Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-10
CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL LIBEL.
B Elder, Attorney for Strik-
ers. Arrested and Placed
In Jail.
Nan HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
,,,,st Caused Considerable Excite
mcpt and Elder Entered Pro-
test, but to No Purpose.

,,rho very latest" In the coal strike
..nsatIon was the arrest yesterday
.,,onoon at Scoheld, Of A. b. Elder
.,,orney for the strikers, on the chage
q, criminal libel, Noah Potter a com
,.nv guard was the complainant and
n,rrty Sheriff Sam Dowse made the
'.,ost as Elder stepped off the cars.
raet protested and protested, and
,.. stuagled, kicked and squirmed,
WV" ~ ma purpose. lie was taken at
s 1s Sefore the Justice Of the peace, and
s ", reouest TO be released on his own
m u, was denied; and as he
.,gS moi furnish the $4,000 bonds re-
.,.,od Elder was locked up until this
snsrnoons hearing. Another charge,
,sst OF disturbing the peace, Is to be
orsferred against him, There was con-
,dorable excitement around the depot
a, me time of the arrest The text OF
No complaint for libel is as follows.
CHARGE AGAINST HIM.
ON fine Justice court of Winter Quar-
,rs pIecinct. Carbon county, state OF
imh before f. j, Klrkendall, justice
oThe state Of Utah VS. A. Il. Elder,
defendant. state of Utah, county Of
Carbon 80.
aOp This gth day Of December. 1903,
bforc me. f. j. Kirkendall, justice Of
me- peace within and for Winter Quar-
.ers precinct Carbon county, state OF
ltah personally appeared Noah Pot
for. who. being duly sworn by me, on
hs 9th did say that on the 9Th day of
december 1908, and for 10 days prior
thereto at Winter Quarters precinct,
N said Carbon county, there existed II
strike among certain of the employees
Of the Pleasant Valley Coal company.
and that said company, for the purpose
Of guarding its property and protects
nr lis employees. had in its employ
during all Of said times the complain
Ant and A. S. Fulmer David Dilley, c.
". Shores and Thomas Sellers as
guards. Whereupon on the 9th day Of
December 1903 the defendant. A. b.
Elder, contriving and unlawfully, wick
edIy and maliciously intending to in
jure yIlity 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, ridcule and disgrace. and to inn
peach his reputation unlawfully, wick
sd.y and maliciously did cause and pro-
cure to be written and published at
said Winter Quarters precinct, Carbon
county, Utah, scandalous. malicious
and defamatory libel in the form Of a
Maspaper article, containing divers
ase, scandalous, malicious and de-
Hmatory matters and things Of and
concerning the said Noah Potter. and
Of and concerning all Of said named
guards of the company in the words
ana figures following.
An officer Of the national guard
whom ! cannot name for obvious rea-
sons told me that every case of in
timdaton which had been reported
had been traced to the company
guards IL Is a common occurrence for
ihse armed guards or deputies to go
10 The house OF a striker, pull him out
q bed and demand to know IL he is
iolng to work, when II the miner has
The temerity TO say that he is not, he
sseryed with eviction papers. Depu-
tts went TO tho home OF Albert Bak-