Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-29


Western Federation of Miners Off
cials. Friedman said he became thor
oughly familiar with the Office work
and methods. When asked as to the
placing of Pinkerton operatives In
Unions he said a man named Crane
became secretary of the Smeltermen's
Union at Colorado City and also chair
man of the strike committee. Other
operatives who were connected with
the Unions in Colorado were Joseph
f. Gaddon, Charles Fl. Rhymere
George w. Riddell, P B. Bailey, Cum
mings Lutlow and one Conibear.
Friedman declared that he handled
most Of the daily reports from these
men Tor year and a half. Riddle
was in the court room as Friedman
gave his testimony. He was identified
by the witness. He said two Pinker
tons were deported with the rest OF
the Union men from Cripple Greek
and Telluride.
do you know Pinkerton named
Londoner?" asked Darrow.
Eyes, sir"
"Was he member of the Union?"
mo, sir. Londoner was supposed
to be capitalist and was trying to
find out the secrets of Heinze"
The reference to the Montana min
inc millionaire called out wave OF
laughter.
Friedman next told of an opera
tive named A. w. Gratias, who was
chairman of the Miners Relief Com
mittee at Globeille, just outside OF
Denver. At first Gratias was in
structed by McPharland to make the
relief bills as large as possible, said
the witness, in order to drain the
Western Federation's treasury. This
didn't seem to work so Gratias was
told to cut down the bills to the low
est notch SO as to dissatisfy the men
on strike.
He said the reports from the opera
tlves of the various unions usually
covered all that TRANSFERRED at the
union meetings as to what the miners
were doing, where they were in the
evenings, etc. Friedman said he had
copies of number of these reports
He said that Pinkertons had spied on
both the Western Federation of Min
ers and the United Mine Workers
The witness had not brought copies
of the reports to court with him and
was withdrawn until after the noon
session making way for James Moon
ey of Missouri
The Strike at Trinidad.
AS a member of the international
board of the United Mine Workers
Money said he was called to the Trim
idad, Colorado, coal fields where there
was strike.
"Our object" said Counsel Darrow
addressing the court, sis to show thai
Lyte Gregory, of Denver, whom Or
chard says he killed had to do solely
with this coal strike and was in nc
way working against the Western
Federation of Miners"
Mooney said non-union miners were
being brought to Trinidad and it was
generally reported that Gregory and
a detective of an agency with which
he was connected, were in charge oil
this work The witness, he said, was
badly beaten up and was in bed fol
ten days.
The prosecution objected to this
Darrow in arguing the point said he
wished to show the motive for the
assault on Grebory "On the par
of the witness?" questioned Judge
Wood.
Eyes sir" said Darrow, con the
part of anybody who was there anC
looked on Gregory as a thug man who
beat up people and who was hostile
to the union"
The witness on cross examination
denied that he laid the plans to assas
slnate Gregory as a result of his ex
perlences at Trinidad. or encouraged
any OF his friends to assassinate him