Show DEFENDS THE MINERS Attorney Edler Tells Why the Strike Started The arrest of Organizer Domolli at Price yesterday afternoon was characterized charac-terized by A B EUlor one of the attorneys at-torneys for the strikers as a highhanded high-handed outrage and a travesty on the law I lawDcrlolli Deraolll had committed no Infraction Infrac-tion of the law He 1 merely asked Gen Cannon for pcrmlsMon to hold a parade pa-rade nnld Mr Edict and after u pretended pre-tended trial was hustled off to jail for thirty day Anti still they expect people peo-ple lo respect the militia nnd law nnd order The highhanded lawlessness by Ctcri Cannon Is the beat evidence that the militia was sent to the coal fields I not to uphold the laws of the State but to assist the coal company In coercing Its employees The attitude of the strikers t has been persistently misrepresented by the company in its statements to the press Instead 01 forcing a strike in order to throw themselves out of work as the company would have you believe they have been goaded into their present action ac-tion and are striking now simply for the privilege of maintaining an organization organi-zation Since the Htrike at Scofield two years ago the company hai compelled < Aery man who entered its employ to sign nn Ironclad contract that he would not join or belong to a union and would deal directly with the company in case of trouble To deal directly and Individually l Indi-vidually with the company meant that nny mun who made a complaint of any nature would be summarily discharged A year ago a secret attempt was made to effect an organisation In order to mako unanimous demand for the redress re-dress of certain grievances The company com-pany got one of HH spies Into this union secured the names of the fifty men who belonged and dkvhargod every one of thorn When the strike was called by President I Pres-ident Mitchell two weeks ago he gave orders thai an attempt should be made to extend the organisation in the West so that men would not he induced to I fill the places of strikers in Colorado or mine coal for the Colorado Fuel andIron and-Iron company Before a single organizer organ-izer I came to Utah 310 miners at Stun lIe met organized a union and voted 21U lo luO to go out From the moment the strike wns declared the company has had the town full of armed guard who went poking their guns In mens faces and exasperating them In every way possible evidently trying to provoke them Into unlawful acts so that the militia could be called out In the fact of all this provocation excellent order I has been maintained I tIdy the company to prove a single case of Intimidation ngnlnst the xtrifcers It any ofimisc hns been committed you may rest ayured that the Sheriff who Is a creature of the I rojil I company would hnvi locked 1 up tin offenders without loss of time The Jawlet < acts such ns the stopping of peaceable citizens cit-izens I on the public highway the threats I of violence and now the t a irresl of Demolli have all been on the other clUe uidoWhen When DeinolII first arrived al I Sco field they tried every unlawful means I to run him out of town The threaten hug letters about wiwn so inueli into lias boon made hero In nil probability worn written by the minions of lie t company I It would eetin ho at any rate from the celerity with which the company has fouml them and given them I lo the t prcs tor I ran assure you that t the men do not want to remain out on strike All that lucy are striking for now Is recognition recog-nition of their right to unite for mutual mu-tual t protection and a semimonthly payday pay-day If these demands nre granted the miners will I return to work Immediately Immediate-ly I yMm Mr Edler was provnnled by his business bus-iness from leaving town Tuesday night Ills partner A S Fowler went to Sun nyslde instead and Mr 13dler will follow fol-low today In nil probability nn appeal will be taken by Demolli and a bond I Driven which will insure his release I i sr = C |