the I. AV. AV. had confessed to burni ng the mills. ! but the trial lias been postponed until December 30. Mr. Murphy stated that it' the men now in jail in Sacramento were connected with the fire at his mill he would return to California at ouce to act as a witness. Cylinder in Rubbish. ''We found a peculiarly shaped cylinder cylin-der in' the rubbish of our burned mill following the fire, which gave every evidence of having been used as a bomb,-" said Mr. Murphy last night. 41 There was no piece of machinery in the mill made of similar metal, and the cylinder was undoubtedly thrown into the machinery, which caused a tremendous explosion. "Strange to say, these men who wish to destroy property are not the loiy.l-mouthed. loiy.l-mouthed. conspicuous kind, but hardworking, hard-working, crafty plotters. They secure good positions by their industry and arc usually the last employees suspected suspect-ed following an explosion or fire." |