The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-11
MOYFR MAKES SWEEPING,
COMPLETE, GENERAL DENIAL

! tember. 1908, the mill men there going
hour iG aw an was in Yss but
! declared unconstitutional. A constitu-
tional amendment providing an eight
| hour law was voted upon and adopted
al the general election In 1904, but the
Legislature which followed refused to
enact such u law because of the oppo-
sition of the mine owners.
Soon after the strike was called at
Cripple Creek, Mover said he and Hay
wood went there to address the miners
at a picnic In Pinnacle park.
Was Advocate of Peace.
| 'I advised the men as to my opinion
| how the strike should be conducted. ]
went into details as to the cause Of the
| strike, and urged the men 10 be careful
! about any acts OF violence in their tao
tics or any acts which might be charged
against them and used against the organ
izaton," said Meyer,
The troops went into the Cripple Creek
district September 4, 1908.
What was tho condition as To peace
and quiet at the time?" asked Mr.. Oar
row, The State objected TO this as a
conclusion Of the witness, The question
! was finally allowed and Meyer declared
| the men were going peaceably about their
! business
How long did the strike in Cripple
| Creek contlnue?'
ia Is stm In progress there.'
mpNcr SAID he 0pSt met Steve ADAMS
at the Pinnacle park picnic. Adams was
! serving lemonade, Ice cream and soft
drinks al a refreshment stand, which the
union had set up. The witness was in
troduced by some one standing near; he
could not remember Just who II was.
when did you first meet Harry Or
| chard2"
IN January. 1904. at headquarters OF
the Western Federation of Miners
How do YOU recall thls?"
There was g. convention called by the
a 70 Ep1n n
meeting Of wage earners. Orchard was a
delegate from Cripple Creek, representing
meeting OF tho representatives of all our
| local unions In my office. Orchard was
among the twenty or more men who re-
sp0naea s60n dGn tRn5 RTb had any per-
did YOU see him in your office in De-
oember. 1882"
Did he come into your office Decom
| ber, 1903, and tell you he had blown up
the Vindcator mine, and did you pat him
good 5hH lob back ssa ana tel him nm done
mo. SIR" replied Moyer. positively. Il
never saw the man until January, lsoi.
"Did you have such a conversation with
! him al any time or placer"
Meyer said he was in Joplin. Mo, at
tho time OF the XpdcstoT cat mine explosion 5., no.
pers, The witness went 10 Cripple Creek
in February. 1904, to attend the trials
| OF the InGnD DCTS OF tue ISuSCallon WHO
were charged with attempting TO wreck a
train on the Florence Cripple Creek
railroad He saw Orchard there many
times at the trial and at miners head
quarters Orchard seemed anxious TO do
whatever he could to help preparing the
case and did a good deal.
Never Gave Orchard Money.
did you ever meet Harry Orchard at
| Victor and give him 500 for his good
work at the Vindicator shaft?
'Did You ever give him 500 at any
time or place."
ITO the best of my recollection, re-
| piled Moyer deliberately. IL never gave
Orchard any money for any crime or for
any other purpose.
any HNo orime7 i
"or know of his getting any money
from the organization for any. crime or
any cr!minsl act?"
Did you say in the train wreclsing
case that you wanted no mention made
"i had never heard OF such thing at
| that time"
The newt time the witness saw Orchard
! was In 1904.
''He came into my office in Denver,
along with three or four other men. who
said they had decided to pull out OF Grip,
| pie Creek and wanted 10 know good
place to locate. We discussed several diff,
| terent places. Orchard said ne believed
! he would go TO Sllverton. Colo. ] told
him 1 was making Preparations to go
was In no hurry l would be glad TO have
| him wait and go with me. J. told him
down there and would like 10 have him
! with me as protection. He said day
or two made no difference to him. he
waited and went with NE, me: .,.
WAS anything said about arms?
II asked him IL he had a pistol. and
he said yes. said thought OF carry,
ing "a take down shotgun. which could
be placed In a suit case. Orchard said
ne also had a suit case, and / told him
7 would also buy him gun. got Mr.,
! PettIbone TO buy the guns for us, I had
| a great friend Of the miners, and being
in trade could get liberal discount on
anything he, bought. lie often was a
member OF the entertainment committee
when there were conventions In Den
was your shotgun used to kill Lyte
Gregory
"No. sir"
HAS it ever been hred?"
NO. sir, [ left it in Denver at tho
time of my arrest with the remainder OF
" Moyer said he and Orchard went to
ouray March 20. Orchard paid his own
expenses at Ouray. The witness went
to look out for the welfare of sixty union
miners who had been deported from Tel
luride. Two days after his arrival Moy-
er was arrested at the request OF the
Sheriff OF San Miguel county, in which
Telluride is located.
| The luncheon recess until l.oO =. nl
was taken at this point
Arrested Without Warrant,
Az the afternoon session Of court Moyel
said he asked the Sheriff who arrested
him at Ouray II he had warrant. lie
said no: that he had acted on u tele-
phonic communication from Telluride
When he was taken 10 Telluride Moyer
said he was charged with desecration OF
the American 1ag-it being claimed he
had used the flag for advertising.
paper poster representing the flag
and containing In big letters the ques-
ton: ''Is Colorado in America" was
here introduced and held before the jury
Each stripe of the flag contained state
menl. OF which the following are eX-
amples:
Martial law declared in Colorado;
"Kabeas corpus suspended In Colorado: ::
Gree press muzzled in Colorado;
Wholesale arrests in Colorado "SiN
soldiers defy the courts OF Colorado etc
The witness said the flag was printed
in Denver by the Western Federation OF