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Show TROUBLESOME MINERS QUIET JIM I Warring Strikers Congregated at Helper, Five HI. (VliSes From Scene of Trouble, Appear to Be Cwed by Display of Arms and Author!- 1 1 , ties Look for no More Disturbance 1 1 ALIENS BfM OTHER CAMPS ARE NEUTRAL 11. Greeks Left at Mines Promise Loyalty; Body of 81 Dead Striker Recovered From Cliffs; Two of j Five Captives Are Arraigned on Charge fi I of Assault With Intent to Murder B J .i . II duced force of high. Only a few Greeks "will be taken back. If 9 Henry Hallos' and John Matsos, two of tho alleged leaders of tlio Greek 1 rioters, who were arrested Monday, arraigned on charge of assault with Wl i intent to kill. 10 ffl Body of Stove Kolozakis, the Greek striker who was killed in Monday's B battle, brought down from the cliffs above Kenilworth. 1 Greeks who remain in Konilworth nromise to obey orders of coal com- H I pany, whether discharged or allowed to remain at work, and to make no 9 1 more trouble. B I Discontented Greeks, congregated at Helper, seem- cowed by the prompt fH I action taken in guarding Kenilworth. Ml Owing to active work of influential Greeks from Salt Lake and othev B I points, Greeks in other coal camps so far remain neutral and refuse to take B I sides in the Kenilworth difficulties. H I ; Special to The Tribune. KENILWORTH, Feb. 7. After a few brief hours of intense excitement, ex-citement, Kenilworth is again the quiet coal camp oL! the mountains that it was four days ago. AVork will be resumed at the mines Wednesday morning, with a reduced re-duced force of men. Superintendent Superintend-ent Bell declaring this afternoon that he expected to have about 200 men at work. Save for the tramp of armed guards who surround sur-round the camp, and the absence of the discontented Greeks and others who figured in Monday's battle, there is" little to indicate that only thirty hours ago the town was seething with excitement excite-ment due to the killing of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Elias Jackson, and the general fear that the Greeks, in a body, might march armed against the comparatively undefended unde-fended camp. The facts that stand out most prominently promi-nently in tho developments of Monda' niqlit and today, us'uta from the decision de-cision to reopen tlio inine Wednesday, are: The complete submission of the Greeks, numbering probably seventy-five, seventy-five, who yet remain within the limits of Kenilwortli and the change of attitude atti-tude of tho Greeks who left the cam), mid who congregated at Helper, with many others of their countrymen Monday, immediately following tho trouble that led to the killing of Jackson. Jack-son. The Greeks still in Keuihvorth have been told by tho superintendent and foreman that if they leave the camp they need not come back. These Greeks Monday night wore free in their explanations of their attitude and their claims of grievances against the coal company. Tonight they have little lit-tle to say and answer most questions with a declaration or ignorance or a request re-quest that BOine one else be questioned. Easy to Discern Causes. One need not go far to find the causes for this change of attitude Monday night and Tuesday the telephone and telegraph wires out of Helper were kept hot with messages to and from the prominent Greeks in Helper ami Salt IWH ; Lake City; also to and from representa- (HI ' tive men of the race In Castle Gate, IN HI Price and other towns of Carbon county. IHtl Inllucnces were brought to bear that Willi promise, for the time being at least, to IHlli prevent a further spread of the dlsaffee- IHIffl tlon, and it is believed, therefore, that IBHo for the present there will be no outbreak Ml ill In the other coal camps, although, as one iHIl of the best posted officials of Carbon SBiB countv. who is on the ground here, ex- tHil pressed It: "This trouble at Kenilworth MM If came without warning; and God only IS II knows whether or pot the same thing H I may occur some place else." Ma I Monday night passed without any sign IB 1 of further trouble here, the guards, near- MB I ly 100 In number, found nothing to draw gnf I their Are. and when dawn came a select Cat' m posse, under-- Sheriff - Kclter -and Chief 91 Depulv Johnstone of Carbon county. Wm I scoured the hills above the camp In H I search of men who the day before had US I tired upon the town, but found the cliffs jH 1 absolutely deserted. 1 Bring Body From Rocks. I Early In the morning the body of Stcvt H ( IColo2nkls. the Greek killed In Monday's I battle, was brought down from the rock aw I whereon It fell by Ofllcer Johnstone and BB I n party of eight Greeks who remain loyal 1 to the coal company. The man was shot BB I through the brain, the bullet piercing the BB I head from side to side, and he must BB havo died .Instantly where he fell. BB The hodv of Jackson, the deputy who BB was killed Monday, remains in cump and BB was viewed Tuesdny by hundreds of the BB friends of the man. who was well known BB nnd popular throughout Carbon county. BB Arrangements havo been made to send BB tho body to Huntington, the home of his BB mother. Wednesday, where funeral serv- BB Ices will be held Thursday. Jackson was BB an active and prominent member of the BB Knights of Pythias lodge in Helper and BB a large delegation of this order will at- BB tend tho obsequies. BB Tucsdav morning half a dozen matrons BB or Helper, friends of Mrs. Jackson, BKt braved the cold mountain wind and rode BB unsheltered on the water train to Kenll- BB worth to offer their condolences to the BE widow and to carry her material and BB substantial aid In her hour of bereave- BB menl. . . , BB Jackson and his family occupied house BB No. J 3. belonging to the coal company. BR and the morning of the encounter