Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-09
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q "e"'' .ooe,yed here tonight regard
lll' w, Ss' tragedy yesterday at the Key ?.
lns Wv ,no Of the New York & NeVaua
sl0ns stone. MI Mining company when twelve
VOsp'' miners attacked sup'' Irayior
S urt The alleged purpose of running & n ,ne
'o' y" ~ town. and which resulted IN .ne
ou' " ~ wouuding Of several OF the
4 miners party a. ves,ern Fed.
.n,Ion OF Miners was organized a'st ,d a
''- '. .ssks ago, at Ely with about iVV
y" 80 drawn from the various
S.ss IN the district. the miners are
' I ~ have taken a decisive s'anu
'''r l.bor matters, the particular op-
=" 49, n their attack being the New
York ( Nevada company 49, homo
'S Knit John A. TrayioH whose ho'i i.
" nenyer, Coo, ana VINO Was
o.merIy connected with the FeInahuo
~ ,n m company Of Durango, MEXICO,
.u'' s'.o inc Union Copper ana uolu
any , ~, Of North Carolina, had been
Iil .,sar an several occasions that ne
"a heyer leave camp, presumably pc
c "1 he mad recently ordered a leuuo ,'
Hon In his employees wages, Ieleslaiiis
" Sn sent to New YORK, II Is saiu,
,srsatenlng TO food the mines ana tahe
.'ssr tern measures unless the SUI
~, intendent was removed -,
pvssterday morning delegation OF
,,1so men-Bill Carothers, Frank Won
'nS NJ parker-called at Traylor
nome Al Ely and presented an uiti-
matum % be signed and agreed "
within twelve hours. Traylor lmmedi-
s,SIy took buggy and started for the
lines n few miles west Of ELY, On
orrivng AT Lane city, four miles
sgey he was halted by a mob OF
miners who. after some talk. allowed
him 10 proceed. Traylor then went 10
keystone. where a smelter ana con-
centrator Is being erected, and tele-
phoned from the cOmpanys Office 10
sSsriff G. f. Newman and District
ATTY Walker, asking protection.
President Lloyd Of the Miners
pnlon. Il is charged, sent committee
of miners into the office to order Tray
lor 10 come out and surrender finally
going in himself and directing mat
ters. Traylor talked with Lloyd Tor
some time. calling attention to the fact
maj the twelve hours allowed In the
ultmatum had not expired Lloyd
said that had nothing to do with the
case. that he must sign new scale
Of wages at once The committee then
asked him to go along quietly, or they
would be compelled to take him, dead
or alive. Johnson one Of the miners
committee, remarked that they ex-
pected no trouble but We're ready for
II.
Traylor endeavored to argue with
The men but Lloyd ordered his COM
panons to seize the superintendent
and bring him along Ten of the men
started for Traylor, who grabbed a
gun and commenced shooting.
At the first shot the miners made a
dash for the door. The men who were
killed were those who had grabbed
TraylOr and were trying TO oyerpower
him Their names are:
JAMES Stages.
Sam Johnson.
J. Smith.
The names Of the three wounded men
are not given
After the shooting Traylor went 10
F." by roundabout route. the main
road down the canyon in the vicinity
Of Lane city being patroled by armed
strikers, On his arrival at Ely Tray
lor surrendered to Sheriff Newman.
Excitement was at fever heat and II
was deemed best 20 get Traylor and
he COMPANION, J, p. Gaskel who was
witness to the shooting, but took no
part IN il, out Of town.
y citizens committee was organized
ana sworn in as deputy sheriffs, and
any ATTEMPT to have taken Traylor
from the sheriff would have been the
signal for a general battle between the
miners and the citizens.
Traylor and Gaskell were escorted
out Of town by Sheriff Newman and
reahced the Southern Pacific this af-
tern00n
The general sentiment among the
conservative element OF Ely is that
iraylor was entirely justified in do
ing what he did, Much commentator
Is given Sheriff Newman for the de-
dded stand he took for the protection
OF Traylor With less positive action
on hls part II Is believed Traylor would
noi have ESCAPED nllve.