The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-05
HAYWOOD TRIAL
CLIMAX OF LONG
B|T[ERSTRUGCLE.
STORY OF CLASHES BETWEEN
MINERS AND OWNERS Will
BE BROUGHT OUT.
A GIANT CONSPIRACY
Is Alleged by Both Sides--ProsecutIon
Claims Offic ais Guilty of Murder
of Ex Governor Although They
Were Not in the State.


Now York, May 4 Twenty thou-
sand Socialists held a demonstration
tonight in favor of Moyer, Haywood
and Pettibone. Of the Western Fed,
eraion of Miners. Speeches Srsc
made in line with The object of the
demonstration President Roosevelt j
undesirable citizen" letter was de.
nounced. Red flags were prominently
displayed.
Bose, Idaho. May 4 William II.
Haywood, secretary ard treasurer nf
the Western Miners Federation. win
on Thursday next be placed cn trill
charged with the murd + of ex.Gov.
ernor Steunenberg In all. four men
are In custody charged with the same
of'ense. They are William D. Hly-
wood Charles II. Meyer, president ,f
the WI stern Federation Of Miners;
George a, Petibone aud Harry Orch
ard, members OF the Miners Fe lorl-
tion.
OF these men, Orchard, ii is alcgcd.
has made confession in which he
admits he KIN d Stcunenlcrg anil liz
the same confession, 1t Is alleged
implicatcs those under arrest togath-
er with others. asbeing accessories BE-.
fore the fact. Under tlla law Of idaho.
while Il Is admitted that Haywoo !,
Moyer ana Pettibone were nof In
Idaho at the tine of the murder. they
are charged with the acteal murder.
the contintion under the statute be-
ing that they We're on the spot in
spiaitS tlfnt they planned and iheyc.
folo nlp3ssed SleuncnDerg's death.
Case Extends Back Many rears.
The history or the cas- extends
bacl, to the conflict between tie
union and nonnnion miners in the
Couer D'Alene district. The back
ground to the Steunenberg case II the
struggle IN th Couer D'Alene extend
ing over period Of seven years and
involving the calling out of the state
militia and finally the despatch Cf
United States troops 10y President Me
Kinley to the scene of the conflict
c ntering around the towns Of Wal
Taco Gem and Wardner
70 the part the dead governor play
cd In these stirring days tho prose
cution goes for the motive and theiry
against the accused II is
aIfa,r i th,t far ,,,,,.,,- s.o.s ,,f r,,.,,..,.x
as evidence of their unrelent ng deter
To carry on campaign az
terrorism, TO impress their power.
daring and loyalty and TO retain The
moral and financial support and fidei
ity OF their 32,000 followers, the mem
b as of the inner circle" in tho
Western Federati of Miners plan
ned and executed a long ser.es uf
and acts OF violence
1t Is charged that Orchard and
Steve Adams now under arrest aud
with IN commission Of other
N riders. were the hired agents aud
&C nal executors Of many Of these
plots
These crimes. II is alleged, car
le traced through the last Is years,
through th days of the bull pen
a stoCkade in which several union
miners were improsined in 1890 uader
guard cf United States troops agim
TO the Cripple Creek strike and the
more recent prolonged struggle in
Colorado
Steunenberg Friend Of Unions
Frank 81 unenherg began life as
printer. Joined the Typographical ma
on aud throughout the greater rar,
IF his life was in strong sympathy
with un on labor This circumstanca
gives the ground for the important
Of The case Upon oac
hand II was argued that becs1-s
Steiner b rg refused to countenaacc
or as governor permit violence in be
half Of union labor. he was stricken
down as a traitor Upon the other
hand it is contended thai his well
snown advocacy Il union principles
made il al once improbable that bis
death was procured by union m u.
The murder Of SteuueuberE is She
pivotal point in the history Of this
,asc-
stegneubcrg was blown to death en
he evening of Decemher sn. tF15. a
- was passing through The gate ~
his residence AT Caldwell. A b nS
with a string attached was sunk ia
.he snow beside the gate and as
Steune- berg entered IRE opening ~
he gate srpung tn tr sser of III
omh he was terribly mausictir iiy-
ng less Than an hour.
The explosion of the tomh sroIsel
ios only the town Of Caldwell hnt tke
xhole state Of Idahr Orchard had