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Show BULLETS AND I DYNAMITING IN i MURRAYSTR1KE Striker Tries to Assassi- nate Superintendent ! Norton and Wounds ! Fellow Striker in Leg; j Deputy Sheriffs Are fj Rushed to Scene in Auto and Quell Dis- j turbance. p ATTEMPT TO BLOW $ UP THE GAS HOUSE fjf . t, Believed Purpose Was to J Explode Gas and Thus i ! Wreck Town; Rioters i j Dispersed at Point of i: Rifles; Militia May Be Called Out Today. iti! ' :i i WITH the throwing of dynamite intended to blow up tho amel- -.j ter gas plant, which would have wrecked the town of 'jl ' Murray, and an attempt to assassinuto .,f- Superintendent W. W. Norton, which, '( ; through mistaken identity, resulted in ,f! the wounding of a striker, thc strike .' situation at Murray burst into rioting i ! and disorder last night that was only quelled by the arrival of a squad of jj;; heavily armed deputy sheriffs, who :Aju drovo tho strikers from thc smelter ; -..'j at the points of rifles. : A' bullet fired from ambush, Intended jjjijjj Tor Superintendent W. W. Norton, hit I''" Mike Strakovlch. a striking Austrian, as f 'r, he was coming down the path from the smelter office at 10 o'clock last night. jV Strakovlch resembles the big superln- ' ijjTj tonclent to a marked degree and it la con- sidcred certain that tho strikers had tij' Planned Norton's assassination. Learning Vjiil their mistake, tho assayslns picked up 'ih, their wounded countryman and carried 'u'i him to a doctor's office. Shots Follow Explosion. I jjj Norton was in the office at the time. :'- Regardless of tho danger, he proceeded j; .- down the path to the street, guarded by tAly a deputy sheriff. No shots were fired at :'l him. fj Half an hour after tho attempt at as- ,!'f sasslnatlon the strikers gathered in large numbers alout thc eastern fence of tho smelter, boldly defying the few deputy f- sheriffs on guard at tho entranco. A party of the strikers mado their way to the fence and hurled a Htlck of dynamite In (( ' ; the direction of thc great gas tanks, ;; '.' where enough gasollno to wreck tho en- ?; tire smelter and most of the town of Murray Is kept. .- Tho dynumito exploded with a deep !',;: roar a short distance from the tanks. 'fj. Several strike-breakers working in the 'SF open wero hurled from their fcaL tfK Revolver fire followed tho explosion and ''' several shots wcru tired InBido and out- 1 jp. side the fenced lndosurc. Unable to cope with the threatening .yl situation, the smelter officials sent an jl' urgent call to Salt Lako for deputy sher- : jj lffs. Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp mustered seven deputies, armed them with rifles and revolvers and dispatched them to tho fllj scene in automobiles. In tho party were M,j! Deputies Axel Steele. John Corless, rtlch- 'j ;.' ard Kddinglon. Kred Butler, Andrew Ijjr' Smith. Sanfiml W. Hedges and William Schcttlcr. 'Jt Make Inflaxoatory Speeches. When Iho deputy Bherlffu arrived fully L'OO strikers were gathered about the en- U trance to tho smultcr grounds listening to H,':i Impassioned speeches from their leaders exhorting them to violence. Led by Dqp- uty Sheriff Steele the squad forced Its ;'i way through tho mob and silenced th ;' speakers. Then, through Interpreters, '-'m the officers declared that if the Htrlkers i' did not disperse and leave the grounds within ten minutes they would opon fire. Tho seven deputies lined up with rifles pro- "M, sented. ready to back up the order. When .l the ten minutes had passed every striker c was on his way toward Murray. Tgb The officers rode through the town and Vr about the smoltnr for half an hour, dla- .V' jj peralng groups of strikers wherever they were to bo found. At. 3 o'clock this morn- 'j ing all was quiet at thc smelter, though lj! ihe Judications of serious trouble lo come. .Jl? are to be Keen on cvory hand. -Pij More Trouble Expected. j The crisis Is expected this morning ffljf when thc night force which has boon' 'JK' working two shifts, goes off work. Tho strikers have sworn that tho day shift ?.T will not be allowed to enter the grounds. JHM At U o'clock last, night three foremen tfljM attempted to pass through the mob to take charge of the "graveyard" shift, J) but were driven off, ono of them being 5E J thrown In the pond that skirts tho east PS fence of tho grounds. jM3 LeBt the strikers should repeat their fsf attomptn at dynamiting, and assatwlna- '.-, t MURRAY STRIKE RIOT QUELLED BY DEPUTIES (Continued from Paffe One.) tlon. the smelter officials are considering seriously the advisability of calling upon Governor Spry to order out the State militia. Citizens of Murray declare that the presence of troops Is the only thing that, will assure the maintenance of order. or-der. The strikers are growing moro defiant de-fiant every day under the fiery goadlngs of their leaders and a serious outbreak with disastrous results is considered imminent-Skilled Men Back at Work. Most of the machinists and export smoltermen. who wen., forced to lay off when the plant was closed, returned to work yesterday and a second furnace was started. Tn addition to the skilled laborers, la-borers, ISO strike-breakers to lake the places of the Austrian laborers arc now within the smelter Inclosure, according to the announcement of the smelter officials. offi-cials. Tt is doclarcd also that a number of strikers have returned to work. This is denied by the strike leaders. |