The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-07-04
MORRIS FRIEDMAN
ON THE STAND
Author of 1.-The Pinkerton Labor Spy Makes
Startling Observation-Disclosures Testi-
mony IS Shattered.

Friedman, who has written Il book
exposing Pinkerton dcctive agency.
friedman says he is now news
paper correspondent. He worked
H. a Stenographer in the Pinker-
ton office in Denver during the
Cripple Creek strike, doing par
ticularly the work of James Nc.
partlund, who has worked up the
case against the Western FEEDER
alton OF Miners in the present case.
Friedman said he became thor
oughIy familiar with the office
work and methods.
Asked as to the placing of Pink
rrtou operatives in unions Fried
man said man named Crane be-
came Secretary of the Smeltermen's s
Union at Colorado City, and was
also Chairman of the Strike Com
miltc". Other operatives who
were connected with unions in
Colorado were: Joseph. r. Cad
don, Charles H. Rhymer, George
w. Riddle, p. b. Bailey, Cum
min&S Lutlow and Conibear.
Friedman declared he handled
most ofthe daily reports from these
men for Il year and Il half.
Riddle was in the courtroom as
Friedman began his testimony.
He was Identified by the witness.
Two of the Pinkertons were de-
ported with the rest of the union
men from Cripple Creek and Tellu-
ride
do you know Il Pinkerton nam
e't Londoner!' asked Darrow.
''IcS, sir.'
"Nas he member of the
union!"
NO sir. Londoner was sup
posed To be Il capitalist, and trying
10 find out the secrets of Heinz"
lhc reference to the Montana
mining millionaire called out a
WAY" of laughter.
Friedman next told of an opcr-
at"r named a. w. Gratias who
was chairman of the Miners Re
net 'ommittee at Globeville, Just
outside of Denver.
At first GratiaS was instructed
by Mcfarland to make the relief
"iII~ rs large as possible, said the
witness, in order to drain the
Western Federation Treasury.
IhlS did not seem to work and
'IttIas was told to cut down the
mis- TO the lowest notch so as to
"i>N;ltlSly the men on strike.
The reports from the operatives
20 NarlouS unions usually covered
all that had transpircd at union
meeting. what the miners were
DOING III private and where they
went IN the evenings, nc. Fried
man said that he had copies of IL
number of these reports. 1t was
" part of his duty to copy these
ana mail them to the agencies of
clients. Friedman said the Pink
e.'"nS Spicd on the Western Fed
riiitIon OF Miners and the United
Nine Workers.. He furnished
documents taken from the Pink
oIton records which wee read to
the jury. They were chiefly daily
reports of secret agents operating
''> spies among the unions and
union men ut Cripple Creek, Vic,
Tor, Globeville, Colorado Citv.
trinidad and Denver, and showed
complete surveillance. of the West
rrn Federation of Miners and the
hlted Mine Workers of America
during the labor troubles in Colo
fado IN 1904. Pinkerton mcl
set IN the federation convention al
Denver III 1904, reporting all the
proceedings.
The prosecution offered no op
position to any feature of Fried
man : testimony and no objection
10 the intention of any one of the
documents that the defense Oh
t:tlned through him, and wher
friedman was handed over fol
cfoSS-eNamination it endeavored t,
ascertain if Friedman had an,
more reports or letters bearing OF
Ihe general issue.
1t attacked Friedman on tn,
S.ound that he had played th,
IN kertons false. had violated hi
pledge to them and had stolen th
documents which he produced
but the witness would not admi
ne mad stolen the papers ant
would not allow Senator Borah t