Show I I TELLS JEUS HOW LOCATION STAKES ARE AE DRIVEN I I WITH THE AID OF RIFLES George Holliday is a typical westerner Tall Tail bronzed and with his s jet black wavy navy 11 hair hall and am mustache he lie is every inch tub rifts b man of ot the range und lIti iid hill hm He lIe told the story of ot the discovery discover of or a coal mine in Whitmore canyon on n the present site of Sunnyside He made malle this discovery and opened the original mine on location no notices tices tlc as the land in that portion of Car Carbon Carbon Carboa bon boa county was at that time land He lIe made improvements upon the ground round and prepared to work the mine amine thoroughly In 1897 1837 explained the witness men wore were sent s nt to the ground to patent it for tor the Pleasant PI casan t Valley Coal company conwan These men with Robert Kirker as ring leader attempted to jump the time property Holli Holliday day da came to Salt Lake and ml in the Dooly Dool building met William Villiam G C Sharp and seven other officials of oC the Pleasant Valley Valle Coal company and the Rio Grande Western cst ern He lie was told during this conference conC rence that if he did not want to accept for his property he would be driven out of ot the district and would be he forced to carry his own blankets out of the canyon canon Mr Ir Holliday mentioned the time names of Robert Forrester and md William J S Chipman with this conference and amid threat War and Rumors of War WarI I told them them they the must leave my ground alone said the witness I r said Gentlemen God never made a man who I could take from mo me my holdings I want to know if Ir you OU sent men memi down there armed and amI ready to throw me rae off the property They The denied that any such thing had been mentioned but later hater Mr 11 Sharp admitted that tuat the time themen themen men had been sent seat I answered that the sooner they the sent down lown there tho time the affair would be finished r I wont do as you expect I 1 will Ill come conme cometo to you ou and you will take tale them away awa as quick as God will let you O If you care more inore for those coal deposits than you ott do doCor for Cor your our scalps calp go ahead concluded tho the witness Man Was in Earnest Earnst Every word he ho had Imad uttered was clear and distinct and the thc witness could not havo put ut more feeling into his promises to the coal officials at the time of the conversation than he did while on the stand yesterday Every auditor leaned forward in his lila chair to hear this thrilling testimony Tue Toc witness continued Sharp told me not to go away awu feeling like that We Va will not molest you he lie heald said eaid He then gave me a pass to Sunny Sunnyside Sunnyside Sunnyside side and I left the room Time The Coal company was or organized organIzed later and in I left Salt Lake for Cor or Alaska I had Ore when whon I received a telegram that the ground had been again jumped I re returned returned returned turned to Salt Lake May 26 6 and was told bv by b members of the Coal com coin company company pany to hav haw a n talk with Robert Kirker the agent of the th P nt Valley Valle Coal company campan who Wa property Get Off Or Ill Kill You YouL L J I was told nt to o make male any an trouble to avoid It I l hurried to the mine and asked rl led to see He came out of a cabin I did not know now him so 80 asked Is la lathIs I this Mr 11 Kirker I Iy b name is Holliday Holiiday i 4 l I know you ou you Get off this ground or I will kill you ou in a n min minute minute mm ute ate I 1 am am here to settle peacefully I want to talk t you I answered He lie swore terrifically and entered the cabin He came out in a minute and again said sald If you Oll attempt to go over this land Ill kill you Like Rats Into Their Holes My Mv I father was with me Ho lie had Imad a Winchester but I was unarmed We e rode over tho the ground together and saw that besides Kirker five He men were armed These were William J 3 Tidwell Frank Tidwell Hiram Tidwell J T F p F Tidwell and Orange T Tidwell They The carried Winchesters and shotguns There were wOr danger signs stuck up around time the ground and at some of the time holes I tore these down and went on with my m exam of the time neighborhood When W hen we had finished around the cabin we rode a short distance up Whitmore ro canyon can on When heu coming down we passed a cavern From this Kirker fired at us I grabbed my fathers rifle and amI Kirker and his thugs ran into the like a lot of ot rats scurrying into bole ole Sells Out for a Song For two years I wa was n pt t permitted to step on the tIme ground and amid could not get any I redress from froni the courts After three hearings s a 11 change of or venue to time the Salt Lake L c courts was wu suggested Sharp was then willing to buy bu I 1 was in Arizona but was willed culled to Salt Luke Lake by b a tele telegram telegram telegram gram and the situation wa to tome tome tome me The Time property had to the time Pleasant Valley Coal company and we the HOlliday corporation were offered or thereabouts for undisputed right to the ground gt und I explained that it was wal the worst thing I ever did when I agreed to the time sale at the earnest solicitation of or orm my m associates Now Great Coal Camp Sunnyside Sunn Is 15 now