The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-12

Ein iStS.e Hs Knew where s6FAsA sii the other members of the execat1ve board bat cou4 not tell whore Gmp- kins Was Both sides announced that Moyer's examination had besn conc1ad- N cd when the luncheon recese was taken. =
 William D. Haywood was callAd to the stand Immediately after the recess and his examination by Mir. Darrow was begun The accused man vas per- fectiy at ease. as he walked to the chair and took oath as witness In his own behalf. His voice wss quite low at first but his attention was called to 1t and he elevatsd 1t o as to carry 1t to Judge Wood.
 Haywood was first questioned as to his family history. He said his fath- CT and step-father were both miners and Wrist began work asa miner under the latter, Haywood was born in Salt Lake City in 1869. His father was born in Ohio and his mother in South Africa. the daughter of an Eng fish army oficer Haywood said he went to work at the mines when he was nine years old. was married at Pocatelio. Idaho, and has two children. both daughters. The witness. who had but one eye. said he lost the other
  knife in 1t. The prisoner spent the greater part of his mining career at Silver City. Idaho. He joined the Wes- | tern Federation of Miners in 1898. Haywood declared he never knew Governor Steunenberg and had no in- terest in the Occur dAlenes trouble other than as member of the federa- tion.
 FAnily Was Present. The nrleoUor'S wife mother An0 young daughter were present in court this afternoon when he was called to the stand.
 Resolutions and discassions con- demning Governor Steunenberg's course | in the Occur d'Alenes. Haywood de- clared. were not confined to the Wes- | tern Federationeof Miners, but applied bgenerally to labor organizations throughout the country.
 The witness was asked if he ever said to any one as has, been testified. 1 that Governor Steunenberg had been exterminated. NO sir." he replied.
 T think what ! said was that he should be releEated and l took . hand in relegating him." IT.
 Haywood became a member of the | Executive Board of the Western Fed eration of Miners in 1900. holding 1 that position until June, 1901. when he was elected Secretary which | he still nominally hi1s. His salary Is }150 a month. The witness Fas ques- toned at length as to the carly his tory of the organization. the dUies CT its officers, etc. The Federation em- l ployed attorneys. Haywood declared. and at times had as high as twenty-two attorneys on the pay roll. The growth 1 of the organization has been steady ever since that time, with the cxcep- ton of the Cripple Creek year. when there was . temporary loss of some thousands of its members. Active in Politics. 1 The Federation, according to Hay wood. has always taken an active part in politics, one of its objects being to elect it's friends and defeat its-ene- mics. It has also taken . deep inter- est in labor measures affecting all classes of .workingmen. An eight-hour
 law. as applied to miners. has been secured in nearly every State where the Federation is organized. In some | cases 1t became necessary to amend State constitutions before the eight hour statute would be effective.
 The witness said his duties as secre-
 tary of the Federation kept him at
 headquarters practically all the time. l The travelling was done by the Presi- dent and members of the Executive
 Board. He accompanied Mover to Cripple Creek soon after the strike
 Park picnic delivered an address In l which he counseled peace and warned
 against any form of violence.
 Haywood said he first met Orchard In | 1904 at the time Mover met the man.
 Orchard came as delegate from one
 of the Cripple Creek miners unions to
 attend the miners meeting. Witness
 denied as fiatly as Mover did yesteroay
 that Orchard was at Federation heao quarters in December. 1903, and that
 he had congratulated Orchard on blow ing up the Vindicator mine.
 '"He never. spoke to me at any time about the Vindicator," declared Hay wood, "and never received any money from me-"
 testified to yesterday as to the circum- stances of orchards accompanying the President of the Federation to Ouray. Col. when Mover asked Orchard if he had any firearms said Haywood. "Orchard unbuttoned his best. reached down in his belt and pulled a 45-cal- lore six-shooter. It must have been a foot and a half 1Sng. I asked him what he was going to do with that thing. He said he would take 1t to Ouray. I said, Do you think those fellows down there are going to walt until you undress yourself to get that gun?
 Good Humor Pleased Crowd.
 Haywoods recital of the incident. told in even. good humor, called out a ripple of laughter in the court room.
 Haywood told of Movers return from Ouray to Denver in 1904 in custody of detachment of militia. Haywood was himself a risoner in the custody of an officer. Haywood on his own re- ouest was allowed to meet Mover at the depot.
 The witness told how he had just greeted Mover at the depot when Gen.