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Show UTAH flEi SUBMIT DRIEF TO COALDOARD Campaign of Operators Against Organized La- . bor in State Charged in Statement to U. S. Body WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 Union coal miners of Utah filed today with tha coal ' eommlaslon a brief prepared by riemuel A. King, their counsel, discussing the causes which led to the strik la that ststs last yesr and replying to a brief recently filed by the coal operators. Ths ml nere ascribed the trouble t a ''rempatgw ot th coal operator oper-ator of Utah against Utah orgsn-lsed orgsn-lsed labor and the unionising of ths Vtsh coal flslds." They charged that the operators reeorted "to armed force" In "their efforts to monopollss coal production, controt prices, plunder ' the publlo snd pauperise labor." To accomplish this ths operator, the brief asserted, assert-ed, found It neceesary to "own and control publlo official and us the national guard and the criminal Courts to suppress free peech, destroy de-stroy Individual liberty and to enslave en-slave those who toll for the enrichment en-richment of the coal monopolists." Th statsment In the operators' brief that the United Mine Work-era Work-era of America had conducted a g-ampaign or vioionc to mm mt natloa-wlds strike waa denounce by th miners as "false In every particular. " Tn explanation of th foregoing dlspstrh, Attorney King ld that th bituminous mlns operstors of the United Statea hsd filed briefs eoneeraing the coal etrlke of 12J la which the facta were. In many Instances, grossly distorted.' It wss In reply to th brief filed tn connection with th sink, In th Utsh field that th mine worker had made th stat.m.nts attributed attribut-ed to them. ' . "It Is-Interesting to -not that ln all of the briefs filed, the earn counsel forthe operstors commit-tee commit-tee Is employed tn every Instance.' said Mr. King. "In othsr words, Henry L. Stlmeon. former secretary of war, directs th whole of the mine operator case from his offte in Washington. "Not a alngl TJtsh attorney t mentioned aa responsible for a single sin-gle line of th brief which charges all kinds M nnlawful practle In thla atata. Why did they have to get lawyer from other etateeT" COMPANY CONTROL CHARGED. In ths brief filed by th mln worker It Is chsrged on pes. IHe Ih eneretore control ImeSr tant , offices, such aa the eounty commlaalon of Carbon county. The charge I continued on th nxt rase a fellow: "In th recent sttiks (of course, It was an accldentt, tha e p. rat ore had not only on friend, but thre friends at court. Who ara these gsntlemen, what ar their occupation occupa-tion and where do they reside T "1A Eugene Ssntcbl. an outald boss, working for thwTTnltrd Slate Fuel company, lives at Hiawatha. H drawa at lea ' . pensatlon from th fusl company In addition to hi salary aa a commissioner. commis-sioner. - "B. William Kdmun It an employe em-ploye of th Utak Fuel compsny and lives 'st Caatlegas. Hs holds a reeponslbls position with that company and la receiving com. mensurato compensation In addition to the salary for hla public dutlea. C A. E. Glheon waa an employe em-ploye of the Knight Fuel company at th tim ha was !rted to offlc of-flc and now Is working for a nsw eoal company that 1 being promoted promot-ed by Jack Dempsey. He at least wss not unfriendly." . On nag 4i of th brief th United Unit-ed State eoal eommLaelon'a attention atten-tion la called ta the fact that la September,. 1MI, after the atrlk hsd been fn pregree for five month. during which time the mine hsd been operated under reduced re-duced wags, th punlle waa treated treat-ed to an Increase In the retail price nf coal to the extent of II per ton. PROBE REOUCED. Tltli.ns of Salt 1-aks war ao outraged by thla high-handed action," ac-tion," th brief contlnuea, "that a demand waa made for an Inveetlga-tlon. Inveetlga-tlon. A grand Jury waa Unpen-nelled Unpen-nelled and spent week going through th situation. 4 "As a result two Indictments wer returned, charging a violation of aectlon 447 of th Utsh laws, which read ln anrt as follows: "'Any person or aeaoclatlon of rersons who shslt create, ntr Into or' become a part of any pool or trust see shall be deemed guilty of conspiracy to defrsud snd be subject to punishment hereinafter herein-after provided.'" The ai tempt on tha part of tha oneraire lo convince the eommts- slon thst the United Mine WorU- I , ers instigated any ect of violence I during ih tr!k 1 characttr.xe. by Mr. King as being tela, in every j particular. j I Dr. J5. J. Devin. a member nf' j the coal commission, is In Salt , i Lak at preeent getting Inform- I tion In connection with tho coal j Situation. |