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Show GQOD ORDER IS TO BEjpCEO City Commissioner Miles L. Jones of Ogden Puts Matter Plainly. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Sept. 3. That the department depart-ment of public safety of Ogden Is determined de-termined to enforce the statutes of the city and state was indicated this afternoon after-noon at a meeting of about thirty members mem-bers of the Ogden police department, which was addressed by Commissioner Miles L. Jone3. The meeting was held In the courtroom at the city jail. Commissioner Jones said that from his investigation of the action of the police in connection with the handling of the forced parade of strike breakers last Thursday, when mtn were taken from the depot by a mob and marched through the streets, he was convinced that the police had handled the matter in a manner man-ner to prevent any bloodshed. He also added that the situation at the gas plant. Badger Coal & Lumber company, Ogden Commission company : and the Schofield barber shop had been , well handled by the police. He urged the , officers to continue their vigilance and prevent the gathering of crowds. If crowds gather, he said, they must be dispersed or arrests made. He declared that law and order must r evail and that if any man was without backbone enough to enforce the law he should get out. Mr. Jones said that he knew Ogden had a good police force and was confident that the members could handle any situation that might arise. Short talks were made by Officers A. B. Jensen, I. C. Canfield, Dan Sullivan, James Hearn and Everett Noble. |