Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-30

ions treasury
This didn't seem to work and Gra-
las was told to cut down the bills to
the lowest notch so as TO dissatsfy
he men on strike.
Resorts from the operatives in the
Various unions usually covered all
that transpired at the union meet
| lngs; what the miners were doing In
private; where they went in the eVea-
ings, etc. Friedman said he hal
copies Of a number of these reports.
He said the Pinkertons spied on both
| he Federation of Miners and the
United Mine Workers,
The witness had not brought tl'e
| copies Of the reports to court with
him. and was withdrawn until the
| afternoon session. making way for
James Mooney, of Missouri,
| As q member OF the national board
Of United Mine Workers, Mooney said
| he was called to the Trinidad coal
/ fields In Colorado, whore there was
strike.
our objects" said Darrow, ad-
| dressing the court lis to show thai
| Lyte Gregory of Denver, whom or
| chard says he killed. had TO do sole
| " with this coal strike and was in
no way working against the Western
| Federation of Miners"
Mooney said non-union miners
/ were being brought to Trinidad, ana
| IL was generally reported that Greg
| ory and the detective agency with
which he was connected. was ia
| charge of this work The wit1unss
said he was badly beaten up hv Greg
| ury and was in bed for ten days ddr-
| ing his visit to Trinidad
The prosecution objected to ths
| Darrow, in arguing he point, sa!i he
! "a NiCbal "a chow e. N1AtiNp fhQ
| assaults on Gregory.
'Ou the part of the Witness
questioned Judge Wood.
Yes, sir" said Darrow, "on the
part Of anybody who was there ana
looked on Gregory as a thug, a man
| who beat up people and who vas
! hostile to the union"
The witness on cross examination
denied that he laid plans to assass-
nate Gregory, as a result Of his eX
| periences at Trinidad, or encourag q
any Of his friends to asSassinate him.
Chris Evans national statstiCian of
the United Mine Workers, was called
| 10 the stand after recess and stated
| that while he was at Trinidad, Colo,
he was beaten up.
The prosecution challenged the tes-
timony as immaterial and irrelevant.
but Judge Wood allowed it on the
NhNtfilltiA vi tAul0Nl AildN liifA ~
pected TO show that Lyte Gregory
was responsible for the assault.
Evans was followed by John Z.
Tierney, of Denver, newspaper
man TierneY said he was at Trim
idad during the troubles there He
saw IYte Gregory at the place. II
described Gregory as a man six feet
two inches in height and weighing
$50 pounds. Mooney had declared
d l..
an exceptionally large man,
Next on the stand was Judge Their
on stevens, former judge of the dis
triet court of Colorado at OnraN
Judge stevens is now a resident of
Goldfield, Nev. Asked the purpose OF
Judge stevens testimony Attowes
Richardson replied that it was to
show bat peaceful conditions existed
in th Telluride district of Colorado
up a. e tpc tNe ht.4a caule ia,
and the deportation OF the union min
fudge stevens told first Of an in |
junction having been issued against
the miners union preventing boy
colt of some Of the merchants in Tel |
luride county. So far as he knew. |
the Injunction was obeyed, and there |
was no Interference of any sort with |
the court.
i ne NIlutSS Sdlu ne Hdu itLuatu u |
grant an injunction to the deportees
so long as the militia was in the dis
trict After the soldiers were with
drawn the Citizens Alliance continued |
to deport miners and then Judge
Stevens granted an injunction to half
a hundred Of the deported men, al
lowing them to Eeturu.
What was done2' asked Attorney |
Richardson.
THE governor Of Colorado pro-
claimed the district i'm a state of in
surrecrion ana sent the soldiers back.
The dc"orted men were not allowed
To return
Judge stevens next told OF having
granted a writ Of habeas corpus to
Charles Meyer president of the West
ern Federation of Miners. when he
was arrested at Ouray, Colo.
sherman Bell and Captain Bulkeley
Wells. of the militia, had Moyer i'm
charge and refused absolutely to pro-
duce him in court. Judge stevens
said De then issued a writ for the ar
rest of Bell and Wells. They would
NOT surrender themselves.
Wells was at this time vice presi-
don't and general manager uf the
Smurrler- Union mine ana promj-
nept officer of the Mine owners
unfon senator Borah. on cross-eX-
animation. asked Judge stevens IL he
was I'm Telluride when an attack was
made ON the Smuggler- Union mine
ana several men were killed.