Show ABUSE HORSES i Cruelty to Dumb Animals in the I Coal Mines of Utah I EdItor Tribune Having worked for j I some time In the coal mines of Utah and carefully observed LImo Iroalmcnt which thu horstM receive at the hands of those who have them In charge I am driven to make Inquiries through the columns of your valuable paper If there ever has boon and Is a law to protect the same It I seems to me LWeui as a prcnl many others of my feilowcltlzcns there Is no If tinre IH wny IK It nol enforced The treatment they receive is slmpl awful and most hcartrendlnc It Is noi long ago blnce the write saw a driver lie up I his horse to a post In the mine ard whip I him until the blood WUN streaming down his lets Tho horse soon fell lo tho ground however exhausted and was I beaten with a big slick tint ii he was al u I l nosl killed Soon a mine olllclal came to the Bceiio hut the borne was loosened ly I i this time and still on the ground lie asks what Is the matter The driver su > < The Cd thliui Is too luy to stand on I his legs leave alone work Well maid tllo olllclal kill ihe b t Thai which will kill ceo of the dn things will go to city another I Horses of ten have to work under very low roof being In many cases from six Ito I-to eighteen Inches too low for them and as they push under the same they tear thou backs to pieces blood Is often wn running down over their shoulders from these bruises Tim writer nan time end j time again seen them drop ID heir knees I in order to save themselves Some tinii ago a driver was seen whipping a horaa I rem bottom lo lop of one ot these low I entries having to pll at the same time two cars which w vc really enough for two hors ° s under such circumstance and when the poor liirnc got to the top he I fell exhausted and becuiifle of this ii was agaIn lei tell imv1 Jtimorclfully IIoi > os are taken out of the stables with sore shoulders and hums big pieces of raw Ilesh as big as a suucor are oficn eoii on the same upon which the harness Is put nnd are forced lo work by ifif use of a snalf whlp diy after day and somcilmus night uftcr night double shifting and that without Bulllefiiii to CaLL and drink A few days ago one of these poor unfortunate unfortu-nate animals was hurl very seriously being be-ing blocked between tie loaded cars on uccounl of being driven too fast lie fell to the ground The driver then begun to use the whip saying Get up you lazy b 1 or Ill kill you by G The poor horse however failed to get up He 1 then hitchcl another horse lo hIs collar and drew him acrox the roud into un old airway air-way near by and there left to die alter which ho wis drawn out to the mouth of the level In the same way and thrown down over the dirt dump On another occasion a Iiorpo failed to pull his hjavy load up a sleep hill and was whipped until he could not stand rite boss driver comes and LhIs tIme driver to kill the dn I thing that his harness would easily lit another It I Is surely bad enough when tho drivers themselves deal Iso I-so ortiellv and unmercifully with these poor animals but when they arc encouraged encour-aged by the mine otllclals to do so It is surely time tu t d it < < sumithing in the name of God the State ami humanly A MINER |