The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24
WILCOX TO TAKE
THE FIELD TODAY
Carbon County Sheriff Going
After Mischief Makers.
MANY DEPUTIES SWORN IN
PEOPLE SAID TO BE IN A STATE
OF TERROR.
tsseeial to The Herald.)


| Castle Gate. Utah. April 2S.-Sheriff
Wilcox today had message from
| Governor Wells stating that reports
| from General Cannon and Dr. Beatty
! did not convince him Of the present
| need of troops in Carbon county and
| that he was hopeful that with pru-
/ dence and patience the sheriff would
/ still be able to maintain peaceful con-
ditions- He urged Sheriff Wilcox that
/ the utmost tact be exercised in dealing
with the situation. However. the laws
must be obeyed, life and property pro-
| tected and all offenders promptly dealt
with. Only when the county has ex-
! hausted all its resources can the power
/ of the state properly be invoked. In
/ such emergency the governor assures
| the sheriff it will not be denied. Gov
| ernor Wells concludes, but it is my
| sincere hope that yourself and depL-
| ties, backed by the loyal and active
/ support of your citizens, win be able
/ to cope with lawleSSnesS or to prevent
/ any serious outbreak of any kind
Sheriff Will Act Today.
! The arrest of Tedesco and Antonio
! for breaking the quarantine regula-
! tons in spiriting away at the head Of
an armed mob Mother" Jones from
! Helper recently, having thus been
| passed up 10 Sheriff wilcox, as it were,
| by the chief executive, the sherif will
\ go into the camp Of the striking coal
miners tomorrow and bring out not
only these two, but he will bring with
/ him such other fugitives and deIiers
| Of the state laws as may be in hiding
at the Halfway house. Il is known that
at least three criminals are at ihis
| time being sheltered there.
| Sheriff Wilcox and Deputy World
| have been at Price, Helper and other
points of the county today and have
sworn in a number of deputies, so that
when he goes to the Italian rendezvous
| he win be backed and accompanied
! by fifty or more men, as true as
| they make them. and upon whom he
( may rely in case of an emergency.
| These men are coOl-headed and they
are fighters, every one of them. Trouble
will be avoided, but the sheriff goes
there TO enforce the laws which have
! been trampled under foot and he and
his men viii bring those wanted out.
Terror at Helper.
For days the people around Helper
have been kept in a state of terror by
armed men, many of whom are not
citizens Of this country. and the better
thinking ones have come to the con-
clusion that If matters go along for
great while as they have been neither
are asking themselves whether the
people who own property and pay the
taxes are TO run things, or whether IL
is 10 be run by the foreign element.
For most of the time since the strikers
have established headquarters at the
point known as the Halfway house. it
has been unsafe for the ordinary try
eler TO pass on the road. Armed
Italians have come out Of hiding in the
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travellers. and where persons were sus-
pected of being in sympathy with the
coal company they have been subjected
to abuse, and even women to vile re-
marks.
Ranchmen who live below. seeming
trouble. have been applying for days 70
the county authorities for aTm- To pro-
tect themselves and their property The
attempted burning of the new detention
hospital a Helper was preceded by a fire
rot a great while ago Of a ranchman's
haystack Just above HELPER because he
had at one time advised the men that they
were doing wrong in quitting the service
OF the coal company as thev did. other
laWleSS acts too numerous TO mention and
along TIE lines here referred to have
taken place.
Giant Powder Stolen.
Superintendent David Crow Of the Castle
Gate mines recently in passing the strik-
crs camp was stopped. made 10 dlsmounl
from his horse, and. after enduring al
kinds of tongue abuse. made TO buy kegs
Of beer for the mob. For the first time
the public g now told Of the breaking
into the Rio Grande Western railway
power house at Helper and taking there
from fifty pounds OF giant powder. TINS
latter being carried over the hills 10 SEQ
field with the purpose of blowing up 4
bridge % the railroad company and
which would have stopped all traffic Of
coal OFT Of Clear Greek and Winter
quarters. Had the plan gone through
half of the residence and business houses
at Scofield would have been blown off the
TOWNSHIP and Derha-s hundreds OF lnno-
cent PERSONS killed and manned
At Sunuyside few DAYS ago eight
sticks of giant powder wrapped in a pair
OF oveTalls were found I'm Il mine car OF
coal which was sent up the tramway 20
20 through the monster coal crusher. The
have DESTROYED thousands Of dollars
worth Of mining machinery and perhaps
have killed a dozen TO fifty men about the
works.
Strikers Arc Armed.
The PEOPLE Of the COUNT are asking !
why. If these foreigners are counseling !
peace. do they arm themselveC to the !
teeth and defy the civil authorities. Peo- .
pie hcrcIbouts consider that General
Cannon and DR.. Beatty on their visit yes (
terday gave too little time to an investi- |
cation. The have laid too much stress
upon the promises Of the so-called Italian |
leaders VINO really have no influence
whatever with their cnuntrvmen. but
who like to pose as influential. Here and |
Ut I1tl--tl LIlt men dIe DCIlLt-BS bCNtSI
known thar to General Cannon and DR.. P
Beatty. Their words are not taken for
much. 3ergera claimed to General Can
non that he closed his saloon at HALFWAY ,
because he feared the men mirht set
drunk ard commit some act Of ldwlesS-
ness when. as d matter Of fact. Bergera !
was compelled to close by the county at |
torney who threate@ed that If he didn't
his license would be taken away from him !
and the place forever closed
Want the Soldiers.
Sentiment at Helper is against the posi-
ton taken By General Cannon and DR.. {
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