The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-03
REPORTS or SPIES
Letters Of Pinkertons Read to
Jurors in Haywood Case.
DETECTIVES JOINED UNION
Alleged Methods Used to Disrupt
Western Federation of Miners and
to Discrsdlt Its OFFICERS Brought to
Light by the Correspondence.

Boise, Ida, July The contiden-
tial reports upon the miners strike in
Colorado in 1904, which were taken
from the Pinkerton detective agency
at Denver by Morris Friedman, are
being read to the jury that is trying
William d. Haywood upon the charge
that he murdered Frank Steunenberg.
Friedman was recalled to the stand
when the trial was resumed and at
once identified several more Of the
documents which he took.
The prosecution interposed no OBJ
lection to any of the documents and
Attorney Clarence barrow at once
began reading them to the jury.
Friedman identified letters written
by Detective MCFARLAND, but the de-
Tense did not offer them In evidence
and declined to even permit counsel
for the state to see them. The first
of the detective reports showed that
an operative named A. w. Gratias
handled the federation's relief funds
at Globeville during the strike and
that Gratias cut down the relief in
order to create sentiment against
Haywood. ~. -.-,.~.>
With the opening of the trial@Nfr.
Friedman was recalled to the stand.
He spent the first half hour of his
stay on the stand in identifying many
reports from secret operatives, of
which, he says, he made copies while
in the Pinkerton Office. He also iden-
titled three letters said to have been
written by James MCFARLAND, super
intendent of the Pinkertons in the
West, and the records of several op-
eratives. ...r
The prosecution offered no objection
to the Introduction of the reports of
the detectives in evidence and many
of them were read to the jury by Mr..
barrow. - ~
The first report read was from op-
erative No. AZ, A. w. Gratias. It was
dated Denver, June 20, 1904. Gratias
was In charge Of distributing relief
to the striking miners. In his report
he said some of the men were asking
if he thought the strike would be set
tied soon. II told Them" he wrote,
that 7 heard nothing of settlement
or anything that would indicate a set
Element; that the strike would last
long time yet and also that I be-
lieyed the union would have to give
up by next fall if we did not win by
that time. - -~
VIII Carry Out Instructions.
} "Now that the convention is over I
will again take personal charge of the
relief work and will carry out the in
structions l received from Mr.. Cary
(Pinkerton manager) about >Wee.E
ago in regard to putting down the re:
lief as much as possible so as to cause
dissatisfaction and get the men
against the union. l will put the
blame for not giving the men more
relief as much as can on w. D. Hay
wood by saying that carried out his
instructions" 49,
The next two reports read from op-
erative No. AZ were detailed accounts
of the proceedings at the Western
Federation Of Miners convention,
which he attended as a delegate
There was nothing out Of the ordinary
in the proceedings and no speeches OF
an infammatory character. T.
Mr.. barrow next read reports from
Philander P. Bailey, known as oper
alive No. 8. They were dated from
Victor, Colo, during the Cripple Greek
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