The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21

A
L. Fifteen men were deported this
afternoon by miners who came Off
shift at 4:30 o'clock.
BY a precOnceTted move the men mes
on Bennett avenue. and without saying
word, marched in a body to the IN
termOunta!n Mercantile company store.
the successor Of the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners cooperative store
Every employe Of il was taken in
charge The police officers We're help
less before the thousands of miners
Squads were then sent through the
city picking up others who are alleged
to De keeping up agitation or 10 be
ton.
Officers Helpless.
\ concerted move was made upon the
sherif's Office and every officer who an
peared on the scene was OverDowered
and disarmed. Men who were wanted
were taken from officers to whom they
had flown for protection. Under-Sh
ifs Parsons and Underwood were held
prisoners until all disturbance was
over. In all fifteen men were taken
prisoners by the crowd and deported
10 the confines beyond the city limits
with orders never TO return or penalty
of death.
The men expelled from the camp are.
Eugene Eugley, a former attorney Of
the Federation and formerly attorney
general Of the state; J. G. Cole, for
merly assistant deputy district attor-
neyi +. j. Hangs. an attorney for the
Federation; A. L. Pierce. J. ". Hig-
gings, --- GUARD. II. N. Heimerden-
ger, James Redd and Pat Maloney, who
are all accused of being agitators. Fred
Aiken Of Victor; T. II. PaTfet. one Of
the nid1s2S gers of The sore and Mike
O'NeiH and two butchers in the UEfou
store and a man whose name is not
given.
Threat of Murder.
Under guard of > 600 men they were
escorted TO a point on the old Canon
city state road, three miles from the
city The spokesman stepped forward
and said. You men are not wanted iB
this camp. you are not going 10 be al
lowed to live here. You do not seem
to be happy unless You can stir UP
trouble. We have had trouble enough.
You are going on and you are not COM
ing back If you do there viii De either
a bullet or rope fer every one Of YOU
Now go and keep going"
Up TO this time there had been no
abuse but as the men started down
the road a yell went up and the crowd
INDUCED in threats and ieers.
J. ". Higgins suddenly wheeled
upon the crowd and pulled a gun He
NdS DIOutbli- SATutk over the NsatL
with a gun by one of the crowd and
his own gun taken from him and
thrown away. His head was cut and
the wounds bled profuseiy. but he
walked on with the others.
Unicn Storc Wrecked.
Returning TO the city part OF the
crowd made an attack upon the union
store. Objects at first repulsed the at
tack. but they were overpoweTed and
about twenty men entered and com
pletsly wrecked the stock. The stock
ccst about s., 000
The immediate cause of tOday's out
break was the starting up of the union
store. under the name of the Inter
mountain Mercantile company. and the
report that a number Of depnrted union
men were on their way back 10 Cripple
Greek from Denver.
After the deportation delega tons waited
on Ellis ROsenburg h Il Hand, DR. F.
A. Hassenpfiug. HenTie Bunte and J..
H Asnuisseu who had signed bonds for
Federation men under arrest and notified
them that further aid and encosnaS cmeut
to the union would place them under the
ban They at once declared they would
withdraw from the bonds