Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-28
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Witnesses in Haywood Case
for Defense Deny Orch
ards Allegations
Say There Is No Foundation.
for Statement That h They.
Plotted Murders
Court Denies Right Of Defense
toShOW Mine Owners
Conspiracy

Boise, Idaho, June ~ The ruling
made today by Judge Wood. while Ed
!, Boyce, for years a leader Of the Vest
erns Federation of Miners, and now q
wealthy mine owner Of Occur d Alene,
was testifying in behalf Of William p.
Haywood, may materially limit the
showing Of defense as to the exist
ence OF conspiracy against Haywood
and his associates which it alleges.
B James H. Hawley, for the state, OBJ
jected to general question as to the
] policy and practice OF mine owners
throughout the west in blacklisting
. union miners, and In the argument
that followed, Clarence Darrow. for
the defense, claimed the same latitude
4 in showing a counter conspiracy that
the state enjoyed in showing 9 con
4 spiracy. Il I ~
Hawley contended that the state
4 had directly shown the existence OF q
conspiracy by Harry Orchard and by
so doing had laid the foundation for
\ and made connection of all the evid-.
ence subsequently offered on the sub
ject. He said defense was trying 20
{ show a counter conspiracy by proving
various isolated instances and certain
general conditions, none Of which was
connected with the case and for none
Of. which a proper found dalton had been
Laid. I: u. !.
In ruling the court accepted in part
the contention Of the pros cution and
limited proof Of defense along these
L lines to Colorado and the Coner d
Alenes as connected with case as now
Il established. /. 81 Il .$sS . w
Ed. Boyce was the principal witness
II Of the day. and his testimony was
chiefly devoted to the history, pur-
q poses and work Of the Western FEEDER
alton. He denied the existence Of an
inner Circle" or that there had ever
been d conspiracy IN the Organization,
s or illegal acts. The chief Importance
99ssof Boyce's cross examination was pro
4 duced on speech by him at q conven-
\ ton Of the federation held In Salt
Lake in 1898, in which he said every
union should have rifle club. every
& member a rifle. SO that the fedora.
ton could march %, 900 armed men in
Il the ranks of labor. .5
Boyce would not agree to the &C
curacy OF the quotation but said that
the sentiment was correct, and declar
Il ed with spirit that when he spoke the
words imputed to him he had in mind
the misconduct OF the state troops IN
81 Colorado, the use OF troops elsewhere
against the federation and the consti
4 tutional right of all citizens to beal
arms, which was as much a right o.
the miner as of the aristocrat.
William Easterly, one Of the mos
important witnesses ii the case, was
called just before adjournment and
q his testimony Will be continud TO
\ morrow. He occupied the witness
chair long enough, however, TO directly
deny the statements 81 Orchard charg
ing him with criminal misconduct Il
Colorado. He denied that he had eve
discussed the vindicator or any othel
plot with Orchard, Of that he helpet
Orchard In experiments for the devics
That blew up the indicator mine ami
denied that he and Orchard had dis
cussed the vindicator matter Or an.
subject with Meyer and Haywood u
Federation headquarters III Denver.
--- s SS
MAJOR MURPHY HAD A SCARE
Minot, n. d. June 81 Major Mul
ply thought that he had lost HIS sevel
J. year old boy, Arthur. The police wer
notified and they began a search 10
the boy. Upon going ITO the farm
However, the major discovered the DO,
there. He had walked part Of the wa,
and had secured ride the rest.