Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-08-31 | Page 4 | Abortive Strike Ended

S ABORTIVE STRIKE ENDED the National Miners Miners' union termed a aT afi fi T strike shike but which Sheriff Bliss of Carbon county has more properly defined as an insurrection in in- against constituted authority came cameto cameto cameto to an end Wednesday when affected mines resumed re rc- operations The whole affair was an abortive effort of radical agitators to stir up V trouble The deluded miners who were persuaded persuaded per per- to lay down dO their tools by the outside disturbers doubtless will soon realize that they were simply the dupes of a handful of orators orators ora ora- tors tars with no purpose in inife life more e cOmplex than getting their raiment nt vi victuals and nd sh shelter without calling upon their sweat glands to function V The fhe state county and local author authorities ties earn V the commenda commendation ion of the public at large forthe for the intelligence exercised in handling g th the whole affair Governor Blood could have sent troops troop ops into the field at vast cost the F to tg t taxpayers tax tax- x- x payers of the state and likely outcome would have been bee wholly unnecessary violence Instead h he u acted with commendable reserve a end nd d left lef the situation to the Carbon county peace offic officers rs Sheriff Bliss and all who have cooperated with him have shown firmness firmness firm firm- ness and fairness throughout the period of un un- r rest st st. Other public officers likewise have been calm and decisive in their actions Thee The nine e operators too share in the praise due V S Bringing the loose ends t together gether now now r rests with the courts It is to be hoped that the pr prosecuting officers will do a thorough job of presenting evidence that will make it possible for tho the judges who handle the cases to dispense handed even d justice and exact fit and proper penalties from those who instigated the disorders ders It Its is be to regretted that there is no now w workable r able process process' by which the thc responsible agitators agi agi- tutors tatora may be required to reimburse public treasuries and all others who have ave been called upon to pay the costs of this unnecessary inV in- in V it 3 in orderly business business' in affe affected coal PI V Ii l j I JC 0 tt l vIi v