Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-05
THE PINKERT0NS
THEY WORM THEMSELVES INTO
LABOR COUNCILS AND cHGEP.
GET HOLD OF RELIEF FUND
Startling Testimony oseusht Out in
shs Haywood Murder Trial Causes
Sensation In Court.


former empioye of the Pinkeft0n de-
ieciiye agency at beaver. Nho pub.
lishsd his adventures and many OF tho
eonhde initial reports and records that
pa ssed through his hands In an attack
upon the agency. ~as witness IN be-
half of William u. Haywood. and told
how the Pinkerons had sent spies
into many Of tn. important unions Of
tn. Western Federation of Miners.
The call from the defense for Fried
man To take the stand produced ona
of the sensational periods OF the trial.
~. is a striking looking young man.
with a shock of black hair and of
marked Hebrsic type. Heavy. thick
glasses magnify his large dark eyes
and his smooth shavcn fnce Is very
pale. By name and operating ndmb".1
he Identified a dozen detectives who
succ..,ied In entering or getting very
close to the miners unions In Colo
ta,lo. and he produced voiuminous cop
les d the reports they made To the
agency for transmission To the min"
owners. Friedman was confidential
s,.nosraphcr under Detective Mcfar-
land. and. M he testified. II was part
of his duty Ia E.copy the reports of
the operatives as they reached the Of
nee.
Friedman sworc that In several In
stances the detectives sent out by the
agency In behalf Of the mine owners
managed TO get themselves elected to
hish Office In the union and In coupi.
Of instances they carried their daring
roles To the extent Of sharing NIL the
hafaships Of real strikers and being
finally dcportcd from the country
with real ftrikcrs who went ont be-
fore the militia. Ten feet from Fried
mans chair sat George W. Redcil.
who. as n Pinkerton detective. worked
up to tn" leadership In the Tcilurid.
union. and. turning TO him by dlrcc-
iion Of Clarence Darrow. tn. witness
identified him. Rcdeli smiled and
touched his chest AS Friedman point
cd toward him.
Friedman said that one Pinkcrton
operative bscam. chairman of the
strike relief committee 1t Globcviilc.
and. as such. had charge OF all the
funds and foods disbursed there by
the local union and general federation.
Friedman said that under Instructions
from his superiors nj the P.nkerton
agency this man iirst tried to bcsraT
the federation by the lavish cSpe.idi-
turc In behalf OF the strikers. ana.
failing In this. he cut the relief down
10 the lowest point OF siin.lncss In
the hope that the members Of the
union might ccnsurc Haywood.
Friedman was twice interrupted TO
give wny to other witnessed. and dir
not get beyond the Identification and
brief sketch OF each operative EN-
pioyed In the espionage OF the fedora.
tons strike operations. and the iden-
tification of several Of the confiden.
tinl reports. The examination did not
show whether Friedman entered the
employ OF the Pinkerions MS n spy In
behalf OF the labor organizations. or
his decision TO make public his knowl-
edge and the documents he took was
reached after he was employed.
Aside from the Introduction Of Nor
ris Friedman. the defense also offered
large amount of testimony covering
Orchards crcdibiiity. the dispute rs
to the time Orchard sold his interest
In the Hercules mine. and the treat
m.nt of Jack Simpkips while a pris.
oner In the Idaho "bullpen." another
motive for the murder OF Detective
Lytc Gregory: the whipping Of men
friendly to the strikers at Cripple
Creek. and the circumstances under
which the processes of the civil courts
at Telluride were disregarded by the
military authorities.
Two witnesses swore that on the
day the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill
was destroyed Harry Orchard was at
Mullen. which is eighteen miles from
Wardner. They located him In
poker game and one OF them-Patrick
McHale. "A barkeeper-swore that he
sat in the game. BY various means,
including n showing that McHale is a
gambler, the prosecution endeavored
to break this testimony. but both wit
nesses held to their stories.
Do, ,..h., fprs 1S. ana a
stage lines in north Idaho, testife6y
that Orchard came to him on May 90
1899. and offered to sell him his I'm
terest in the Hercules mine for $iuo.
Orchard has testified that he finally
sold his interest in the mine in Feb
ruary. 1897. Frank Hough. who said
he was sent to the "bullpen" in north
Idaho in 1899. for reasons that he new
er knew. described conditions in that
military prison, and told how negro
| soldiers required Jack Simpkins TO
| stand for six hours in the hot sun OF
July day, refused him water. and
kept him up by menacing him with
their bayonets.
Another cruelty witness was viii
liam Amole. once watchman on the
| Portland mine, which acceded TO the
| demands of the strikers at Cripple
Creek, and continued to work with
union men.
In picturesque language and real
| good humor. Amole told how. after he
was first driven from the district. he
| sneaked back to get his furniture, only
to be rounded up by the militia. The
soldiers released him. but as he left
the office of the Citizens Alliance he
was set upon by IA party of armed
masked men. He testified that they
took him six miles outside the tGwn
and there cruelty whipped him with
revolver butts and blacksnake.