the most flourishing coal camp in Utah There are between n 2500 and persons there and the com corn company company pany has bias coke ovens in operation I believe it Is contemplated to put 10 ad ovens oens Into operation The value of the Sunnyside property now runs Into six figures according to common knowledge Under questioning by Attorney Thomas Mr ex cx explained explained that ho he had known of the coal deposits near for seven years ears although the Pleasant Valley Coal com corn company company pany believed the district valueless so 50 far faras faras faras as coal was concerned He Ho said he felt there was money In locating upon the land laid and nUd felt confident that he could demonstrate there was W I a coal field Attorney E M r Jr is represent ing lag the Rio Grande and allied coal com corn companies companies panics took the witness upon the tho re to resumption resumption of ot the hearing Maring after the lunch hour and endeavored to show him up as ns asa asa a tough Attorney Allison asked tho the witness If ho he was not at on one time ar arrested arrested arrested rested for assault upon a hotelkeeper with a deadly weapon Mr 11 Holliday ready answer created laughter at the expense of Attorney Allison I was said sall the witness I was found guilty and I paid my fine Continued on Page 5 i J STORY OF UTAH COAL COHL C LAND FRAUDS TOLD AND RETOLD BY WITNESSES WHO WIlD FACED THE GUNS r f t T f Continued from Page 2 Sir Mr Ir Groo surrendered the witness chair ch lk 1 to George hose whose testimony was wa waLot I hot Lot stuff A recess reces was called at 1230 2 Mr Holliday was recalled to tl the stand at the opening of or o the after afternoon noon session Ho He was followed by b Whitmore who has been a n resident of at for forty fort years cars a state tto st to senator And ind Anda inda Il a member o of the Agricultural A college I board He lie owns a ranch in h the tho canyon can rm I bearing his big name flame near ar the Um I mines He sald said Robert Kirker had held I the mines discovered ds Ored by b Mr 11 for fOl fora forI fOla I a year ear but had abandoned them hem for three rears jears rea rs What Mr Kirker Did Mr Whitmore testified that Kirker had broken into cabin and threw Its Ity entente into the tiie roadway Kirker told the men aten working in the mine for I that they would have hOc to get out ut or be shot said aM the witness Mr 1111 laid sald Kirker was at the property as a ai i coal oaI mine expert running a bluff blUer at nt 3 taking charge of the mine arm l 4 men around the th minI mine for eight months month The rhe witness first heard that the Utah Fuel company was organized In 1000 Kirker had charge char e of oC the mine minI until l ro V when Forrester took charge Peabody pur the tbt tb property a It t year later Inter and the witness supposed sU had turned It t over oer to the Utah Fuel company com pan outright as is It Jt assumed as umed complete control soon after fter Could Not Ship Coal Lk Mr 11 Whitmore said he had owned a coal coalmine coalmine coalmine mine in the district but Had bad badi i ben been unable to ship coal to Salt Sait Lake be bemuse bese muse ause se he could not get a n reasonable rate rat frem the tIle Rio Grande This company compau asked 3 a ton toh as freight charges cha cs and aud in Informed 1 formed the witness that it would sell nell coal in Salt Lake to the witness as cheap lh ea I as aste asey te rey ey would haul his products He lIe knew ln w that his Ills brother S H Gilson had bad mines at Price and had bad hl similar experiences In attempting to produce and ship coal The Tho witness asserted that the coal company Lad had l ad stolen water ater from front his ranch through it lt tunnels ruining his farm tarm Attorney Allison objected to testimony being introduced on this subject t assert asserting ass tt ing log that th t the tM resolution Old tik not afford the commission the power t t investigate vater water litigation I be belle bee lle ve e the commission is carrying its in investigations to the extreme extremO and trying to tod tod d thIngs s away awn beyond the dreams of the resolutions authors he said sal hotly hott Developments have proved things un undoubtedly I that the authors of that reso resolution lution never dreamed of answered Com Commissioner yu missioner cr Clark These Th facts are In hI the I records Mr Thomas Thoma we do not need nd to r bring brill them out further 4 Sweet Tells T His Story 1 Mr tr lr Whitmore was then dismissed Arthur A Sweet was as called He Hc said saM he had been blen in ia 11 the thc employ of th Utah Fuel stud Pleasant valley alle Coal companies for eight or nine years ears in various positions p H JI HA said he hl was operator at the Colton sta station station tion for a number of years While there 4 ho h learned that a piece of land at fit Sunny Sunnyside fp side Ido was as being taken up UI by Charles Mostyn Owen as grazing Brazing land This an announcement announcement was published in a newspaper n at Price The witness wi hIEs said he investigated investigated gated and filed a protest st against the granting of or this particular piece pl C ol or lahd because he In learned it was wa a big cOal coni de tIl tIlro ro lt Owen appealed n on the ground that J the witness had not filed flied his hi protest prot st with aith