The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-19
BATTLE AT BINGHAM is
FEARED BEFORE NIGHT
CONTINUED Prom Page oue.)

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| the highways or in the town will not be
| tolerated. The strikers have drawn sew
| eraI headlines throughout the camp and
threaten 10 kill anyone crossing into the
forbidden territory, This will be stopped
| today"
Sharp Will Take Command.
Sheriff Sharp will so to Bingham again
today after the conference with tho gov
ernor this morning,
Seize Rio Grande Trestle.
Late last night about 200 Austrians
from the Highland Boy mlne In Upper
Bingham swept down in a compact body
and took charge of the Denver & Rio
Grande trestle between Upper and Low
er Bingham. firing at every man who at
tempted TO cross II. Fred Wilson of Salt
Lake, who operates a pool hall In the
upper town, staggered pale with fright
Into the police station at Bingham prop
er shortly before midnight and told Of
having been fred upon repeatedly when
he crossed the trestle. Wilson declared
that no less than fifty shots were fred at
him. somo OF them kicking UP the dust
at his feet and whizzing close to his head
The patrolling deputies made no at
tempt TO drive the strikers from the
bridge. preferring to wait until daylight
Lon Heaston, employed as q night
watchman at one of the Highland Boy
pumps, went into Bingham half an hour
later with tale Of having been elected
by force from his position at the pump
hV a ha nd ,,C ofrto
ened him with death II he tried to re-
main on duty The strikers wore armed,
These evidences Of activity by the strik-
ers at Highland Boy. where all was quiet
throughout tho day. added gravity to
already tense to the breaking
point.
Bullets Fly All Night
Throughout the night and until early
morning the sound Of frequent shooting
up and down the canyon were heard In
Bingham. The deputies. divided into
small squads, patrolled the town all
night, keeping peace In the city proper
by disermins every striker inclined to be
troublesome, Great numbers Of strikers
remained in town until q late hour. but
for the most part they were peaceable
Deputies pstroled the line OF the Bing-
ham e. Garfield railroad through the can
yon all night. driving off every striker
along the road. Many thefts Of switch
lights were discovered. but no serious
1amage TO the railroad was attempted.
The railroad is operating nothing but
passenger trains. Orehauling ceased
yesterday morning soon after the strike
vas declared. Fourteen cars Of ore were
shipped to Garfield before noon, but no |
IRE was mined throughout the day.
Strike Near at Apex.
The Utah Apex mine is the only one in |
'perations Under orders from President |
doyer the men are holding off from the
trike there pending the outcome of ne
,otiations with the owners. A conference
between the strike leaders and S. C. |
'eares. manager of the mine, was held
t o'clock yesterday afternoon, follow
ng which kilograms were dispatched to
Soston. where the home offices of the
ompany are located. outlining the sItua-
ion and asking for instructions The
eturn telegram to Manager Seares read.
Do as our neighbors do"
NO strike will be declared at the Apex
ntil further communication has been
eceived from Boston. About 400 men are
mployed at the Apex mine and mill
aeinze Coming Today.
conference also was held during the
fternoon between Alfred Frank, man
ger of the Ohio Copper. and the strike
saders. The Ohio Copper men are out.
ounced that F. Augustus Heinze, the
opper magnate, who is heavily inter-
sted In the Ohio Copper company, would |
rrive from Butte today for a final con-
erence. President Meyer declared 1t
'ossible that a settlement OF the strike
t the Ohio Copper and the Apex mines
would be made today.
d. C. Jackling has full powers TO deal
Nth the strikers for the company. Di-
ectors OF the company In Colorado
prinss yesterday gave out a statement
0 this effect:
1t is feared that the effects Of the
Bingham labor trouble will be felt with
n two or three days by allied Industries,
uch as mills and smelters, depending
pon Bingham mines for their ores. The
$500 SSFPSs NShiph-iys lS the laGH-
st operator Of the camp and the largest
copper producer in the world,
hips Its ores at the rate OF 10000 tons
ally to its concentrating plants at Gar
ed, and the copper concentrates pro-
uced by these mills are shipped to the
'arheld suelter for reduction TO matte,
hen TO blister copper.
Little Ore at Smelters.
II is known that no large surpluses of
re are on hand at either OF the two
nils OF the Utah Copper company, hence
is only a question OF very few hours
eforc the plants must be closed and
thousands Of more men thrown ont of
Employment, Tho Garfield smelter un-
ouotedly has considerable tonnage of
copper concentrates and crude copper
res on hand. but not enough to admit
full operations for any length of time.
ven II there Is no effort made to create
sympathetic strike OF smelter en-
loyecs.