Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-02-08 | Page 6 | The Carbon County Troubles

THE CARBON COUNTY TROUBLES. The reports from Carbon county yos-tenia' yos-tenia' were that all was quiet, tho rioters had dispersed and hidden. The expected battle yesterday morning was not fought, because I he foes of law and order had fled. It is gratifying to know, however, that (he forces of the law had gathered ' in sufficient strength to intimidate tho rioters. That is far belter than to have sent a weak force, which woulcl.be an invitation to a fight. Abundant force was sent, and that quelled the opposition. 'arbon county has boon within a few days the scene of extraordinary and unusual 'crimes. Three" men held up and killed Mr. Jenkins' and wounded wound-ed his companion, at. Sunnysido. Then camo the riot at the Kennlworth mine and tho murder of Deputy Sheriff Jackson. Jack-son. It was an outrageous, scandalous riot, apparently without cause. So far as appears, the company had done everything to prevent trouble, hut the rioters refused to bo pacified. They seemed determined to have a fight; they would not work themselves; and they would not. let others work. Tho comp.inj- had laid out a model town and provided a model equipment, as 1 shown some months ago in ,a special article in The Tribune. There was no reason whatever to expect any trouble; the company had taken such measures as it supposed would please its employees and would avert even the possibility of trouble. But it appeai'3 that those who wore determined deter-mined to have (rouble would be satisfied sat-isfied with not hing, and I hey pursued their lawless course. Tt is said that the belter clement of their country-J men havo sent word to the rioters that their best course is to submit to tho law and give themselves up. This is unquestionably sound advice, lu the meantime, the announcement, apparently appa-rently by authority, that the company will not employ alien labor any more, is natural, and should be commended; because tho kind of labor which has been employed at that mine heretofore hereto-fore is dear at any price, and the manning man-ning of the company's works will give employment to a good many Americans who need that work. Doubtless tho apprehension of further fur-ther trouble at I ho mine may be dismissed, dis-missed, because when murder is committed com-mitted those responsible for its commission com-mission at once lose their case; and the advantage offered to American labor la-bor will be accepted in the present partial dearth of employment with sat-1 isfaction by many laborers. It is inevitable always that the law shall prevail. This is especially true in a republic. Whatever monarchies may do. republics must rest, on the law; thoy arc founded on law, their very existence depends upon the supremacy su-premacy of law ancb the maintenance of orderly procedure. J't cannot be different in this case from the uniform precedent and the absolute requirement under popular rule. The supremacy of the law is the inevitable end of all such troubles; and it is a satisfaction to know that this end has come with comparative case in Cnrbon county. The three hold-ups who killed Mr. Jenkins Jen-kins are under arrest. t is to be hoped that all those criminnlly implicated impli-cated in the murder of Deputy Sheriff Jackson and in the shooting up of tho mine will also bo soon in the hands of the law, and bo held to account for their crimes.