Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-22
,.,.,ror Wells Appealed to To
'' s,sd Troops Down to Helper
At Once.
uY STRIKERS OUT OF CONTROL
=. p,,ttr and General John Q. Can
y -, Leave for Scene to Investigate
Quarantine Conditions

csrhoD county mas hPPN"'NN w
wells for the return OF the ma
o., ,, gusrl 10 the section occupied by
'".,hsrs ZONES and the turbulent strlk-
The old woman has succeeded In
90 ling several laws and is upheld In
~, ,bs men among whom she Is car
VIM on her crusade OF agitation.
"syother" Jones was in quarantine at
u.,.r An armed mob OF strikers took
y, out Of the hands of the law and
.,,Ied her TO the Italian camp up the
.,,vop. An effort to take her and two
ana mob into custody was resisted by
4, armed force, numbering about 100.
..i me- officers were forced to retire.
,,,sr however. Mother" Jones sur
.'r5srsd herself, and she is now In
sa,rantlne, but IN the Italian camp.
OFFICIALS TO THE FRONT.
u was This trouble that led to the
,'rsal 10 Governor Wells for military
M and al a conference held in the
,Tsnors office last night It was de-
'1sI 10 send Secretary 7. b. Beatty
n tbs state board Of health and Cen
,a, Iohn Q. Cannon to Carbon coun-
!, IA Investigate the situation. They
M this morning upon that errand,
mi upon their report VIII depend the
he Of the appeal.
TN governor Is very much opposed
IA ordering the guard out again--so is
Ma uard-anj says he will not do It
utls.s II Is absolutely necessary. But
h vlll see that the laws are enforced.
no matter at what cost. II Is the opln-
pn Of the governor that the Utah Fuel
Company should control the situation
Win rs armed guards, not because It
a company matter, exactly. but In
View Of the service rendered the com.
Iany by the state
Dr. Beatty derives some encourage.
nint from the fact that nearly all the
men in the strike district have been
ogaantlned, as that was condition
q he terms Of their employment by
he Fuel company
STORY OF DISTURBANCE.
kilograms from Helper to the execu-
I've relate the story Of the disturbance.
Governor Wells received the following
from Deputy sheriff World:
I made an attempt this morning to
Arrest Mother Jones, Sylvester Tedesco
snd Caeare Antonla for having vioIat.
a quarantine regulations at Helper,
Found parties at strike headquarters
between Helper and Castle Gate, ana
was commanded to refrain from at
tempting the arrest by at least 100 armed
strikers, nearly all Of whom were Ital-
Ans Parties threatened TO kill Or.
HolmQuIst, the quarantine officer, and
Sheriff Wilcox, neither of whom were
present. All the rocks and prominent
points are commanded by Italians
armed with rifles Parties promised me
tha, they would surrender themselves
81 Helper this afternoon, but that the
armed strikers would accompany them.
An attempt 10 enforce the law means
Noodshed Sheriff Wilcox is in the
mountains where he cannot be
reached, but ! desire emphatically to
assure you that IN my judgment blood
shed can be ayerted only by prompt
acIon on the part of the state militia.
The strikers were reinforced during the
Tine ! was there by a dozen Italians
armed with shotguns who came up the
load IRON Helper, An Italian mob con-
Asling OF about 100 men armed with
mes rescued Mother Jones from quar-
anllne at Helper day before yesterday
afternoon, At that time Of doing so
hed with rifles guards commanding pO-
huonS on the hills adjacent to the
own AT the camp | recognized two
escaped ie.ons, one of whom came out
ana shook hands with me, who. II ap.
pans are being cared for and secreted
BY che strikers"
FRYE PREDICTS BLooDsHED.
loving; "
! nave Investigated the situation
very carefully and know the informa-
u0n OF MT World to be authentic, and
concur In his suggestion that bloodshed
.an only be ayerted by prompt action
IN your part
W a, j, Holmquist the local physi-
yAl, VINO first put Mother" Jones UNI
fellows: "'' 10
..n impossible without the aid Of state
, ~ TO carry out your instructions
@ 70 Quarantine, Mother Jones res
WV. WA py a mob Of 100 armed Italians
uOh quarantine, Complaint filed ana
warrants issued for her arrest, and the
s''ts, or two VI her principal aids
p4Cel N hands Of sheriff, who went
W suiSe camp and found more than 100
,,su. bearing rifles and shotguns, who
ya'Hel nun that he must not attempt
,.. service or his process. Parties az
s',,ias promised sheriff that they
, .ouu appear before the court this af-
N,uOon ulJ that they would be ac-
w., yn'paIlled hy the armed mob. Situa-
, soa very serious, Prompt action on the
~ W. vi me state militia VIII probably
n. necessary 70 prevent serious trou-
ny, IleF present circumstances do
,r NV ,. i.el secure IN attempting to car
, ~ Wv your Instructions as 10 enforce
"su' OF Quarantine"
o, Mra 't'e' IN the day In response TO a
,o~s!, from DR. Beatty, the Carbon
Ss -aV doctor sent the following mes
nj, quarantine offenders refused to sub
A. Nv I' a,,,'n Mrs, Jones quarantned
s NJ naO way house. Must have state
,, r,"s 10 carry out orders. Hundred
breakers su"'u'"s quarantine
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