The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02

No, he can go ahead" replied the l court. Betts said. he was a miner in Cripple Creek. was put in the bull pen" two days before Thanksgiving. 1908, and son. Ya@
 '.Did he hold any once In the mine owners &ssociationT ~ asT understand--" E l4EsThe witness said he didn't know of personal knowledge and was not al- lowed to testify on this question. Betts said he heard Thompson say one day: wen blow up these Ed - when we get out here
 On. cross examination witness said he did not know which Ed - the man referred to.
 Mir. Darrow said another witness would show Thompson was made Sec retary of the Mine Owners Associa- ton after his release from the Dull pen"
 James Wallace. an attorney of Grip pie Creek who served in the Colorado militia during the Colorado labor troubles, first as private and later as first lieutenant; was next called to the stand. Wallace told the names of a number of the officers of the Mine Owners Association who were also of flcers in the militia and took leading places in the Citizens Alliance. Militia headquarters adjoined the Mine Own CTS Association, and the military trials were held in the same building. When the militia was first called out, Wal lace declared there had been no dis turbances in the district q
 Wallace told of the working of the card system by the Mine Owners As- sociation. After these cards, permit A. kNSx IL &sw Antr issued only to the miners who re- nounced allegiance to the Western Federation of Miners. He also told of orders issued by the militia, instruct ing the merchants, grocers. etc., of the district not to sell any goods to the members or families of members of the Western Federation of Miners. This was after the Federation stores had been demolished. Wallace said he of- ten saw Floyd Thonpssn at the ofsces of the Mine Ownsrs Association and knew that he was cithsr secretary or assistant secretary
 Did you see Kid Walters and other union men at militia headquarters and the offices of the Mine Owners Asso- ciationr'
 Yes, sir." The witness mentioned some of the names of union men among them be- ing win warford.
 What became of himT He killed a man and is now serv- ing a sentence for life and thirteen years"
 "which sentence is he serving first?" asked Darrow amid laughter. ,
 T don't know"
 Others whom Wallace saw were Tom Brown, recently convicted or murder but not sentenced; Jack Bowerman, who was killed; the "Kinley Kid" Bill Cooper and Shorty Williams. These men were always heavily armed ana prior to their coming into the district everything was peaceful
 Detective Started Riot.
 Wallace here created . decided sensation by swearing that he saw F. K Sterling, the chief detective for the mine owners association. fire the first shot which started the riots at victor, Colorado, the day of the lndependence depot explosion. .s Governor steunenberg's name men tioned in connection with the mMe owners perrntt system inauguFated Tn Colorado or the statement that 1t was a system invented by Governor Steun- enberx during the Couer dAlene trou- bles in Idaho. s..,. .,r.,.. he areS inc shot at Victor?' asked Senator
 .Tust south of the military club"
 How far were you from himT
 About 150 feet"
 wallace said Sterling came out Of ths crowd and fired ono shot point blank into a bill board fence. He nred but one shot, ...,,. after tnts?
 If didn't hear any at ell. l was summoned for duty and was hurried away to the El Paso mine. when we got hack the Victor riot was over" .sYou heard no shots immediately following the one fired by 6terlingr
 "No, sir"
 Ana 1t was ten or fifteen minutes before you left the scene?"
 "Yes, sir"
 The last witness of the day was M. E. White, an organizer for the Wes- fern Federation of Miners among the coal miners of Colorado. White told of an experience he had at Cripple Creek when he went there in Decem- her. 1903, in the interest of the Ameri- can Labor Union. When he reached Cripple Creek he was immediately ta- ken in charge by the military and marched off to a bull pen-a plank building. White fairly convulsed the court by his descriptions of the condi- ttons in the pen. He declared there were ten or fifteen soldiers in the place when he arrived. They were in for petty larceny and other crimes. White said the place was alive with verrnin. The soldier prisoners held O kangaroo court over him at one time during the night, bullets whistling through the top of the building.
 The next morning he was taken De- fore a major and released
 'Srhe major-was a fellow Woodman of the World" said White, "and no one l can enter that unless he !s desirable l and good citizen. The major told me