Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-30
ny WITNESS G. D. HOLIDAY.
,i.eoverer Of Sunnyside Property
neolared He Was Forced on
Mis- Land by Armed Agents.
..,,. .cod Had Never Made Man
vho Could Take From Me What
+ Had Honestly Come BY"


ro from "The spoilers was related
s.,o,, Interstate Commerce ComrliS-
s'.er r p. clark this morning at inc
.'r,.,lgation of the coal land scandals
.,v messed in the L. s. courtroom
y. ssosotion came at the close of TINS
-.,,hps session when in dramatic
mar that carried conviction to the
.on mil Of auditors who listened WIN
.,,,.r,rated attention, George D. Hol-
g,y of $40 west North Temple street.
,l,,,d how he. as the original discoV-
,sr Of the now famous Sunnys'de
m,ns was forced of his property IN
Y9 BY armed agents of the Pleasant
VALLEY Coal company and the Rio
Gnnde Western.
WITNESS THREATENED,
Aaa litigation that consumed a cou-
ne Of years, the case was transferred
% The district court here. when, said
witness. his associates agreed TO ac-
,soi the price offered by the big cor
pration. Holiday told Of meeting
Nth VIII G. sharp, superintendent OF
The p, V. Coal company, and seven
cher officials Of the coal company and
da Rio Grande Western in the offices
a the company IN the Dolly block
mere he was fatty told he could tale
thw hundred dollars or else be run
{ bis property In response, Holll-
d said he told those present that
-Ahad never made a man who could
iaSi tom me what | had honestly
cone By" He further told them that
| fk we're forced off his own property,
Ae would not deal with those agents
WI to harass him. but would come
Slt Lake and deal directly witb
iss responsible. Witness told how
n Sharp told him to go ahead and he
TslId not be molested.
THREATENED WITH DEATH.
Subsequently the Holiday Coal COM
aay vas organized and work was
ssred. Then Holiday left for Alaska,
n, only reached Portland, Or, when
y was recalled by a dispatch stating
rll The agents OF the p. V. Coal COM
ry had jumped the mine and driven
~ he employees OFF the premises by
mce He returned at once to Salt
LAKE and upon the solicitation OF his
BUSINESS associates. who did not want
loaole' he went TO Sunnyside to in
'sugate. Upon his arrival there he
rs met by Robert kirker, an agent
NE 7, V. Coal company. who cursed
hn and told him to get of the land
Nesr pam OF death. Accompanied by
W lalher as a witness. Holiday rode
Na he property despite the threats,
~ when he passed the cabin the sec
y time Kirker fired upon him with
winchester rifle Witness said that
SlIed his fathers rifle when Kirker
4 .ne other armed men ran into the
e'In like a lot OF rats"
FINALLY SOLD OUT.
lasn followed a story OF obstacles
na1l 10 INC way Of the Holiday coal
aa'os which terminated two years
s .sS on change OF venue of the cases
~ an immediate anxiety on the part
us Peasant Valley Coal COM
rS S " settle This company event.
induced the original locat-
1, ss part With their property
n, ,',,,W This property today is the
~ ~. valuable cOking coal proposition
el Wy inc Utah Fuel company and
pnue runs into the six figures.
h',niaA we testimony forthcoming this
\, ss me Holidays apparently AZ.
!. were wise in accepting any kind
~, S'uement. because had they con-
s .,l ~ business unmolested thew
s.r,,o,use'e scarcely survived tho
N ~Lil, century commercial gatlIng
! H. "''n goes by the name Of Secret
D, d. s's'ed,oped early in the day that
ls,,i'Io urande has of yore been yer,
~ ~ 70 the Utah Fuel company in
b %, it.er Of allowing that company
b. " 's supplies for next To moth.
| hi no. N'lehce was introduced show
| h,o,s "t competitors were given such
hr W. then there are no connect
| Ri ~ ne coal business along the
:" 1Faadc to speak Of "''s '"'
80 TO SHIPPING RATES.
NJ. slaI Y, Livingston. erstwhile chief
Fusl ~ Se. suunyslde, told how the Utah
| aas ln vn,tpaIy shipped in fire brick
houeb, etc. on fiat rate OF. ne
hon AM. .al q cent per 100 mounds
lgieo ., pg .ci ~ Utah. whether II was
bat a, !" Ihlalle. IL also developed
Aat n, ioon as It became apparent
| roa N.Y. MY Interstate commerce commits
,rgnv ',V,'uel TO investigate things gen.
ner, Me Rio Grande naair denar,
lFped t, ~ published a tariff which
hkep ls w everybody. This action was
Tbsts aSllSsiNi CAPT. COTTON
Fhsn co, naa also somewhat of a rlnnjc
" q 'ywyi n,, for the government ashed
Fuel 49,, "'Illlams, auditor FOR tho Trtoh
tsa M 'pthy, whether he had nutbor'
IA Ky Vystroylng Of certain vouche.s
foks Ia HSllpment Of divers imnortast
Hat H. lev ,,eN York Mr.. Williams sajJ
tse bs G'.tN nothing about II. Ike
Elton anew not where Cant ~ II
Fuel e,u we reputed cashier NJ H. T,;,ah
sier IN X " ~ hnd the Rio Grande, and
I'd gone "e , FIRST Presbyterian church
zen hin h, ne 'aid that he had moi
=, prove ~ Of the big corporation ala
| y he govs. ue a very valuable witness
| = taken r nlheh,. He admitted nav
y pfopertP we land which was now
.ssau, everv Gl me fuel company nut
~ since n "itness called has admitted
NJ ~ me investieattnr s,,,',-''..e'N W.
~ there ,o 'aae 70 make him admit
~, on co., "s a secret rate, or mad
Y AnaconSe, shipments from Utah to
Naa 'u@ shelters were without
n, ~, sHABlN IN VOGUE.
h~evsr the he R Hapr ed q complimentary
MO urande railroad. and