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Show pRIFFS AND MINERS MEET IN FATAL FIGHT AT KENILWORTH 1 lEPUTY AND GREER KILLED; ARMED FORCES WAIT FOR DAWN Ins Outbreak feared When Miners Loyal to ependent Coal and Coke Company Report or Duly at Works at 7 o'C(ock This Morn-ing; Morn-ing; Strikers and Their friends Are Known fco Be Heavily Armed !G CONTINUES THROUGHOUT DAY; BEULVED OTHERS ARE DEAD EN HILLS tisfied Men Rely Upon Sympathy and Support foreigners in Other Camps fco Aid Them in forcing Their Demands; Armed Guards from Salt Lake and Elsewhere Patro! Town and Trails Ifcjo The Tribune. MLWOBTJI, Utah, Feb. 6. With Kcnil worth an armed camp, from which , tt and Italian laborers have fled to the hills, or sought refuge in snr-Z snr-Z towns; with the race feeling raised to such a pitch that outbreaks in . w raining camps are feared, the situation in Carbon county is serious, .9 to the present time has caused the death of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jack- w worth, the wounding of Chris Sandberg, a Swedish miner employed fth billing of at least one Greek and the serious injuries of two Ports are persistent here tonight that there nre several Greeks dead in .ilndS.Q"ountlinK Kenilvorth. There has been intermittent firing all day Jig a,toBciuer 1'kely that some of the bullets have taken effect. Uhich hCr liaVC 1,t yct u,,llertakc a aupaign of exploration in the tjror are filcrl with Greek;, and conseauently it is not certainly known fttaeh"01 tbCr ar deud aiu1 ounJc(1 in tlie rough country. The danger Tiren?2 r?"v-nes an gorges is fully appreciated by the ofticcrs, and t'-be th Cner tae' ""necessary risks. Tomorrow, however, the hills I'aad r0UBlll-v searched and the truti) of the reports of the pre3cnco of jwmnflod can then be ascertained. e ZIVe 0tHer COmPS e ?n oflicials here resort that they will not take back any con-ty con-ty r of tlle fitriking Greeks. ft is furthermore said on excellent u Th p 0 conDnny's policy will be to rid the works of the Greek racial rcch s are aware of this determination on the part of the com-i,t..a'J com-i,t..a'J threaten to go to extreme lengths to resist such action, In thc exPcct 1110 sympathy and co-operation of the other Greeks lnt that lSt.na,ls aml ftaliunti in the other coal camps in this county. In QreckR Anicn ilie surrounding camps lend their .support to tho Ken-0 Ken-0 comnanl can -nc 110 overstating tho gravitv of tho situation. mmrJ morninn. a",noVuces its determination of resuming work, at tho mine ""J who ar 1 ,s felt lcT(i that the crisis will come at 7 o'clock when Es beintr l. -Val to t'c company report for duty. Every possible prc-iJS.n prc-iJS.n to beliov- ?it0 Bafcnuiril tho miners who will go on shift, but Micro IP without n tIlc l8ali6ficcl men will not permit tho resumption L?.reiBaius s,eri0,,s demonstration. How serious tho impending outbreak l cicep,1i?. i 3C9". but it is freely admitted on all sides that the sit-'Mi; sit-'Mi; hoai tho m K y c critical. amm1 uJ'Port m 0 cn'P8 at Sunnysidu, Winter Quarters and other lo-Bp lo-Bp the i troubF8l.tl0" f- th? (lisnonteucd Greeks nt Kcnilworth, tho KLIOllrce oV'tln1" V10 causc of tl'o outbreak at Kcnilworth vary, according mmme n unrcaSnni rmution- T1,e company ollicials declare that tho Greeks than nrn . n thcir rtemtimlH; have wnntcd more in wages and Bi whiln , ?,rdcd 1,10 otllcr "Europeans and, the Jnpaneso employed L 0n l'e oti.er hand the Greeks allege that they have been discriminated against and that they cannot, under prevailing conditions, receive re-ceive a fair deal from the corporation employing them. The trouble nt the Kcnilworth mine began Saturday morning when a delegation dele-gation of Greeks made a demand upon Superintendent. Bell for a revision in tne wago scale, asserting that while thev were nominally allowed the 5 cents per ton for coal the' mined thoj were only able, according to tho company record and their pay checks, to earn from $50 to $70 per month. Out of this sum they were required to .buy powder, caps and fuses and to incur other miuo expenses amounting to 'rom $15 to $20 a month. This statement of the situation is so far admitted by both sides. Superintendent Superin-tendent Bell declares that he was perfect' willing to allow the Grcoks one of thcir countrymen to keep check on tho weighing. Tho Greek leaders of the strike declare that the scales which the company uses has long been out of coinmiasion "were no good at all." they say and that tho white men who did tho weighing for tho fuel company only guessed at tho weight. After tho presentation of tho demand of the Greeks on Saturday morning to Superintendent Hell, nbout 150 of the Greek miners loft their work. Later in the dav a committee representing the strikers went to Price for an attonuv, where an" agreement was drawn up formulating their demands in logal terms, and then the crowd returned to the camp. While tho otlicialp of the company had the demands of I ho Grouks under consideration during Sunday, all was quiet at the mines, only about' fifteen Japanese and white miners "remaining at work. 7 he Fatal Shooting Monday morning about 6 'clock lift" or scvonty-five Greeks were camped just outside the grounds of tho 'Kcnilworth camp above t;hu minos, and according accord-ing to the Greek side of the story, a partv of six special deputies who had been sworn in in anticipation