The Anaconda standard., 1898-03-11
BUTTE News.
CHINESE BOYCOTT CASE
Williams Insists That He Was
Not Guilty of Contempt.
THE HEARING POSTPONED
Books OF the Cooks and Waters Assem-
bly, Cannot Be Found-Welden Has
a Lively coiloquy With Sanders
on Poverty and Chastity

The contempt proceeding against
Owen Williams for his failure 10 obey
a subpoena to appear before Examiner
Blake to testify in the Chinese boycott
Investigation, came up before Judge
Knowles in the United States court
yesterday afternoon, but after Mr..
Williams attorney. Thompson Camp
bell had read several affidavits the
hearing was postponed until 10 o'clock
this morning 10 give Colonel Sanders
an opportunity TO prepare counter affi-
davits Williams made an affidavit IN
which he said he had no intention Of
disobeying the order of the court, and
that he had reported TO Deputy Mar
shal Meikeljohn, who, after consulting
with Colonel Sanders. informed him
that he was not wanted at that time,
and that he could return to his place
of business and he would be sent tor
when wanted. David MeiSeljohn made
a similar affidavit and said that Colonel
Sanders had told him that Williams
would not be called for some days vet
and he so informed Meikeljohn. It Is
stated that Williams does not object to
going before the examiner, but may
refuse TO testify through fear of the
alleged threats made against his life
He will rely on an old rule OF law,
which says a man cannot be compelled
to testify in a civil case where his tes-
fim0ny NDuid N0Fk INJURY
TO himself. and Williams pfetends TO
believe that his business would suffer
If he should testify in the boycott ease
Frank r. Welden, secretary of the
Cooks and Walters assembly and one
of the defendants who had been on the
witness stand for two days, was served
with a subpoena yesterday morning to
produce the books OF the assembly con-
tanning the records of the assembly's .
proceedings during the month of De-
cember. 1896, and January. February
and March, 1897. Mr. Welden was called
again to the witness stand at 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning when the examina-
tion was resumed before Judge Blake.
Have you with you the book or
books of the Cooks and Walters as
sembly containing the records of its
proceedings for December, 1896. and
January, February and March, 1897 p
asked Colonel Sanders.
Il have not" answered Mr.. Welden.
Where is the book"
Il do not KNOW"
Where did you last see it,
Il last saw it in the case or cupboard
used for storing such records in the
Miners Union hail."
it,"
Il looked for ii on the evening of the
2sth of February"
WAS II thereo''
1t was not.
was that the place where the book
was kept, and where IL should have
beenP"
THAT was the place where 1t should
have been"
Mr. Wines. counsel for Welden. in
terrupted the examination to state that
the subpoena TO produce the books had
just been served on Mr.. Welden and
that he did not have time 10 make a
further search for them, and he was
then excused until 2:so o'clock in this
afternoon to give him time to look for
the records again.
Bert Ham was put on the stand and
testified that he was II years of age
and an expressman by occupation. He
said that about a year ago he was en-
ployed to drive a wagon with a boy
colt sign ON IL. He Was employed 10y
John Ball proprietor of the Montana
livery stable. who had the contract foi
hauling the wagon, and received his
instructions from Ball and a cork
legged cook whose name Ham did MOI
know. The sign on the wagon was !
notice of boycott on the Chinese anc
Japanese There were also severa
pictures on the float One represented
chinaman cooking and in the act Of
dropping a rat into pot of soup. the
other picture represented a ChinamaT
ironing and squirting water from his
mouth.
Andrew ]. Davis of the First Ma
fional bank testified about his knowl
edge of the existence of the boycott
and also said he understood there wer.
labor organizations in Butte and hae
often seen their professions and pa
rades. He couldn't form an estimat,
of the strength and number of the or
ganizafions in Butte. In answer /,
questions by Colonel Sanders the wit
ness said that about three years ago
man called on him at the bank ant
said he understood that the bank em
ployed a Chinaman as janitor an'
asked If Mr.. Davis did not know tina
1t was not agreeable TO labor organi
cations to employ Chinese labor. Tn