The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-25
DARROW OPENS HAYWOOD
 FIGHT; "ORCHARD A LIAR"
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) hang every organization which has done such a thing. If we did, no corporation would be safe. The Western Federation of Miners did what it could to pass the eight hour law in Colorado, Utah and Montana. It tried to elect friendly Uni- ted States senator's; it tried to elect MT. Hawley. but unfortunately failed"
 No Organization of Angels.
 1T. Darrow went on to say there was no claim that the Western Federation of Miners was an organization of an gels.
 Angels do not work in mines" de- clared the attorney. They are the mine owners"
 MT. Darrow went on at length to out line the organization of the Western Fed eration of Miners. He declared it was nothing but beneficial association, try ing to uplift it's class. 1t was not until ter years after the organization of the union that either Haywood or Mover took office il it.
 We are not here to apologize for any thing that the Western Federation of Miners has done," declared MT Darrow. Ut has been n fighting organization from the first and if it dies. 1t will die fight ing organization. It has had troubleous career; it has been opposed by every device of the mine owners, but it has been prosperous. Before the Western Fed e-ation of Miners came into existence, the miners had to work from twelve to four teen hours a day. When they wanted food they had to buy it at the company's store. When they were injured, they were taken to the company's hospital, where there was little difficulty getting statement releasing the company from nll damage
 Chance In Conditions Wrought.
 "rhe conditions are vastly different to- day The Butte union alone has produced more than S1 ,000 GOO to the widows and orphans of it's memberships during the time this alleged criminal conspiracy eX- lsted."
 IT Darrow went at some length to show the troubles and opposition the un- io-. has had since its inception. In some communities, he declared the present organization when he went to visit the miners was refused both board and lodg- Ing by the mining companies.
 Pinkerton's Employed.
 Arrests have come thick and fast" the attorney continued. Some of the charges are purely imaginary and in 99 cases out of 100 the men have not even been given the grace of trial. As soon as the Western Federation of Miners was II, destroy it and as the chief means of de- Htruction they hired the Pinkertons--the Pinkerton detective agency with one Me Parland at it's head. We will show you that this agency has been busy sleuth- Ing following working and lying to get these men. We will show that they have hired detectives and placed them in po- Hitons of responsibility as secretaries and presidents of local unions; that thsee hired men constantly advised the miners to strike and that when strike was on, rounselled violence. dynamite and mur- der. They did it at Telurid; they did At at Cripple Creek and at many other places.
 To Spread Calumny.
 "We will show that the Pinkerton detec- five agency has been chief factor in this case from the very beginning. They have organized themselves into band to spread calumy against the Western Fed eration of Miners. We will show that Tn one case where a cage fell because of de- fective machinery and sixteen men were killed it was laid to the Western Feder- alton of Miners. The burning of the Moscow university was laid to the leader of the Western Federation of miners. Every illegitimate child born west of the Mississippi has been wrapped in its swaddling clothes, hurried to Denver and laid on the door step of the Western Fed eration of Miners"
 Mir Darrow turned his attention to the Miners Magazine. He said probably many foolish and incorporate things crept In it, but the editors had no college educa- tion and Mover and Pettibone paid little attention to it. We will read you mat '1ers from the Miners Magazine not intro 'duced by the state. We will show they did not advise violence and that they oounselled wise administration and dis cussed the economic conditions temper ately.'
 Occur dAlene's Trouble.
 Continuing, MT. Darrow said: This brings us to 1899 and the troubles in the Occur DAlenes when Steunenberg was governor The Western Federation of Miners was getting along all right. Then something happened. An irresponsible mob of 1000 people, made up of miners and merchants, preachers and hangers-on and everyone who wanted ride went down and the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines were blown up. The powder was furnish ed by rival company. At that time Harry Orchard, who in this case had been there for a month, was carrying union card Jack Simpkins was in the Occur D Alenes.
 "Then came the call for troops. Rightly or wrongly. Steunenberg called for troops. Jack Simpkins was arrested and thrown into the bull pen He was maltreated. He was stood up at post by q colored soldier and bayonet was driven into his breast.
 Orchard a Cheap Gambler.
 Harry Orchard was in the Occur D' Alenes Harry Orchard was cheap sold fer of fortune, shoe string gambler who had not ever done a days work in his life He owned a sixteenth share of the Hercules mine, but sold it because of his needs and continued his gambling. The mine did not yield until 1901 But Orchard, hoping on, stayed around to get a share of the mine.
 Monumental Liar.
 I've don't think that Orchard was at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mills. We will show he was not there and we will