Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-07
CREEK COAL MINE RS
ENGAGE IN ARMED
R|OT|NC
DEPUTY SHERIFF DEAD
AND SEVERAL WOUNDED
Foreign Miners at KeniIworth,
Near Salt Lake, Object to
Coal Weighing and Methods
of Company'S Store at Mines,


fBy Morning Journal specist Lsassa WirsI
Salt Lake, Feb. 6.--An armed up
rising of Greek coal miners s Xenil-
worth, Carbon county, utan, was sup
pressed today after one man had been
killed, one man fatally wounded and
several others slightly hurt BY flying
bullets. Tonight the rioters. nearly
200 In number are retreating through
the hills in scattered bands with
Helper station, on the n.o Grande
railway. as their objective point
Posses numbering altogether about
800 men are chasing the Greeks TO
prevent their escape on the railroad.
As the latter are armed further fight
ing IL expected.
Kenliworth Is model Industrial
town, fifteen miles southeast of Salt
Lake city, owned by the Kenilworth
Coal h Coke company. The trouble
began last Friday when the Greek
miners complained that discrimination
was shown in the weighing OF coal In
favor of Americans. A proposel from
the mine superintendent that they APP
point their own weighe-s, failed TO
give satisfaction The Greeks refused
to work on Saturday and tried to dis
suade the American from entering
the mine. In addition to the COM
plant of over Weighing they found
fault with the store system maintain
ed By the company.
Ii was reported on Sunday that the
malcontents were storing guns and
ammunition in their houses and de-
putty sheriffs were sent from Price to
maintain order. Early this morning
the Greeks took to the foothills
around the town and commenced a
desultory fire upon the Americans
who were going to work. In an at
tempt to dislodge the sharpshooters,
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jackson was
shot and killed and another deputy
fatally wounded.
The fire continued until afternoon.
BY that time Sheriff Kelter had or
ganized a force of thirty men and
made an attack on the ambushed
strikers. When one ureek was NOR
tally wounded and five other captur-
ted, the rest took to flight.
In the meantime the sheriff In
creased his force by arming the
Americans in that part !. the country
and by sending to the sheriff of Salt
Lake county and the chief of the
police for aid. Thirty officers left
this city on a special train in response
to the appeal and reached Kenlworth
at o'clock this evening.
AS only a part OF the insurrection-
AIRY forces have guns and the entire
band Is outnumbered 1t is thought
that the Greeks will try to get out OF
the district and fight only to aviod ar
rest
Advices received late tonight con-
firm the death list as one with
another mortally woun~-4. Jackson
is dead and the dying man is Greek
striker. Several other Greeks are
slightly wounded.
A part of the Greek colony In said
to be not in sympathy with the strike
and have asked the sheriff for pro-
lection from their riotous country
men and It has been given.
After a day of terror the coal camp
of Kenilworth Is quiet tonight with
the officers of the law in fun control.
Reports have been received here that
several persons were killed In long
range battle between striking Greek
miners concealed In the hills and men
in the town. but only one name Is
given. that of Thomas Jackson, a dep
uty sheriff, who undoubtedly is dead.
Two or three of the attacking party
are believed to be dead or mortally
wounded. Five of the Greeks are In
jail and more than 100 in hiding In
the mountains.a All the American
miners and the faction OF the Greeks
who are contented with conditions at
the mines are under the protection Of
strong posse organized by the sheriff
of Carbon county.