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Show UNIQNWDRKER5' : PROTEST TR00r::vL. POD COi FIEl ) ); Statewide Strike Threat' 1 If National Guard Is to Carbon County. 1 cording to . Reaolutil ' ' . PLAN CALLED SCHEMI TO DISCREDIT MINE! Streetcar Employe Ji City and State Fede: tions in Urging Govern to Withdraw Soldier Intlmationa that a atata-wlde atrlk of all nnloB worker, will be ordered If tha National Ouard ta tent Inte tha Carbon county coal dlatrlot la on- tlne4 la a raaolutloa peaaed by tha tat. Federation of Labor. The rma. lutloo eharge. that the trouble, hava bean precipitated by mine guarde. i In almllar raaolutlon paaaad by f-e ,tr1 cr man's union tha attltudi tha mlnlnc oompanlea I. heartily cc damned aa an effort ta alacracUt t miner by making It appear ti troopa are neceeeary. a fcaoluti tlkl" almllar aland waa Vae tha Bait Lake city TMaratlorf'ot Le bor, which held that order could aa. Ily b maintained without the uee d troopa, 1 UNIONS SCENT SCHIMt I Tha reeolutloaa o( tha Btat. Fade. atlon and tha Street Car Men. unlol follow: i t ' Honorable Charles R. Mabey, ' . i v OoTarnor af Utah, Capitol BuUdlng, City. Dear Bin ,k, . J. y. Inaamuch aa tha trouble In Carbon ounty bar been fomented and pr. clpltated entirely by mm guarda and , oompany hireling, ta aa effort to'dla- ' eradlt tha union minor who hare bean orderly and Uwabldlng to a fault. tA that thla ha bean don for the ob- ! vlou purpoa of having tho National i Ouard eent down to do polio duty f or ' ' tha mining oompanlea at tha ex pen e of tha taipayera of th atata, tha But ; Federation of Labor, therefor pro. toata th (ending of th atac troop Into th mining dlatrlot. and that w ; will recommend an attitude of down tool, on th part ef th worker, of l th. .tat. If -.tat. troop, ar. t ,j; and martial law declared at thla time. Thanklns you for anything you may ! be In a poaltlon to do to wa that th 1 miner and their famllla get a aquar ! I deal, I remain, vary truly your. r V ' M. P. BALES. irwid.nt BUta Federation of Labor. I Labor Temple, city. . ATTIMPT TO OI8CREOIT. . ' i "I hava been Instructed ta forward' you a copy of tha following rwiuVf tlOB which waa unanimously adonud 1 I by our organisation April 2t, j in I I maaa meeting at th. Ibor temple, thla I Keolv.d. that division lit. Anal- II J"1"0 oclatlon of Street . and 11 tlectrlo Employe, of America In mas I nieetln assembled thl. lltb. day of I April. 1.2J. dp hereby prou.t agataat I tht ending of th. .tat. troop. Into tha 1 co.! d latrlct and that w. hairtlly oint I demn th. attitude of tha mining eon? panlea In their effort, to discredit th. " 1 miner, by making It appear thai ' troop, are necessary oro.r to " aerv. law and order la that district ; when a. a matter of faot It la not tha miner, but tha hiwllng. of th. mln ' lng companle. who ar. rpponalbla for D.ny,t'?;Ah':rnBM "Ke.olved, that a cop. .f tnl, r ' 'Ua?Kb. ,or i th. ,.vI?no; , .nhS!'kln you tor "Mt vor. and i aollcltlng your support In behalf of , 1 ml. 'Jr ,h m",r "d 'r fan?. i lllea, wa are vary truly youra t "a or S ? A- ok a 1 ' By Jerry BulllvansecreUry' . j DEPUTIES RECRUITED HERE. J Owa hundrad experienced men ar. 'll being recruited In Salt Lake to go ta S Carbon county to aet aa deputy .her- ' Iff. to assist Sheriff Thomas K. Keller I of Carbon county In preserving order 2 and protecting Ufa and property at tha mine.. Thl. action I. being taken by tha commissioners of Carbon oounty at tha suggestion of Oovernor Charle. it Mahey and Lieutenant Colonel WO' Wllllama, adjutant general . of Utah! The governor, In conference with tha commlsaloner. of Carbon county, asserted as-serted that b. would not sand th. .lata -troop. Into the coal flelde until tha county had exhausted every resource In It. effort maintain peace and ' tranquWaerX Thuwer -.ZJ Xl that the com. r&ifWtioai V Sheriff Keller Very ..slater Vmeesage to tha county comp 'elter .aid that ' ISO mery Vifflclent to , ! dlsurn f ne Into i ry-' V, Boofield ' ' ! 