Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-07-04

The defense continued the intro I
duction of evidence TO controvert
Orchards testimony all Of this
week. Last Thursday Ed Boyce
was put on the stand. He was the
,resident of the Western Fedora
tion for several years, and was the
organizer of it. He is now mine
onerator instead. of mine worker. /
His testimony for the defense was
nrincipally relating to the history,
purposes and work OF the organiza-
tion. On ss-examination he ad-
mitted that in . speech in Salt
lake in 1898, while he was pres
ident OF the Federation, he had
said, Every union should have a
rifle club. strongly advise you
to provide every member with the
latest improved rite. 1t can be OBJ
tainei from the manufacturers a
nominal cost. / enueat you to
take action on this important
question so that in two years we
can hear the martial tread OF 25,-
600 armed men in the ranks OF
labor. He gave as a reason tor
saving this that he had in mind
the conduct OF the troops in Colora-
do and the Coeur d'Alenes and he
thought that the miners had as
mucn right to carry arms as any
class OF aristocrats. w. w. Rush,
engineer on the Florence and Grip
pie Creek r. r., was the next
witness. He had charge OF the
train which it was reported an
attempt was made to wreck he
said, that Scott had asked him
wnere the most likely place was
where any one would attempt te
wreck a train. That it was at the
place ne named where the spike:
were pulfeo. This evidence wa:
introduced tor the purpose OF show
ing that the mine owners were t'
blame Tor that attempted crime
James Maher, who was secretary
treasurer for some time OF TN
Western Federation, was calleo
His testimony covered .rnuch o
the same ground that was coVere'
by Ed Boyce. He said no none
had ever oeen paid out Tor GRIM
inal purposes. w. B. Easterly wa
then called. He was Pcrn in III
nois and had mined from 1861
1896. He was fairly well dc
qualnted with Harry Orchard. II
positively denied that Orchard ma
ever SAID anything to him ABOUT
bomb, Or about exploding CD
powder in the Vindicator nine p
also denied everything that VI
chard had said which mad in any
way connected him with al
CRIME. He laid the blame Tor maI
of the crimes committed in Cril
pie Greek to the Mine Owne-
Association.
He gave much of the history
the blowing up of the Independent
depot, having been there al III
time. ne tod oi Orchard haVl'
said in his presence and III y
presence OF DAVIS, Parker ana o.
ers, that ne wound have besn il'
ana II IL l.ad not Deen Tor ateuilS
berg driving him out OF the Co0
( ~ $Alenes SO that he lost his lnle
est in the Hercules mine.
crcss accumulation he saio tnat
knew Orchard was in Cala"'
after having made a threat 10 'g'
Steunenberg, yet ne never t2ia a''
one at the time. The first tlne
mentioned it was to Nugent al'
he had been retained as one OF I
attorneys for the defense. As
excuse Tor not reporting the mat
to the officers, he said that he
not know where Steunenberg nv
ana he had forgotten all about
threats. D. c. CopIey was swo
to tell about the indignities s.
tered by the strikers in Colors
at the hands of the militia.
also said that Lyte Gregory
been employed as a spotter agsi
the Western Federation. This g
tracicted a statement by the at1
neys for tfe defense when they
said that the Federation had
cause for complaint against Gre
ry. Thomas Wood was called