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By Clarence Darrow W
in Toto and Outl
William 1
< >:i Mo inlay in address that cccu
iik-.l two sessions of court attorne
i'hireiiee Darrow, outlined to th
jnn the defense of William ID
Haywood to the charge that h
plotted the murder of former Gov
ernor Steunenberg. In a broai
description it is to be a denial c
every material count in the testi
, i * * 11 \ id' ( u'iflt o cliAufin
ill VI ? ? VI v>??> ua ft I WU Cll OllVltl lll|
that < Mehard killed. Steunenber
heeanse of a private grudge burn
fur the loss of a rich she re in tli
great Hercules mine, and the ex
|ilanatiun of independent circmu
stances that tend to connect th
three co-defendants with Orchard'
life and operations.
* Attorney Darrow denied the ex
istenee of the great conspiracy t
murder alleged by the state witl
' ( hohard"s testimony as a basis; dc
tied that the federation was any
thing except an earnest figlitiu.
lal?>r organization, with highe
wages, shorter hours tolerabl
working conditions and the car
and safety and education of it
members and their wifes and cliil
dren. as its high and only motives
denied intimacy with the three cc
defendants that Orchard had evei
committed many of the crimes c
?Mini nc linn uoasua and j>ro
mixed ti> niiike proof ol' his eon
tfiitions with many of the mei
iiunn-d l>y Orchard when 011 tli
tlie stand, and many witnesses <1
credible character not conueetci
In any lie with the federation o
its leaders.
lie charged that the agents o
the mine owners association c
'olnia.la, and Pinkerton detective
had .joined hands in a conspiracy
to discredit the Western Federa
nl miners. The agents of the min
owners had lie asserted, coinmittei
many minor crimes to discredit tli
I'cilemtioii, anil promised that tli
defense would show that it was
reasonable inference that they li:i<
engineered the independence depe
outrage as an "attempt" that Inn
misinrried into a tragedy He as
set ed that tliis trial was tlieculmi
nation of a conspiracy to kill th
organization by killing the leader?
that tlie organization and tic
I ti 11 * - 1 lay wood was 011 trial an
that liarry Orchard, under th
manipulation of Detective Part
land, was trying to kill Moyei
llaywooil and Pettibone that h
might save his own life.
I11 explanation of the draft fo
--loo which Haywood sent to Jae
>impkiiis 011 December 21, 190?
harrow promised that lie woul
show tliat Simpkius had an ex
( live account for S-^-f against tli
Federation and that 011 the al'tei
noon Simpkins himself had easlie
t check for that amount in Den vi
lie gave Haywood ?100 with tli
rcipiest that he mail the amount t
him at his home in Spokane. -A
t<> the personal relations betwee
1 hehard and Pettibone, Darro'
Icelared, any one could mak
friends with Pettibone and tli;
I'ettibone fed Orchard as he woul
any other "dog." As to the lii
uncial relations, Darrow said wlie
< 'rchard left Denver for Wyomin
he gave Pettibone his money, h:
Masonic badge and other trinkel
ami some papers for safe kecpinj
From time to time Pettibone fo
warded parts of the money to hii
as requested.
The registered package tlis
went to San Francisco contain?
the Masonic pin, the trinkets an
the papers, and the money till
I'ettibone set to Orchard at Ha
Francisco was sent in a mania
and under assumed names th:
< 'rchard directed and suggested i
a telegram he sent to Pettibom
I he use of the assumed names tl
counsel declared was a commo
practice among union miners <
' 1 'lorado, made a stern necesity I]
the black listing of union mine]
whom he declared had been abuses
hounded, denied justice and drive
from the state.
