Show MA MATRIMONY r tM AND ANO THE GENTLE MUSE A 11 Softer Soft r Side of Life in the Utah Coal Regions Re ions jons MINERS lINERS WHO WRITE SONGS 4 i C Lov t I Special 8 1 to The I 20 eThe Th public has bas been heen more Inore or 1 I regaled r by h an in abundance abundant ant u of or strike since ghee the therea great rea t Carbon b h began an last month Some of pf this th literature It ernas from the th n m cles but up t It to tits this tinge time tin th the pub i generally ft nean has haa not been apprised that this has hy in ill the he h production product ion of strike poetry poet ry from rom th t h pens pena of the he t strikers themselves The Th Herald b bi is heen been for fortunate in securing from tr m two author of o strike songs their manuscripts of I the tame same which h are a re reproduced rep od in con connection connection with tails un 1 N Pk pj song ma may properly J be regarded a ar a tallying cry purely purdy Mr MI Phelps hs k a le I dl Chan ui ter among the strikers at Ho He H is II anath a native nath e ot of Wales and nd has hat been b H engaged enga d dIn in mining coal oal luring during aim t all the ity odd years year that have patted panted ever over everto to his bl head bead Last La l October marked Ina the theom om leUon of hit hL bl l Twenty ond year ear of continuous service in the of ot the Utah Fuel c mp my and ami and its ita predecessors censors He has ha hat worked in all aJl the theE f E ramps camps and talks talk interestingly of or his hlA experiences experience Mr Phelps has raised a family in etah and has baa several sons eons who worked with him 1 Is the mines nea prior to the strike That Mr fr Phelps PIa the fullest t confidence of fits tat fellow fOlio strikers is 18 shown by th thil u it choice chok of or him to nt the ibe strikers at st t the Helper on Dec 32 14 anti and hh hie unanimous Ue selection aa a committeeman t teeman to tont pre present sent nt he the the statement to Vice VIe President Preal t Kramer of the Fuel company on Dec 19 Thomas Thom Phelps Song At the meeting of the at atI Dec 18 6 when Mr Mit Phelps I was chosen commit committeeman teeman be he made a short speech of a at a the con conclusion lusion of which he sang san in a wonder onder wonderfully wonderfully fully clear and strong voice for a man manof manof ma n of his h the ta song of his own composition r At Which 0 ch used WI J in to bar b bP aO t r There Ther are a several eval hundred bundred miners At A t present pt at t on strike ra B Be apse auae ay they have ve so many ways wars To k keep Keen poor soy people peo dews dewa d M Tb Th v rob us III ever hour While W hUe we wa labor tabor underground deI file a Chorus And stand tand we will again n boys 00 I ntH union they tho y consent e For if It we lose lase the da day boys boSk boJ V We 1 1 c e surely shan shall repent r C It Its n ail all e ask It k employers IB Lt to anton anion recognize recognise we w may have our liberty To our We at II A m ere Our freedom ought to be To unit unite us stud and to have hate oar or O OIn rights s In this free tree country Chorus Ita all an we w want waat to 0 have peace pace M pre prevail vail 11 And live in o harmony p y Enjoy ourselves our elvea lv ea In la li f r e oata light h t ty In this tit land et t liberty Uber y y have have lib i Mn nt v vA stratagem A to 10 ur holM holMI I I hope ho n that t t they their keep away A And leave lea e our works work stone alone Chorus f i t In we are at st Yeses u II If Je we were let alone aIoM Theres re scores oC of guards I Mound around us ua Our temper to 0 provoke Th employers they are threatening 4 T To drive us VB from 0 borers I Thoat hope the law will us w protect That we wont have hate e to roam Chorus The music of the selection election cannot an not be w n i reproduced t r dured but the t rendition was wao aD re received with tt Ith tremendous applause lob O a So ng The song of ot Ion Kettle another Sunn side striker la bs of a different type from that of Mr Phelps effort Mr Kr Keith song as will be observed partakes par partakes partakes takes more of o f the nature of a narrative and prophecy combined It is la to be sung to the same nae music Ic as Mr r Phelps and aDd the Ule words wor follow I never ner found in all nil my Jay life Ur The file value alue of a miner DIlGer 1 Until I came out on a To recognize recognise a union L Wire vii tH n wo we w are ar working world day da by b day da daThe 4 The people all U forget us usAn usI I c An some ome will tell us ua to our face That we have bave get no DO grievance But B t now w we e are out aloud tse re shout a out ut I Tho ho victory is ii out W Tt th nil all the th plugs luge plu that t have fine floe Jobs job 10 Thu Jhc coal they dig d wont hurt Jat it vs us usI I I notice in the papers papaw That fuel is getting ettia scarce And well weli be called Together I t Tor lur 01 monopolists to embrace embracer r lit Oo 00 ot Wells tU seemed very fair hen ll n he to Kramer Th That it t labor Dabor should be ha organised For Tor Tb talk of nationality The Th ignorant and a d dWon poor Who Won can cant t speak ak English En h language lan I Tut Mt this we must ut deplore d W are tre rf surprised ed at Sheriff Wilcox Tor lor the th stories he be has baa told Ah A olt ft there th being bloodshed IK n we are turned out In tit the coM coMA A s long Ion a all as General G r stets iota et fifteen dollars defier a aHI day H HI will kc keep p his hill men mt n in arms a 3 long as the they will stay eta I Hurrah to the men D n In Sunnyside Sunn Who ho stool stood too 1 out brave brac and true trueT trueT T Tn recognise r the union nd red this