Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-17

Miners union by V. st John. presi-
dent, and the Smugler-Union NJ. s..
company, by Edgar 4. Collins, assist.
ant manager. that all work on satd
mine shall cease for a period OF three
days ending Friday, and that said
miners union will refrain from violence
as TO person and property for the same
period. The said Smuggler-Union mine
may employ four guards during the
period"
The Witness then told of the killing
Of Arthur Collins, superintendent Of
the mine. the disappearance Of several
miners In the district and various dis
orders He said the men were afraid
to work, that many OF these We're shot
ON their way to the mines. and II was
because of these conditions that troops
were brought into the district and mar
tial law proclaimed.
on cross~eXamination Sackett said
the trouble in 1901 lasted only three
days. Then the agreement went into
effect and the matter was settled,
And everything continued peace
full IN the district until late In 1903,
didn't III" asked Richardson,
ARMED NEUTRALITY.
Well there was a sort Of armed
neutrality"
IN the trouble of 1901. do YOU know
which side fired the first shot?"
Il could only give hearsay evidence
as to that"
Atty. Richardson read to the witness
and the jury another agreement entered
into on July 6, 1901 by the Smugsler-
Union mine aud the miners union IL
set forth that the differences between
the mines and the union had been
amcably adjusted. the union express
ing it's entire disapprovai of the re-
cent outrages" and agreeing not TO
.act IN,
Nov that agreement continued in
force and effect from July :, 1901, up
10 the general strike of 1903 didn't III
"Ostensibly," replied the witness
DEPORTATION OF MEN,
SacRett next was asked as TO the part
played in the deporta ton OF men from
the Telluride district. He said he helped
escort" out OF town members of the
union who were recognized as agita-
tors and who had prevented peaceable
citizens from going 10 work.
AS TO the deportation of the merchant,
Mr.. Flotan. who syinpathiZed with the
union, SacSett said he took no part.
"But / knew they had him." he
added
You saw him marched barefooted and
without coat OF hat for many blocks
over the frozen ground and held for
hours In q vacant lot, didn't you?
mo. his wife had brought his shoes
when 1 saw HIM"
You made these deportauons With
out any authority of law dodnt you?"
LAW OF SELF DEFENSE.
I'VE had the law Of self defense re-
piled the witness.
The Citizens alliance met the night
the deportations began. Asked If this
alliance wasn't composed of gamblers,
merchants, bankers and others who had
been boycotted by the union, the witt
ness said he could not agree to any
such proposition.
What was it composed OF, them"
1T was composed of all persons who
desired TO see the mines In operation
who desired 10 live there in peace with
out having their lives taken and who
wanted to work and let others work"
Asked If men of family and property
owners were not deported, Sackett said;
Some men We're temporarily de-
ported who ought not to have been.
but they were allowed TO come back"
was FIotan allowed to come
back"
mo. sir"
HE is not even allowed to go back
now, is he, despite the fact that he
owns much property there"
II don't know as to that"
CF II Ell Of DEtOtNlAIlOlNS.
The witness said that since the de-
nortations everything had been quiet
and satisfactory in the district.
And you have local OF the West
ern Federation of Miners with over
500 members, haven't you?"
i've heard something about a
union there, but ] don't know of it."
SaCkett could remember the names
of only two men who were killed dur
ing the Telluride troubles.
IF Flotan and others Were inter-
fering with the peace why didn't YOU
appeal to the court?" demanded Atty
Richardson.
I'VE had tried that for years and
found it futile"
Flotan. the witness said. made sew
eral speeches and supplied the ''un-
desirable element with goods from
his store.
"And that's all there was against
him. wasn't it,"
II don't know"
"As a matter of fact. Flotan was an
advocate of the doctrine Of non-rasist-
ance. wasn't he, and believed that
when smitten on one cheek he should
turn the other?"
81 never saw him do it," replied tho
witness amid laughter.
Flotan. he said was known as a So
cialist.
AS tho luncheon recess until 1880
p. m. was ordered. Judge Wood an
nounced that II possible he desired
the state to close its rebuttal case dur.
Ing the afternoon.