The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-06-16

create disturbances and destroy prop.
erty which the Mine Owners Associal
ton laid to the Western Federation
Of Miners.
Naylor said he knew nothing of any
arrears due from the vindicator mine
He is now assistant secretary of the
Mine Owners Association, but was NOT
connected with that organization DUR
ing the strike. The witness was ask
ed IL he did not have a decided ami
mostly against members of the min
ers' union.
Il don't know that / have" replied
Naylor.
Were you with Major Tom Mcclel.
land when he said. To hell with the
Constitution"
mo sir"
'"Or Sherman Bell when he said: TIC
nell with habeas corpus, we will give
EN- post mortems%"
mo sir"
But you heard Of these statementsy'
Yes sir
Not Connected with Deportation.
Naylor declared he had nothing to
do with the actual deportation of union
miners from Cripple Creek. He said
he succeeded Michael Connors as mar
shall of Victor. Col.
And you were appointed because OF
your well known hatred and antmosity
toward the Western Federation of
Miners% declared Richardson
Il don't know that 1 was"
Nayior was asked as to the charac-
ter of various men who served under
him as marshal. among them kid
Waters. Jim warford, Jack Bowman
and others--qnestions as 10 whether or
not these men were known as profess
tran ~.,1. 1x
Judge Wood.
Attorney Richardson developed the
fact, however. that warford is now
in the penitentiary
Naylor denied ever having known
, Tom Hogan or Harry Orchard.
Mr.. Richardson here indicated the
purpose Of the defense to attempt fur
Their to connect the Mine Owners AS
sociation with the outrages in Cripple
Creek, this time with the Independence
depot explosion to which Orchard has
confessed on the stand, duplicating
Steve Adams.
The attorney wanted to know IL Nay
Tor had not attended a meeting with
Orchard and the others at Victor the
evening Of June 5, 1904, and IL ne had
r not informed the militia to be ready
that something was going to happen
Naylor denied that he had ever at
~@As
militia was not on duty at the time.
| But you were anxious to get the
militia back, weren't your
mo sir; there was no reason to have
| them there"
where Orders Game From.
Richardson next attempted to show
| that, as major of the militia, Naylol
took all of his orders from the Mine
! Owners Association, but the witness
4 M knew Of orders
| coming from the association at any
| time. Nayior said the troops were or
derea into Cripple Greek September IA
| 1903. but there was mo disorder until
/ November Is, when the spike pulling
1 matter of alleged attempt to wreck
Florence and Cripple Creek train came
up.
Naylor said he heard about the ioot.
ing of union stores by soldiers, but hi
had nothing to do with it; In fact, the
| hodv of the militia was not on duty
| At this tirne-the local company wai
the oniy soldiers in the territory. Some
| az these soldiers, Naylor said were
blown I'D on the platform OF the IN
dependent depot.
after the union men were deportec
from Cripple Creek" asked hicharo'
son, did you wear one OF .nose sn.,
tons which read, They can't come
back?"
mo sir"
Did You sing the song that ended
that way?" -
mo sir. I never heard the song.P
Senator Borah questioned the witness
briefly on redirect examination.
DO you wear, or have you worn,
he begun, "a button entitled, an
one of the undesirable cltixshs ,,.
mo sir" said Naylor with smile
or have never seen one of those -
| tMaybe he doesn't need one, chimee
in barrow, for the defense.
| T"But there are others who DO re-
| torted Senator Borah.
well then, maybe we'd better gel
him one." declared barrow.
| Naylor said he made an investigation
| of the blowing up of the independence
depot where fourteen men were killed
4 The only clues he found were a wiz
and pole around which the end o
the wire was attached. The wire lee
| some distance up alongside the tract
from the depot.
! In re-cross examination Richardson
| wanted to know If Clarence Hamlin
| secretary of the mine owners associa
ton at the time, did not start the rio
at Cripple Creek the day of the Inde
| pendence depot explosion by deliver
ing a speech in which he urged tn
people to drive the western Federa
ton of Miners out of the district. Nay
| lor said he heard nothing of the sort
He had spoken only three minute
when the shooting began.
4 RiddIed Union Hall.
And the militia rushed out and tn
| only thing they did was to riddle tn
| union hall. wasn't it?" asked Richard
son.
That was not the first thing, nj
| sir"
THE hall was fired on wasn't it?"
YES. sir, but not many times
How many?"
"Oh. several hundred"
You bombarded the place."
well, the miners bombarded us from
| the place and we bombarded them il
the place" said Naylor,
Naylor said he never heard of an,
men being flogged before deportation