Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-08

Denver, Aug. 4.-Celebration Of the
return home of William D.. Haywood,
secretary-trcasurer of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners, who was acquitted
at Boise, Idaho, of the charge of con
spring TO murder former Governor
Steunenberg was considerably cur
tailed tonight by reason of the late-
ness of the hour at which he arrived.
Plans for a great gathering of people
at the union station, TO be followed
by a monster open-air meeting, were
abandoned yesterday when it became
known that Mr.. Haywood postponed
his departure from Salt Lake day on
account of the condition of John IL.
Murphy, general counsel to the Fedora
tion, who was reported dying. Instead
a committee of 100 labor unionists, rep
resenting practically all the labor or
CARNATIONS of the city, were selected
to welcome Haywood in the name Of
the unions, and on next Thursday a
general meeting of labor unions will
be held to formulate plans for meet
ing in the future, at which Mr.. Hay
wood will be the principal speaker.
All this depends, however upon whether
or not Haywood wants such a demon
stration and he has not as yet defn-
itely indicated his Willingness to he so
honored.
Tonight several thousand persons
gathered outside the main entrance Of
the union station, while within the
gates leading into the yard platform
were a hundred or more persons, in
cluding newspaper men, committeeman
and employees of the station. As the
Denver & Rio Grande train, bearing
the Haywood party, rolled into the
station at 10:45 o'clock, five minutes
behind the schedule, those inside the
gates quitely walked toward the train
and along the side of the ears until
the one occupied by Haywood mad his
friends was reached Haywood could
plainly be seen through the car win
dows, but no cheering was INDUCED in
until after the news became circulated
that Murphy was in good a condition
as could be hoped for and then the
privileged few on the station platform
began to move restlessly toward the
steps of the ear occupied by Haywood,
A number who personally knew Hay
wood entered the ear and were cor
daily welcomed by him. He shook
hands with all newspaper men, many
of whom he recognized as old aequaint.
ances. Across the aisle from the seat
in which Haywood was sitting lay his
invalid wife. Immediately next to
HAYWOOD in section with curtains
drawn was Attorney Murphy, reelin'
ing upon a bed softened by pillows.
During the brief exchange of felici'
tations in the ear, Haywood was ever
watehful of his invalid wife, who con
sanity kept her gaze set upon him and
smiled occasionally in satisfaction fol-
the glad welcome her husband was re-
ceiving. When all was ready to leave
the ear, Haywood gathered his wife
in his arms and left the ear, followed
by Acting Secretary Kirwan of the
Federation, who met the party at Col
orado Springs, and others, and as nc
dismounted from the steps of the car
n number Of those standing around re-
moyd their hats and waved them in
his direction, accompanying the gest
ure of welcome with a ringing cheer
Mrs. Haywood was placed in an In
valid chair and then all started toward
the gates leading out of the station.
Two women carrying a banner bear
ing on one side the inscription "Feilow
worker. welcome home-lnjury to one
is injury to ALL" and the reverse side
a picture of Haywood above an EN-
blem Of the Industrial Workers of the
World, preceded the party. A number
of men wearing the red badge OF Tho
socialists followed Immediately after
As Haywood, wheeling his invalid wlf'
appeared under the plare of the elee
tric light opposite the main gate, the
crowd caught sight Of him and burst
into cheers. A rush for the gates was
made, and people, in their eagernes'
TO get look at the principal in Tho
famous Boise trial, packed into a smal
space just outside the gates, AMI The
police were compclle dto use force tC
make them step back so that the gate
could be opened. A space less thar
3 feet wide could be opened through