7 ' ' i Wlnterquartera, which la leaa than a I mlla and a half up tha oanyen from ; cofleld. Wlnterquartsr-a, Sheriff Kel- . tar report ad. Intended reopening work 1 at Ita mine In aplte of tha atrlka and hava about aeyenty-flve man on hand to commence work. When tha atrlka waa called at Wlntarquartara en April I. 110 man were at work and all quit within a week. Many of tha man. ac-' cording to Sheriff Keltar. moved to "cofleld and took up realdanra there. DIAOLINI ESTABLISHED. A forra of forty guarda under Chief riuard Henry Rest eetahlMhed a deadline on the nutaklrte of the company's property toward Hcof'eld. all armed with high-powered rifles, and are maintaining that line now. Tha mlnea at Wlnterquartera are located lo-cated In tha renter of a narrow canyon can-yon and the homee of tha mlnera company properly hug tha aldea of the canyon. 1 Hherlff Kelter declarea that tha 1 chief atrlka trouble arnee from the habit of tha guarda of Wlnterquartera Wlnterquar-tera patrolling -a series of rldgea which separate the Wlnterquartera canyon and Hcofleld and which overlook over-look both campa. Thla haa eerred 1o I Infuriate the eiiikera In Rcofleid and Ila declared to hava rauaed moat of the trouble, (riiard - Kjh! declared that It waa abaoluiely necea.ary that hla men pa- irol thee rldgea. for tha rompany'a t property would tie In great danger from etrlkcre approaching via the rldgea and that It waa a precaution taken for aelf -protection only. During the afternoon, offlclala of the . different coal companlea operating In ! Carbon county, learning of the presence I In. Rait lake of the commlnatonera I from' that county, made a further de-' de-' mand on the commtaalonera for pro-j pro-j lectlun of the clilaena of tha different I town. : The aituntion waa dl.cuaeed at length by the governor and the commla.lon-era. commla.lon-era. the latter finally agreeing that they had not tnken all the atepa they , might have taken In the matter. MABIY DEMANDS ACTION. j "I want you commlaalonera to get buey." tha governor told them. "J want you to aea that thoaa campa are properly policed and that the Uvea of Innocent peraona are protected. Police Po-lice every camp In tha county." "That manna that we tnuat get men from outalde of Carbon county, for we cannot obtain men and deputlae them ta teat section." one of the rommle-atonera rommle-atonera tuld tha governor. Aaalalanee In obtaining competent and reaponalble men waa promised tha commlealonera by Lieutenant Colonel W. U. Williams, who promiaed to place tha commlaalonera commla-alonera In touch with peraona wno : could furnlah the men needed. ( It waa pointed out that tha men to be deputlaed will not go to Carbon county for tha purpoee of policing tha property of tha coal mining companlea, i but that they will go there for the , apeclflo purpoee of maintaining order I and preventing bloodahed. I ' UNION WORKERS . (Continued from page 1 control the altuatlun In Kcvfleld and Wlnterquartera, to hava not leaa than 1M good men, fully aqulptied and armed. Thla altuatlon la critical and la liable to break out any moment, and In tha preeent altuatlon I am entirely Delpleaa. There arc 100 or more armed forelgneraaready to go Into am-bueh am-bueh at any moment, )uat aa they did yeatvrday. Arrival of troopa would allay these condltlona, but It now la up to you to provide the relief nereeaary. regardleaa' from whatever enurce you obtain It. and every moment a delay only aggravatea tha altuatlon." That national guardamrn ahould be dlapatched at onca to Hcofleld waa tha meaaage Rherlff Thomaa K. Kelter Kel-ter of Cexbon county aant to Oovernor Mabey and tha 1'rlca county com-nlaatonora com-nlaatonora last night. Ha declared tha praoenco of guardamen there aa ' imperative. . Conaldarabla apprehenalon la felt at |
