Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-04
DEAD.
Barthell, John, a union miner.
Juan. 10, Mexican, employed as
trammer in the mines
WOUNDED.

| NOONDEDs
Becker, Charles NJ, mine superin-
| tendent; right hip broken and BABY
! shattered by a bullet.
Jordan. w. NJ, shift boss and depu-
~ sheriff; shot through hips; no bones
| broken.
Nicholson, John, shot through head;
will probably die.
Unknown man, shot through both
| legs
The trouble is only a part Of the
strike trouble which has been brewing
for some time. The first rumor TO
reach town was that eight or ten men
had been killed but this proved to be
untrue. Tonight the controversy has
been satisfactorily adjusted for the
present. and quiet prevails in Marshall
and Savage basins,
As near as can be learned, the fight
was precipitated at the Sheridan tun-
mel, which is about three-quarters OF a
mile above the Bullion tunnel. through
which the mines are worked, and where
the principal boarding and bunkhouses
and other buildings and the upper ter
minal Of the main tramway are To-
Gated.
During last night number OF union
miners went up TO point near these
places. and at o'clock this morning,
IL is said. sent man with a message
TO the men working with William Jor-
dan TO the effect that II they would
stop work and come down the hill there
would be no trouble.
In response to this message II Is said
the union men were fired on. resulting
in the instant killing Of Barthell Jor-
dan and his crew then sought refuge
in an old tunnel, and Il was while
running for its mouth that Jordan was
shot through the hips. The firing grad
ually worked down TO the Bullion tun.
mel.
Telephone wires leading from town
TO the mines in Marshall and Savage
basin were cut at an early hour and
communication shut off until late
hour this afternoon. II Is impossible
10 learn any particulars OF the fighting,
as both sides refuse TO say anything.
During the day all kinds OF rumors
were rife, some that fifteen men were
killed, Late this evening DR.. Sheldon.
who went up early this morning tele-
phoned that ten men. including the four
mentioned above. were injured and
that they would be sent down as soon
as he could dress their wounds. DR..
Sheldon was shot through the hand
by stray bullet.
The Tomboy and Liberty Bell miners
who went 10 the Smuggler early this
morning compelling those properties TO
close down returned to their respective
mines this afternoon. after Il was an
n0unced that temporary agreement
had been reached by the union and
Edgar Collins. assistant manager. This
agreement is said 20 be that the COM
pany viii withdraw all men from the
mines except a few watchmen. and
make no effort 10 resume work until
the strike Is amicably settled and Off
cially declared on
As a result Of this agreement every
thing Is quiet tonight. and II II con
tlnues tomorrow morning the sheriff
will doubtless revoke his request for
state troops. made today.
The battle 81 today grew out Of the
strike inaugurated on the Smucgler-
Union mines on May LIST. The manage
ment Of the company for some two
years prior 10 that date had been let
ting contracts for breaking part Of the
ore produced by the mines From the
start the union complained about tho
contract system of breaking ore.
claiming that large number ~ the
contractors could not make wages and
that some even came out IN debt 10 the
company az the end OF the month.
The manager Of the company was