The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-28
EXPENSE CUTS
LITTLE FIGURE
Progress of the Trials of the
italian Strikers.
CARBON COUNTY is WELL OFF
SHERIFF WILCOX Is GIVEN
CARTE BLANCHE.
Especial to The HeraldO

ADDttldl ne 11tIdlusD
Price, Utah, April 27.-Sylvester Te-
desco was put on trial before Justice
Ward at Helper this afternoon on the
charge OF resisting an officer. the latter
having gone to the Half Way house
below Castle Gate coal camp 10 arrest
TedescO for having broken the state
quarantine regulations in taking
Mother" Jones away from Helper at
the head of an armed mob Of a hum
dred Italians. Tedesco's trial consumed
the greater part OF the day, and at
its conclusion he was acquitted. Later
Tedesco gave bonds for $500 to appear
for trial in the case wherein he is TO
answer 20 the charge Of holding up at
the point Of a gun with six OF his coun-
trymen Attorney Mark p. Braffet. An
other charge of riot is pending against
him, and for this he gave bonds OF $500
to appear for trial.
Caesar Antonio. who went with Te-
descO and the mob to Helper, was ar
raigned for riOting and melting a riot.
He was bound over in the sum of $500
and gave bonds. Next came ROsano
Scavo on the charge of rioting and in
citing riot. ScavO pleaded not guilty
and viii go to trial tomorrow.
Rode in Box Cars.
When the 100 arrested ones were TAX
Efl UEIOEe JUSTICE w dlN AiAA0 Abl fAAo'iA
they were represented by Attorney d
s. Truman Of Salt Lake City. They
were conveyed there I'm a special train
OF box cars and were accompanied by
the sheriff and county attorney and
all of the formers deputies. They are
back here tonight and are being guard
ed at the implement warehouse or
sheds. Caesar Antonio will also be
prosecuted for intimidating a number
OF coal shovelers for the Rio Grande
at Helper and forcing them at the point
OF a rife 10 cease work
One Trial Per Day.
tt was stipulated between County
Attorney Frye and Attorney Truman
for the defense, Justice Ward concur
ring, that the trials OF the men should
proceed a the rate of at least one a
day. or perhaps two or three. until the
100 men have appeared. At this rate II
viii take at least two months. not
counting Sundays, to dispose of the
numerous cases, taking tOday's pro-
ceedings as a criterion. The cases
are 20 come up as per the list Of iden-
tifcatiOn The fellows on the tail end
of the list are to get the worst of It
unless they should draw straws fOI
preference Of appearing in court.
Expense No Object
James A. Harrison of Sunnyside and
James Downs of Castle Gate, member:
of the board OF county commissioners
are here tonight, having called a spe'
cial meeting OF the board tomorrow
when Chairman S J. Hardness Of SEQ
field Will be present. They are 10 give
Sheriff Wilcox carte blanche in the en-
fOrcement Of the laws. no matter Wha
the expense, they say. Law and Ordei
must prevail, and they propose seeini
that it does. The county has abOu
$4,000 in the general fund and If thi!
should be exhausted there will b.
means of raising more 1T has come
down to the proposition of whether tn
American citizens here are running
things" says Mr.. Harrison, cor a 10
of foreigners, 10 per cent of whom ar
not naturalized."
Indignant Citizens.
There was to have been an indigna
ton meeting held here this afternoon
the instigator being s. II. ellison, L
protest against the conditions, bu
what there is to protest against is wha
is worrying a lot Of people. 1t surel,
cannot be the carrying out Of the law
and the instructions OF Governor Wells
the latter given 70 Sheriff Wilcox, AM
which have entirely governed that Of
ficer's actions. Those who have beel
most prominent in railing against tn
county officers are not so much as poll
tax payers Of Carbon county, much les
owning any property. The coal com
pany and the railroad company, abOu
ono and the same thing. pay IS per cen
az the taxes Of the county. and in an,
costs that are piled up have to bea
their proportion.
Mother Jones Absent.
For the first time since this troubl
originated Mother Jones has not fig
ured in person today. For once she ia
kept her promise. the one made las
night. that if allowed to return to tn
strikers camp she would remain Their
until the time of her quarantine ha
passed by.
Beginning tomorrow. the prisoner
are to be taken to Helper in blocks @
two and possibly three. Instead Of run
ring them up in bunch by a specis
train.
In the coal camps Of the county
where the largest vote of the county i:
the feeling against Price Is intense, b