The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-23
AMERICANS AND
GREEKS IN RIOT
Fierce Battle Is Fought at Bing-
ham Junction.
THREE ARE IN HOSPITAL
FOREIGNERS FORCE OPPONENTS
TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

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dozen Americans fought with
! shovels. brickbats. picks and Stag, oc-
/ CURED at the smelter of the United
States Mining company in Bingham
! Junction on Sunday. Three men are
now III a hospital as a result of the
/ fight and others are nursing wounds
/ caused by the missiles used. Fifteen
men are under arrest and others viii
probably be taken into custody today.
Three Seriously Injured.
John Peterson, skull probably frac-
tUred
sam Jenkins. hit in head with brick
andre MOOlOs, scalp wound and other
cuts.
Angelo Caros. head badly cut with
brick.
Peterson and the two Greeks, MOolos
and CarOs. are in the Bingham hos
! Dital under the care OF a physician
Jenkins is at his home. Just how
serious the injuries of the three in the
/ hospital are cannot be told at present
A half dozen or more other men were
injured slightly as a result of coming
IN contact with flying missiles.
The Greeks Overpewered the Amer
leans and some of the latter were
driven out of the town. They had to
run for their lives before a bowling
mob Of foreigners that pursued them
with every kind of weapon that could
be found. For an hour or more the
contest was a fierce one. Men were
knocked over with pieces Of Stag and
bricks, while others pounded each
other with shOvels and pieces of iron
that could be picked up in the shelter
Had il not been for the interference
OF citizens. several men on both sides
would probably have been killed. The
officers of the junction were out %
town on business at the time of the
fight, and efforts TO stop the trouble
were futile until the Americans scat
tered so that the Greeks were not able
to find them.
Town in a Turmoil.
For awhile the whole town was in a
turmoil Of excitement and it looked
as if a pitched battle with more deadly I
weapons would occur. There is still
considerable bad feeling between the
Greeks and American employees Of the |
smelter, and the officers are keeping a /
close watch to prevent a recurrence of /
The trouble.
Those who have been arrested are as /
follows: andre MOoIOs. andre BOgas, |
Chris IakOs George Judzepis. Nat Oki- |
hais, Tom AIekanses. Angelo Caros, /
Robert D. DOty. Scion Richardson, 4
John Peterson, Samuel Jenkins and I
bail yesterday. Warrants for other /
Greeks have been sworn out and they 1
VIII probably be served today.
The trouble started on the first floor ]
OF the smalter about II O'Clock Sunday {
morning It seems that for some time /
past there has been bad feeling be /
tween the Greek employees and the /
Americans. The Greeks. it is claimed, /
have been replacing the Americans IN I
the smelter and there have been
wOrdy battles fought before. Matters /
came to a crisis Sunday, when two Of /
ha
had a dispute over some work to be /
done. Some twenty-five or thirty !
Greeks were working on the tTst floor /
and a half dozen Americans were en-
plOyed with them.
Started With Fist Fight.
The dispute between the two re-
suited in a general melee. According
to the story told by Deputy Sheriff ]
Beckstead who was in Salt Lake yes
terday. the men started the fight with
their fists. There was a general mix
up in which several men on both sides
were "foOred- Someone seized a shovel
and that was a signal for a general
resOrting to heavy arms A quantity
or brick lying in the smelter yard was
seized upon by both sides.
For fifteen or twenty minutes the
battle ragged fercely. Men on both
sides were throwing brickbats at each
other with deadly aim Picks and
were seized and the fighters came to-
gether at close quarters. Several were
knocked down. it is said, and lay on
the floor stunned.
The noise of the fight aroused other
Greeks who were sleeping in a bOardv
ing house near by. These men, as soon
as they discovered the cause of the
turmoil ran from the house, half
dressed and Joined in the battle. The
reinforcements gained in this way
made the Greeks about ffty-three
strong Some other American en-
pIoyes joined in with the besieged par
ty, but their number was nothing for
the superior force Of the Greeks
Fight Grows Fierce.
AS the battle grew more fierce the
were forced TO retreat. but !
not before thy had left two Greeks
stretched out on the ground with Sc
riCus injuries. Fighting back the Greeks
with bricks and rocks as best they
could, the Americans ran down the
road from the Gnelter and scattered
Before they left the smeiter yard John
Peterson was struck in the head with
a piece of Stag and rendered uncon-
scious. He was left lying on the
ground, but was picked up by citizens
who ran to the scene e the trouble. and
carried him to the temporary hospital.
sam jenkins and two or three com
1dElOlS were CudCEu DN Il MOD Oh the
foreigners to the outskirts of the town.
At the edge of The town jenkins was
struck by a brick al-d knocked down
He had to be carried back. but il was
found that he was not dangerously in
jured
Just before the light started the two
deputy sheriffs It Bingham Junction
eft the town 20 take couple of pris-
'ners to the Sandy jail. AS a cOnse-
1uence when the fight started they
knew nothing about it. a number Of
The citizens took II upon themselves to
act as police and after the Americans
had been chased from the smelter the
Greeks were finally induced TO declare
peace and stop their fighting. They re-
turned to their boarding houses and
stood around the rest of the day, ap-
1arently looking for an opportunity to
renew difficulties.
Arrested the Rioters.
The officers, as soon as they learned
II the trouble, hurried back to Bing-
lam an dtOOk affairs in hand. They be-
gan by arresting ten Greeks and five I
Americans, who admitted that they
lad taken part. IN the fight These
we're placed in -he temporary lookup
II the junction over night. Yesterday
morning they went before the Justice
II that precinct and gave bonds for
heir appearance at trial After they
onised to cease further HOSTILE
les they were permitted tn 90