I 'arrow said that defense won!
probably not undertake and shot
ing as to the unsigned letter n
fbUlVlhlN 1 j
)E TO JURY;
fin rjonjop ci.?
iiu t/uixu vyiciicliU i oiury lot
ines the Defense of \
X Haywood* r
| IK
i'1
i- I ceived by Orchard at the Caldwell 1
y ! jail the letter that said "that" had j1,1
e ! been sent to "Jack" on December j w
i, 21st, and which Orcharcd swore Iw
e! Petti bo no wrote and at the close 1
. both sides would probably argue ; 11
j I their respective constructions of it. ol
? DISTRICT =
!! OFFICERS
> Attending the National Executive r
s Board Meeting at Indian- ^
apolis?Other News.
o ! -r
(i National Vice President T. b. | 1
.. Lewis and District Secretary Ben |
- jj". Morris, addressed a most sucg
cessful mass meeting at Boomer on
r last Thursday evening. The meete
ing was largely attended and cone
siderable interest displayed by
s those present. It is hoped that
. the meeting will serve to bring the
:j men closes together. For several
i- months past there seems to have ||
11 been something wrong and there j e
f appears to have been a disturbing: "i
1 element who have succeeded in j [j
. | keeping lip a factional feeling
ii i among the men and consequently i ,t|
e j the organization has sulf red to a *
,f considerable extent. But it is be- j cj
I ! lie veil that the men will now get |)(
r | together and a strong local will be
built up regardless of the trouble *|-c
f breeders.
f! * :i: * - w
s I District President James M. q
y | Craigo, Secretary Hen F. Morris j;,
" and Sub-District President Thomas S
e Cairns arc in liuliauapt lis, Itid., C
1 j in attendance upon the Xational It
e Executive Board meeting in the
e interest of the West Virginia dis- el
l ] trict. It is expected that the ei
j Board will amply provide for this hi
j district so that work of organize- j sv
d j tion will be prosecuted with more i w
j vigor than ever before and that , X
i" it will continue until the state is O
c thoroughly organized. j fe
7 ip T- TP j
?t
q Hcii Davis, o(' Montgomery, !
e West Virginia's member ol' the ,''
National Executive Board, left ;
J. last Sunday for Indianapolis, to j
p attend a meeting of that body and
look after the interests of his eon- !
ir stituents. This will l>e one of the !
k most important sessions held for :l
[ some time and the West Virginia
mine is are looking forward to the
outcome with much interest.
e * * *
Harry llouslield National Exed
cutive Board Member from Kansas,
.j- who has been working in this field
e for some t ime past, left Sunday to
0 attend the National Board meeting
s at Indianapolis. 1 Ie will probably .
n go from there to his home in I'itts
iv burg, Kansas. He did much good *
e work during li s stay among us
it and made a host of friends.
(I *t" "i* , j
' E. K. Smith, a staunch union C
man ana woraer 01 me .a am mom ; w
K laical was in the city the latter. tl
ls part of the week and reports his : ei
's local in good condition and every- l>
' thing moving along very smoothly, u
r" * * * p
A.lex Steele, the popular Secre "
^ tary of the Plymouth local union, ?
l(j was in the city Saturday on busi- !'
j ness and paid the Argus office a 1
pleasant call. ?
.
Gompcrs Answers Mellen.
it President Gompcrs, of the ?
in American Fedeiation of Labor, a
e. takes issue with the President t.
le Charles S. Mellen, of the Xcw f,
hi York, New Haven & Hartford
of railroad, who said in an address n
iy to the stockholders:
rs "I regret to say, so far as the
1, organized labor item is concerned
n that I am meeting constantly a decreased
efficiency with every in- a
id ciease in waves." : u
r- "If President Mellen's statement s<
e- is true," said Gompcrs, "he is an | A
oiaU.il aiul unprecedented posi
on. As a matter of fact, the
aim which Mr. Mellen makes is a
atural and physical contradiction
nd impossibility. The trend of
-ill is always to the trades and ;
tiling in which higher and better
ages prevail."
Insist On Union Clothing.
The I'll ode Island State branch
"the A. F. of I.., at a meeting
unc 10, passed a vote that will1
leet with the hearts approval of
insistent union men the country !
I
At future meeting of that body
o delegate will be seated unless
is clothing bears tlie union label.
All local unions affiliated will lie
Jtilied to this effect, and that it 1
ill lie strictly adhered to, govs
ithout saying.
This applies to Charleston trade'
aionists as well as to union men
r Rhode Island cities. There are
iveral stores in this city that!
ike a specialty of "label" ready- j
ade garments, and if one prefers j
is to m made clothing, they may !
so be obtained in the city bear- ,
ig tlie union label.
)RCHARD SPY F01
old Witness That He Was ;
Agency?Had Repeater
Former Governo
The defense in the Win. 1). liny- ]
ood ease introduced their lirsfc
ireet testimony on Tuesday.
