Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01
INVESTIGATED. i.
COMES TO A CLOSE
v,,;day Was Recalled in the A.
'' ,srnoon-some Interesting
Testimony.
DISPATCHES WERE HELD Up
MID Not suit Onicinls no De-
,',.r, for wetks--NeHt Meeting
q, commission In Pueblo

,,yestisation before the inter-
Tue ,meree commissioner, H. H.
stare ,,e alleged coal land frauds
earn has focused the eyes OF 'he
"nien ~ Salt Lake during the past
country ,,ne 10 a close yesterday after
wees s and today Messrs. Clark, Mar
nOOH Tnon,as and others are enroute
cnAn1 ,,o colo, where the thread OF
70 - - will be taken up on MONDAY.
toe stoiy afternoons testimony was
iesee'r mi, less interesting than tIiat
not one a"ring the morning session. Inc
ofereo srmed thugs employed by tne
story VI a,ssts taking shots at coal iocat,
tvs s ras duplicated II also uess'o .p,,i
. Ms the Western Union dlspascne e w s
tna s, .J the coal company oiliess WI.
tnryy's en- when their contents ulu iio'
hnp the officials. some nessasss.
plssss ere witness, were not denvereu io'
saa s. after thy had been niea'
HOLIDAY RECALLED.
,..,o resumlng after the noon recess
OPIa,,,dnv was recalled TO the stand.
W. n examination he stated tnat
20 Vif.hs man who with other armed
MlAe' ,rove him from the properly as
mots IN last nights News claimed
p'SS nave located the sunnyslde m,ne .p ~
w. no aid. He did not know wnethe.
w. w.. was any connection petweei,
v,rter and the Pleasant Vaiey ooa,
Nina ,nany Atty. Allison tried 10 set
@mps n admit that he had been
WNn .,Is,oa In the district court for as
@luV ai,h a deadly weapon. witness
auH hot the trouble he referred 70
wv sis pleading guilty in a justice :
Nss 20 assault, he having grabbed d
WV nv the lapel OF the coat:
msa senator George b. Whitnore
:, ', ysnbI was the next witness called.
VI .,sted that he owns ranch III
ag,,,,nore canyon, In which the sunny
Sse mine is located. He remempereu
,ss Incidents testified to by Holilaay re-
s,,dIrg the location Of the mine. WIZ
ssv stated that Klrker was there four
s., ~ before Holiday. Kirker held the
s.oo.,tv for a year and then left. Three
Y.,ys hier he returned with his broth
s'sna toeether they broke open Holi-
s.,s cabin. threw the things inside out
ssbe door and notified the employees or
polldsy that they had better quit the
nremises or get shot. ; ortiy AFTER
ards Robert Forester took charge
AZ ,hs mine and armed guards were
lept there for six months.
Witness said he had land by squat
ters right, He could not ship any coal,
however, because the Rio Grahoe
charged him 50 a ton on freight ana
Eformed him that they would sell coal
a cheap TO witness In Salt Lake as
ybst II would cost him In freight alone.
witness stated that s. III. ellison had
zines nj Price. and his experience with
n Rio Grande was practically identic-
~
srator Whitmore then went on to as
s- that the coal company had stolen
xlsr from his ranch through Its tun-
IDS ruinihg his farm.
STRONG DIRECTIONS.
This statement brought strong objec-
tons from Atty. Allison who stated for
be sake Of argument that the Utah
Fuel company might have stolen the
attle from the farm OF witness and
laughtered them and sold them to the
butcher but the commission had no
rght to inquire into such things. The
Tllman.Gilesple resolution" said
counsel, did not afford the commission
he power 10 investigate water litiga-
,ion believe this commission Is car
ring It's Investigations TO the extreme
and trying to do things away beyond
The dreams Of tho resolutions authors
nd Mr. Allison with considerable
warmth.
Commissioner Clark's answer was
briei and to the point Developments
have proved things undoubtedly, that
NJ authors Of the resolution never
dreamed Of. But as We have these
hngs In the record, II Is not necessary
u 90 into them further"
The witness was then excused.
Arthur A. Sweet was then called. He
Nned his testimony by stating that he
ID been IN the employ OF the Pleasant
alley Coal company and the Utah Fuel
anpany for eight years In various po-
Mons. He said that he had been OPP
dalor at Cotton station for several
vars. While there he learned that a
pece OF land az Sunnyside was being
aEsn Up by Charles Mostyn owen as
aailhs land. Witness protested 1t and
usa coal declaratory statement. The
,se was dismissed on the ground that
y mad not protested within the speci-
.sl tlme' owen swore to nom mineral
a&daylt,
COULDN'T GET LODGINGS.
When witness went TO file on land
y SAID that he was refused bed and
FARO al the company hotel at the in
Cameron,
! went to another hotel kept by a
aaa named Carpenter and secured food
~ bed. continued the witness. II
hed afterwards that Carpenter had
~ asked TO refuse 20 let me stay
d.n hlm' Carpenter appeared curious
sVOut my plans. asking me II needed
NJ s,ance In my land affairs. told
~. ! Gld not. | started with man
.'su hehry to see the ground | had
n,inl, and when about half way mp
ma Vssnyon met +. NJ. Wheeling, now OF
Wv salt Lake police department, and
g,,nset service agent for the Rio
chs..SSe, ana Mexican. They had Win
~ and were standing behind a
wo,'is ihey told us to go back or they
would shoot US.
r.r we reached the ground and COM
Van t SN working. Wheeling said, III
H. you come down we will get you.
sr,ur NY on working, staying on the
NJ NV ABOUT an hour. Wheeling asked
NJ " wDN We were doing and I told him
hnor ~, ~ qisglng a hole. He wanted to
d va, "nat Tor, and answered. What
cai'Yu suppose. We are digging for
nv sv. can put all the coal here in
iont ~, ne answered. Thank you. /
Win sh Tailt TO put It In your eye, but
down w" u 20 Salt Lake. win YOU &c
BY for,s ns canyon at your pleasure, OF
Ssr ,Sr'e eg ! We win take force ans
ths 'u When We finished we went down
mich. W senator Whitmore's
MET BY GUARDS.
tay later ded my supplemental am,
a. ~ appealed tn Tul,,o fok...,,