Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-28


work all the time, and were tr.,iag to
misrepresent things to the miners.
Davis said he believed the men
killed IN the NiddCator mlae and at
independence depot were non-union.
Davis denied that he told Il. j.
Campbell of the Vndicator mine that
II the mine was opened up, something
would happen to the property, He
declared that no unusual conditions
existed in the miners convention at
Denver at the time Of the Nindicator
explosion
orchard had testified that Haywood
said he was having some difficulty in
keeping the men together, and he
thought something ought to be
pushed off g"
Darrow took up the redirect exami-
nation of Davis by referring 10 the
troubles at Cripple Greek before and
after the troops were sent in.
/ Davis said that aside from an as
sault on old man Steward, the beating.
/ up Of a justice of the peace, and the
| killing of women, there Were no eX-
traordinary disturbances.
After the troops came, however,
there was much trouble because he
said the governor of Colorado turned
a lot Of thugs out Of the penitentiary
and sent them into the district"
w. w. Rush formerly an engineer on
the Florence and Cripple Creek rail
road. who was on the train when tho
Western Federation claims an attempt
was made to wreck 1t in order to put
the blame on the union, was the next
witness
He said d. c. Scott. chief Of detec-
tiVta Of the road. told him to lc vtlN
careful in running the train on the |
night of November IA, 1903 as there |
would be an attempt to wreck the !
train between the Economic mill and
Victor.
Rush told Scott he did not think |
the train could be wrecked there, |
and Scott asked him where would be |
a good place to wreck train.
Rush told him on the second leftl
hand curve east of the overhead cross. |
ing.
Scott took the train with Rush that
night and told him to stop near the
locality mentioned.
He did So and then saw tall and
short man drop off the train,
In answer to Darrow. he said Stcr
ling is short and Sterling is tall.
The next morning Scott and Sterling
told him that they have removed a
rail at the identical point you thought
they would"
Ed. Boyee, who was the first presi
dent Of the Western Federation, was
the next witness. He told his story
after the trouble at Occur d'Alene,
and said that James II HaWley, now
the leading counsel for the state, was
at that time attorney for the miners,
and was one of the first to suggest the
of the various indie
pendent unions.
After a recess Boyce resumed the
stand and told further of the organi-
zaton and policies of the Western
Federation of Miners while he was
president.
A long argument arose between At
torney HaWleV for the state. and At {
torney Darrow for the defense as to /
he latitude Of MI BOYce's testimony
as to the general attitude of the mine {
owners toward the Western Fedora {
lion of Miners. Mr. DarrpW con-
tended that the defense expected to :
prove there was a general conspiracy
IN the part OF the mine owners, 5
backed up by the citizens alliance in
he several communities to tear down /
md abolish the federation q
MI HaWley declared that evidence y
rs to a counter conspiracy might be Q
admissible if it tended to show thai $
he mine owners in any particular I
community We're responsible for the @
.rimes charged to the Western FEEDER a
Ition of Miners.
Mr. Hawley asserted there was
nothing to show there was a general +
nine owners association lie also a
ontehded thal lsolaleu cases couIu +
lot be taken as proving a conspiracy. "
me prosecution ne sald' ha' miro e.
luced co-consplfalol 70 SNOW con @
piracy on the part OF the tederatloh t.
eadefS ana nad then connected upon n
Solated lhcldehtS as proving lne con n
plracV. he thouSht the delehse n
hould proceed III a similar course.
The question involved IN the discus D
ion was as to the obstacles placed in h
he way Of organizing the federation Il
~ the mine owners. Judge Wood al
owed the witness TO TESTIFY as to this
Though he said the proper tounda- il
ions had not been laid. p
II was refused work in the Occur
'Alenes because I was a union man" q
aid Bovce. when I went to visit To-
al unions I was refused food from L
he company stores. Men were black L
sted in Colorado and Idaho ana it
,as for this reason that many of them
hanged their names"
po,,oo said no rover knew Orchard
,i.'.l,S,,.,II,,' t+gS ~ fact be never saw tbcI
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