Larry Orchard was also further
cainiued by the defense to com-,
lete its formal impeachment ques- j
TT '
wis. lie was sun minor tin- pro- .
icting wings of the army of guards
id prompters.
Two witnesses swore that Orlard
threatened to kill Steunenerg
because of the Hercules matter
nd the defense prepared the way
>r such testimony from a dozen !
tore witnesses. The two heard
ere F. It. Itedd, once of
ripple Creek and now of Goldeld,
Nevada, and Charles A.
ullivan, formerly of Cripple
reek, now watchman in the]
rowii Hotel in Denver.
Itedd said that he heard Or- i
lard make the statement threat 1
ling Steunenberg in the miners
ill in Cripple Creek, and Sullivan ]
core that while he and Orchard
ere fellow boarders at John
eville's place in Cripple Creek,
rchard repeatedly said that hut',
ir Steunenberg he would be a rich
an and that he intended to kill j
im. The cross examination show- 1
1 that both were members of the ,
Western Federation of Miners,
nit Sullivan was a friend of Hay |
ood, Moyer and many union i
aders at Cripple Creek.
l?r. I. 1j. Metiec, a mining broker
t Coeur de* Allies, another imeacliment
witness swore that Orlard
told him in 11104 at Wallace,
talio, that he was "spotter" for a
etoctive agency. Orchard denied
lis conversation; denied that he
as in Idaho at any time in 11104.
CJ 1 -i - ? '
oeverai witnesses, principally
omen who kept lodging houses at j
ripple Creek, located Orchard at !
arious conferences with Sterling, [
detective for the Mine Owners!
association, prior to the Independ- !
ice explosion, and there was a !
irther showing as to the meeting [
etween Orchard and I>. C. Scott, |
detective for the Florence and j
ripple Creek Railway. Another \
itness told of the effort to locate
ic men guilty of the Independ- j
ace station outrage by starting a
loodhound from a chair rung j
sed in pulling of the mine ex- j
losion. He said the dog took the (
and to Colorado Springs, the one
ver which Orchard tied in the
ight, and that when he reported
? Sterling he got orders to call the
og off. Sterling said that he
new who blew up the station,
iter said that Steve Adams had
one so. The State fought the ad lission
of the bloodhound story
?,1 4 1... - -1 = -4*
iiu .nau tut" UIIIUIXMUII Ul
ridenee covering the general
rat tires of the Colorado labor law.
ut in lxith instances the court
iled with the defense.
Strike Breakers Strike.
A strike called by strike-breakers
t Wheeling forming a non-union
nion, was the experience at Wil- i
jn's planing mills this week. On
iondav a man giving the name of;
Glassworkcrs Consolidate.
Announcement has been made
by L. A. faultner, ' President of
the Aujalgamated Glass Workers
of America, that an agreement had
been reached whereby the Independent
Union of Window Glass
Workers, known as Local Assembly
No. ttOO, had been merged
with the former organization.
A struggle between the two organizations
had been waged for j
seven years. The agreement gives j
the Amalgamated Window Glass j
Workers of America practically all
of the skilled workmen iir the |
hand plants in the United States, j
Memory Honored.
Samuel Gompors; president of i
the American Federation of Labor, i
delivered the address on Meuorial
Day at the dedication of the moim j
ment erected by organized labor to j
the late George E. MeXeill, one of i
the foremost writers on economic 1
subjects in the country, at Forest
Hill cemetery near lloston.
Whoever heard of a non-unionist
or strikebreaker having a monument
erected over him t
R MINE OWNERS
p
\ "Spotter" for a Detective
ily Threatened Life of
r Steunenberg.
Mays, and claiming to hail from
Virginia, came to the union carpenters
and reported that he had ,
severed his connection with the i
Wilson mill, lie said others had !
joined him and that the strike- i
v. 1 ?i -? ....
UlCUKCITt nil' I III llll'll SCriKOIX.
Mays claimed tliat lie hail been
promised 84 per day, but when Ins
envelope was handed him he discovered
a discrepency of 81 per
day. He-worked all day Monday,
he said, only in order to get his
money, and when it was not forthcoming,
quit.
