The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
Testimony in RebuttaI is We'll
 Under Way
EACH CLAIMS CONSPIRACY
Prosecution Maintains That Murder of Eighteen Men by Orchard Was Inspired by the Federation
 of Miners.

Boise, Idaho, July 14-The end of the trial of William D. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners. charged with conspiracy 10 murder Governor Steunenberg, is now within measurable distance. The ease will now enter it's tenth week of hearing before Judge Wood in the district court of Ada county. Both sides have finished and rebuttal Is we'll commenced.
 Evidence has been introduced in support of the charge brought by the state Of Idaho that a conspiracy existed among high officials of the Western Federation of Miners to intmidate all persons who ran counter to the purposes of union la bor with q view to establish members of organized bodies of workingmen as mas ters of the situation, thus commencing political and industrial reorganization. which having its initiative in the west. should spread with irresistible force throughout every section of the country. Evidence has been introduced to show that in pursuance of this conspiracy eighteen men were murdered.
 In defense of the man immediately con cerned and of the officers of the Western Federation of Miners. who are charged with participating in the plans for mur der, as a means to the desired ends, evi- dence has been introduced to show that another and counter conspiracy existed among employers of labor in the west. Joking to the annihiiation of the Western Federation of Miners in particular be- cause the federation represented the cause of organized labor. Evidence has been h. troduced to show that in furtheranee Of the conspiracy among employers and cap talsts, eighteen innocent men were killed, the constitution of thes United States was aolss ssii enil4i,e sop sIyirals ciiyniilIf.,eiiz the state of Ida ho becoming party to an attempt to compass the death of the lead CTS of the Western Federation of Mln- CTS. whose secretary is now on trial
 The state of Idaho has produced Orch ard, who swears that he is the actual murderer of the eighteen men whose dea .h Is not disputed. He swears that he was employed by William b Haywood, Charles II. Mover, the president, aa1 others of tine Western Federation of Min CTS. to murder for price.
 The Western Federation of Miners has produced witnesses to contradict the tcs- timony of the self-confessed murderer, and other witnesses to show that if he murdered, he murdered because he wss employed by detectives in the employ of the ownrs of the mines and wealthy citi- zens of Colorado to commit crimes that might be laid to the doors of the Western Federation of Miners
 The state of Idaho. through it's repre- sentative counsel, will argue to the jury within the next two weeks that Orchard s story is true. and that there did exist the widespread conspiracy to terrorize what is called by the defendants in this case "the capitaistic class
 The Western Federation of Miners through It's attorneys, will argue that orchard is a periurer for reward, the e. ward being immunity from punishment for the murder of former Governor Steu- nenbeg and that conspiracy now exists on the part of the mine owners and eEt- ployes of labor to discredit the Western Federation of Miners, even though Hay wood, Mover and Pettibone should hang in pursuance of their plans.