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The Bisbee Daily Review

June 27, 1917

• Bisbee branch I.W.W. makes demand on local mines; walkout called

• Miami Union defers action; situation in Globe is improving"
  Reviewed by Leased Wire

• Sheriff announces he will use force to prevent any disorders during trouble
  by Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler

• Statements of Managers
  by General Managers of three big producing properties in the Warren District

• Walkout part of state-wide scheme

June 28, 1917

• Citizens and business men condemn action of I.W.W. in calling strike as treason
  by Citizens' Protective League

July 1, 1917

• Agitation of labor troubles in Arizona threatens to exhaust producers' patience

July 7, 1917

• Mass meeting opposes any mediation between Wobblies and operators

July 11, 1917

• 67 "Wobblies" are shipped from Jerome in cattle cars

• Compromise with "rattlesnakes" impossible, declares Douglas
  by Review Leased Wire

• I. W. W. menace in Warren District steadily dying

July 13, 1917

• Globe I.W.W. fear citizens planning raid
  by Review Leased Wire

• The Great Wobbly Drive
  Typescript of 13 July 1917, page 4 of newspaper, Bisbee Daily Review praising the citizens action that cleared the streets of Douglas and Bisbee of strikers.

• Notes On the Big Drive

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