The sun., 1906-02-19
FOR STEUNENBERG'S MURDER.
HEADS OF MINERS FEDERATION
ARRESTED IN COLORADO.
Extradlt ed and Hurried to idaho In Special
Train Under Armed Guard-BOmbs
Placed to KIN Colorado Oficials hug
Up-Crippie Creek Horrors Conf essed.

Placed to Kin Colorado OfYicials hug
Cripple Creek Horrors Conf essed.
DENVER, Col, Feb. ls.-President Charles
II. Meyer and Secretary William d. Hay
wood Of the Western Federation OF Miners
and q. A. Pcttibone, former member OF
the executive board Of the organization,
were arrested last night and lodged in Jail
on the charge OF conspiracy and being
accessories in tho murder Of ex-Gov.
Frank Steunenberg in Caldwell, Idaho, on
December 80.
The arrests were made upon requisitlon
from Gov. Gooding Of Idaho. A few min
utes after the arrests Gov. Mcdonald hon
ored extradition papers, and with special
train and dozen armed guards to foil
attempts at rescue the prisoners were
started for Boise City.
With the arrest Of heads Of the Western
Federation of Miners comes to light the
story of plot to do murder In this State.
Those in public offices who had taken a part
in tho overthrow Of the Western Felera-
tion we're to have met the fate of 1daho's
former Governor, who had used his offices
to arrest and punish the murderers OF
Cnur d Alene.
The truth as to the horrors of Cripple
Creek and the blowing up Of the depot at
Independence has come to light through
confessions made recently by men arrested
in connection with the Steunenberg assas-
sination.
Harry Orchard, now in Jail at Boise, has
confessed plots of the inner circle OF the
federation. 1t is charged that the dyna-
miters club had made all preparation Tor
the sassnalion Of members of the State
Supreme Court of Colorado who had given
opinions hostile to Haywood and Meyer and
the Western federation.
| Former Governor Peabody and Adjutant
| General Bell are said to have been on the
list for slaughter. Dynamite bombs were
placed in this city to catch certain members
of the court and the former Governor and
his Adiutant General. They were dug up
not many days ago as result OF the con-
fessons that have been extorted from the
men under arrest in Idaho.
| WO TpdSOTS dIe given lOl w y"
plode the bombs. One is that the men
charged with the duty failed at the last
moment. The other, that they were simply
waiting until the Idaho assassination had
time to sink from the public memory.
1t is charged in the papers in possession
Of the Idaho authorities who have been
here for some days waiting the oppor-
tunity to make arrests that the evidence
is very strong gainst Haywood and Meyer
in connection with the Steunenberg as
sassination.
Orchard who was arrested for the murder
| Of Governor Steunenberg is well known
to the Cripple Creek authorities. When
caught in Idaho he was Immediately identi'
fed by he Cripple Creek authorities. Later
Sheriff Bell went to Idaho to bring him back
ON warrant issued Immediately after
the Independence horror which resulted
in the death of fourteen non-union miners
accusing him of completely in the plot and
charging murder.
The Teller county Sheriff returned with
out his man. as the evidence against him
for the assassination of Steunenberg was
considered sufficient to convict him OF
| murder.
Since that time Orchard has confessed
his whole part in the bloody transactions
He has told of his connection with the
Cripple Creek work, from the attempt made
to derail and throw a train over an EN-
bankment down to the Independence out
rage which broug ght about scattering OF
the Inner Circle" or dynamiters' club.
From other sources the Idaho assassina-
ton has been brought home to prominent
members of the federation 1t is alleged
that money was paid here in Denver from
the Golfers of the organization to men like
Orchard and his gang ranging up to thou.
sands for explosions that brought death.