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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-05 | Page 1 | 12 Men Shot as Strikers Stage Fight

Type issue
Date 1933-10-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title 12 Men Shot as Strikers Stage Fight
Type article
Date 1933-10-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text I 12 MEN SHOT AS STRIKERS STAGE SI AGE FIGHT FI State Tro Troops p Ordered t to tc S Scene of Warfare at atCoal atCoal atCoal Coal Mine GUARDS ARE TRAPPED I Leaders of Attack Disregard Warnings D Br By United I HARRISBURG ilL O Oct t. t 5 5 Heavily armed Progressive pickets deployed about the Peabody Coal company mine No 43 wounded 12 of the 2 25 guards in a renewal of factional warfare war warfare fare today S The miners armed with rUles rifles and machine guns refused to quit qui their positions although national guardsmen were rushing to the scene W W. C C. C Craig superintendent was wa trapped with guards at the mine when the firing tiring began belan Craig telephoned that 12 of ot his men had been wounded and that u ii help doe doesn't nt came pr pretty tty quick they'll probably get us all L Leaders aaers of f the attack disregarded warnings that national guardsmen were en en route here Sheriff Eugene Eugen Choisser r of Saline c county nty said sald h heared he feared eared the miners might attempt t to tol fight the guardsmen FEARS FEi BLOODSHED looks awfully bad The Th situation Choisser said Hand and additional bloodshed if the pl pickets refuse efus to s surrender sun sur r. r render rende to guardsmen I N National guard observers rushed t fo o othe the Williamson county line an nd 2nd turned ba back k approximately United Unit Unit- ed d Mine fine ine Workers Who replaced Pro Pro- Progressives at the shaft haft several months month ig ag I Progressives disgusted over frequent ire fre quent ll ent regain their jobs and am recognition of their union armed themselves and marched on the mIne min at it a. a m. m Reports that two Progressives ha had been killed and nd several wounded could not be verified S County authorities who attempted to o halt the trouble were were driven backby back backy by y intense firing tiring from Progressive ines lines S Highways to the the mine were locked blocked by miners with cross tics ties taken aken from railroad ad tracks tracks' under re reo re- re pair air GUN UN BATTLE STARTS The battle started shortly after alter heavily wavily armed Progressive miners assembled d at the public square here hereto to o 0 march on the shaft Miners quietly climbed into autos and nd went to a side road leading to he the mine Abandoning their autos hey they deployed around the shaft and egan began firing according to reports rom the shaft Telephone and electric light wires vere cut A railroad bridge on the Baltimore Ohio railroad was blown jp up p a few minutes after miners ar ar- ar rived ived One of the wounded Lewis Dodd vas cas fired upon from ambush by a roup of about miners as he was going to work at a n packing plant His ruck truck was riddled with bullets but three others accompanying him were Continued on Pace Pan Two TwoS S S TWELVE SHOT IN MINE WAR Continued from Fare Pase One uninjured Dodd received one bullet bullet bul bul- let through the right shoulder and two flesh wounds Sheriff Choisser and 20 deputies attempted attempted at at- tempted to reach the battle scene Reports said he and his party were fired upon and that they returned the fire tire It was understood that the officers retired after aUer their first encounter Coincident with the blowing up of the railroad bridge here a bomb destroyed de de- de- de part o of the Grand hotel nt at Eldorado a mIn mining center A half hall hour before national guards were scheduled to arrive the pickets remained secreted around the mine I HIGHWAYS PICKETED Sheriff Choisser said he had hod received received received re re- re- re reports that about other Progressive miners had taken up positions posItions po po- along highways leadIn leading into Saline county from Williamson coun couri 1 ty intent upon halting United Mine Workers from that county from reporting reporting reporting re re- re- re porting for tor work Pro Progressives protesting against re reo of ot the coal company to recognize nize their union struck last May The company threatened to import United United Unit Unit- ed Mine Workers from near-by near coun court ties When approximately 1000 pickets took up positions at the shaft haft and along highways Saline county au au- au ordered all outside miners miners min mm- ers era to remain awa away This This' action caused the mine to close for tor nearly six weeks Later operations were resumed with a crew When Progressives I wavered from their picketing more workers were imported Since the signing of the coal code under the N R A Progressive Progressive sive leaders have made repeated appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals to operators of the mine to recognize recognize recognize rec rec- their union and reinstate them to their thole jobs Officials continued to refuse to negotiate negotiate ne ne- ne with the miners Tu Tuesday day night at a mass meting approximately Progressives pledged themselves to a picketing to get back program our Jobs
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