Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Engineer Tells of Incl.
dent Miners Were
Blamed For.
DETECTIVE PLANNED 1T
Witnesses for Haywood Con-
tinue to Dispute In Toto
Orchards State ments.

Boise, June 27.-When w. f. Davis
was recalled TO the stand on the open
ing of the Haywood case this morning.
Senator Borah took him over the peri
cd he spent in hiding in the Hercules
mine after the Bunker Hill explosion.
He said Paulson and another man We're
there He could not identify the other
man. Orchard said he was at The Her
cules at this time. Davis was unable
to recall Orchard as one OF the three
men.
sticks to story.
Bringing the witness down from
Cripple Creek, Senator Borah sought
TO show that whereas the witness hai
testified yesterday the Cripple Greek
district was as quiet as Boise befor}
the troops came. there was reign Di
lawlessness. Davis insisted the di--
trict was quiet and declared he WIS
willing to stand on his previous state
ment. He admitted. however, he lme"
some nonuniOn men were being beatel
Worked With Men.
Borah wanted to know if the
strike committee did not have Il
spend most of its time preventing mon
from going back. Davis said it re
quired some work to keep the men a
line for the mine owners had secret
agents at work and all the time were
trying to misrepresent things to the
miners. Davis admitted talking wish
F. J. Campbell, representative of the
Vindicator mine with regard to thr
proposed resumption of work ther=
with nonunion men.
Did not you tell Campbell if he in
sisted on opening up something wou!a
happen to the property"
mo. sir.
Men Were Satisfied.
Davis declared no unusual cOndi
tions existed in the miners cOnVcnttp
at Denver at the time of the Nindica
tor explosion. Orchard testified tina
at the time of the Vindicagor oXplo
sion. Haywood said he was havin.
some difficulty in keeping the men a
gether and something ought to b'
pulled off,. After the Denver col
vention Davis did not go back bu
changed his name and went to Chez
enne and eventually to Goldiield, New
where he resumed his right name.
Did II To Get Work.
One reason Davis said he chang
his name was in order to get worb
He had also seen in the papers tha
the authorities were looking for hi'
N:nd many others. He had been arrest
ed many times.
Il &, Ends Cross Examination.
This ended the cross examination
and Darrow took up the redirect. II
took up the troubles at Cripple Cree
before and after the troops were SCI
in. Davis said, aside from an aSsau
on old man Stuart, the beating up ol
Justice of the peace, and killing OF w
men. there were no extraordinary di
turbances. After the troops came II
however. there was much trouble b
cause. he said the governor OF Co
orado turned thugs out of the penite
tiary and sent them into the district
Engineer Tells story.
w. w. Rush of Denver was the ne
witness. Rush was engineer on II
train which the Western Federation
Miners officials claim an attempt W;
made to wreck in order to put Il
blame on the union. Rush said tod;
there were two attempts. AS to Il
first. he knew nothing. nut as to Il
second, he received information.
"Who FROM" asked DarrOw.
I'D. C. Scott, chief of detective
Scott told me on the night of Nov.
1903, to be very careful in running tn
night as another attempt would
made TO wreck the train. He said tn
would attempt to throw the train in
the ditch near the overhead crossing.
said did not think they could thr'
me there. because you see the pla
too far.
Asked of Other Places.
"Scott then asked me if | knew
other good place 10 wreck tram aio
there. | said it might be done at I
second left-hand curve east of the ov
head crossing. Scott repeated the
cation after me. On the trip to b
Hill that night, Scott got on the II;
and told me to stop near the seco
Ieft-hand curve. did so, and two n
dropped off the rear end of the train
Spikes Taken Out.
'It was early the morning Oh