Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-24
MINERS TRIAL SET FOR TO-DAY
 IN IDAHO
Mover, Haywood and Pettibone Must Answer at Caldwell for Murder of Governor Steun- enberg by a Bomb,

an unforeseen delay occurs tomorrow ! will witness the beginning oi what promises to be the most noted and sensational criminal trial that has ever laken place in this part of the country. Charles H. Mover, William b. Hay ward and George A. Pettibone all or them officials of the Western Fedora tion of Miners will be placed in the dock to stand trial on charge of com plIcIty in the murder of ex-GoNernur Steunenberg. The trial will take place before Judge Ed L. Bryan of the sev- enth judicial district of IdanO. Iuuge Bryan, who is a democrat was elected to the bench last November. Before his election Judge Bryan was attor- of complicity in the Steunenberg mur- der and whose confession resulted in the arrest of the other three.
 The arrest of Mayer, Haywaad and Pettibone was the continuation of the crimes attending the strike of Western miners in 1905. On the evening of December 30 of that year ex-GoVernor Frank Steunenberg was murdered. The murder was a most atrocious one. The deed was committed by means of a bomb. A string was attached to the gate at the Steunenberg home, and when the ex-GoVernor opened 1t the mine was fired, killing him InsLanuy. ] The miners had but slight personal grievance against Steunenberg, and it Is alleged that his murder was only one of a series of assassinations planned by the accused men in oroer to revive the life and influence or the miners organization, which had suf- i fered seriously as a result of the fall ure of the strikes.
 A short time after the murder, through the efforts of Detective James Mcfarland, of Denver. Harry Orchard was arrested and made a confession, | in which he charged the officials of the Western Federation of Miners with l having instigated the crime. Orchards confession was a most remarkable 1 record of crime. In addition to gtv- | ing the details of the Steunenberg mur- l der. he told how he had planted and | exploded the bomb which blew up the railroad station at Independence, Col
 orado, killing thirteen men and mangling six others, and how he had l plotted to assassinate Governor Pea
 body, Judge Goddard, of the supreme
 court of Colorado, and others who had l incurred the enmity of the Western Federation of Miners.
 Mover, Haywood and Pettibone were
 not in Idaho Sahen Orchards comics sion was obtained. They had gone 10 Denver. The authorities believed 1 they were leaving the United States. | The warrants for them were sent hur-
 riedly to the governor of Colorado.
 He issued extadition papers before the
 arrests were made. The three men
 were taken on the eYning of Saturday, l February IS, and hustled on board l special train. They had no opportu- i nity to retain or consult counsel. Or account of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the police who arrested 1 them, they appealed to the United
 States courts for writs of habeas cor
 pus. These being refused they ap-
 pealed to the United States supreme
 court. That court a little over a
 month ago declued the application ad'
 versely to the mel. thus removing the
 last bar to their trial.
 The trial Is expected to be a battle royal. Some of the best legal talent
 T the west, and, in fact, of the entire country. has been secured by those in terested iu the defense, while two of the leading attorneys of the Idaho bar
 will conduct the prosecution. There Is some likelihood that the attorneys for the defense will ask for change
 of venue, to either Ada or Washington
 counties, of which Boise and WeiseT
 are. respectively, the county seats The trial will probably be long drawn
 out, especially if the defendants insist
 upon being tried sepaiate.y. f sep
 arate trials are had, 1t is probable that
 Mover will be the first defendant put on the stand, as he is the president and guiding spirit of the Western Fed
 eration of Miners.
 Probably the feature of the trials
 will be the testimony of Harry Orchard
 and Steve Adams, the two men who have confessed to part in the con l spiracy to assassinate Steunenberg
 Although the Orchard confession has
 been carefully guarded by the author
 ities, many of its details were learned at the time of the extradition proceed
 ings. But practically nothing has beer given to the public regarding th' , Adams confession, beyond the state | ment by Governor Gooding at the time l the confession was announced, that l was more sweeping than that of Or , chard," and embraced the story ot som twenty-six murders, besides othel i crimes, which were laid at the dool of the inner circle of the Westerl Federation. Around the confession
 of these two men, it is commonly be . lieved, will practically revolve the en , tire case of the prosecution.
 The continued prosperity and powel of the Western Federation of Miners as now constituted, depend on the out
 come of the impending trials. l
 Mover, Haywood and Pettibone ar'
 convicted, the present organization
 cannot survive, and years will pasi before another of equal influence car
 be founded. By their associates and by leaders of organized labor generally the indicted officers of the Westerl Federation are regarded as martyrs Their defense will be conducted b.
 able lawyers, with unlimited money al
 their disposal. Clarence 8. Darrow
 who defended Eugene V. Debs in the trial growing out of the American Rail way Union strike, and who appeared