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

To-day GOV I.. IT, Tanner or llh-
hola o. inc mH u.aIuous state ox-
scutlye iu thUUH lia Dos met a COM
ditlon mot Hfu... unusual In man-
nor decidedly $1,000 ml 'uenco hil cell
obrlty. ThUun. .Hui Do yct-a min
ors' strike at m lu tne vicinity OF
PAnn. lll Ou o. Insisted on a cor-
tain wngo-aia. r ueIa insisted on one
different Mu.. offered 10 arbitrnto'
operator rejected 0ncr Feeling ran
high OPERATOR ltlt tockades ana
announced examination TO Import
eolorcd miner ZONE Of them ox-con-
victs-from Alabama. Miners threat
enod bloodahod lf attempt was made
II was made. there was bloodahed and
death Then Gov Tanner did the
thing that has given him temporary
fame lie dispatched troops to the
scene Of the disturbance 10 prevent the
importation OF cx-conylct negroes from
Alabama ana not 10 protect the proper
~.
In similar scs the hitherto un-
broken record of governors OF states
has been 10 "a patch troops to protect
property and Co prevent Interference
with any labofera employers might
bring from any whore 10 do anything
under any conditions. Gov Tanners
departure from the usual course has
been a. wide az polsihlc. Conacqucnt-
-s,Tuume men and newspapers proclaim
him dcmagoguo an anarchist, a
traitor TO American Institutions; other
men and newspapers see Ia him saga
cioua statesman. o. rcHpcctcr OF the
rights OF the people nd a genuine AM
orican. Gov Tanner IL free TO state
that he has gone outside Of the law.
That 10. he has dlsroglrded tho legal
rights OF the operators 20 hire whom
they pleased. because the hiring they
contemplated would In his opinion
bring into the state lot OF undesirable
citizens. likely TO become public
charges either in almshousoa or jails.
Ho further contends that under the
unusual conditions prevailing at Nir-
den II was for him 10 say what course
was 10 be taken to preserve the peace
and conserve the interests OF tho state,
rather than Tor one party to tho dis
pute 10 Insist on 10 legal right to die
tato what should be done. regardless OF
consequence Mr.. NJ d, Ratchford,
president Of the United Mine Workers
OF America. and member OF the Ma
tional Industrial commission. express
Cd himself az follows on the governors
position toward tho labor Il was In
tended 10 import;
"Gov. Tanner has taken the right
stand In the Pana strike. The men he
has to stand out against are mainly
ex-conyicta who learned to mine coal
In the penltontlary mines Of Alabama
No man has rlght to import such a
class OF people to take the place OF
honest workingmon. II such right
exists. the governor OF Alabama would
doubtless be willing to parole every
convict In his state, ON condition that
he a. once 40 to Illinois
"Therc is not good citizen In the
state who would not call upon Gov
Tanner to resent such an action with
force. II necessary. Aud as this II true
will Il not hold good In the present
easo7 This criminal class Is being i'm
ported now, and Gov. Tanner 10 1usti'
Ned IN taking decisive action. IN,
union miners were driven TO desperate
straits by these negroes. who mad,
their holding peaceable meeting i'm
possible. and Ia Wow OF this their ao'
tion Is oXcuuablo."
There can bo no doubt that In IN,
end the operators Will win out The,
will import any kind % labor they
please no terms agreeable TO them and
those they employ. aud the state Of
Illinois wiu'hay 20 protect them. nc
matter how much n costs, or how
many citizens OF Illinois it dlatrcssos
An Injunction has already been obtain
"a forhildins interference with inn
ported lahorers. and Ia this respect q
IL really not very material what Gov
Tanner mny DO or not DO.
But he has called attention 10 som,
conditions that are not recognized IL
bur laws. hut may Dee. either by judicia
Interpretation of existing laws or les
lllatiye enactment OF new laws. 1
should require mo- particularly acutu
aiscernment TO perceive that the who'll
trouble IN reality rests upon a condi
lion fundamental In the relations o
miners and operators. The truth 8
that when an operator who treats hi
employees as tho Nirden miners wer'
treated IS censured for his course b