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Show 1 THE RED FLAG IN BINGHAM. From a recont issue of tho Bingham Bulletin we take tho following: Gus Newman and Matthew Starke, head men in two of the Bingham mines, resigned their positions and left camp under threats and intimidation at the hands of members . of the Miners' union. John Kalio, another boss miner, also took his departure, but, without any apparent reason as members of the union deny having placed the man under the "ban" or of making threats. Newman and Starke were both shift bosses and were accused of being unfriendly toward members of the union. Newman is a cripple, having but one arm, and one evening when off shift while coming down town ho was accosted ac-costed by a number of union men who derided de-rided him for his alleged conduct toward them. In a short time nearly one hundred union men had gathered aroundx Newman, who, had fears for his personal safety and retreated re-treated to the big barn of the Bingham Livery company. Chief of Police Phil Raleigh and J several officers were quickly on the scene and soon quelled the excitement and afforded pro- tection to Newman. There were some fiery remarks made during the few moments the crowd was together and one man who shouted "Get a rope" was quickly silenced. The union mon coerced Newman Into agreeing to leave town, which, It Is said, he did within forty-eight forty-eight hours. The union men claimed Newman had discharged several union minors who laid off on union day and that some of the exactions ex-actions he iniposed were not to their liking. lik-ing. So they are trying to blow tho lid off in Utah, and In the first attempt a hundred brave strong men surrounded a poor chap with one arm, and drove him out of town. The demoralizers might have been victorious with fifty men had the fellow fel-low no arms at all. What a dastardly cowardly outfit they are to be sure, growing bolder every day, posing as tha friends of honest labor, and committing every crime on the calendar while the fearless dally press crawls on. its belly before them, and says no word of protest for fear of losing a subscriber In tho "inner circle." If ever there were cowardly newspapers, we have them now, for aside from the merclnary viewpoint, they don't dare to tell the truth because election day is drawing near again. J How it will tickle St. John, and Jardlne, and Johnson and Donnelly and the rest of the vicious band when they hear of the bravery of tholr Bingham followers. And Mr. Boohor of Butte, who so eloquently denounced the American Hag at the recent Denver meeting of the Western Federation of Miners, may rise to the occasion and deliver himself anew incidentally pausing to compliment his Bingham comrades. How joyously will Preston and Smith in tho penitentiary at Carson receive the news that the brothers in Utah are learning fast. How the welkin wel-kin will ring down In the desert where tho red J flags decorate the hall and the flaming inscriptions road: "A CAPITALIST FOR EVERY HAIR OF OUR BROTHERS HEAD." "IF THEY PACK A JURY TO HANG OUR MEN, WE WILL PACK HELL FULL OF THEM." And many another sign as threatening and menacing, and as well calculated to make good American blood boil. Utah has thus far been practically free from strikes, except where the strikers were justifiable, and whore men merely asked for the reasonable hours and reasonable pay that was their due. It is hoped that the Bingham demonstration was not a forerunner of further exhibitions of the kind, even though there are men in the union who are a disgrace to unionism, and sworn foes to every American principal. |