If Mays' story is correct, it is
significant in tending to prove the
theory that Wheeling employers
are after the open shop?offering
84 to men to take the places of
Wheeling citizens who are only
asking for 83.till.
Have you road' 'The I'inkerton
Labor Spy"! Sec our great free;
offer elsewhere in this issue.
BRINGS SUIT
FOR $240,000.
Relatives of Victims of the Stuart
Mine Disaster Sue For
Heavy Damage.
Attorneys Osenton, McPeak, ]
Littlepage and I'oteet, had Sheriff j
K. 1$. Hawkins appointed admin- i
istrator for the following named
nAKMUMi ...1.? 1 * it.-'- " - -
|/w?ovno n uu iuni Ulfir Jives III 111(3 |
Stuart explosion. The object be- j
iiifi to bring suit in each ease for
810,000 damages, and we under- 1
stand, these cases will come up at!
the September term of court. This j
is about one half the number that
will be represented by these at- |
torueys. The Stuart company we
are imformed is one of the com- j
pauies in the Boston pool, known
as the New Kiver Company, ofi
which Col. Sam Dixon has the
active, management. Following is i
a list of the deceased persons: i
John Minter, Frank Loving, Lester
Loving, Harry Loving, tides
Minter, Walter Blake, Namen
Crosse, Cecil Crouse, James Lewis,
Leet Skaggs, Jackie Atkinson.
.Tsir-v rv. -.... n a i' -1
~ ' " " " ' - . .'iuuiir^, xuupil
E. IiOve, I ).illas E. Love, Samuel
Howlett, Thos. Harridge, Win.
Gordon, Otto TJlendennin, Knos
Banks, Jno. L. Morris, Thomas
Horridge, James Eckersly, J. W.
Hamilton.
It is to be hoped the widows
and orphans of these unfortunate
dead miners will have a speedy
hearing of their case and that the
outcome may be pecuniarily beneficial
to these needy persons.?
Fayette Sun.
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the supply is exhausted.
RICH GRAF
ARE
In the San Francisco
Prosecutor Heneyman
Get<
As showing who are the real lav
breakers and supporters of lav
lessness in San Francisco says tli
Mine Workers Journal, a remark
able statement was issued to th
public last week by Francis .1
lleney, the chief prosecutor in th
graft cases. At the commence
ment he states.- '"So many wealth;
men in this community are in
to res ted in protecting rich friend
or business associates from th
penalties of their crimes that it ha
become absolutely essential for th
prosecutors to take the public int
their confidence to a sufficient ex
tent, at least, to offset the fuls
statements which are being eircu
lated." When lviief and Sell in it
were lirst charged with their crime
and there was a suspicion on th
part of many of the graft investigsi
tors were endeavoring to disruu
the Labor Union parly and ovei
throw the unions the merchant
and tlie wealthy class in genera
were loud in thesr praises. The;
wanted io see "all grafters sent t
the penitentiary." Hut, as I lone;
says, "the moment we began t
uncover rich criminals and t
demonstrate that our motto woul<
lie, "No man is above the law,'
the attitude of many of the met
chants, bankers and predoriat ric
changed. Now the fears of mei
chants and business men of 11)
city are worked upon by banker
who suggest that "the prosecu
tions are injuring the fair nam
and destroying the financial credi
of the community." Honey furthe
states: "The representatives c
nearly all tho banks in the cit
met in conference with I'atric
Calhoun a short time ago and pled>j
ed him their support." Again
"Some of these bankers and ou
merchants have gone so far as t
preach the doctrine of anarchy,
personally have heard some of ou
wealthiest citizens insist that thi
is the time to bring on a war bt
twecn capital and labor in thi
city; that now was the time to anni
liilate one or the other; and tha
it would better to have the street
of San Francisco run with blooi
than have the present carinen'
strike compromised on any term
that would recognize the right c
any man to belong to a union
One 'highly respectable merchant
declared yesterday that 'the met
chants will not permit Mr. Gal
houn to be convicted.'" Mi
Honey's letter is full of just sue
strong statements, but enough ha
been quoted to show just wher
many of the wealthy class of Sa
Francisco stand and how much it
speet they have for the law whei
their interests arc effected. O
the other hand, it is interesting t
note the attitude of union in it
gard to the law. As to the gral
disclosures the labor union desire
to see the accused get a fair trial
but beyond that they did not g<
They were willing to await the rc
suit of such trial before forming
final opinion. And as to th
casual outbreaks of lawlessness i
connection with the carmen'
strike by some hotheaded uuio
sympathizers, it can be state
witlic ' fear of successful contra
diction (hat the attitude of th
labor It tiers of the city did mor
to niaint.-.iii peace and to reslrai
tliose who had a tendency to thro1
bricks than all other influence
put together. Even, a prejudice
governor was finally compelled t
reluctantly admit that he believe'
the labor leaders really desired t
have peace. Unionism stands fc
law and order and under thes
conditions it always does its be*
work. When the wealthy peopl
of this country take the sam
stand and realize that they ai
under the law as much as tli
laboring class we may begin t
hope for a better condition <
things and a fairer and more in
partial distribution of j ustice.
