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Show WILES- TO MURRAY IN STRIKE CRISIS j ' -1-! National Guard Muni- !! tions Sent to Scene of ij Rioting in Preparation I for Calling Out of jl Troops Should Further ! Violence Occur; Strifc- ers Keep Up Aimless 'k rinng. , SEARCHLIGHTS SPY ON DYNAMITERS I Governor, County Com- j missioners, Sheriff and ! Other Officials Meet U Strike Leaders and Re- ;V ceive Assurances of At- l ' tempts to Preserve the If Peace; Agitators, How- ever, Are Active. 1 FIFTT rifles and several thousand .I; rounda of cartridges from tho mu- tfif nltlon stores of the National Guard jrj were sent to Murray last night in r preparation for calling out the fcV-troops fcV-troops to quell any attempt by the strlk- ors to repeat the rioting and violence that H'; marked, the situation Thursday night. This H and othcr drastic measures adopted by tho state and county authorities yester- day gave a sonse of security and pre- V paredness to the smelter town, against which tho strikers did not dare to offend Vf last night. M The shipment of tho National Guard L arms' followed a conference between Gov- ernor Spry, Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp, thc fl county commissioners, th0 comity attor- i'J ncy. city officials of Murray and C. W. t-V. J Whitley, general manager of thc smelter. Vj I held in tho office of the governor yes- jlM terday afternoon. Thc Murray authorities llf admitted that the situation had grown 'J beyond their control and the smelter ''fi officials urged that the state prepare to . order out tho mllltln. It was agreed' tliat H this would bc done should further vlo- I en co occur. ii Keep Up Pusillade. Jj The only disorder to bo noted in Mur- Ul' ray last night was the occasional firing of revolvers by tho Greeks and Aus-trlans, Aus-trlans, who gathered In great numbers about their boarding houses west of the smelter grounds. Liquor flowed, freely during the evening and many of the lh strikers were Intoxicated, but no attempt was mado by them to approach tho jY smelter grounds. The main lore of tho V guarding deputy shorlffs was conccn- j ( tratcd at the northwest entrannca to tho j! j plant, armed and ready for whatever . I emergency might develop. j,"' j The crisis expected at U p. m.. when k tho working shifts were changed, did not occur. Tho strike-breakers left the L nmelter grounds In gToupn of two and wj throe at short Intervals and wore al- Hljf lowed to go unmolested, no strikers be- -II' ing on hand to Interfere. :JJ; Searchlights Are Used. 5'J To guard against surprise from any fnj quarter and especially to prevent further ";jH dynamitlug, tho smelter officials took tha Pj; , precaution yesterday of equipping the en- jl tire plant with powerful searchlights at i commanding points about tho great In- 3t 1 closure. These swept, every portion of j thc grounds, the hlllsldo to the east and ' tho boarding houses of the strikers, con- stantly throughout tli night. Every t movement of tho strikers was noted and J j watched. On top of the gas tanks two searchlights were Installed. They were i never at rest, prying constantly into every j j point of tho compass, alert to uncover -'jj any suspicious movemont. Another light . 3r 'i played ceaselessly upon the homes of tho j striken. 1 Lest the strikers should attempt to ijj j fortify themselves on the hills Immedi- f ately cast of thc smelter, which afford , I a commanding. view of thc entire, Incloa- V-i ure, thc authorities havo decided to placo j ? a patrol there. Scores of strikers were J, seen scurrying anions; the hills early last ,';i evening, but they fled rapidly upon tho ftjj l, approach of thc deputies. f, 1 Early last night about 200 of the 400 M j' strikers gathered at their headquarters i on the main street of Murray and on- -t" jj tcrcd Into a lively discussion of the Wm situation. Disagreement Is rife among 'jjjJIf them since the meeting of yesterday fiftL'' afternoon between representative, of tho iKr strikers and the county authorities at BjaJ Murray. fflu The better class of strike loaders, who 'Wa were the only ones to attend tho confer- Qui cnee with the officials, urged upon their .jgflf) follow men tho wisdom of maintaining Ml order and abstaining from violence. But Wm thoy wero drowned down by tho Icadors SH of the firebrand type, who appear to be 'BJ in control of the situation and aro doing wlf; all In their power to Incite rioting. ' .fi Tho Murray officials doclaro that a (1 t. HIS SENT FOR USE" I MM STRIKE (Continued from Page One.) number of apitators have been Imported from Salt IaUc and other points lor the-oolc the-oolc purposo of goading on I bo strikers It is declared that tho rioting of Thursday Thurs-day night, in which attempts were made to dynamite tho kos tanks and assassinate assas-sinate Superintendent W. W. Horton, was thc direct result of the coming of agitators. agita-tors. , Since tho outbreak. Thursday a. spirit of threatening unrest pervades the ranks of the foreigners and a crisis ia looked for at any hour. The number of deputy sheriffs on K"ard at tho smoltcr was increased in-creased lo thlrtv vestorday and a reserve force Is bi:lnp: held at the county jail in readiness to proceed to the smelter town at a moment's notice. KfTorts on the part of the Btrlkora to restrain atrlke-brnalicrs from entering thc plant vestorday mornlnpr caused a haud-to-haud fifjht botween tho guarding guard-ing deputies and tho strikers, in which many blows were exchanged and seven strikers were a-rrested. They aro held at tho countv jail, charged with resisting offiocrs. inciting a riot and disturbing; thc peace. That tho national guard will hn cyuled out .should a repetition of Thursday's rioting: occur was mado plain to thc Ktrikcra yesterday afternoon at a meet-Ins meet-Ins held In tho. city hall at Murray, attended at-tended by Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp, County Coun-ty Commissioners .Tolin C. Mackay, W. J. Burton and Oscar W. Carlson, County Attorney At-torney T. EL Willey, tho mayor and commissioners com-missioners of Murray and a- delegation of the strikers. In forecful language, Sheriff Sharp told tho strike loaders that no further disorder would ho tolerated. Any attempts at-tempts at violence would bo met with armed rceistonco and his deputies would be authorized to tjhoot to kill. The sheriff sher-iff wld: "The law is not against you men so lone a you behave, but you will not be allowed to endanger life or property under un-der anj- circumstances. And remember that reslstanco to an officer may land some, of tho strikers In the Slato prlHon. Wc arc not here to aid the FmcJter people, peo-ple, but only to preservo order and protect pro-tect property. Tf necessary, wc will call out thc suite mllltla to help ua smd that would not be healthy for you pcoplo." Despite tho attempt upon his life Thursday night, which failed because the assassins mistook one of their own countrymen for him, Superintendent W. W. Norton took an active hand In the guarding of the smelter last night. Ho walked freely among the strikers and was offered no violence. Every effort Is being made to apprehend the men who fired from ambush at what they supposed sup-posed was thc figure of tho superintendent superinten-dent coming down the path from the office. of-fice. There .'ire now about 375 Afrikcra out. They arc demanding an inoreaso in wage? from .1.!0 to $2.33 a day. Company officials at the smelter positively posi-tively refuse to give out any Information regarding tho situation. |
