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Show COAL STRIKERS : HOLD MEETING Suggestion to Compromise Meets With General Opposition. " " he!?1!0: ,f"nrv Striking miner, h-.d a meeting here last night undo, pe"ision ol Mftyoi rones, Which lowed u parade In which 400 miners ,. ... 11.-.,...... r,;ll ,,. in thejneeUng were quiet and orderly" ,,"V,nrs Sohduotad canvaea foi enlisting new members In 'h union and consideration was given t union with the Tnited Mie Workers or America; I RGED to kF,kp ORDER striking mmers. spoke at length, urging urg-ing the men to be obedient to the law and not to commit violence He snld reasonable persuasion may be lawful ut threatening intimidation, molesting molest-ing people and their propertv Inter faring with traffic and the exhibition of firearms were nothing short o? law-essnrss law-essnrss These hould cease, he said If the national guard Is to be with-held with-held from Carbon county "in representing you at a recent conference with Governor Mabev and Serretnry wf sute Crockett." Mr. King said. 1 pledged to ihce gentlemen that the strikers would obev thoMaw and I do not want you by any act of lolence to lose tho confidence of thi ; governor In yourselves or in me ' OMPROMISE HDQGESCCBD. Mr king suggesteff a conj irorn ls-3 I of the strike, staling that. If the1 guards were taken away from the mines and no dlscrimln itlon made against union miners. All the men would go back to work tomorrow I Tnere was an audible murmur of nn-, 1 position to the suggestion by those present and further opposition devei-ped devei-ped In the speech by James Morgan secretary of tho Wyoming Miners' I union, who urged a complete and a permanent organization of tho miners In Carbon county. "Bj staying out," he said, "vou will win tho big national strike now In progress. If you stay out and keep ihf production of western coal at the minimum, m that the surplus would bi inadequate to supply eastern con- .sumcrs, a scale could be established it ihc termination of the strike thai would be much higher and conse-I conse-I quently more satisfactory." The session ended quietly and the miners returned to their tent colonies i nrlthout demonstration. SITUATION yUIET SALT LAKE, Jun- 14 Governor Mabey yesterday received a telegram sent by Captain Elmer Johnson, who Is Investigating the situation in Carbon Car-bon county, it saysflb part: "Tho situation at Helper and Spring canyon is quiet. The superintendent-ait- acting in concert through a committee. com-mittee. Last night at o'clock Royal ChrUtensen and Kdgar Hales, going up the iunon with a load of furniture, furni-ture, wox- stopped at the mouth of the canyon by strikers, who threatened threat-ened to burn the furniture They were permitted to go on after about 20 minutes- No guns were shown, or violence offered, except the threats. The affair is being Investigated, with a view to having warrants served " |