Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-17
FEDERATION
VSPINKERTON
Great Fight at Boise, On
Last analysis, A Battle
of Detectives


people the trial of William d. Hay
wood appeals largely in the same
manner as did the Thaw trial. says F.
l.. Perkins, staff correspondent of the
Portland Telegram. The people know
that heinous crime was committed,
that one man after his arrest made a
confession duplicating others and that
one of those accused in the confess
sion is now before the bar of justice
battling for his own life.
But the analyst of conditions who
Looks beyond the limited battle ground
Of the court and into the tents and
on the preparation field of the legal
cohorts, almost instintcively realizes
that there is far more at stake than
the guilt or innocence Of William d.
Haywood, secretary treasurer of the
Western Federation Of Miners.
Disposfng of the matter by saying
that 1t is the forces of the states of
Idaho and Colorado arrayed against
the forces of lawlessness and disorder
would be to take snap judgment, for
ON the decision in this case depends
whether or not the people as a whole
may regard the miners organization
as a body of men banded together to
advance their material welfare at any
&C ST. even the sacrifice of human
| lives. Nor, on the other hand, may 1t
reasonably be stated that the contest
is between capital and labor and that
the result marks a triumph for the
Mine Owners association or the
Western Federation The sue is much
narrower than that and the element
IT revenge plays prominent part.
Then. 1t may be queried, wherein
lies the significance of the tremendous
upheavel caused by the confession Of
Harry Orchard. the unusual and ir-
regular methods by which the men
implicated in that confession were
brought from Colorado to Idaho and
the placing Of these prisoners before
a tribunal where their fate is to be
decided In the near future?
Battle Of Detectives.
1t lies In the conflict between the
Western Federation of Miners on the
one hand and the Pinkerton National
Detective Agency on the other. It
vas James MCFARLAND, superintendent
Of the agency at Denver, who secured
confession from Orchard; it was de-
tectives in the employ of the agency
who gathered the evidence warrant
ing the arrest Of the officers of the
federation; it is the Pinkertons on
whom the state depends or securing
convictions of the accused men. Every
move made by the authorities has
teen on the advice Of employees Of the
Pinkerton agency.
Realizing that the acquittal or con-
victton of its officers would depend
entirely on the manner in which n
met this evidence, the federation bent
It's energies early in the struggle to-
ward learning what the Pinkertons
lad accomplished and on what lines
they were continuing their work. The
hest detective. talent in the country.
outside of the opposing agency. was
retained for this purpose. Few moves
nave. as a result, been made bv either
side which are not known TO the
ether.
Ihere the matter rests and there 1t
must rest until the routine of court
procedure shows, the feats performed
by the detectives Of both sides. Pink
ertonism Is one of the main issues
In this trial-whether its -escutcheon
is polished or furnished bv IFS mar.
romance IN the leviathan ,struSeie
remains to be seen.
Much that the prosecution win nre-
sent to the Jury is known. How this
evidence win be met by the defense
Y known in a general way. But that
the state has many cards nm its
sleeves and that the defense has a
Few surprises to spring are commonly
Believed for various reasons Little
talking is being done by counsel for
either side, but both are .continuaIlv
az work In their Offices when not IN
court or In bed and conferences with
detectives are matters of hourly oc-
currence.
~, Angels unawares.
Speaking of detectives. the situa-
ton to the iayman, whose only inter
est IN the impending struggle is to
see justice done, is exceedingly inter-
esting. They are everywhere-on the
streets, in the hotels, before saloon
bars around cirgar stands and bar
Der shops, in the corridors of the
court house and any place they think
scraps Of conversation may be over
heard which might be of value to
their respective sides.
A few of them are known, but the
large majority are strangers. The
town is filled with strangers, making
It the more dinicult to get line on
the ambitious disciples of videoco
and Sherlock Holmes Now and then
one may be told by his aetions-4it IL
only In theory IN novaIaii 49,. 49,.