Evening star., 1907-08-06
HAYWOOD LOOKS WELL
CROWDS GREET HIM IN HIS DEN
YER OFFICE.

| DENVER August 6.-W. D. Haywood
| secretarytreasurer of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, was at his desk in the head
| quarters of the federation yesterday. A
constant stream of visitors poured through
the room Offering greetings and their con-
! gratulations his acquittal at Boise. Mr..
| Haywood expressed his pleasure at his re-
ception in this city and spoke enthusiastic
ally of the demonstration at Colorado
! Springs and other points along the road.
| Secretary Haywood looks WELL although
he says he is thirty pounds lighter than he
was when arrested. He expects to remain
| in Denver for some time.
| Haywood arrived late Sunday night from
Boise. committee of 100 labor unionists
| representing nearly all the labor organiza-
| tons of Denver, was selected to welcome
| Haywood in the name of the unions. Sew
| eral thousand persons gathered outside the
main entrance to union station. When the
! train bearing the Haywood party arrived a
| number who personally knew Haywood en-
tered the car to welcome him. Across the
! aisle from Haywood lay his invalid wife.
! Haywood gathered his wife In his arms and
| left the car followed by Acting Secretary
| kirwan of the federation and others Cheers
greeted Haywood and his wife as they left
| the car steps.
| Two women, carrying a banner bearing
| on one side the inscription, Fellow worker,
| welcome home; injury to one is injury to
! ALL and on the reverse side a picture Of
| Haywood above an emblem of the Indus
| trial Workers Of the World. preceded the
party. a number of men wearing the red
badge of the socialists followed. AS Hay
wood. wheeling his invalid wife appeared
| under the glare of an electric light directly
opposite the main gate the crowd burst
into cheers.
He Greets His Friends.
A rush for the gates was made and the
| police were compelled to use force to make
them step back SO that the gate could be
opened. A space less than three feet wide
was opened. AS Haywood walked up this
file hundreds of hands were stretched to-
ward him, but his solfcitude for his wife
caused him to resist the evident desire to
grasp the many hands extended. Continued
cheering greeted him and kept his face
| wreathed in smiles.
When Haywood saw his wife safely seated
in carriage he stood on the rear seat of
the open carriage and shouted cheer after
| cheer as he waved his hat The crowd
joined with him, and for several minutes
the roar Of cheers continued. Half a hun
dred men started to unhtch the horses and
attach a rope SO that they could drag the
conveyance up the street. Haywood re-
quested that they forego this expression OF
| regard. and they desisted. 1t took several
| minutes to clear the streets Then the
horses pulling Haywoods carriage started
up 18th street at brisk trot All the time
haywood. with one arm around his wife
waved bis hat to the crowd with the other
Haywood, on arrival at the Albany Hotel
responded to demands for a speech by say
ing that he would tell them all about it
later. and asked to be allowed to retire
for the night. Haywood referred to a pre-
diction that he said mineowners had made
| mat he would come back to Colorado in
pine box.
II am very much alive. you seo." he said.
This great reception is the happiest mo-
ment of my life. My cup Of happiness
would be complete if Meyer and Pettibone
were by my side. One thing am convinced
OF: and the last eighteen months have def
initely taught me. is that when unions stand
together you cannot break them"
Haywood then stationed himself at the
hotel entrance and as the crowd passed
through the door he shook hands with the
people until exhaustion compelled him to
quit. 1t was several hours after HAYWOOD
had retired before the crowd left the hotel