The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-19
Up TO THE TIT !. ARGUMENTS [
Evidence Practically Completed
in the Haywood Trial.
MINE OWNER on THE STAND

Describes Conditions Exlstlnu At TEL
lurids, Colo, Prior to the Declare.
~ tlon. Of Martial Law and tho Arrival
Of Militia on the Scene.
Boise. Ida, July 1 .-Rebuttal evil
dence for the state in the Haywood
trial was concluded during the after
noon and as the case now stands it Is
likely arguments will begin Friday.
O. M. Sackett, one of the officials of
the Smuggler Union mine at Telluride,
Colo, was the one witness under ex-
animation during the morning. He
gave an interesting account Of the
conditions existing in Telluride from
1901 TO 1905 leading up to the declara-
ton Of martial law.
An interesting piece Of documentary
evidence introduced by the state was
written agreement entered into in
1901 between Edward Collins, man
ager Of the Smuggler Union mine, and
Vincent st. John, president OF the To-
cal union of the Western Federation
Of Miners. Under this agreement st.
John agreed to stop the attacks upon
the Smuggler Union mine as agreed
between himself and Mr.. Collins.
Under cross-examination Sackett
was unshaken. He Joined the action
Of the citizens in taking the law into
their own hands prior to the arrival of
the militia and described the condi-
tons as contrary to the wellbelng of
peace loving citizens.
On the opening Of court Attorney
Richardson notified tho state that the
defense desired three Of the state wit
nesses, to remain In town. Judge
Wood announced that prior to the
opening OF argument he would notify
counsel as to the main points In the
evidence Of which he would instruct
the jury. Clarence barrow, for the
defense, announced the sur-rebuttal
for the defense would be very short.
May Increase Court Hours.
Judge Wood said that while he
would not limit the attorneys In the
arguments he probably would increase
the court hours so as to get through
as quickly as possible. The lawyers
were inclined to protest against this.
Mr.. Hswley, for the state, announced
that he had been anything but we'll
during the past few days. He said be
might have to temporarily abandon
the examination Of witnesses If he felt
no better. The matter of arranging
the hours for argument was finally
left in allegiance.
O. M. Sackett of Telluride, Colo,
for fifteen years an employee of the
Smuggler Union mine, was the first
witness of the day. He told his per-
sonal experience in the big riot at the
Smuggler Union mine In 1901, when
he said that he and several other en-
ployes were compelled to run a per.
feet hail Of bullets In order to get to
the mine.
The witness stated that Vincent st.
John was head of the local union at
Telluride at that time Over objec-
ton by the defense he was allowed to
state that as result Of negotiations
no had with St. John an agreement
between Edgar A. Collins, assistant
manager of the mine, and st. John of
tho union, was drawn up and signed.
The agreement, when offered in evi-
denee, was objected to by the de-
Tense. Judge Wood, after considering
the matter for some little time, de-
cided to admit the paper and it proved
one Of the most interesting and i'm
portant exhibits OF the trial. It was
dated July 3, 1901, and in it the Min
ers union agreed to refrain from vio-
lence for three days. The agreement
was In part as follows:
Agreed to Refrain From Violence.
1T is hereby agreed between. the
Miners union, by v. St. John, pres
ident, and the Smuggler Union COM
pany, by Edgar A. Collins, assistant
manager, that all work on said mine
shall cease for a period of three days
ending Friday, and that said Miners
union will refrain from violence as to
tho person and property for the same
period. The said Smuggler Union
mine may employ four guards during
the period"
The witness then told of the killing
Of Arthur Collins, superintendent of
the mine, the disappearance of several
miners in the district and various dis
orders. He said the men were afraid
to work, that many Of these were shot
at on their way to the mines and it
was because OF these conditions that
the troops were brought in and mar
t1al law proclaimed.
On cross-examination Sackett said
tho trouble in 1901 lasted only three
days. Then tho agreement went into
effect and the matter was settled.
Attorney Richardson read to the
witness and the jury another agree
ment entered into on July 6, 1901, by
tho Smuggler Union mine and the Min
ers' union. It set forth that the differ
ences between the mine and the union
had been amicably adjusted, the union
expressing its "entire disapproval of