The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
cares Orchards Story

Darror went st some length to show TIE
trouble AID opposition Iast TIE Union has had
declared. the, president of ire o-gsniza-scn-
whea ne wenE 70 visit The mines vsS refvssd
( so;h food and lodging b. the mining companies
VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION
Arrests hare. esne thick and fast tie az
purely imaginary and in % cases out 81 loo the
men E.Fe net erea beea given the grace o1 a
uisl As son as the western federstion of
DESTROY II and as Tie chief means Of deStruc-
fton they hiTed The Pinkerton detective 2genry.
with o1e MCFARLAND ar its head We will show
yoH IhH1 fais age1cs hEs been busy sleuthsnE
+ following EoyEazs and lying 20 get the men
We VII sncF that they have hired detectives
ard placed the1 IN Positions OF responsibility s
secretaries and presidents ot local unions that
these hired men constantly advised the miners
eo-aseied violence, dynamite and murder They
did il at Telluride. they did il AZ Cripple
Creek and al many other places
We viii show that The Pinkerton detective
sgercy has been TIE chef factor in this case
from TAe FerE beginning II has organized itself
70 spread caiunnE against The western fedora
ton cf miners We VIII show that in case.
vhea cage fell because Of defective machinery
and Is men were killed il was laid TO the west
c-n federation Of miners
The burning OF the Moscow university
laid - the leader OF The western federation Of
miners Every IIlegitimete child born west of
the Mississippi has been wrapped n its swsd-
ding clothes. hurried 10 Denver and laid o. the
door step Of the western federation OF miners
Dsrrow turned his attention TO the Miners
Nz=zz.ne- He said that probably many foolish
a be e9os had no oIiese ueatso aS - snd @ Meysr
and Pettibcne paid little attention 10 It.
VIOLENCE NOT ADVISED
we will read 10 ron matter from the Min
ers Magazine Rot introduced by The state.
said the attorney We VIII slow yen that Il
wise administrator and discussed the economic
! eoaditions 1eu,pe-srely-
TIE Occur q Aleoes when SteuneaberE vss gov
e-nor. The western federation Of miners was
pened An irresponsible mob Of 1000 persons.
made up Of miners and merchants. preachers
and hangers On. and every one who wanted 8
ride went OF s TIP ard me Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mines we're blown Up The powder wss
I furnished by rival company Al that time
Harry Orchard. who testified II this case, had
4 been there for a month carrying union card.
and Jack Sinpkias was in the Coeu- d Alenes-
I Then came the call for troops Rightly or
wrongly. Steunenberg called for troops Jack
SinpkinS arrested GHd thrown iato the bull
pen be vas mzl.reated. He vas stood IN
AZ post bF 8 coio-ed soldier and bzTolst
was driven into his breast.
..HsrTy Orchard was N the Coeur d'Aleaes-
+ = shoe string gambler and had nerer done
days work n his He de Owned st1in
II his needs and continued his gambling TIE
nine didn't yisid until 1901 But Orchard
s5syed around 10 get share OF the mine
we Goa't think thAI Orchard ST the
Bunker HiH and Sullivan nine. We viii show
-hsx he vas not there snd II VIII show that
be vas engaged IN his favorite work Of gam
We win show thst be did not participate n
( hnssre6 dop't Ike 10 take sny Of tie
bloom OF peach ike that, but while We viii
show that Orchard s not The murderer as he
10 be the most moaHDentzl liar that ever ex-
listed.
( DENoUNCES HARRY ORCHARD
5 Before orr first witness leaves the stand,
re viii even convince Mr.. Hawley himself
that this Orchard has lied about Dost
Of the essential points of bis story. We Ell
have from = 10 90 Witnesses who VIII take
+ the stand and contradict this man absolutely
( Some Of these witnesses VIII be miners. but
Others viii be emInently respectable people who
bare never done days ~o-k IN their lives
Here n other points of his speech Oar
E rows sarcasm esused wave Of laughter N
I he courtroom Sometimes the bgilirs had to
rap for order. He briefly sketched the wander
+ ings Of Orchard as related By that witness him
self Orchard remained IN the Cce1r d'Alenes.
/ SIKH interest IN the Hercules mine until
anenen1 IN the -shuli pen
Then he wandered from place to place. sell
Of Eentiemaniy miner who mined the mi1ers-
I In 1907 be turned up IN Cripple Greek But
from 1889 70 1902 this Important personsge u
( IS pretty cerrsfn. however. that during al that
/ time be could be found IN the back room OF some
IF Orchard today held his one-sixta
share in the Hercuies mine be would Be worth
half niliioa dollars. but think he'd rather
have what he's got beezEse il is more valuable
/ 10 the newspz pers
DsrruS said that when Orchard left the
Coeer d-Alenes after the blowing up Of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines Haywood was
6gl Pieia oEalnsry EorkinE miner IN Silver
his life in the SNOW capped mountains. which
was not until 1901 that Haywood became secre-
tzry and treasurer Of the western federation Il
miners.
everybody beiieTes there is money IN except
! the nan who holds i. Il Is Ike being msyuE
1 OF senator
/ PURSUITS PEACEFUL
| Moyer's position in 1899 was inst as obscure
/ as Hsywocd.s. declared The miners attorney
I and as for Pettibone he was not even a miner
at that time He ran little store down in
/ Erinsers, lace curtains, rugs. bibles and othe-
novelties on the instsIlnent plan Pettibone
He was arrested there and put in ssn and M
! friend Mr. HswleF- got hin out He then de-
Counsel went On 10 describe the three de-.
fsndsnfs in the StcUnenberE murder in detail
He declared that Haywood was born in Utah
I 10 America prior u the revolution. He is a
plain. blunt. courageous 6shting man de-
necesssTT ssh;ing fo- he tights ef the work
iHgmea- fShtinE for the protection Of the widows
And Moye-. What Of Moyer. plain
blunt. honest nsn- whose ancestry we're honest
AC-- .-est- Vas 1-e liaH NEo As Tue Eeeo
/ Of The western fsders stion Of miners. fought
every conceivable 6ght as men like him born
Of such stock viii always fight Meyer was
usn whose sturdy honesty and arset brsverr
won the confidence and held the respect Of
ever
And what about Petitioner George Petit
bone had never beea member Of the western
federation Of miners He had mined and then
started his store 8 happy. careless sunny man
with laugh and joke for every c7e There
was not a nsa- woman OF child in the street
vAo Was 1of friend, not lame dog or cat
lis <f.rd
friend That was George Pettihcae. Perriho1s
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