The San Francisco call., 1907-06-06

Canaua. In 1855 and am therefore Al years DID,
went on the witness in answer to Hawley'
questions. Harry Orchard is not my tru
name have gone by that name for about
years. My true name is Alfred Hershey.
JOINS BURKE UNION
Il came to the United States in 1896, first t
Wallace. Idaho. in March Or April. 1895 frs
worked for Markell brothers driving a mil
wagon and remained there until about Christ
yard in Burke, Idaho and was engaged in tina
business until the spring Of 1899 on my owl
account account for two years. In 1895 sold a hal
business in Canada was making cheese
Il sold all my interests In the woodward ant
went to work at .mucking' and continued at i
Ior a month became member OF tn,
western federation of miners as soon as wen
to work in the mines''
Orchard said that he Joined the Burke, Idaho
local OF the western federation 2f miners. Ihi!
Vas. was IN the Occur d'Alenes. He described tn
occur Alene country. to Hawley, giving ths
raIWay connections between the different cities
and mining companies.
I. burke a on the morning of April 20. 1892" com
ardson for the defense. what occurred In 1896
can have nothing to do with this defendant
VINO was not elected member of the executive
poaru OF the western federation OF miners unit
long arter these troubles. Counsel stated yes
terday that the rank and file of the federation
knew nothing Of the workings of the innel
Hawley said that HE intended to connect the
coenr- err d'Alene troubles with the defendant.
-. Inc ne court" @ said Judge Wood can readily
viii oyerfule the objection
Orchard proceeding, said: ION the morning
9l was prI TIA ~ hsss when got through brestfasi A.
union and everybody was expected 70 be present.
went to the meeting
vas wa absolutely nothing connecting Haywood with
this meeting. The objection was oyerruled.
PLOT TO BLOw UP MINE
The meeting was called to order,'' continued
Orchard, by the secretary, who said that It had
pseaa been De decided @ that day to 60 to wsrdner te
Hill mines and hang the superintendent
Again the witness interrupted by Hay
defendant was to be Connects Connected with the Coeui
d'Alene troubles.
Senator Borah replied for thp prosecution.
saying that 1t would be shown that Haywood
came into the inner circle with q full knowledge
OF what had been done and entered into the
conspiracy. This would be shown, Senator Borah
said that it was @ necessary to 70 into the CoeaI
Alene troiibles, which were suppressed by Gov
ernor Steunenberg, to show the motive for the
hatred OF stsunenberg and for his eventual TAX
Judge Wood allowed the prosecution to show
the general conditions In the Occur d'A1enes and
that he would not permit the witness to 70
into details. The defense noted exceptions to
the courts ruling and Orchard proceeded:
! Arrangements had been made TO cut tbs
wires along the railroad and take possession Of a
Northern Pacific train. At. Gem we were ID
be joined bv the Gem union and together we
were to proceed to Wardner While the secretary
was telling US what was planned by the GENITAL
union the president of our local union came in and
said he had not been informed OF the meeting.
there was a discussion. The motion to go ta
Warduer was finally carried by small majority.
After the vote nearly every man decided to 80.
WARDNER MILL DYNAMITED
"Panl Cochran and six other members of the
union took charge of the train. We went to
Judge Wood interrupted to say that these
details were outside his ruling If mine was
blown up. he said the witness should say so-
tive, saying thats before the mine was blown
up it was decided to back up to Gem to get
There were about 900 men on the train,
most Of them armed he continued: "At
Wardner we were told by w. #. Davis, who
was in command, to line up: The men with
be followed by men with six shooterss We were
told to Ere on the mill We appro6ehe4 This
1t soon developed, however, that there were 40
was placed at three pisces sbods ne min snd
7 W. swso slswn sss ars ns' to III. fu.s,q
II lit ene- Cont know whciit the others. =
Orchard said that two men were killed in the
United States troops came Into the Occur
d'Alenes.
WHO was the governor ofSthe state At this
time" askt1 Hawley.
Governor Steunenberg"
WAS his name mentioned at the meeting that
you have descrfbed?"
Yes, sir"
VISITED CALIFORNIA
mfr. Cochran said that be did not believe that
we would have any opposition from the governor;
that we had always supported him and could
control him. He warned US to be careful about
interfering with the federal authorities.
When the trobps came, Orchard said, he quit
work and went to Montana.
of miners at this time., asked Hawley.
After two weeks in Butte, Orchard said he
went TO Utah and began working at the Ben
to the Little Cottonwood mine. Then be went
TO, California in November, 1900, and drifted
from there TO the mines, of Arizona, where he
went once more to Utah, returning later to
Idaho.
Orchard testified partly in response to ques.
in inn his % own as way. He reached l. Cripple cfeeE
Colo, soon after July 4, 1902 He said that he
had been given withdrawal card from the
western federation Of miners when he left Butte.
Arriving at Cripple Creek, he once more went
into the .union-joining local OF which w. +.
Davis was president. This Davis was the same
man mentioned In connection with the Idaho
troubles
Orchard worked for a time at vindicator
mine No. i, near Bull hill: He left there in
August. 1903, going out in the general strike
which was on among the miners in the district.
He remained in the vicinity Tor nearly year,
during all ofswhich time the strike continued.
vINDICATOR OUTRAGE
What were you engaged in during that
II had no regular occupation" replied Or
chard.
What trouble was there at the vindicator
mine In which you engaged?"
The defense objected and the question was
temporarily withdrawn.
Where was the headquarters Of the fedora
tion at this timer" Hawley asked.
'sAt Denver"
Who was president and who was secretary ~,
Charles H. Meyer was president and w. d.
Haywood was secretary" replied the witness.
Hawley then renewed his question to the
vindicator mine It was once more objected to-.
Judge Wood overruled the objection upon the
statement of counsel for the prosecution that
Haywood would be connected with the affair.
Judge Wood said that unless Haywood was prop
erly connected with the testimony as given by
Orchard he would rule 1t all out.
II had been high grading In the Vindicator
mine, said Orchard. High grading is cons
monty known as stealing high grade ore. dis
covered some powder in the mine and reported
the fact TO Davis, president of our local.. He
said that he would give me 5000 to set the pow
der OF and blow up the mine. The unicn men
nad all been called out on strike.
asked companion, named Sch0ltz, IL he
would like to go In with me. He said all right
and that he thought that we were justified. We
went to the mine and took a couple of shots
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