Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-07-20
WOODSTOCK VT. SATURDAY. WHOLE
SCENES AT TELLURIDE.
Witnesses In the Haywood Trial Tell
Of Mine Riots.

Boise, Ida.-Conditions at Telluride,
Col. during the big riot Of 1901 were
detailed on the stand in the Haywood
murder trial Wednesday by witnesses
called In rebuttal by the prosecution.
Unless plans are changed, there
seems little chance OF the commence
ment of argument before Saturday at
the earliest. j. II. Hawley leading
counsel for the state, has announced
that he has eight or 10 witnesses In
reserve, and as matter of fact he
has IL. One or two Of these, and per
haps half dozen, may not be called.
Mostof the rebuttal evidence yet to be
introduced bears ON the labor situation
in Colorado in the years 1903 and 1904
and is intended to rebut the claim of
Ill Sfence that there existed condi-
of peace and quietness prior to
9,s,a calling ont OF tho -rtoto- t-ooS,---..--
O. M. Sackett Of Telluride, Col, for
15 years an employe of the Smuggler
Union Mine, the first witness, told his
experiences In the big riot in 1901,
when he said that he and several 9th
er employees of the mine were COM
PEELED to run a perfect hail of bullets
In order to get to the mine.
Who was the head of the union at
Telluride at that time?" asked Mr..
Hawley. Vincent st. John"
The witness next told Of negotia-
tions with st. John to have the firing
stopped and reaching an agreement
with him. The agreement, when Of
fered In evidence, was objected to by
the defence, but Judge Wood decided
to admit the paper. 1t was dated July
8, 1901, and in it the miners union
agreed to refrain from violence" for
three days. The agreement in part
follows:
ut is hereby agreed between the
Miners union by V. st. John, presi-
dent, and the Smuggler Union NJ s.
company, by Edgar A. Collins, assist
ant manager, that all work, in said
mine shall cease for a period The
said Smuggler Union mine may en-
ploy four guards during the period"
The witness then told of the killing
of Arthur Collins, superintendent of
the mine, the disappearance Of sever
al miners in the district and various
afraid to work, that many Of these
were shot at on their way to the
mines.
Sackett admitted that he had
helped escort" out of town miners
who were recognized as agitators and
who had prevented peaceable citizens
from going to work.
AS to the deportation of the mer-
chant, Flotan, who sympathized with
the union, Sackett said he took no
part. But l knew they had him"
he added.
"You saw him bare-headed, bare
footed and without coat, marched for
many blocks over the frozen ground
and held for hours in a vacant lot, did
you not?"
"No, his wife had brought his shoes
when saw him."
"You made these deportations with
out any authority of law, did you not?"
1--WE had the law of self-defence," !"
replied Sackett.
Some men were temporarily de,
ported who ought not to have been,
but they were allowed to come back"
WAS Flotan allowed to come back?"
mo, SIR"
HE is not even allowed to go back
now, is he, despite the fact that he
owns much property there?"
II don't know as to that"
The witness said that since the de
portatlons everything had been salts
factory in the district.
Senator Borah announced that the
state rested in rebuttal at 2.15 p. m.