we e all aft should do doK doN K N w bo boys 1 I hope you vou wont forget M fhe he p that you ou have hate aRea tH nil firm be men and we shall win wiG The j he victory that we are craving Soldiers Soldier Write Poetry J Strike poetry try is l not nut confined to the tb strikers strike H a lone in arbon Carbon t county as many a fair dams dame l 1 now waiting sax bull Ht lit home borne for foi the be t return of her h r soldier boy could rove If she abe desired a The poetry try fever rever Is il in the emus velDS of the national guard boys hoys I in what appears to h r a most moot malignant type t piny of them hm t will wrathfully deny this asser r tion Holi but there i is abundant evidence to com Convict let a lot of them Some dome of them haTE have been en caught in the act and others othe have manifested for days day at a stretch unmistakable st sinne of a confluent caw of ot the kind of ease that flat can ens cannot not tJ he tf tired d ex et tit t oy Dy the matrimonial treatment or t meeting of some de da demoiselle moiselle who ii ii fairer t sen n the Ute theone theone one onto l before fore Sp c of Ina timon recalls that this 3 is III s in n to tn the accusation n t f tM fi M i cawing a vet ven boom in the matrimonial i irk t never r a a market Not i h have hae several everal of the th C boy boys linked iii Ill h it 11 it futures to same om of s finer K rl since inc the Carbon cou t camp ram n started d hut but five Live i IS s being b ing alleged as rea I s eons on why i r 1 r than one ont stio should ild be g a n 11 furlough or a li leay av of t i i i sence i ugh uRh in the case of en l man l or of r absence in case o 0 oel officer ei for tar niel el J Cupid was never n v rJ o respecter ot of ik i cor r station It woul not he fair to pUi PW h h ramp names hut hutt watch th the K lety column columns In aa free tree a fat 11 it Matrimony Xa and th tilts Ge Must Muse Musty r rry iv ry y and matrimony are not oot far tar apart at least not i nn c m r laws ut squeal to the wf dd g From r rom to a hotfoot up v a i steep st p railroad grade at midnight ml I b is a rather far tar fry cry 1 however and the painstaking reader I III ia requested quested to tn he e poetry here j referral raf t to l iM and i i i iK i r this tal fah I hy b t r M 1 I P Ir i n ti tl attorney w nu has hao been s 0 i In Carbin t ourt affairs lately Braffet is if au authority authority for the story and people In n this section are almost universally convert ei ea 3 to W th better Chat Shat what Braffet says sa g glI ts cs Here ii Is s the yarn yarnA A Bottle Battle of It was wag all somewhat over a week ago agn that Braffet Chief Deputy Shores and anI andas an as official c of or the coal company were weN peacefully pea pe UT plodding up the track tuck to tor tr winter inter Quarters from It was wag aR near nOar and Hier oft ot beds bel awaited at Winter Clater intEr Quarters rB to re recel cel oel cehe e their frames made nade weary by a i strenuous da day A short distance up the th track r ck they ran athwart the bow oi of f a couple of or Finnish miners who v w treys ere re technically speaking lit Jit to the U f yes es B Both th miners wore apparel mere suit cd to the th Panama canal region than to the rigorous winter climate where here they the w were ere parties celebrant cl brant These poor creatures said S Braffet Bla et ina jn a tone of compass on to his compan ions lOCH are due to congeal to a condition of ot adamantine p perfection in about fifteen I i teen minute mID unless cared sated for tor Observe i their great gnat lack of ot tO habil habiliment habiliment Lave U uS ail taken them home The others agreed Shores approached one on e Finn who showed unexpected signs of life at th the officers o approach One of the Lire Finns hands went into his hia pocket like a flash Shores Is a man than mani w who ho has bas learned Ie to think quick quirk and aRd to act in emergency somewhat quicker than he or any one on else elSt ls thinks He lie fig figured ft figured the th tb Finn was wa about to tr jar far a gun and a 4 quickly seised the miners wrist It d developed that the Finn had hada a desperate rate strangle gle hold on a bottle of or boose b ooze of questionable merit and was tilled filled with the tM hospitable ho pit 1 le td plea a of asking a the three strangers to star share are the fluid I with w ith him Meanwhile the second Plan Finn had bad incontinently tied lied He will per lh said aid Braffet In to horror That b bt he be e I I t not DOt chorused the tits others You I rut put a dent In him with a pick pUk p ick I repeat he will perish said Braffet During the colloquy the Finn with wit h the bottle bottJe also changed his hla mind and anI an d started after aster hi his mate at tit t a record making pace Braffet followed but bu t could not go the distance In the still trusty frosty night air he the the pounding of the th e four Finnish feet could be distinctly heard Mard at their managers manage galloped mad madly ly up the track and off of into bite the un unknown unknown known wastes beyond Winter Quarters Quarts rs canyon Even ven Braffet gave pe up hope but when u hen two Finns answering ar the de description of the flu two sprinters were ar arrested tasted rested the next day for being belDI drunk and an d disorderly d all concerned except coast My bly the Ute Flan Finns felt that things in is th bill world worM are a always equalised soon coon or orla o olase r late lase la e This Thia W I the tale ta u as Braffet told it to t o The and aDd it should Mald be given I its it place as another Instance In ance that chant charity y u M i misplaced ed |