| Show FIRST BLOOD IS SHED Sid IN LOCAL RIO fiR GRANDE AN DE E The Tho first violence in the thc local strike of tho the Rio Eio Grande Western was committed com com- committed I shortly after 5 0 o'clock clock Satur Saturday a afternoon when E. E C. C Mott ott A. A K I Quick and T. T A A. A Collins strikebreaking machinists were assaulted assault cd and beaten at tho the corner of West Templo Temple and Second Second Sec Sec- ond and South streets streets- b by thirty men and lud bo boys s. Officers of tho the railroad company I declare that the thc they know some of themen tho the thomen men who WIO made the assault and that I they will prosecute them Representatives Representatives I tives of the thc strikers say that those who took part in tho the assault wore not members memo mem Len bers of till the unions who arc aro out on a astrike strike and that they regret the tho occur occur- rence As a result o of tho assault Mott Iott has lias a blackened left leIl oyo eye with n n. cut under it about half nn an in inch h lon long Quick is nursing nursing nurs nurs- in ing a bruised head bead and Collins has a s number of bruises about the tho Lo body r. r All three men wore at nt work this morning despite their injuries They Thoy said today todar We 1 0 have e been hero horo about ten I days Saturday afternoon we quit work a l earlier carlier than on tho the other Java davs ls of tho the week eek and aDd went up town to make tome some purchases Wo We went first to a clothing store on Main Iain street treet between First and Second South streets on the thc west si side o of the thc street As we wont into into in in- to th the store wo we heard some somo one sn say 4 There Thero go o some of the scabs While Whilo we were engaged Jed with one ODe of tho the clerks clerics in m tho the store two 1 men came in and as ne wo we learned later tried to induce tho proprietor not to sell us anything rho Tho clerk came rame to us an and told us that they bud had been Leen asked not to sell us goods goodR as wo WP were strikebreakers strikebreaker c The Tho clerIc clerk sai said that it di did not matter matter matter mat mat- ter what wo we wore if wo we had the money I Ito to pay par for what we wo wanted Wo We purchased pur pun I chased ehase what we needed and left the store Wo We noticed a number of men and boys s in front of the store as v o left and ln l heard several of them say Y There go 0 gothe gotho tho the scabs One of thorn them wont went to Mr r Mutt Mott and asked him bim what ho thought of himself hims lf a as a man by bv taking tho the bread brea and butter but hut ter from the tiro ebil children of other r r men Mr Mott replied replie that ho he had children of ot his hia I own tn and that he wa was trying to provide jd them with bread and butter Ho lie said al alI that he be did dill not Dot l like liko ko to take tako another I man mans man's 8 job but that he ho had secured work here and aud expected to brin bring his wife and chil children here hert- and that it was his intention intention intention tion to mako make bi his homo home here herc Two of the meu drew Mr r. r Quick aside asido and offered to give o i him him transportation transportation por tation out of or the city and to furn furnish I him with money mone if he would woul quit work I Mr ar Collins had hall a similar offer All of i these offers otTers were refused as all nil three of us expect to make our homes in this thia city cit We had reached the tLe corner comer of Second Sec See and ond South and anel West Vest streets when the crowd of men and boys s closed around us quietly and quickly The They wore were still arguing with us to quit wor work when ben Mott turned to got Jot on a street car ear Someone struck him an and he be fell Cell to the pavement Collins started to get out of tho ho crowd croud and was hit several o times tunes aud and finally landed against a telephone pole ol Quick was struck three or four blows lows in iu in the thc back hack of the head before beCore ho lie Continued on page lage 6 tl I FIRST BLOOD Continued from Page Paje 1 could d got get ct out of the crowd Some one veiled Look out fo for the cop cops cops and ther the tho crowd r wd s scattered r running m in di different directions A few minutes after tho thomen thomen thomen men scattered a policeman arrived cd on tho the scene but hut lie lio W was s too late to be beof beof beof of any service The three men assaulted declare that they have bave always been law abi abiding in citizens citi citi- zeus zen that the they came calDe to this cit city to accept accept ac ac- ac work because they expected permanent permanent per per- manent employment and ana that they expected ex cx- to bring brintz their families here her and make their homo home hereIt hereIt hereIt here It is not the thin thing inthe inthe in iu the world for us to take tako th the job iob of another another an au- other man declared one one of them but we were cr offered work that weere we wo were ere badly in in need of for our wives and children All that we ask is a chance to make maliC a living for ourselves and our families If wo we are wrong inthis in iu this thi let the men inca who assaulted us come conic cometo to us and tell u us where 1 ire we are wrong let them come como to us 18 and reason with ith us but not attack us as they did Sat Sat- urda Officers of the railroad company compau declared de do de- de dared this morning mornin that the they int intended to in invoke the full extent of the law in proe prosecuting utin those who took part in iu in the assault Saturday Fifteen apprentices at the local shops of the company quit work nork this morning in response t to a call from the uni union n. n There was no excitement when th the boys boye walked out as th the action had been expected expected ex- ex ex cx- for tor several days William Hann Hannon n. n sixth vice president of the International Machinists Machinists' union 1 arrived d in in Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon af and is is i in in conference ce with tho the local strike leaders this afternoon Mr Hannon d declares that the tho strikers will surely win and that it is is only a question ques ques- I tion tiou of time |
