Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-24
SaysHawIey Of Prosecution is
Godfather of Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners.
ORCHARD GREATEST OF LIARS.
will Show That He Did Not Par
ticipate in Most of Crimes
He Boasts Of.
Defendant IS Plain, Blunt, Coilra-
geous Man Who Fights Wrong
At All Times.

Boise, Ida, June 2S.-The Haywood
trial was resumed at 10 this morning,
when Clarence barrow began the OPEN
ing address In behalf of the defense.
A great crowd gathered this MORN
ing in the room where VIM. d. Hay
wood is ON trial, to hear the speech of
Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, outlining
the purposes of the defense in conn
batting the evidence put in by the state.
The formaltes OF opening the session
at an end, MI Darrow at once took up
his place directly in front OF the IL
solemn visaged men in the jury box
and began in the slow, mellow drawl
characteristic of him to state the the
DRY and plan of the defense to be Of
fered for his client.
BARROW TO THE JURY.
Mr.. Darrow reminded the jurors of
the instruction given them by the court
that they are to keep their minds en-
trely open as 10 the guilt or innocence
of the accused man until all the evil
,lence from Doth sides has been intro
duced
You have listened to the theory and
the evidence of the state Nh. Oar
row proceeded. NH. Hawley has COW
cred wide ground in his openings for
the state and wo will have to meet him
step by step. The defendant here is
charged nominally with the murder of
former Gov. Steunenberg. There had
TO be some nominal charge. But the
state has told you the case rests upon
great conspiracy of which the de-
PENDANT among others is part.
The states attorney has told you
the murder of Gov. Steunenberg was
but AN incident They have told you
the Western Federation of Miners was
an organization to commit murder. to
control politics, TO hire lawyers and
other criminal things.
Part of this Is true. part of it is not
true. II is true there is a labor organ-
izatlon know as the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. II Is true the Western
Federation OF Miners has spent money
for lawyers. 1t was unfortunate, but
most people have to employ lawyers az
some time or another.
BIRTH OF THE FEDERATION.
This organization was really born
in lSs2-lSs3. right down in q cell be-
heath this courtroom where Ed Boyce,
the first president, was a prisoner, and
where now the three men, charged with
this murder, are awaiting the tuug-
ment of this jury. To start out with,
they hired lawyers and they hired the
best they could. They hired Mr. ,Haw-
ley, now the leading counsel for the
state. Mr.. Hawley laid out the plan
of their organization for them he adj
vised them; he was the godfather of
the Western Federation OF Miners and
the men who formed the organization
thought 1t was an innocent undertake
ing. Mr.. Hawley was their first at
torney and continued as their attorney
for a long time IL there was any
thing criminal in their appropriating
money for u lawyer the miners did not
know 1t.
WHAT 1T rs.
THE Western Federation of Miners
IS an industrial. not a lnurderous or
ganization. 1t has from time to time
taken a hand in politics, but we
are not going to hang every organi-
cation which has done~-such thing.
II we did, no corporation would be safe
The Western Federation OF Miners did
all il could TO pass the eight-hour law
In Colorado, Utah, and Montana II
tried to elect friendly United states
senators. j tried to elect Mr.. HAw-
ley. but unfortunately failed"
Nh. barrow Went ON 10 say that there
was no claim that the Western Fedora
ton of Miners WIS an organization Of
angels.
angels do not work in the Mines
declared the attorney: they are the
nine-owners.'
Mr.. barrow went on at length 10 out
line the organization OF the Western
r. VI hllltNE. Iit uttlaTeu IL
was nothing but a beneficial associa-
ton, trying To upllfJ It's class. 1t was
not until 10 years after the organiza-
ton OF the union that either Haywood
Or Meyer took office In 1t.
NOT HERE ITO APOLOGIZE.
I've are not here 10 apologize for
anything the Western Federation Of
Miners has done" declared MI Dar-
row. 1T has been fighting organi2a-
ton from the first and II II dies II will
die a fighting Organization, II has had
uoublous career; II has been opposed
by every device of the mine-ownefs.
but It has prospeTed Before the West
ern Federation OF Miners came into eN-
istence the miners mad to work from
u TO Ia hours day. When they want
ed food they had TO buy II at the COM
pany stores When they were injured
they We're taken to the company hos
pitfalls where there was little difficulty
IN getting a statement releasing the
company from all damage.
WORK or THE UNION.
THE conditions are vastly different
today. The Butte union alone has paid
out more than Sl000.O00 10 the widows
and orphans OF its memberships dur
ing the time this alleged criminal con-
spracy existed"
Mr.. barrow went at some length To
snow lne trouble ana Opposition ihh
union has hal since It's inception. In
some communities he declared the pres
ident OF the organization WHEN ne went
20 visit the miners was refused both
food and lodging by the mining com
panies.
Arrests have come thick and fast"
the attorney continued Some OF the
charges were purely imaginary and IN
90 cases out Of 100 the men have not
even been given the grace OF a trial,
AS soon 40 the Western Federation OF
Miners was horn The mlne-owners set
about to destroy II and as the chief
means Of destruction they hired the
I'inkerton detective agency with one
MCFARLAND al its head, W. win show
you that this agency has been busy
sleuthing, following, working and ~
Ing 10 get these mel. We win show
that they have hired detectives ana
placed them IN positions OF RESPONSE
bility az secretaries and presidents of
local unions. that these hired men con
stanily advised the miners 40 strike
and that when strike was on they
oounselled violence, dynamite and muir
der. They did II at Telluride; they did