The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04
THE MINERS CONSPIRACY TRIAL.
CONTINUATION OF sINEY's TESTIMONIALS
COURSE DURING THE TROUBLES, AS DESCRIBED
BY HIMSELF.
CLEARFlELD, Pa, Oct. 9, 1875.

BY HIMSELF
CLEARFIELD Pa, Oct 8, 1875.
In continuing his testimony in the miners con-
spracy trial yesterday Sney said that in his speech
Houtsdae, upon his arrival in that region, he said he
opposed to the strike and never ought to have
been entered into that the should be extremely
careful not TO violate the law as the importation of
Italians and others with mining experience and
who could not mine coal without loss, was part of a
scheme OF the operators to exhaust the funds OF the
strikers in paying the fares of back again
and to goad them TO desperate acts which would bring
troops among them and disgrace tho labor organization
Of which he PRESIDENT he offered to go TO Goss
Run alone keep strikers from going there inter-
tere with backlegs, and finally went along with the
crowd SO as to pacify them there; he had the
discussion with mine Fisher as to
whether the road which the crowd had
assembled was public or private property and he
upon of the committees that unsuccessiuy inter
viewed the backlegs get them to leave. He denied
that he said to the crowd :-sCome on boys this is
public property was in front when the crowd
sailed the boarding houses, but told some OF them they
doing wrong, and that he apprehended that they
would get in trouble for it the next morning. To
crowd OF strikers who had met near Moshannon to in
duco the men there to join them he said, addressing
some OF the Moshannon men, he supposed they were
pretty well able to stand now for some time he had
noticed on the railroad Philadelphia and Reading
railroad cars that ought 10 be filling by the in
Schuylkill county then strike. He did ask the
hoshannon men to go along and bring the Sterling
out but what he said was that as it was reported that
the Sterling would come out If the Moshannon
did, the latter should 90 up and see If the re-
port was true, and II not true the
so that some would not DO idle while others
worked. There was no disorder OF threats He then
went TO Sterling with the crowd and seeing the posi-
bility OF trouble left after cautoning the men and
others with them about their turbulent disposition He
went TO Houtsdac that afternoon to leave tho region
but meeting Joyce of the defendants convicted at
the former trial. prevailed upon BY him to attend
miners demonstration to come OF at Nutalls switch
From PhpsbuTg he went 10 tho Switch with process
son ana there met PARKS for the first time in the
gion. The Morrisdale men not coming to the meeting
as expected committee was sent to their line where
one OF the committee, Slney criticised
TIM TREACHERY OF THE MEN
in continuing to work after having voted for the adj
He urged that they ought to pull together with
the rest Several votes taken by the unsats-
facorly, and Parks made speech upon the necessity
of the men acting in concert with the other miners
urging the advance rs due them and contrasting their
novels with the palaces OF their employers A final
vote resulted IN favor Of quitting work Siney then
went back to Phllpsburg with the intention OF leaving
the county, and there arrested and gave bail APP
pretending that Parks was supposed by many to DO
still in jail the news of his arrest would further
exasperate the mon, he went up the next
morning to HouLsdale to advise the
against being either excited or discouraged.
The Sheriff having applied to him for that purpose, he
there assisted that officer in max ing The
day, in speech TO the citizens Of Houtsdae upon the
conspiracy laws of the state, Sney complained that
while under the law the shooting of highwayman or
burglar in defence OF ones property or life justi
law f they merely went 70 reason with men who
among them take the bread and butter from their
plates; that tho enforcement Of obnoxious law
the surest way 10 its repeal urging his hearers 70 join
his organization and asserting that its efforts would
Until It's members walked in solid phalanx TO tho
ballot box TO obliterate obnoxious laws.
Siney's testimony was also 70 the effect that the
Miners Organization was, in every sense pubic one
and that he had never entered into agreement To
prevent men from working at the mines
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
lengthy and searching cross examination by Sena-
tor Wallace developed the fact that Sney did OIL
caly declare the strke Illegal call the local organ
ization together for any purpose the purpose being
TO establish that he not here IN Official capa-
city.
An offer by the defence to show that under the usage
OF tho National Association strikes resored
until after arbitration and negotiation through
mttees have failed and that all other peaceful and law
full means for obtaining the purpose OF the strike
dscounenanccd by IL was objected 70 and overruled
number OF witnesses substantiated Siney's testi-
mony
The argument for the defence will be made BY Hon
George X. Barrett andeF. w. Hughes.