East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-12

sum nor ever heard any one else offer
him any sum to kill Gregory. The
Western Federation of Miners never
had any trouble with Gregory.
The convention was in session at
the time of the Independence explo-
sion. The convention appointed a
resolutions committee and a reward of
$4,000 was offered for the arrest of
the perpetrators. Their Cripple
Creek attorney was instructed to in
vestigate the matter.
He never saw Orchard or Neville
following the explosions, and never
knew Neville. He saw him upon the
occasion of Neville's visit to Meyer
the next November, but did not speak
to him.
He denied giving Orchard any
money for this. He next saw Orchard
in January, 1905. He said following
the explosion many miners. women
and children, came to Denver. being
deported from Cripple Creek and the
federation cared for them the best
they could.
Why Union Stores We're Started.
He told of the establishment of the
union stores in the Cripple Creek dis
tricts. He said the merchants had
told the miners II they would pay up
their bills they would carry them
during the strike. but the merchants
failed to do this and the stores were
started.
He said Orchard came to headquar-
ters in January 1905, after relief BEN
efits. He said Orchards family was
given relief from the time of the
strike. Steve Adams was with Or
chard at this time. Adams and fam
lily were getting relief at that time,
which was paid from headquarters.
He said that for time relief checks
were sent from headquarters to Grip
pie Creek to avoid military order
that relief there was to be administer
ed through the militia.
Mrs. Adams generally called for the
relief paid them. He said it was
common for union men to change
their names in order to avoid the
blacklist. He said he knew Orchard
and Neville We're charged with the
Independence explosion. In May,
1905. he saw Orchard at Pettibone's
store, but don't recall seeing him at
any time before that after seeing him
in January. Haywood had dropped in
to urge Pettibone to go to the con-
vention soon to be held in Denver
Orchard tackled him to take life in
surance. A man named Van Warmer
was there at the same time and also
urged him to take insurance.
The next time he saw Orchard was
In July or August, 1905, on his return
from the Chicago convention. He de-
MED any conversation with Orchard
and Pettibone, in Pettibones back
yard relative to killing Steunenberg
or any one else. He was familiar
with Pettibone's back yard, having
lived in that vicinity for a number of
years and having been in that back
yard a number OF times.
When Mrs. Pettibone was east in
July, Haywood lived opposite Petit
bones house. He said he had no
recollection of sitting on the front
steps talking to Orchard and Petit
bone, but said he might have done
so. He said he talked with Orchard
in Pettibone's kitchen in which Or
chard said he was going to Alaska.
and wasn't going to provide for an
other mans children. his wife having
two sons by another husband and was
going to leave them.
Another time he told of a letter
Fettibone received from Arthur Park
er descriptive of an elegant place he
had near Seattle and conversation
he had with Orchard then. He didn't
see him any more after that Mrs.
Haywood told him one evening. the
latter part of August. that Orchard
had gone. as she saw him and Pet
tibone put their grips In a buggy.