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Show ' CAVALRY KEEPING ORDER !N GLOBE. Arizona Copper Camp Quiet After Strike Disturbances Since Saturday Last. PUMPING OUT MINES Former Governor Hunt to Act j as Mediator Will Endeavor En-deavor to Secure Truce. I I BOWIE, Ariz., July 6. Telephone ' messages from tho sheriff's office at Globe, where operations In the copper i mines have been tied up since Satur- day by a strike of miners, said tho j city was quiet early today. Troops of j cavalry wero patrolling the streets and therchod been no disturbance during dur-ing the night. Office employes and strike breakers continued to operate the pumps at the Old Dominion mine and striking miners min-ers who aro picketing the place permitted per-mitted food to pass to the men manning man-ning the pumps. Failure to operate the pumps, it was said, would result In flooding the mine within tho few days and mean, perhaps, the permanent perma-nent ruin "of the property. Former Governor Mediating PHOENIX, Ariz., July 6. Former Governor Hunt, acting on the request of Federal Conciliator John McBride, now at Globe, left here this "morning for Globe to act as mediator. Between twenty-five and thirty arrests ar-rests have been made at Globe, following fol-lowing the arrival of troops. Former "Governor Hunt is acting on tho matter on the direct appeal of President Wilson that he uso his best efforts to bring about an agreement between tho miners and tho mino op May Secure Truce Before leaving Mr. Hunt said he would endeavor to 'secure a truce between be-tween the two factions and would urgo upon the men that they commit no act that would tend to tie up the copper industry during this time of crisis, when the nation is dependent to a large extent on the copper industry. in-dustry. Tho presence of troops at Globe has had the effect of bringing about a situation sit-uation of quiet, according to word received re-ceived here, today. Advices from Globe also aid between twenty-five and thirty of the leaders in demonstrations demon-strations and acts of lawlessness that have occurred in Globe during the week are now under arrest. It is presumed pre-sumed here that these arrests have taken place since the arrival of the troops, as it is known county authorities author-ities wero unable to cope with-ythe situation sit-uation or to serve papers prior to their arrival. I. W. W. Vote for Strike DENVER, July 6. Industrial" Workers Work-ers of the World at Jerome, Ariz., are takinga vote on a strike today in the United Verde and other copper mines, according to a telegram received by President Charles H. Moyer of the International In-ternational Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Mr. Moyer said he had advised his men to continue at work. nn . |