Show VINCENT ST JOHN JOHNIS IS IN BAD SHAPE Labor Leader Suffering From Blood Poisoning Passes Through Salt Lake L ke keON ON HIS WAY TO DENVER DOUBT DO BT AS TO MO MOTIVE MOTIVE MOTIVE TIVE IN SHOOTING G HIM Vincent St John the th Goldfield labor leader passed through Salt Lake yes yea yesterday yesterday afternoon on the Los Angeles Jim im on his way wa to Denver where he will willbe willbe willbe be taken to a hospital to be treated for blood poisoning resulting from Crom bullet bullot wounds inflicted by Paddy an another another another other member of the Goldfield Miners union St John and his wife occupied drawing room A of ot the car The Injured man was confined to his berth His wife wite declined to let anyone see him Recent reports from Goldfield have been to the effect that St John was recover recovering recoverIng recovering ing and that he would soon be able to lead the miners In the present difficulty It develops however that St John was more seriously injured red than was believed Blood poisoning resulted from his wounds and he may be forced to have hayo his arm amputated His trip to Denver Is said to tobe tobe tobe be merely on account of his condition and andIs Is not for the purpose of consulting with officials of the Western Vestern Federation of Miners with reference to the present trou trouble trouble trouble ble In Goldfield The shooting In which St John was se seriously seriously seriously wounded occurred on Nov 5 St StJohn StJohn John was walking down the street in Goldfield with Pat Tennant another la Ia labor labor bor leader when Paddy drew a agun agun agun gun and fired six shots at St John Two of the bullets struck St John and an another another another other struck Tennant St John was shot in the hand and the forearm and Tennant received a bullet In the leg fracturing the bone and severing an artery The Theother Theother Theother other three shots went wild and several pedestrians narrowly escaped injury After the shooting was arrest arrested ed and is still in the Goldfield jail Ten Tennant Tennant Tennant nant and St John were taken tal en to the hos hospital hospital hospital pital Tennant is slowly recovering from hIs bis wounds The motive of has not been learned It Is thought by b some sonic that the trouble over the recent election of officers In the Miners union and that was disgruntled because his fac faction faction faction tion wa was unsuccessful in the election On the other hand the followers of St John say that the shooting was a deliberate attempt to assassinate e their leader |