The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-01
STRIKERS OFFER
NO RESISTANCE
Notices of Ejsctmsnt Served
Upon Them Yesterday.
SPECIAL SESSION MATTER
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN
THIS CITY TODAY.
QUARTERS. Utah. Nov.

WINTER QUARTERS. Utah, Nov.
w 30.-The first steps toward evict-
ing the striking miners were be-
gun at Clear Greek, Winter Quarters
and Scoheld this morning. Families
that have their own homes on land
owned by the operators were formally
served with notice to vacate the prop
erty by Dec. 81. Others were given a
shorter shift. There were some muir
mUrings and some tears, but there was
no violence. During the entire day aC
the three mining towns not q single
case Of attack on an officer was re-
ported.
The scene at Clear Creek resembled
a town in a state of siege. Armed men
~ ere I'm evidence on every hand. Em-
ployes of the mine operators, who had
been sworn in as deputy sheriffs and
armed with rifles ard revOIvers. were
so thick that they almost fell over each
other You could not throw a stone
without hitting "A belted and rifc-armeI
individual bearing a badge which iu-
vested him with the majesty OF The
law They were out in every direction
along the streets, and they gathered il
groups in a number of places Two
members of the aggregation acCompa-
MED a process server with rifles in
hand While these gentlemen went the
rounds a company Of Utah national
guard on company property went
through maueuvers In front OF their
cams.
No Need of Force.
There was apparently little need for
these elaborate precautions Not
bakers dozen Of the strikers appeared
on the streets. The men remained at
home, where they quietly accepted the
service of notice to vacatC. AT Winter
Quarters there was less show OF force.
I This town is not absolutely owned,
grass and ground, by the fuel company.
as is the case at Clear Creek. Guards
were posted as usual i'm various places.
but the men who served Writs of eject
ment did not make amy Cstcntatous
display of firearms. They were not mo-
Tested IN any way.
Owing to failure of Con KelIiber or
any other leader of the union To- arrive
the plan that had been formed to OFF,
cially declare a general strike In the
coal mines of this vicinity for tomor-
row was abandoned for a few days. To
was the original intention to post no.
I tees of the strike today and call on
/ the men favorable to organized labor to
go out.
The hard work Of both uni0nists and
/ operators of the past fOrty-eight hours
1 resulted in little gain to either side.
WHAT advantage there was remained
with the strikers. Four men left work
( at Clear Greek and the coal output at
that place and Winter Quarters X -
measurably reduced.
Breeder at Scoheld.
Attorney General Breeder arrived az
SCOfeId tonight He said he was here
of his own accord to investigate the
conditions in the coal mines. He viii
/ do this tomorrow. he explained. In a
special car to be furnished him by the
I company. Mr.. Breeder, in discussing
] the DemOlG trial. stated that he mad
! interviewed the local justice of the
peace before whom the union organizer
was tried and that he was satisfied
/ that the proceedings were regular.
A rum0r was started last night 10
/ the effect that Mother Jones. the Ia
nous woman agitatOr who figured in
/ the Pennsylvania strike, was here. but
/ it proved untrue. There is a Mrs. Jones
! in Scoheld who is a good friend Of the
union men, and she IS sometimes re-
/ ferred to as Mother Jones This was
the only foundation for the report
/ Stories of restitution among families
! of strikers are untrue The situation
/ is far from having reached that stage
as yet.