Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-08-07
HAYWOOD GETS
A BIG OVATION
CROWD WANTED no UNHITCn
TEAM AND DRAG CON
VEYANCE.

Denver, Aug b.-W. n. HayVood
secretary-treasurer of the western
Federation OF Miners, was AZ his
desk In the headquarters OF the fed
Grafton this morning. A constant
stream of visitors poured through
the room, Offering greetings and
their congratulations on his acquit-
tai at Boise. Mr. Haywood expressed
his pleasure at his reception I'm thir
city and spoke enthusiastically OF
the demonstration at Colorado
Springs and other points along the
road
Secretary Haywood looks wen. al
though he says he is 30 pounds light
er than he was when arrested He
expects TO remain In Denver for
some time
Haywood arrived late last nigff
from Boise. committee OF 100 la
Dor unionists representing nearly all
the labor organizations OF Denver,
was selected TO welcome Haywood IN
the name OF the unions. Soyeral
thousand persons gathered outside
The main entrance to Union Station.
When the train bearing the Haywood
party arrived number who person
ally knew Haywood entered the car
TO welcome him. Across tho aiele
from Haywood lay his invalid VIE
Haywood gathered his wife In his
arms and left the car followed by
Acting Secretary Kirwan. OF the fed
Grafton, and Others Cheers greeted
Haywood and his wife as they left
The car steps
Two women, carrying banner
bearing on one side the inscription,
'Fellow-worker, welcome home; IN
jury TO one Is injury TO ALL" and on,
the reverse side picture or Hay.><
wood above an emblem Of the IN
dustrial Workers OF the World, pre-
coded the party. number Of men
wearing the red badge OF the So
cialists followed As Haywood.
wheeling his invalid wife. appeared
under the glare OF an electric light
directly opposite the main gate the
crowd burst into cheers.
A rush for the gates was made.
aud the police were compelled to use
force TO make them step back so that
the gate could be opened A space
less than three feet wide was opened.
As Haywood walked up this file hun
dreds Of hands were stretched to-
ward him, but his solicitude for bis
wife caused him TO resist the evi-
dent desire 10 grasp the many hands
J extended. Continued cheering greet
cd him and kept his face wreathed
| In smiles.
When Haywood saw his wife safe
ly seated in carriage he stood on
the rear seat OF the open carriage
and shouted cheer after cheer a. he
waved his hat The crowd Joined
with him, and for several minutes
the roar Of cheers continued. Half
| n hundred men started 20 unhitch
'he horses and attach a rope so that
| they could dag the conveyance up
/ tho street V-~wood requested tnat
they foregO this expression or re-
gard and they desisted ~ took sew
eral minutes 10 clear the streets.
Then the horses pulling HaywooI's
Icarriage started up Seventeenth
street m a brisk trot All the time
Haywood. with one arm around his
wife. waved h,s hat 10 the crowd
/ with the other. Haywood on ar
rival at the Albany Hotel, responded
10 demands tor = speech by saving
that bo would "toll them ar about
Ia later" and asked 10 be allowed
TO retire for the night Haywood
referred TO- prediction that Le said
minc-Owncrs had made that he
would come back 90 Colorado in
pine box
81 am very much alive. you see
ne said This great reception is the
Ihappiosi moment of my lifo My cup
.of happiness would boz complete if
Meyer and Petubone we're oy my
|sidc one thing 7 ann convinced NJ.
land fho last 18 months have defrife-
IIy taught me. is that when unions
stand together you casnot break
Them"
Haywood then stationed himself
at the hotel entrance. and as The
Icrowd passed through the door no
shook hands with the people until
|eXhausfIon compelled him to quit 70
was several hours after Haywood had
retired before the crowd Icff the no
|tol