with KB the Greeks that cost him his life Joked Jg with another of the deputies over the BB significance of the number. BJ Two Greeks Arraigned. H Late Tucsdav afternoon. Henry Kallos BJ nnd John Matsos. two of tive Greeks who mt were arrested Monday afternoon, as al- BJ leged ringleaders In the trouble, and who MM had been held manacled under heavy BB guard here, were arraigned on tho BB chargo of Intent to commit murder by BJ assault with a deadly weapon. They ! BJ were given a formal hearing before Jus- BJ tlcc of the Peaco Lambson and were held Bf to the district court for trial. They will BJ be taken Wednesday to tho county Jail at Bf Price. John Poulekronokas and George BJ Continued on Page Two. FOREIGNERS ARE QUIET; MINE TO REOPEN TODAY Continued From Page One. Monnlcls, two more Greeks who were arrested ar-rested at tho same time, probably will hnvc their honrlng on a similar charge Wednesday. Nick Kuramousin. the llfth of the prisoners, was llberatod this morning. morn-ing. It being shown that ho was not one of the troubltj makers. Slmllur complalntn wero sworn lo and warrants Issued for tho arrest of Andrew Stellos and John Makls. tho two Greeks who were wounded Monday, and wero taken to Helper by their countrymen to bo cared for. Sheriff! lCelter understood that these men were under survolllanco of tho officers at Molpor, but when ho and Chief Deputy Johnstone, this afternoon, after-noon, went lo Helper to place the wounded wound-ed men under arrest, thoy could not find them, and all Die Greeks there professed Ignoranco as to their whereabouts. "They have been hidden, hut we will find them," said Sheriff Kcltor. "Thoy could not have left the town. Kallos was badly wounded by a glancing shot across the forehead, while Matsos received a flesh wound In tho uppor left arm." Crooks Hide Tlicir Guns. Sheriff Keller and Deputy Johnstone took pains lo ascertain If the Greeks In Helper wero armed, hut found that the men who, the day before, had been walking walk-ing arsonals, had concealed their weapons and. of course, "never had any gun " Sheriff Kcltor IvHcves Hint If tho almost universal practice of the carrying of revolvers re-volvers by the Greeks could bo slopped there would be llttlo danger of trouble in any of tho cor.l camps. "The punishment under the present law Is not severe enough." ho declared. "Tho carrying of concealed weapons without legal right and permission in this region should lc made a felony." One of the veteran business men of Helper, who has for many years done business with Hie Greeks, coincided with this view and declared: "Ono gun Is nothing for a Greok when he comes into town on pay day or a holiday. holi-day. Generally, you will find him with two "guns, and sometimes three." Ono Version of Trouble. That only certain classes of the Greeks employed In the mines wore dissatisfied dis-satisfied with the treatment accorded them by the company and were responsible respon-sible for the trouble of Monday was the opinion expressed bv (''buries Soter. an influential Greek of Salt Lake City, who came to Kenll worth today in the triple capacity of special deputy. Interpreter Inter-preter and mediator and peacemaker between be-tween the coal company and the miners. "The men who went out nnd refused lo return to work uro nearly all Cretans." Cre-tans." said Mr. Sotor. 'They aro not properly representative of U10 Greek nation. na-tion. Thcv arc easily led Into trouble and will follow agitators without question. ques-tion. Tho Greeks who have remained at the mlno have promised to do Just as thcv arc told by tho company's men without with-out making any trouble. If they aro allowed to go back to work, it is well: If thoy aro discharged, they will go away and create no disturbance." Other Viows of Situation, Plain talk with the rcprcesntatlvc men of Helper and Kenll worth, men who will speak their honest convictions, but who do not wish, for obvious business reasons, rea-sons, to bo quoted, furnishes a widely diversified range of opinions ns lo tho causes which led up to the tragedy of Monday. In some quarters the belief Is rather openly expressed that the Greek agitators agita-tors had at least the tacit support of somo of tho business men of Helper, bo-cause bo-cause i large number of the mon om-ployed om-ployed at Kenllworth do most of their t nidlng at the company store, there, being be-ing no independent stores in this camp. Others, wlio seem to bo equally well posted and equally fair, bold that the Greeks have a Just cnuse of complaint against the coal company In the matter of short weight, but, of course, strongly condemn tho action taken bv tho strikers Monday. Still others hold that It Is Impossible to quell tho tronblo-mnklng spirit of certain Greek agitators and declare that the only solution of tho ouestion Is the elimination of Greek labor In tho camps. Greoks Supplant Italians. Those who are familiar with the situation situ-ation In the Carbon county coal field during the last eight years will readily recall that ten years nco Ihe majority of tho miners employed by the coal companies com-panies were Italians: now llm Greeks number more than nil other classes of laborers. The great strike of tho Italian miners, which started in September, MO!!, and lasted for six months, was the beginning be-ginning of the movement which eventually eventual-ly led to the supplanting of tho Italians by Greeks to a grenl extent in most of the romps. Company officials dealing daily with both races of men nnturally will not be quoted as to which class of labor they prefer, but I hero exists a woll-deflncd and nol concealed feeling that tho time is ripe for the inauguration of a system sys-tem that will result In tho employment of a much larger percentnee of Americans Amer-icans In the mines than are used at tho present. |
