The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-25

leges, but an honest man for all that and . man who had a right to ex- press his honest views of the unwar- ranted herding of men in . bull pen
 "surrounded by lice, Pinkerton detec-
 tives and other vermin." With flaming words, the attorney pictured to the jury the differences be- tween the owners of the mines and smelters who rolled up their wealth and bought their way into the United States Senate in the blood of the men who worked for them and the miners and smeltermen who when their days of usefulness through age, injury or disability, were over, were thrown out on the scrap heap to perish and de. Darrow denounced the States attor- neys for allowing William Dewey who testified for the prosecution, that he took part in the mobs attack upon the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill, to re- turn to Colorado unhindered, as con fessing to murder on the witness stand. Were They Asleep,
 Were you all asleep?" hei demanded of the attorneys, turning to the counsel table where they were seated. Tor were your wits lying? Were you negligent of your duty? Or were you trying 10 deceive the jury? Are you honest Tn this prosecution or is there some damn- able conspiracy to pick up the Prest- dent of the Western Federation or Miners and the secretary and treasurer of the Federation and hang them by the neck for the pleasure and benent ok the Mine Owners Association? There. gentlemen of the jury. we have the real strong, iron hand behind this prose- cution. The mine owners of Coloraoo are pulling the wires to make you dance like puppets. They gathered these of- ficers of the Western Federation or
 Miners up and sent them here to be
 hanged. Idaho to hold the bag. Idaho
 has a fine privilege in this trfal-to pay for 1t. And you men of this jury will have the pleasure of working to pay up the deficiency warrants which have been issued by the State to meet the expenses of the prosecution"
 When MT. Darrow late in the Seven- 1 ing finally reached the Colorado labor troubles. he grew eloquent in his de-
 nunciation of capital and his defense of the workingman. He told of the eight hour law passed by the Colorado
 Legislature in 1899 and the fight against
 that law by the owners of the mines and the smelters.
 They took 1t to the Supreme Court
 of course. that court declared 1t un- constitutional" he exclaimed. Of course it Is unconstitutional to pass | a law taking away from the Guggen-
 helms the right to take twelve hours WOTk Out OL the HlucS OA tHciE WoIA | ingmen instead of eight.
 T am not here to say to you men that
 labor organizations do no wrong. I | know them too we'll for that. They have often done wrong: they have oft en been unjust and frequently corrupt,
 but the labor organization has always
 stood for the poor. for the weak. for
 humanity and for human life and lib- | erty.
 The men struck in Colorado for the
 eight hour day .and they got 1t. Are you men of the jury going to take 1t
 away from them? MT. Hawley asks you to destroy the Western Federation l of Miners by hanging it's leaders. Are you going to do it? Doubtless they have done some brutal things, some criminal things, and some that were not wise and some that were not just Let's admit 1t. I know 1t and I am not go- ing to lie to yon about 1t.
 But admitting all this. would you | destroy the Western Federation of 1 Miners and hand 10000 men over to deal single handed with the Mine Own | ers' Association, with the Guggenheims? If you destroy the labor unions of this
 country you destroy liberty when you | strike the blow and will leave the poor l to do the bidding of the rich"
 MT. Darrow begun a detailed review
 of the evidence in the case as court ad- | journed at o'clock tonight until g
 o'clock tomorrow morning.