of trouble, approached tho crowd. The little party of officers commanded tho Greeks to put up thcir hands and, tho Greeks dechiro, opened fire before tho miners weio able to comply with the demand. Tho company com-pany oflicials, on the other hand, state that while the party of officers was approaching ap-proaching the minors, it was iired upon by the Greeks, who then took lo the hillH. .lackson was one of tins party and in the pursuit by the olllccrs many shots wero fired on both sides. Two Greek miners, Andrew Scallos nnddohn Slatcas. were wounded. This infuriated tho Greeks, who kept up a constnnt fire from' n mbush, and Jackson yiis shot through the heart and instantly killed about 9 Continued on Pago Two. Profllo Vlow of Eenilworth Tipple Ncr Point Where Troubla Began. i LABOR WAR CLAIMS OFFICER AS TOLL ; Continued From Page One. o'clock while lending his little bnnd of men. Chris Sonborg, the other member of the party who was shot, is not seriously wounded. Urgent Calls for Aid Unon the receipt in -ielptr and Price of the news of the outbreak at Kenilworth, Ken-ilworth, steps were nt once laken to secure aid from outside towns. Sheriff-Ivcltor Sheriff-Ivcltor of Caibon county secured a posse of thirty special deputy sheriffs from the vicinity ofoGrren .River and Woodside, and these were tnhen to Konil worth on a spotnal train, reaching the coal camp about -1 o'clock. The special from Salt Lake City arrived in C2.ni)) about nn hour later. The officers were :it once distributed so as to form an armed guard around the entire camp, and to afford special protection to the officers of the coal company, the residences of the officers and the minors who yet remain loyal in the camp. .' ' The gravity of the situation lies not nlono in conditions at Kenilworth, but in the openly expressed fear among tho best posted business men of Helper, ( where the striking O'recks are now congregating, that the movement, made out of t sympathy may spread to the other coal camps of this region. Carbon county coal miijp.; employ about. 2000 Greeks, distributed approximately as follows: Kenilworth. 250: Hiawatha, 150; Mohrland, 100; Sunnyside, 400; Castle Gale, '.. ; J00; Scofield. Winter Quarters and Clear Creek, 400. While all of these Greeks are not members of the miners' union there is j, among them a strong rncial sympathy and a disposition to stand bv one another ; in the face of trouble. ' ! Another point that adds to the seriousness of the Carbon county situation, , j taken in conjunction with this, is the fact that, officers of the company oper- '( ating the Kenilworth mines have announced their intention of practically abol- . $ ishing tho employment of Greek labor. Greek leaders tonight said when inter- viewed in Helper that the men would go back to work if the company would .'&f' accede to their demands, but would make no concessions. Questioned! as to fj'j-i, what, might occur if the Greeks were not given employment, they said, "Tho !JI Greeks in the other camps are sorry for us.'' Mhi Buy Arms and Ammunition i'.T'TT Fo the past thirty days Greeks and other miners of Carbon county have 'A Tv. been ouietly and rapidly purchasing arms and ammunition in the various stores $ j f t of Helper. Castle Gate, Price anil Winter Quarters. "In Helper thev had prac f:Ui)i" tica. - depicted the stock of iiroarms. so much so that the city ofricials here if j ; I forbade the merchants to sell an' more arms or ammunition to "the Greeks. It III .!(;! ifc "n be stated with assurance that virtually every able-bodied Greek workman ':!'';'. of Carbon county is armed. : ; J 5 One hundred and fifty Greeks who gathered in Helper Sunday started up ''); Kenilworth Monday morning about 5 'o'clock. They are bclilevcd to bo i? -I scattered out in the hills surrounding the Kenilworth camp. The Greek miners . i -.i rp'y "l'on the sympathy and support of the Austrians and Italians in the va- i ,sl!fel lons coal calMs to assist them in ease a sympathetic striko should be called. ; '., - , the leaders among the .Italians say that such a movement is not likely, as I 'c , ;j , they profess to huvo no love for the Greeks. ; , Following is the verbatim statement of Tom Avgikos, one of tho leaders jj 5 i , of the Greek strikers: i; , . "Since two months there was a big difference in the weights of the cars. Ml c, supposed that, on account of the company's big expense it is' trying to get back by stealing from the workmen. The car's right weight is from four mVh to four and one-half tons, but the company comes down and makos tho car weigh only one ton up to two and one-half tons. On this point we ask anybody iio prove we he." ' J Suspects Under Arrest AH is now rtuiofc in Kenilworth. The Greeks hidden in the hills above and surrounding the camp have made no hostile demonstration since the arrival of the two posses of special officers. While neither the officers of the company, the Carbon county peace officers offi-cers nor the members of the posse of which the slain Jackson wis a member, have any definite idea as to who fired the shot which killod the deputy sheriff htrnl';vi?i1?rrta WI" bC "'MC ' ''MK'! throe Greeks now unVer aVrcst lierc, who are supposed to be ring leaders among the strikers to ascertain who were the members of the bandit did the 'firing. The ViSlc! S regarded as an almost, hopeless one, as the Greeks arc so scattered and hidden |