Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-28
STORY OF FAMOUS
INNER CIRCLE
Related by Former Executive OF.
fetal Of Federation Of
Miners.
MEETING HELD IN THIS CITY.
shortly Before That a Mil at Ward
ncr, Idaho, Was Blown up
Something Was Done.

In Denver special to the Oregon
ian there is told a story Of the timer
circle" OF the Western Federation of
Miners as related by an unnamed ex-
member Of the federation who was
once connected with II in an executive
capacity. The oregonians special fol-
lows:
man closely associated with the
Western Federation of Miners for
years, who held executive positions and
was close to the innerworkings; so
much so that he retired in disgust and
loathlng. tonight gave the history of
the timer circle" from its founda-
ton until recent times. He said
1T was in May, 1899, that the inner
circle OF the federation was formed
We were holding the annual conven-
ton of the federation that year In
Salt Lake City. A short time before
that the Bunker Hill q Sullivan mill
at Wardner, Idaho, was blown up. The
authorities were after the federation
pretty hard, and something had to be
done. The convention was too big to
handle Most of the delegates were
union men, and they were opposed to
NlNltIIts VI tOuTSt the average miner
Is not squeamish, but he will not stand
for murder. But the cry among the
leaders even that far back was for
force. They ridicued the conserva-
tiyes like myself, who were opposed to
force, and wanted to build up the
unions by different means.
FIRST AID TO DyNAMITERs.
II remember the first thing that con-
yention did was to vote $4,000 as a
retainer to Patrick Reddy, the San
Francisco lawyer, to defend the Idaho
men and to hide the books of the fed
Grafton In preparation for a raid,
Hugh Boyle, who blew up the Bun
ker Hill e. Sullivan mine, was in hid
ing In Salt Lake at that time, and he
took quite an active part in forming
the inner circle. George A. Pettibone,
who had Just been released from the
penitentary after serving several
years for throwing dynamite down a
nume In the Occur d'Alenes. was an
other. and Dan McGinty, the hero of
Bull Hlll,' as we called him, was the
third.
RITUAL is BLoOD-CURDLING.
"a ritual prepared by Dr. Carr, of
Hill City, s. D., was used. This man
was crdHh on thiS hlHu Oh WORN ne
Is still forming societies with huge
rituals. But he had nothing whatever
10 do with the inner circle outside oil
!, was ,n,nroved on aftervard Rnt
even at the beginning II was one Of
the richest | have known OF. The
oaths to be taken would make the
ordinary individual shiver, and you
konw the men wanted for the inner
enuie 'te 1880. o,,nrni
nng WY ~ a. t,,,tio.to, Ia
uaSs w. p,,aHy na,,ar COZ over
tu'"e NV" '"'' "'o" e'' wv
INNER CIRCLE RUNS FEDORA
TION.
"As long as Ed Boyce was president,
the inner circle was kept In the back
ground 1t used to do things then, but
1t did not run the Federation as II has
done for years. About a dozen men
run the inner circle and this runs the
executive committee and the Fedora
ton.
,,ro,n "J bos IN mn "v tbe whole orean,zatlon
with its $4,000 members and its in
come of 100000 to 100000 year. Poor
Meyer was not such bad fellow. He
was easily LED ana iona OF trouble,
but do not think he would have done
the things charged against him II he
could have avoided them.
,,n,oon ,>,n pr,,rrrpcNr r,yr
IA iWooD AM ipoN" iN
BRAINS.
,tIovrooa ma pett,hona aro tho
A.oinI ~ ~ 1roar circle And do Won
800, - pa,,thona su,ore thot he
n.y., n,Un In rta,,r,ooa -, sigh, ana cot
mouiu mn li1y ~" 80 o Nat 10
80 w. "a ~ ,,,,hi," hu, tbo
i Juet''Vu y ~" A., 80 1otd, wv
nInel 0neio Ju,npeu ~ o,'i,i Ard
1"niiot nav anS '''''u'" ~"''
gness tIley ulu, - "a ohoru>
Inc inner citcle mas nau e,'' IS, se
Oh iHe Iuhus ~ tno tl',,..Jo,i,',
eIu yvaIs' Nul' uii'I' 81 ~ ~ ,,'' -
committees from w ou'slue ST. , ~.
these pooks' III Muyu' a,,u r,ay ,' "Uo'
are convicted, then Sou WIZ n ,s,,, s't III
uling oTop' Men VIC 20 IT. Insae nt
nothihs ~ 90 Nun amS q, .'ro ~, s,,hct
Nlolence, out "hV weie %WarV ", 10, ia
was soihs on VIII oe See"'e
mates
MONEY MADE BY STRIKES.
49,, a.
IL the true STORY couiu pe to'u, We
enormous income OIL lne leuera.loil IA
the last few years would DC az llle uos-
TOM oil much OF the crimes eoi'iinl I.,','.
me more trouble, the more MONEY
the more persecutlon tne DIsser M NJ
SUBSCRIPTIONS from oulslue unions. lne
only way TO get the money 10 coiile w