Show STRIKERS HAVE A LAWYER I Edler of SnIt Lake Represents the Mine Workers A B Edler oC the law firm of Edler 1 Fowler left last evening for the coalfields coal-fields to investigate the coal strike In the Interest of his clIents the ofllccrs of the United Mine Workern of America Ameri-ca Mr Edict said yesterday after npon I do not believe Ihat there is anything any-thing in thu situation at the coal camps to justify the calling o the militia unless un-less it would be to prevent he h highhanded high-handed lawlessness of the company employees em-ployees The fact Is the troops have been called out In the Interest or the fuel company with the Intention of intimidating in-timidating and overawing the strikers until they go back to work The stories of outrages by the strikers are manufactured manu-factured out of whole cloth hut 1 can give you a chapter of outrages by the coal company that would surprise you One of the worst instances of lawlessness o lessness that has come to my knowledge knowl-edge is In the case of an old man a miner who lived In a company house and paying for his furniture on the Installment In-stallment plan He had paid SCO when the strike began One day while he wail away from home the officials took I out every stick of furniture without authority au-thority of law and confiscated It I could cite numerous other cases ctc which would Indicate where the real blame for lawlessness and outrage should be put bull will wait until I return from camp so I can testify from personal knowledge |