Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-24
Members of West
ern Federation
Not Angels
A FIGHTING ORGANIZATION
1t Has Had a Troublous
Career Owing to War Made
on 1t By Enemies.

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crowd gathered this morning in the
court room where William d. Hay
wood Is on trial for murder to hear
the speech Of Clarence Darrow, chief
counsel in outlining the purposes of
the defense in combating the evil
dence put in by the state. Darrow
began in slow, mellow drawl, char
acteristic of him, to state the theory
and plans of defense.
"The states attorney has told
you,' said Darrow, "that the murder
of Governor Steunenberg was but an
incident. They have told you that
the Western Federation of Miners was
an organization whose purpose was
to commit murder, to control politics
TO hire lawyers and to do their Grim
inal things. Part of this is true, part
of it Is not true"
Darrow then mentioned the fact that
States Attorney Hawley was the
first lawyer employed by the Western
Federation and that he laid out the
plan Of organization.
angels Do Not Work in Mines"
"The Western Federation of Min
ers," said Darrow, 'is an industrial
and not a murderous organization. It
has from time to time taken a hand
in politics but we are not going to
hang every organization which has
done such a thing. If we did then no
corporation would be safe
Darrow said that there was no
claim made that the Western Fedora
ton was an organization of angels.
ANGELS do not work in mines" de-
clared the attorney, for the defense,
they are mine owners
Has No Apologies to Make. M.
We are not here TO apologize for
anything the Western Federation of
Miners has done. 1t has been fight
ing organization from the first and If
1t dies 1T will die a fighting organiza.
ton 1t has had troublous career.
it has been opposed by every device
known to the mine owners but 1t has
sprospered.
Darrow detailed the benefits the or.
sanlzation had brought to the miners
ana said that the Butte, Montana,
Union alone has paid more than mil
lion dollars to the widows and or
phans of its members.
BIames All on Pinkerton Agency
barrow said that as soon as the
Western Federation was born the
mine owners set about to DESTROY II
and employed as its chief means
Pinkerton detectives with Chief Me-
Partland at its head.
I'VE will show you," he said, "that
they have hired detectives and placed
them In positions of responsibility
such as secretaries and presidents Of
local unions, that these hired mer
constantly advised the miners tt
strike and that when a strike was or
they counselled violence. dynamite
and murder. They did it at Telluride
they did it at Cripple Creek and a
many other places We will show tha
the Pinkerton agency has been th,
chief factor In this case from the yer,
beginning"
Alleges Orchard is King of Liars.
Il do not like to take any bloom of
peach like that, but while we will
show that he is not the murderer h,
boasts himself to be, we will compeu
safe him by proving him to be tn
most monumental liar that ever ey
listed. Before our first witness take
the stand gentlemen, we will convinc
YOU and we will convince Hawley
himself, that this man Orchard ha
lied in the most essential points 0
his story. We believe we have fror
twenty-five to thirty witnesses VIII
will take the stand and contradict thi
man absolutely. Some of these vii
nesses will be miners, but others vii
be eminently respectable people VIII
have never done days work In thei
lives
Darrow then took up the career q
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone. H
declared that all three were Amer
cans and plain, honest men" Hay
wood. he declared, Is plain, blum
courageous. fighting man, even figh
ing the militia when necessary, an
fighting for the protection Of the wit
ows and orphans"
"Moyer, as the head of the Wester
Federation" he said, fought ever
conceivable fight as men like hi1
born OF such stock will always fight
"Pettibone," he said, was
happy. careless, sunny man with
laugh and q joke for everyone