The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
MYSTERY OF STl)ENENbERG'S DEATH
And CONSPIRACY AGAINST uNl0NlShl

VIC" LA0 peAuAA& IT1dl OI NdOyers nay.
wood, Pettibone st. John and Orchard
in the light of the political and Indus
trial development of this western min
ing country. If, as some claim, Stand
ard Oil is behind the factors and in
fluences that have brought about this
latest phase Of the situation, mad the
arrest of the Federation officials is
merely the result-of a. conspiracy, con-
cocted In Wall Street, having for it's
purpose the disruption and destruction
Of the organization of the Western
Federation of Miners-the back-bon
Of the Industrial Workers of the
World-and the ultimate disintegration
of the trade union movement in Amer
lea, then the facts must be known and
the conspiracy laid bare: For it is re-
allied that the conviction of the union
leaders will at least demoralize Ameri-
can trade unionism, if it does not give
1t a permanent setback.
Present Regime Essential to Mine
Owners.
In tracing the political history Of the
West, I will show the methods used in
seating ]. F. Mcdonald In the gover-
nor's chair Of Colorado. Because Of
the transa ctions under the former gov
ernor James Peabody it will be re-
vealed how necessary it is for the
preservation of the Mine Owenrs' as
sociation and the personal safety, per-
haps, Of several members Of that as
ISOLATION that the present government
al regime shall continue. To add to
its prestige, and, perhaps, wiring VIC
tory in the future, it will be told how
important the Republican party Of the
state considers the arrest of the Fed
GRAFTON men, and how strenuously it
will work to encompass their destruc-
ton. I will further show that Repub-
lican and Decorate alike, the
reigning parties in the western states
have continuously and consistently op-
posed to organized labor, and have not
hesitated to subdue and crush it with
bayonets and butchery whenever the
mine owners demanded action by the
government.
The Cattle War Important Factor.
Taking another tack. I will probe
into the political and industrial situ-
alton as it presents itself: in the state
of Idaho. The wa7 between the cat
tie men and sheep men Of that state
will be investigated and the records
of the hired murderers employed by
either side will be exposed. I will tell
how Frank Steunenberg went into tho
governors chair a poor man and
emerged therefrom; wealthy capital
ist. His career and movements as
a sheepman of vast estate, since his
gubernatoria1: reign, will be written,
and will Indicate the hatred that
shaA been saecorss thes eattle.
a1en fsths so 6 81 ears rs
might not be simpoftA fits sttixt In the
course ofgthis Investigation, it will be
proved that 5, Steunenbers was :assas-
s1nated by the paid emissary of some
outrage cattle king. Il
Forced to Admit Defeat.
The special correspondent of the
Denver News .telesraphs his paper
from Boise, Idaho, as follows:
=. Vincent st. John will. be on his
way to Colorado in the. custody of
Floyd Thompson, secretary of the
Cripple Creek Mine Ownbrs' asso-
citation before the week is over. The
state authorities here have admitted
that they have no case against st.
John, either in connection with tho
Steunenberg murder or other offense.
TN order to make sure, however,
they took st. John to Caldwell a week
ago and presented him to the citizens
of that town to see if anybody could
be found who might identify him as
one Of the men who had been in tho
company of Harry Orchard. None of
the towns people had ever seen st.
John, and this circumstance. taken
in connection with positive proof that
he had been in the Occur d. Alene
district for more than a year, decid-
ed the prosecution to surrender the
prisoner to the Colorado authorities.
"One of the reasons for the trip
to Idaho taken by Buckley Wells was
the hope that st. John might be taken
and turned over to Colorado authori-
ties. The night st. John was placed
in the penitentiary at Boise, after
he had ben brought up from Caldwell,
Wells was assured that he would be
surrendered to representative from