JM 1 the th sixty days das provided by law Ill Owen r C swore snore to a n affidavit The witness said Mil he was Us food I And mid a bed d at the coal conI ls hotel at atI I because the keeper Bert Greg Gregory I ory 1 had hall been beon Instructed not to let the I witness stay her by b Frank tameron ron I superintendent of mines for the fuel t 9 Hide Behind a Rock RockI 1 hI I L went to another hotel kept by a man 3 named Carpenter and secured food and anda andI I a bed continued the witness I 1 learned n afterwards that Carpenter had been f asked to refuse refu e to let me stay star with him himI I Carpenter ap pen feu about my I plans asking mo mt if 1 I needed mItale in my m land affairs affaIr I told t hl Him I t did Hot I Il started with a n man named Henry to see seethe 1 t l t the th ground I hAIl had in mind and when 1 about half way a tip Up tho the on P V M 11 Wheeling now no of or the Salt police Pollee li anti and a IL secret seret ie tt serVice agent tI nt 1 fo for the Rio Grando Grande and tind A 1 They The had Winchesters antI and wen wie w standing bf lit hind bind a rock rook They THe told Milt i t 1 Us Is to go back lJ ek or orthlY t tI would shoot us usI I We reached the ground and commenced LI b i w Wheeling heeling said If lf you YOU von dont 1 r f onu ome down own we will get t you We e kept on staying on the ground about an n hour Wheeling asked us U what we were loing and I told him lin we WI were er digging dh ln a ahole aI I hole He wanted to know what for and andI andul ul I What do you ou suppose We Ye Wear Year 1 ar digging dl ln for coal conI I lan can an put all the tho theroa roa oa here in my m eye ec hf hI answered all wred Thank you OU I dont want to put jut it in your our eye ee eeL f L A but will ship it to Salt Like Lake Will you OU io gj down lown the canyon at your our pleasure or orb orby h b by force fore We c will take force I answered I hen we te e finished we went down the can canon von on to Senator ranch ranh p Keeps Him Out of Town F I Later Latet J filed mell my supplemental affi ai avit it to Judge Johnson of arbon county count for an injunction pending s the decision de of the tho tl land office oftie and n left Henry in charge char e of the ground J I wired Ut fry from Salt Bait I Lake ake some time after f I 1 ward vard that I was wa coming down I J was met it Sunnyside by ly b armed guards who lio would ct t let me gt get into the HIP town I went t round r and reached the tho ground I told Wheeling and tile the Mexican John that injunctions were to be served 1 upon iV m To with the courts said 3 Wheeling h I then got a blanket injunction g i J a against these men I learned that the guards who were being kept k on the theroun 1 round roun boarded at the hotel and their i 1111 were paid by lw Mark arlt P Braffet an ann n S for the th coal companies comp I Armed Thugs on Guard When hen injunctions were wen served no at was paid them and again the i thugs said they the bad no fear of V I then got fot a citation for con eon of court from Judge Judg Johnson When llen I 1 visited the tJ round ground after this 1 I found different gang of oC men guarding it itTin Tin Tbt guards would be reduced In number when henry Henr or I was in lii the district dl trl t so soI I l ft Henry ther 5 to keep the lull rull strength tr of guards on the ground ou l 1 The rue thugs were wr getting 5 oj a day du and their thet ard I finally fi nn II purchased the tI land for t 21 an acre from the HI government gov q d dw 1 vi wa w told toM to soil sell s U if it I got a charre har There e i w no is not a man in tah who would have havel ve advanced al a IL cent to t me to develop de lop the lar d as it was known that the Utah h Fuel company was the hie As I had in ih incurred it a debt d lt of 1300 1000 or o 2000 during tM th fight I was wiS now Hi lii a it bad biltl finan rinah financially daily clan Judson Makes M k ks s a Profit I was informed that the th Utah Fuel company com ail would not buy bU the ground but that John J Judson of or Salt Bait Lake Lak would buy from me I sold to t him getting S 1 4 MIO X 1 met him liia later and he Ie l told me inc he had bad rc re more than I did He lie did nat n t say ay sa saho how ho much more Probably babl 50 43 more added Attorney Thomas s The witness explained that Colton is at atthe atthe atthe the junction of or the roads reads to Uie thO mines and all nil freight for the tho mines 5 of o the Plea Pl as ant valley Vaile company compan passed pass d through that station I 1 received word that the Nation National al at Surety Suret company com a of SeW York wOuld no longer long r go on my thy bonds Superintend Superintendent Su hd ent cut of or the Rio Western told me this I went vent to tD Manager tanager H n G Williams ot or the Utah Fuel FuCi Fu l com corn company pany and alid that a n letter from him liim would do mb thO a great t favor fa r Mr Mt Williams gave me a very satisfactory tory let lel letter letter ter cad and with others front from senators state senators congressmen n atul a letter l tt r from Frank D Rockefeller i it cousin of or John JohnD D Rockefeller I went to New York I Imet Imet Imet met Manager YoUng Yo ng of tIle the bond bont depart department department department ment or Ut the National Surety Sureh company om an and also went to |