Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — TROOPS SENT TO ARIZONA [ARTICLE]

TROOPS SENT TO ARIZONA

U. S. Cavalry Ordered to Scene When Situation Becomes Threatening. Phoenix, Ariz., July 6. —A long-dis-tance message received by Attorney General Wiley E. Jones from County Attorney Hugh M. Foster at Globe said that the strike situation is entirely beyond local control and that the United States troops from Douglas have been ordered to the scene on the recommendation of Maj. Charles N. Bundell, who is on the ground representing the government. There are at least 3,000 strikers with “arms, he said, and the entire armed force of citizen deputies is about 300. Douglas, Ariz., July 6.—Four troops of United States cavalry with a machine gun troop left this city for Globe because of strike disorders.