Arizona republican., 1912-09-20
Governor Spry Tells Miners They Have Right to Quit Work But Must Not Molest Companies Prop erty
DEPUTIES PATROL
 BINGHAM STREETS
President Mover of Feder- ation Is on Hand and Warns Members of Union the Organization Will Not Tolerate Disturbances
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArCHl

1 BINGHAM, Utah, Sept 19.-The strike of forty-two hundred miners | Here is no nearer settlement tonight than when the men walked out yes | terday morning The visit of Gov ! efnor Spry to the camp and his ad- | oress to the strikers had q quieting l effect and the disturbances of last | night have not been repeated. The ] Greeks abandoned their Qualifications to listen to the governors speech. and so far have not returned to them
 Ii is said tonight however, that 1 they will again take up their posi- tion behind the breastworks tomor- TOW morning It is the plan of the forces of deputy sheriffs now in duty to prevent this Other than un- l usually large crowds of idle men in the streets the situation here is peaceful and quiet
 Charles Mover. president of the Western Federation of Miners, has cautioned the strikers that the de struction of property will not be toI- ! erated by the union and has advised the men that he will expel any mem
 Der found guilty of committing un-
 lawful acts
 The appearance of Governor Spry and the state board of labor con l cilation and arbitration as factors in the strike situation in Bingham,
 where between four and five thou
 sand miners are in virtual control of the mining properties. was the most
 orcoura ging feature today Develop
 ments indicate the trouble was the
 theft Of more than five thousand
 pounds of high power dynamite from
 the Utah Construction company's
 stores at Bingham, the inability cf
 conservative leaders to control a cer-
 tain element of the strikers and the proposed service of warrants on d
 number of strikers responsible for . shooting and intimidation at the cop
 Fer camp
 The Greek miners entrenched on a
 mountain commanding the works or
 the Utah Copper company. left their
 Actresses shortly before the arrival
 of the governor and his peace party
 this afternoon and joined the audi once which listened to an address by the executive and others. but an interpreter was quoted as declaring
 that the desertion was only tenn rcrary and that the fortress would be occupied as soon as the governor
 departed
 Governor Spry's trip to Bingham
 was the sequence of a long confer
 erce between state officials. the , county sheriff the commander of the state militia, and representatives of
 the miners and mining companies. Frequent reports from Bingham told of the firing upon the mine of ficials who attempted to reach or
 leave their properties and other con
 ditions of civil warfare. but there } was no mention of personal injury [ or damage to property, and the yer , ! dict of meeting at the capitol was that mediation should be attempted
 before military interference would be t justified
 1 Promptly at the close of the con ference the conferees entered auto | mobiles and started over the noun tain roads for the scene of trouble. Reports made to Adjutant General } Wedgewood. of the Utah National t Guard, had indicated that in an 7 l
 battery of artillery could be mustered
 for strike duty within eight hours. l News of the governors start was flashed ahead to Bingham and caused
 the postponement of preparations
 made by Chief Deputy AXelsteele for flank attack upon the miners en- 3 trenchment.
 The party which reached Bingham
 with the governor consisted of Chief
 Justice Prick of the supreme court; Attorney General Barnes and John Deern, members of the cancellation
 board; General Wedgewood; N. r
 Stathakos, a well known Greek ban n ker of Salt Lake; a priest of the f Greek Catholic church; Warden Ar I thur Pratt of the state penitentiary
 Charles H. Mover president of the 2 Western Federation of Miners; W | Persens of the United States army a detailed as an instructor of the Ma V t;Cnal Guard
 e Strikers and citizens tlronget : about the party and there was nc e 1 difficulty in collecting audience 5. for Governor Spry, who was th' l. first speaker. He assured the miners e that their right to quit work wa: e unquestionable and then warned then o lot to interfere with property o e violate laws Stathakos and Rev
 Lambrigos then addressed the Greei