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Show STRIKE AT KEMLWORTHj Greeks Cause Riot at Kenilworth and Commit Murder at Sunnyside Differences which began lo develop between Greek and American miners at the mine of the Independent Coal and Coke company broke into a furious battle bat-tle after day-break Monday, and until 3 30 o'clock in the afternoon the battle raged, a handful of jAmerieans pitted against more than 200 Greeks successfully success-fully defending Kenilworth. When the battle raged most furiously and thousands of shots had been exchanged, ex-changed, toward 9 o'clock in the forenoon fore-noon Watchman Thomas E. Jackson, 35 years of age, of Helper, was shot through the heart and killed as he was leadirg several comrades up a'lraw into in-to the surrounding rim rocks, where more than thirty Greeks occupied a temporary stronghold, shooting into the settlement at their leisure. Tliursday the Greek miners began to crumble to Superintendent Thomas Bell about wages, in which they claimed thut the coal which they dug out of the mine was being underweighed, and that they were being discriminated against in favor of a bigger pay envelope for American miners. Tnat there would be trouble in the mine became more apparent Friday, when the GreeKs practically refused to work and aoused tneit foreman. Meetings Meet-ings were held in their tents and hovels in Kenilworth Friday night, and on the following morning the Greek miners from all working snif ts were arrayed in a solid line in front of the mine entrance. Sheriff Kelter swore in many deputies and many deputy sheriffs and police came from Salt Latte. Tne outbreak was soon controlled. Tne body of a Greek named Steve Kolozakis was found in the hills later and there are probably one or two more wnicn developments will disclose. I'ne Greeks at Helper say that lour of their number are missing. Charges of assault with intent to commit com-mit murUer have been riled against Hen-ro Hen-ro Kailos and John Matsos, the complaining com-plaining witnesses being Deputy;Sheriifs D. C. Leavitt and K. E. CruicnuelJ. Both deputies swore before Justice of the Peace Lambson that they saw Kailos and Matsos fire at tne inhabitants of the camp with automatic revolvers. Complaints were also filed against Andrew Stelles and John Makisi who were wounded, but who escaped with the other Greeks to Helper. Sheriff Kelter and Deputy Sheriff E. R. Johnson John-son immediately took the train to Helper, Hel-per, where the leader of the Greek colony claimed that he had not heard of the two men. All is quiet at the camp now and work has been resumed. I I |