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Show ruin guii NOT HEEDED III IN COALFIELDS Latest Word Trom Carbon - County Sheriff Is : That Situation Is Quiet and He Is Able to Handle Affairs SOLDIERS ARE NOT NEEDED AT HELPER Miners Union Official Returns Re-turns to Colton From Sco-field Sco-field With Information I That Peace . Prevails Were) was received at the oevernor's ffie abeut neen whieh la in direct contrast with Ike Infermstien said te have seen resetted Sy Sheriff Kelter eerl.ee In the 4m y. While the sheriff aid that there weuld be it res sen 4e sne1 t reaps, te Carter) eunty cam- oseisners 4elae 4 their meaaag that the appears ef h treeps at Seefid an Helper was wesssiary. The sseessos reeelveel fren the earn -lies i ewers, fd by A. C. Oibeen, lu-! lu-! sMmsI n4 William .4-iends, f4lew "After ei -; with Sheriff Kel-r, Kel-r, re reeent at 1 vee ef all the mining se peeie end lr number of pre mi newt bus loses me ef Carbe) eu-ty, we r e this time urejently rueetis that the etat militia be sent t Cerben eeuerty, n aempany t b tatter at Helper and another at Wield. SituatHM eritleel an beyond be-yond eMrl f eeunty ffiera. This Is ebeelutely nesssssry te rvnt Isss f life and preperty." Possibility of calling out members of the Utah national guard for service In ( the Carbon county coal field was practically removed today when Sheriff Sher-iff T. F. Kelter reported to H. B Crockett, acting governor, that everything every-thing was quiet and that he did not antlclnata anv trouble The sheriff further stated that ther was no need to send troops, and aa oonsequenc none will be pent. Testsrday -Mr. Crockett received meeaagea from Sheriff Kslter to th effect that the situation was beyond control. Mr. Crockett immediately got In touch with the county commissioners commission-ers of Carbon county relative to their opinion, and It waa stated lata last night that they believed that thev could give Sheriff Kelter all th men that he needed and that they could v cope with any situation which might v develop. They said that thsy would Investigate the matter and report as to the advisability of sending any state troops at 10 o'clock this morn, lng. In addition to Sheriff Keller's message, mes-sage, word was received from Mayoi W. Evans of Helper thst no stats troops would be needed there. In one of his meesages to acting Governor Crockett. Sheriff Kelter said that troops would be necessary, not only at , Beofleld, but at Helper. y JOHN P. HALL Staff Cerree pendent COLTON, April 10 James Kennedy 1 repreaentativ of district No. it of the United Mine Workers, reached her this morning from Beofleld, where he proceeded Immedistely upon hearing of the trouble Thursday which resulted In the shooting between mine guards and - striking miners and which caused the wounding of Sam Doreity. a guard, and Fred Jarvln and Mike Stabos. It tm believed that the three wounded ma will recover. Kennedy, with Tony Radals. auditor of district It of the mine workers, declared de-clared that Scofleld waa now Mini and that further trouble could not be antic-, Ipated. They said that the striker had been peaceful, but that they had been Irritated by Dorrlty. They denied that the strikers boarded trains before reaching Hcoffeld In search of strikebreakers strike-breakers snd thla statsment was verified veri-fied by members of th train craw Interrogated In-terrogated today. MEN PEACEFUL. Kennedy declared that Sheriff Kel-ter's Kel-ter's telegram to Acting Governor Crockett, asking that stale troops b sent to Carbon county waa unjuattfled and uncalled for. He said that th statement made that there were 100 shots fired wss a colossal-exaggeration. The men. he stated, were peaceful and would so remain and did net, generally spesking, carry firearm Philip Juranodlch, afeo a representative representa-tive of district 23 of the mine work.. (Continued on page I.) NATIONALGUARD (Continued from pare 1.) ers. and a representative of the national na-tional orsanlaatlon. Is rmninltit In Hcofleld while Kennedy and Hadalj are returning1 to their headquarters In Price, convinced that there will be no further trouble. The striking miners held a meeting at Hoof! eld laat night and It was reported re-ported that It waa peaceful In every respect, without any threats being uttered. , ff. A. King, attorney for the i'tTited Mlneworkers. district No. tt, in sneaking sneak-ing of the affair at Hco field Thursday, Thurs-day, said laat night: "Thla, Is the miners' version of the story, and It ) corroborated by two women who were witnesses of the shooting on Thursday. According to the miners' story, Dorrlty, accompanied accompa-nied by four other guards, came lo Bcofleld for the purpose of escorting 4 some miners that were expected on the incoming train up to Wlnterquar-ters. Wlnterquar-ters. "No men arrived, however, and the guards were returning to Winterquar-ters Winterquar-ters and were some distance from the depot at Scoflehd when they passed the place that served for a gathering spot for the miners. The miners who were gsthered there hooted the guards. -RIDES INTO CROWD. . "It la said that Dorrlty turned hie horse Into the crowd and knocked down two of the miners. One of the miners who waa knocked down, In order to prevent balng run over by Dorrlty's horse, grabbed the bridle rein. Dor rify, according to the miners, drew his pistol and shot him through tse arm. When the miners saw what be was doing do-ing they returned the fire, wounding Uorrlty Inr the thigh. A miner who was 100 yards away from the crowd and In no wsy participating, was shot through the lungs by the guard. "It ts estimated by the miners that In all thirty shots were fired. No one else was shot besides those mentioned, the only other damage being the fatal wounding of Dorrlty's horse. "The miners stated that there wes no trouble there yesterday and that the sts t Ion I ng of the national guard at loofield would be entirely uncalled for. ; They did state, however, thai It might be advlssble to place two or three deputy sheriffs around Scofleld whose sole Interest would be to preserve order." PRICE, April 2$. Scofleld la quiet. A mass meeting was held at 7:tS o'clock last evening. Nearly all miners attended. The meeting wes addressed by local men and union representatives from Price and Helper. A union was organised and plans were started for conducting Its bust nesg s long the usual lines. Every spesker protested against the miners carrying firearms and urged the men to "leave their guns'. at home and "not loae their beads." The union wilt at filiate with the United Mine Workers, according to reports. |