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Show LAlDfflM IS SHOTj! GUARD SALT LAKE CITY, March 23. Firearms came Into play In the laundry-workers' strike for tho first time-thls time-thls morning, when William Itufi, ono of the strikers from tho American Linen Supply company, was shot by IL, Thless?ps, employed as guard by I the Amorlcan concern to accompany Joseph Watson, ono of thc laundry drivers. According to tho story of the altercation, alter-cation, as, told by Rufl, ho had approached ap-proached tbe wagon In which Thlesscm and Watson wore sitting as It stood at tho curb on the south sldo of First South, between Main and West Tein-plo, Tein-plo, in front of 53 West First South, Sindar's salcon, and had engaged tho 1 driver and his companion in talk of .the strike. He admits the language became abusive and declares thnt I while ho was talking loudly to tha driver Thle3Sens drow a gun and fired. The ball struck Rufl in tho loft arm Just bolow the elbow, Inflicting a flebh wound, which, while painful, will not provo serious. Thlettson's story, however, is that he was attacked by Rufl ana 'that-tho shot Vas ffr'ed7 bfrlj 'after Tie had beeu stru'cFby'-Rufi ' T "J" :' j & When Jttiffl appr6ached'f,1hc':,wui;Qn-'-hLw'2s,Juccompanl'H by his br6thitf-.DavidRuH'aWd br6thitf-.DavidRuH'aWd Robort MCMlutlon, ifo" ViMsftf-jBTB. Davia Rufl declaim?-'haylng'Jieer declaim?-'haylng'Jieer nYly of th ac6nTdf l-s" brother, Just 'before the shooting, g'tat--lng dhat he was behind tho'wagoi nf3 tho tlhic.i McMullbu. however,' denies that, ah .attack wa paaae .upon "Tales- : sens by Rufl and says that .without further provocation that loud and abu sive words from Rufl, Thlessens shot. Special Officer G J. Gulver nrreBted Thlessens, turning him over to Patrolman Patrol-man H. D. McMartln. Ho was brought to. tho city Jail and booked under a chargo of assault with a deadly weapon. weap-on. Rufl was taken to the emergency hospital, whero Assistant City Physician Physi-cian R. W. Ashley dressed the wound Rufi is an unmarried youth, 22 years of age, who makes his homo at thc Herron rooming house. Thlessons, aged M, is a Hollander. Tho American Linen Supply company, com-pany, around which concern tho Btrlko trouble appears to have centered, declares de-clares the shooting was done In self defense and that It would assist Thlessens Thles-sens in his defense In the courts. Laundry owners visited he governor gover-nor this morning in his offices In tho Cltj and County building. They represented rep-resented that tho striko situation Is beyond the powers of tho police to control, that they had appealed to thc police for protection, but that inadequate inade-quate servjeo was rendered to guarantee guar-antee the safety of person and property prop-erty Governor Spry assured thc laundry owners that protection would bo furnished and has arranged for a meeting this afternoon between Mayor Bransford, Chief Barlow, Sheriff Sharp, the laundry owners and himself him-self At this meeting a plan of protecting pro-tecting all concerned in the present disturbance will be agreed upon. |
