Show THE SHERIFFS CALL The call of Sheriff Wllcox of Carbon county on the Governor for troops toad to-ad In suppressing lawlessness and In the protection of life is a sharp reminder that Utah at last is in a degree partaking partak-ing oC the troubles that aftllct other communities In connection with labor strikes The Sheriff speaks oC the disturbances dis-turbances In the great coal camps of his county us the reason for hlfj = call the holding up and beating of men and threats to them of death if they persist In working against the strike agitators In this connection he names especially the mints at Sunnyslde Castle Gate and Scofleld lie says the mines of his county employ two thousand men twothirds foreigners principally Italians Ital-ians not speaking the English language I and of which number not to exceed Iii per cent are naturalized and that the force at his command Is powerless to cope with the t lawlessness and protect life and property and maintain law and order lie therefore calls upon the Governor for aid His call Is endorsed by l Sir Frye the County Attorney Accordingly Ac-cordingly the Governor has sent Gen John Q Cannon commanding the National Na-tional Guard of Utah to investigate and report on the situation In the meantime Mr Corner Thomas the State Coal Mine Inspector makes report under date concurrent with that of the Sheriffs call that the day before be-fore eightyfive men were working without interference at Sunnyslde and were producing ample coal to keep the coke ovens going and that all the outside out-side men numbering one hundred and seventyfive were at work The men at work told him no threats had been made against them At Castle Gate only twentyfive men were at work on Saturday but the Winter Quarters and Clear Creek mines were working with full forces of men The output of the Utah Fuel company and the Pleasant Valley Coal Company is I four thousand tons per day He further I fur-ther says that the companies have raised the wages of their men twenty live cents per day and they are weighing weigh-ing the coal produced now at 2000 pounds to the ton Instead of 2210 pounds is before the advance Our own special from Helper yesterday yester-day morning denied that I there were more than half as many men at work in the Sunnyslde mine as Mr Thomas reported re-ported and said the strikers were masers mas-ers of the situation at Castle Gale The company at Sunnyslde showed no disposition to confer with the strikers antI It was expected that it would serve notice on all the strikers to vacate the companys houses In which they were living The fact that much pretty everybody I erybody at Scoflekl is armed was admitted ad-mitted and trouble was looked for here This would seem to make the Sheriffs call on the Governor l for aid both prudent and wise It is certainly to be hoped there maybe may-be no continued lawlessness nor any loss of life in connection with this trike But the organizers of thc unions and in advocacy of the strike are very active and the situation is one that calls for mutual forbearance and pcr I onal restraint |