Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-29

day after the riots, and heard st.
John, president OF the Union at that
time say: I'VE had some good men
there and there was gore" The at
torneys for the defense tried hard to
confuse the witness without success.
Il. NJ. Wright, who swore to the
warrant upon which st. John was ar
rested and brought back from Idaho.
testified that he had known St John
since the fail of 1900. At that time
witness was doing contract work in
the Smuggleruniou mine. Subse-
quently he was employed as shift boss
or night foreman. The latter part of
June and early in July he was acting
as guard on the property. He went
on duty at o'clock in tho evening
At about noon July 50 ne with about
Il dozen others was standing between
the boarding house and the Office
Had heard number of shots. Went
IRON there up 10 the store and saw
| several men armed with rifles and re-
volyers. st. John had revolver
| strapped on him. There was a con-
ference between Edgar Collins, as
| sisiant manager of the mine. and st
John, and they agreed that all work
| should cease on the property for the
/ space of three days st. John asked
| that this agreement be put in writing
| which was done in his, Wright's pres
ence. Witness also identified this
| agreement.
Edwin Thomas testified that ne was
working on the Smuggler July Srd,
1901, the time of the riot: that he was
| one of the men marched over the hill
Came around the corner of the store
John, but did not talk with him and
| heard no one else talk with him at
ihat time. Saw several men of the
St John crowd all heavily armed
said some men came up TO him and
| told him tnoy were sorry to sse him
there and he replied he was sorry to
hC there.
o. NJ. Sackett testified that he has
served the smuggler company the
past fourteen years In the capacity of
superintendent of tramways. On the
morning of July 3rd. 1901 there were
about 200 men employed on the mine,
some fifteen to eighteen OF these un-
der him on the tramway. There were
ten or twelve guards on the property
at toe time. Saw st. John and several
other union men with him that day,
They had rifles. st. John had n re.
yolver. Had talk with St John at
The livery stable short distance from
the store. Said to st. John: What
does this mean?" to which st. John
replied: at means these fellows have
got to get on the hill" 81 asked what
was necessary to stop the shooting,
and he said all we had to do was to
get of the hill, and said to him we
were not safe getting down with all
this shooting going on and in some
way we must be protected and asked
II we could arrange to nave the fusi-
| lade stopped until we could get to-
gethcr and get down OF the hill. and
believe | added that so far as my
| authority went that when Mr. Edgar
Collins returned to the office he would
| take charge of the matter The agree
| ment was that If we would surrender
he would stop the shooting until we
men would be allowed to get down off
the hill to their homes, and he said
yes. This was somewhere between
$3.50 and IL o'clock.
Witness was not acquainted with
,, Ben Bnrnham, but saw him that dag
lying In the Smuggler boarding house.
lie was shown copy of the agreement
and Identified 1t as Edgar Collins
handwriting.
w. r. Tobln testified that at the
lime of the riots he was storekeeper
| and timekeepeer at the Tomboy. He
saw crowd of men bong marched
up the trail over the hill. Soon after
he went down TO the stable and
| mounting horse started for town. A
| short distance down the trail, near the
Japan tunnel, an armed man stopped
him and told him what was necessary
| for him to do to get through the lines
| safely. Did not see st. John that day
and has never discussed the strike
with him.
j. G.. Rutan swore that he was sher-
| IT Of San Miguel county In November.
| 1901; that warrants for the arrest of
| 81. John were then In his possession,
| but ne was unable to find him and
| first saw him after that date when
ne placed him under arrest in Idaho
last week and brought him back to
| Telluride.
At the conclusion of the testimony
Justice Brown held the defendant to
| the district court without bail. At
torneys for the defense made a Wig
orous plea for bail, but were denied
it,