Pat's View of It.
I heard a story the other "da
about two Irishmen who worked i
TERS
PROTECTED
Investigation Says Chief
?But the Working
J the Limit.
-- tlie Kast Boston tunbel. One of
o them was n big man about six feet
> two in height, ami tlie other a
o little man not over four feet six
I, inches. The foreman came along
e to see how the work was progress<.
iug, and noticed that one of them
y was doing more work than the
i- other.
s "Look here!'' he cried, "how
u is it that little Dennis, who is only
s half your size, is doing nearly
e twice as much work as yon, Pat?"
a Glancing down at his partner,
l'at replied:
e "And why shouldn't he; aint he
i- nearer to it; 1"
I THE MONSTER
it IS DENOUNCED
.s
il From the Pulpit by a Spokane
^ Minister Who Thinks Little
y of Orchards Testimony.
O
o
,| The Rev. l)r. Oliver \V. Vim
>,jOsdel pastor of the First Baptist
. _| church, of Spokane, Wash., ami
I, i founder of the Baptist Young
. j People's Union of America, which
e! will have its sixteenth internations
j al convention in that city, July 4
'. ; to 7, preaching on the subject,
e j "What Think Ye of llarry Orcta11
ardl" said, among other things:
I,, j "Unless the prosecutors of the
case now on trial at Boise can
v j bring testimony to corroborate that
j. | of Harry Orchard, I do not think
, the jury can put much dependence
'. in his confession. When a man
confesses that he is a thief, a liar,
u a bigamist, and has committed
[ arson, in addition to being a
murderer, it seems to me that any
s body of men would have to make
allowances in accepting his testis
loony. He excuses himself by
l'. saying that he was hired?a fact I
t am not hero cither to assert or
s deny. It is said he is a horrible
man, and I should not lie surprised
s if he is a monster."
''1M0TT0ED GARTERS.
PEEK-A-BOO-WAISTS
And all Must Bear the Union Label
h So Says the Loganport (Ind.)
s Fa'r Sex.
C
it
.. ! Mottoed garters and peek-a-boo
i, j waist, the low-neeUed dress of the
u society woman ami the high-heeled
0 slippers of thecliorus girl, all must
.. hereafter bear the union laltel.
(_ That was the decree of the delcgates
to the convention of the In1
tornational Woman's babel beague
at bogansport, Indiana.
With the most utter accord, the
a most absolute unanimity, the delej.
gates gave that edict to the world.
,i There is to be no half way meass
tires in the eampaigu to be waged,
i, ''Kvery article that woman wears,
,1 from the toe of her open-work
_ t stockings to the comb in Iter mare
eeled hair, must possess the magic
? I insignia of union laltor." Such is
n; the ultimatum of the league,
(v- With the stirring campaign cry
s ! upon their lips of the "The Amerij
| can woman must clothe herself in
o | the union label," the delegates det1
j cided, without a dissenting voice,
o I to do battle vigorously in the
,r ! future for the label.
;e ,'W'e cannot conscientiously conit
tinue a.s members of this organie
zation without seeing hereafter
ie that everyone of us, that all our
e friends, that every woman we can
ie influence, wears proudly upon
0 each and every article of her cloth.
,f ing the grand old sign?the union
!- label," cried one delegate in the
declaration of war.
I , , ,
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