The state herald., 1907-07-05
THE PINKERTONS
THEY WORM THEMSELVES INTO
LABOR COUNCILS AND cHEEP.
GET HOLD OF RELIEF FUND
Startling Testimony Brought Out in
.he Haywood Murder Trial Causes
Sensation in Court.

tectlNe agency at DeuNel, WIZ pun
lished his adventures and many OF The
confidential reports and records that
passed through his hands in an attack
upon the agency, was witness in be-
half of William d, Haywood, and told
how the Pinkertons had sent spies
into many of the important unions of
the Western Federation of Miners.
The call from the defense for Fried
man to take the stand produced one
of the sensational periods of the trial.
He is striking looking young man,
with shock of black hair and of
marked Hebraic type. Heavy, thick
glasses magnify his large dark eyes
and his smooth shaven face is very
pale. BY name and operating number
he identified n dozen detectives who
succeeded in entering or getting very
close to the miners unions in Colo
RADIO. and he produced voluminous cop
les Of the reports they made TO the
agency for transmission to the mine
owners. Friedman was a confidential
stenographer under Detective McPar-
land, and. so he testified, 1t was part
of his duty to recopy the reports of
the operatives as they reached the of-Y
flee
Friedman swore that in several in
stances the detectives sent out by the
agency in behalf of the mine owners
managed to get themselves elected TO
high Office in the union and in couple
of instances they carried their daring
roles to the extent of sharing all the
hardships of real strikers and being
finally deported from the country
with real strikers who went out be-
fore the militia. Ten feet from Fried
mans chair sat George W. Redell,
who. as a Pinkerton detective, worked
up to the leadership In the Telluride
union. and, turning to him by direc-
tiop of Clarence Darrow, the witness
identified him. Redell smiled and
touched his chest as Friedman point
ed toward him.
Friedman said that one Pinkerton
operative became chairman of the
strike relief committee at Globeyille,
and. as such. had charge of all the
funds and foods disbursed there by
the local union and general federation.
Friedman said that under instructions
from his superiors at the Pinkerton
agency this man first tried TO beggar
the federation by the lavish expeLdi-
ture In behalf of the strikers. and.
falling in this. he cut the relief down
to the lowest point of stinginess in
the hope that the members OF the
union might censure Haywood.
Friedman was twice interrupted to
give way to other witnesses, and did
not get beyond the identification and
a brief sketch of each operative en-
ployed In the espionage OF the fedora
lions strike operations. and the iden-
~ a..
tial reports. The examination did not
show whether Friedman entered the
employ of the Pinkertons as a spy in
behalf OF the labor organizations. or
his decision 10 make public his knowl-
edge and the documents he took was
reached after he was employed.
Aside from the Introduction OF Nor
ris Friedman. the defense also offered
large amount of testimony coyerin -
Orchards credibillty, the dispute as
to the time Orchard sold his interest
In the Hercules mine. and the treat
mcnt of Jack Simplips while a pris-
oner In the Idaho "bullpen." another
motive for the murder OF Detective
l.yte Gregory: the whipping u men
friendly to the strikers at Cripple
Creek, and the circumstances under
at Telluride were disregarded By the
military authorities.
Two witnesses swore that On the
day The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill
was destroyed Harry Orchard was at
Mullen. which Is eighteen miles from
Wnrdner They located him IN a
poker game and one Of thom-patriek
McHIalo. n barkccpcF-swore that he
sat In the game. BY various means.
including showing that MeHale is II
gambler. the prosecution endsavored
to break this testimony. but both wit.
neEscs held Ia their stories.
J. II. Rnmey. who formerly operated
stage lines In north Idaho. testified
that Orchard came to him on May .,
1893 and offered 10 sell him his In
torcst In the Hercules mine fuf $500.
orchard has testified that he finally
sold his Interest In the mine IN Feb.
ruary. 1891 Frank llough. who said
he was sent to the "builpcn" In n6fth
Idaho In 1893. for reasons that he noy.
or know. described conditions In that
military prison, and told how negro
soldiers required Jack SmpkinH Ia
stand for HiN hours In the ho, sun of
July day. refused him water, ana
kept him up by monacing him with
their bayonoiH.
Another cruelty witness was WI.
liam Amolc. once n watchmnn on tho
Portland mine. which accedud To the
demands of the strikers ~ Cripple
Greek. and continued 10 work with
union men,
In picturesque language nnd real
good hnmor, Amolo told how. after he
was nfHt driven from the district, h.
sn.akod back Ia get his furniture, only
10 he rounded NJ by the militia. The
soldiers released him. but aa be- lef,
The ofIiec Of the Citizens Alliance ha
WAS set upon by ~ party Of armed
masked men. He testified that they
took him NJ, miles outside tho t.vn
and there cruelty whipped him with
revolver butts aud blackanska
Judge Theron Stevens. now II Gold.
nold. New, but once of the District
Court at Telluride. traced the history
of the relations between the courts