Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-12

] said was that he should be relegated.
| and ! took a. hand in RELOCATING him"
! Haywood became a member of the
| executive board OF the Western Fed
| Grafton OF Miners in 1900 holding that
| position until June, 1901. when he was
| elected secretary treasurer--an office
which he still nofninally fills. Els sal
| airy Is $3.50 month. The witness was
questioned at length as TO the ealy his
4 tory of the organization, the duties OF
! It's officers, etc. Asked II the federation
employed attorneys, Haywood declared
! that at times II has had as high as ~
attorneys on the payroll. When he en-
| tered the organization there were 1900
members. It's growth has been steady
ever since that time, with the excep-
ton of the Cripple Creek year, when
there was a. temporary loss of some
| 5000 members
The federation, according to Hay
| wood. has always taken an active In
| terest in politics. one of It's objects be-
| ing to elect it's friends and defeat it's
enemies IT has also taken deep in
terest In labor measures affecting ali
classes Of workingmen. An eight-houl
law, as applied to miners has been Sc
cured In nearly every state where the
federation Is organized. In some case
II has become necessary to amend state
constitutions before the eight-hou,
BtdlulG GOulQ ne tllGCllNNs
Haywood was led by Mr.. barrow oV-
er much Of the ground covered yesteT'
day by Meyer as TO the beginning ant
progress Of the Colorado troubles.
The witness said his duties as seore
tary of the federation kept him at
headquarters practically all the time
the travelling being done by the presi-
dent and members of the executive
board. He accompanied Meyer to Grip
pie Greek soon after the strike was
called there and at the Pinnacle Park
picnic delivered an address in which
he counseled peace and warned against
any form Of violence.
Haywood said he first met Orchard
in 1904 at the same time Meyer met the
man. orchard came as a delegate from
enc of the Cripple Creek miners unions
To q convention OF the state federation
OF labor.
The witness denied as fatty as
Meyer did yesterday that Orchard was
at federation headquarters in Deeem-
Der 1908, and that he had congratu-
lated Orchard on blowing up the Vim
dlcator mine,
HE never spoke to me at any time
about the Vindicator," declared Hay
wood, land never received any money
from me"
Haywood eorroborated what Meyer
testified TO yesterday AZ to the circum-
stances of Orchards accompanying the
president of the federation, 10 ouray,
Colo.
when Meyer asked Ochard II he
had any firearms" said Haywood
"Orchard unbuttoned his vest, reached
way down in his belt and pulled a
45-caliber six shooter. 1t must have
been a foot and a half long. l asked
him what he was going TO do with
that thing. He said he would take II
to Ouray. / said, Do you think those
fellows down there are going to walt
till you undress yourself to get that
gum"
Haywood's recital of the incident,
told In good humor, called out ripple
OF laughter in the courtroom.
Haywood told of Meyers return
from Ouray to Denver, in 1904. in Gus
tody OF a detachment of militia. Hay
wood was himself prisoner In the
custody of an officer Haywood at his
own request asked to be allowed to
meet Meyer at the lepot
The witness told how he had just
greeted Meyer at the depot when Cen
Buckley Wells interfered and Hay
wood struck Wells.
What happened then?"
THE soldiers set upon me and ] got
much the worst of it,
Haywood was then taken to the OK
ford hotel, he said. and there one OF
the soldiers pulled a shooter on
him. Haywood struck the soldier and
then another row occurred In which
Haywood was roughly handled.
Haywood said that he heard nothing