The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-10
Especial to The Herald0

! Especial to The Herald1
! Q COFIELD, Utah, Dec. 9.-Attorney
% A. B. Elder of Salt Lake, counsel
/ for the United Mine Workers of
America. was arrested Immediately
upon arrival here at O'Clock this aft
! ernoon on a warrant charging him with
/ criminal libel. The complaint was
I sworn to by Noah Potter, a guard i'm
( the employ of the Utah Fuel company.
I The arrest was exciting and most dra-
matte. As Elder stepped off the car. he
/ was confronted by Deputy Sheriff sam
Dowse, formerly a deputy Of Salt Lake
county. who exhibited the warrant.
I Elder protested and a connection fol-
lowed The correspondent of The Her
/ aid passed through the crowd and
asked what the charge was. Neither
/ Edler nor DOwSe heard the first inQui-
/ ry. which was repeated This was not
+ heard i'm the excitement Dowse start
{ ed to move the prisoner away. The
/ Herald correspondent followed and
/ cried: What's the charge against the
NAM None of your business cried
( Chief Deputy G.! w. shores. yes. but
| ii is my business. and I want to know
| it, Arrest that man and make him
/ shut up said Shores to an armed
guard but no action was taken further
/ than that The Herald man ascertained
what the charge was BY this time the
crowd had moved to the station plat
( form. At the corner Of the station Ed
Ter started to fight. but was helpless
i'm the grasp OF Dowse who is-s very
powerful man, while the attorney is
Of slight build. Elder struggled and
kicked at the guards. one Of whom
Jabbed MIN i'm the ribs with a rifle muZ-
zle But the lawyers resistance was in
vain. and he was soon placed in the
lookup near the depot. A squad of mi
litia was drawn up at the station as
usual when the train arrived. but took
no part in the arrest. The matter
caused great excitement
Say They Feared Trouble.
There was a large crowd including
many armed guards at the station
when the train came in. The guards
say they feared trouble from the crowd
many Of whom said the strikers were
( likely TO rush 90 Elders assistance
although The Herald correspondent
was the only man who made a break.
Shores did not know The Herald man
and feared an attack on the arreeting
officers when the newspaper man
rushed toward DOwse and Elder. Aft
er the excitement subsidized. Shores
talked freely to The Herald of the mat
ter, saying conditions made necessary
every safeguard in the case, and not
knowing The Herald man. who got off
the train behind Elder, cas- suspicious
of his design. He said he thought it
might be some fighting man. but
knows better now. Shores SAYS The
Herald man was guilty of technical
interference with an officer, but he is
not likely to prosecute. The ground for
complaint againFJ Elder rs an inter-
view published IN the Salt Lake Trib-
une q Dec 6. The complaint was
dan OF the precinct who is a clerk Of
the coal company. The complaint fol-
lows:
Text Of Complaint.
"In the justice court Of Winter Quar-
ters precinct, Carbon county, state of
Utah. before F. J. Kirkendall,' justice
of the peace.
The state of Utah VS.. A. B. Elder
defendant State Of Utah, county Of
Carbon.
"On this 9th day Of December. 1903.
before me, +. J. Kirkendall, justice Of
the peace within and for Winter Quar-
ters precinct. Carbon county state of
Utah, personally appeared Noah Pot
ter who, being duly sworn by me. on
his oath did say that on the 9Th day of
December. 1903. and for ten days prior
thereto, at Winter Quarters precinct,
i'm said Carbon county. there existed a
strike among certain of the employees
OF the Pleasant valley Coal company.
and that said company. for the purpose
Of guarding its property and protect
ing it's employees. had I'm its employ
during all Of said times the complain
ant and A. S.-Fulmer, David Dilley, G.
W. Shores and Thomas Sellers as
guards. WhereupOn, on the 9th day Of
December 1903. the defendant. A. p.
Elder, cOntriving and unlawfully, wick
edly and maliciOusly intending to in
Jure. vilify and prejudice the said Noah
Potter complainant. and TO deprive
him of his good name fame. credit and
reputation and to bring him into great
contempt, public hatred, scandal. in
fanny, ridicule and disgrace. and TO i'm
peach his reputation, unlawfuily, wick
edly and maliciOuely did cause and pro-
cure to be written and published at
said Winter Quarters precinct. Carbon
county. Utah. scandalous. malicious
and defamatory libel I'm the form of a
newspaper article containing divers
false, scandalous. malicious and defam-
atory matters and things Of and con-
corning the said Noah. Potter. and of
and concerning all of said named
guards Of the company i'm the words
and figures following
Why Potter Grieves.
An officer Of the national guard.
whom ] cannot name for obvious rea-
sons, told me that every case OF in
limitation which had been reported
had been traced to the company
guards. IL is a common occurrence for
these armed guards or deputies 10 go
20 the house of a striker. pull him out
OF bed and demand 20 know If ne is
going 20 work. when If the miner has
the temerity 10 say that he is not. he
Is served with eviction papers. Depu-
ties went 10 the home of Albert Bak-
kaia, striker and took away the sup