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Show If IfHM CAMP GREEK MINERS ATTACK THE AMERICAN RESIDENTS AND A FURIOUS BATTLE RESULTS. In Desperate Charge of Eight Amer. cans Against Two Hundred Creeks On American, and Two Foreigners Foreign-ers Were Killed. Many Citizens Have Narrow Escapes. Kenllworth, Utah. A race war broke out here Monday morning wh'cli resulted In the death of three men and may yet result in further casualties. Differences between American and Creek miners caused a cla.th which finally developd Into a pitched battle, handful of Americans being pitted against more than 200 Greeks. When Uie battle raged most furiously furious-ly and thousands of shots had been exchanged, toward 9 o'clock In the forenoon Watchman Thomas E. Jack-on, Jack-on, 3S years of age, of Helper, was hot through the heart and killed as lie was leading several comrades up a draw Into the surrounding rim rocks, where more tban thirty Greeks occupied a temporary stronghold, hooting Into the settlement at their leisure. Two Greeks were killed, but their names are uuknown. A number were taken prisoners. It is believed that the trouble in the mine was brought about through Greek agitators who visited Kenllworth Kenll-worth last week. Thursday the Greek miners bes"n to grumble to Superintendent Thomas Bell about wages. In which they claimed that the coal which they dug out of the mine was being under-weighed, under-weighed, and that they were being discriminated against In favor of a tlgger pay envelope for American miners. That there would be trouble In the eamp became apparent Friday, when the Greeks practically refused to work and abused their foreman. Meetings were held In their tents and hovels In Kenllworth Friday night, and on the following morning the Greek mln-res mln-res from all workin snlfu were arrayed ar-rayed In a eolld line In front of the mine entrance. "When American laborers and such as were not of the Greek nationality started to work," said Superintendent Hell, "the Greeks threatened harm. , '"" ) The Greeks were then too numcrns t and prevented wlllln workers from 1 entering the mines." ' When the AmerlcHn miners start- 1 ed for their work Monday morulnii, I the Greeks suddenly begun firing, tho bullets. riddling. buildings In the little i town and 'many women and children having nurrow escapes from death. j It was following this treacherous attack that the American secured arms and began a fight for the protection pro-tection of their loved ones. Eight 1 composed the band that fought 1 against 200 or more enraged foreigners, foreign-ers, but the Americans succeeded In 1 driving the attacking party out of the little town into the hills. It was dur- , lng this daring charge that Watch- man. Jackson was kl.ied. Owing to tho absence of Sheriff . Kelter from Trice, It was well along in the forenoon before the beselged Kenllworth could summon help. As soon as possible help was sent from surrounding towns, and as fur north 1 as Salt Lake, a posse of thirty being sent from Salt Inke to assist in rounding round-ing up the foreigners, who realize tlatt they have kni thHr battle, and have scattered In the hills. |