The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-12-02

40 iaatHfu Ni tuluu uf Nahnefs
ponusl. anln GrlD
Today Gov Ia. o. Tanner Of illi-
hols o. .hc m0.. uHpiruouH state oK-
scutlyo In tho 'auI lia has met a con-
ditlon not altU.a.I r Ibu1ual IN man.
nor decidedly unu uil Hence hia cel-
ohrity. There and ia yct-a min
ors' strike ut arI loo the ylciuiiy OF
Pana. 100. OfH insisted ON a ccr-
tain wagc-ratH. u uou insisted on one
different Mn. offered to arbtraie,
operators rrI.ri.I Unnr Feeling ran
high. Operator hu.It aiockadci ANA
announced % tct rm.nation 10 Import
colorod minor ONO of Thorn cx-con-
Victa-from Alabama Miners threat
onod bloodahcl 10 attempt was made.
II was made. there WIS bloodahcd and
death. Then Gov Tanner ala the
thing that has given him temporary
fame. lie dispatched troops to the
scene Of the disturbance TO prevent the
importation of oX-oouylct negroes from
Alabama nnd not 10 protect the proper
~.
In similar res tho hitherto I'M
broken record of governors OF states
has been 10 90 patch troops to protect
property aud 40 prevent interference
with any lahoneri employers might
bring from anywhere TO do anything
under any conditions. Gov Tanners
departure from the usual course has
been a. Wide na possible Conseqnont'
~ some men aud newspapers proclaim
him a demagorue. am anarchist,
traitor to American Institutions, other
mon and newspaper see In him a saga
cloua Statesman. rcspecter OF the
rights Of the people nd "a genuine AM
erican. Gov. Tanner IL FREQ TO state
that he has gone outside OF the law.
That H.. he has disrcgarded tho legal
rights OF the operators 20 hire whom
they pleased. because the hiring they
contemplated would Ia hia opinion
bring into the state lot Of undesirable
citizens. likely TO become public
charges either In almshouses or iaila.
lilo further contends that under the
unusual conditions prevailing at Nir-
den twas Tor him To aay what course
was 10 be taken TO preserve the peace
and conserve the interests Of the state.
rather than FOR one party 10 tho dis
puto to insist ON 10 legal right to die
tate what should be- done. regardless OF
consequences. Mr., ~ ID. Ratchford,
president Of the United Mine Workers
OF America, and a member OF the Ma
tlonal Industrial commission. express
Cd himself aa follows ON the governors
position toward the labor Il waa In
tended to import
"Gov. Tanner has taken the right
stand In tho pana strike The men he
has TO stand out against are mainly
ox-conyieta who learned TO mine coal
IN the penltentiary mines OF Alabama
No man has a right TO import such d
class Of people to take the place OF
honest worklnEmen. II such a righ
exists, the governor OF Alabama woult
doubtless be willing TO parole ever,
convict In his state on condition thai
no at once 80 10 Illinois.
There 10 not good citizen In th'
state who would not call upon Gov
Tanner to resent such an action will
force, n necessary. And as this IL tru,
will Il not hold good In the present
eaae9 This criminal class II being i'm
ported now. and Gov. Tanner Is justi
ned In taking decisive action. Tit
union miners were driven TO desperate
straits by these negroes. who mad
their holding a peaceahle meeting i'm
possible. and Ia view OF this their ac
tion Is eXcuslblc'"
There can bo no doubt that IN th'
end tho operators win win out, Thcl
will import any kind of labor thol
please 90 terms agreeable 10 them an,
those they employ. and the state %
Illinois win have 10 protect them, "a,
matter how much 10 COSTS or how
many cltIzens oi Illinois % disirossoa
An injunction has already been obtain
"a forhlddinE Interference with I'm
ported labouga. and 90 this respect
10 really not very material what Gov
Tanner may do uf not DO.
Boo ho has called attention 90 som
conditions that are not recognized n
sur laws. but may Dee. either by judicia
Interpretation 90 existing laws or los
lslatlye enactment of new laws.
should require no particularly acut
Assortment DO perceive that the Who'll
trouble IN reality rests upon a condi
zion fundamental IN the relatlona q
miners and operators The truth
that when an operator who treats III
employees as the Vlrden miners wer
treated Is consured for his course b