The Washington herald., 1907-05-10
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steunenberg himself. as he opened the
gate. The Internal machine was put in
place by Harry Orchard. who confessed
to the crime after a long sweating pro-
cess by James MCFARLAND. a Pinkerton
detective. who had broken up the Mollie
AIaguires in Pennsylvania years ago.
Orchard averred that Meyer Haywood,
and Pettibone had hired him 10 commit
the murder. He also confessed to long
/ list Of similar OUtrages- On the other
! hand. the defense will show that none OF
! the accused men was In Idaho at the time
of the crime, but all were in Denver.
Meyer Haywood, and Pettibone have
retained two widely-known Chicago law
yers TO defend them-Clarence Darrow
and Walter f. Mccormick The defense
will be that the accused men are innO-
cent; that Orchard is Il perjurers and that
Steunenberg was KILLED by some OF The
miners he had prosecuted when he was
governor. They viii show that any one
of the 500 miners who We're incareefated
in the bull pens-which is a Western
idiom for stockades-mght have COM
mitted the crime.
Threats, items from labor papers circu-
lated among the miners advising the as
sassination Of Steunenberg, and assassina-
tions in other States by miners who
sought the lives Of officials for similar
grievances. will also be put in evidence.
The prosecution Will depend largely upon
Orchards testimony. who viii swear he
was employed by Meyer and Haywood TO
assassinate a score Of high officials known
70 be uufriendly to the Western Fedora
tion Of Miners. He accuses PettibOne OF
making the bomb BY which Steunenberg
was murdered
The prosecution has the assistance OF
men and money from the powerful mine
association. This organization has spent
large sums of money TO secure evidence
of the conspiracy said to be in existence
TO assassinate State officials. The Fedora
ton of Miners has collected a great sum
from its members and from unions all
over the country to defend the men
charged with the crime.
To get Meyer and Haywood into the
Jurisdiction of the Idaho courts it was
/ necessary virtually 20 kidnap them. While
the usual forms of extradition were com
piled with there was no time given for
their lawyers 10 delay their departure by
a writ that should keep them In Colorado
until means could be devised to defeat
their eXtraditOn. The papers were made
out secretly in Idaho and acknowledged
by the governor of Colorado, and Meyer
and HAYWOOD taken on a special train at
night out of the State This was in Feb
ruary, 1906. Since that time the conduct
Of the reQulsitiOn has been thrashed out
before the United States Supreme Court
and decided against the defendants.
President Roosevelt Ia a recent letter
characterized Meyer and Haywood as
undesirable citizens" He was much crit
NOT HffllFa Nar rnr
in which he asserted that they should re-
ceive a fair and just trial and declared
that he would rectify any injustice to the
accused men
The Western Federation of Miners was
formed in Butte, Mont, in May, 1883. II
now has 1900 members with 20 unions
located in all the mining districts Of the
/ West. Shortly after it was formed
trouble broke out in Shoshone County.
/ Idaho. one of the greatest mineral pro-
ducing regions in the world.
There was a pitched battle between the
miners and the mine owners association
at Gem, Idaho, in which the former were
/ victorious. A mine was blown up and
I eight men were killed. G. A. Petubone,
/ one Of the trio Of defendants, was among
those arrested as a result of this en-
| counter. Then. in May, 1883, 1903 miners
4 took an engine and ten freight cars at
( Wallace. and rode down 10 Wardner,
/ Idaho, where they blew up the Bunker
/ and Sullivan mines.
Steunenberg was then governor and he
/ at once declared martial law, although
/ he was himself a union man and a printer
/ by trade. Both State and Federal troops
were brought in. and for months the
union miners We're incarcerated in 'bun
/ pens" and subjected to indignities. The
! treatment of the miners by the soldiers
was laid at the door Of Gov. Frank Steu-
| nenberg and his death on the evening OF
/ December 30. more than five years after
| ward, is alleged to be the act Of the men
who cherished unending hatred for him
/ because of their treatment during the IF
4 teen months when the soldiers ruled in
/ the COeur d'Aienes.