Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-27
WHEN THE TROOPS
ARRIVED IN IDAHO
Witnesses Mixed as to the Ex-
act Conditions.
MINERS MAGAZINE QUOTED
Flippant Editorial on the Steunenberg
Murder.
CAPTION "BY THE BOMB ROUTE"
Many Of Orchards Statements Flatly
Contradicted by Men Who
Knew Him.
MINERS MAGAZINE QUOTED
Fippant Editorial on the Steunenberg
Murder.
CAPTION "BY THE BOMB ROUTE"

Witnesses in the Haywood trial
at Boise, Idaho, today declared that
the conditions in Idaho after the
troops came were infinitely worse
than before. One of the men said
that the governor had called a lot
of thugs out of the penitentiary and
sent them into the mining region in
the guise of soldiers. Quotations
from the Miners Magazine showed
little regret over the Steunenberg
murder.
BOISE, Idaho, June 27-The greater part
Of the morning session Of the Steunenberg
murder trial was used in completing the ex-
animation of w. F. Davis whom Orchard
swore inspired several of the principal acts
of violence committed at Cripple Creek dur
ing the strike. Senator Borah searchingly
questioned him as to the Cripple Creek
strike and it's principal events, the meeting
at Denver after the Independence station
was blown up and the subsequent journey
to Wyoming. Attorney Darrow interviewed
several times to protect the witness and he
and Senator Borah interested and amused
the crowd with some clever court strategy.
Borah drove Davis very hard on conditions
at Cripple Creek and his action in changing
his name. but the witness held to his de-
malls of misconduct on the part Of himself
and his assistants.
w. w. Rush, formerly engineer on the
Florence and Cripple Creek railway. told
an amusing story OF the manner in which.
according to his story, Detectives D. c.
Scott and X. c. Sterling staged and ex-
ecuted the second attempt to wreck a train
on the line during the strike.
Ed Boyce, formerly president of the
Western Federation Of Miners and now one
Of the owners Of the Hercules mine, was
called to the stand before the noon recess.
Boyce, under the guidance OF Mr.. barrow,
amused the courtroom as he told with q
ready Irish wit how in 1893, Mr.. James H.
Hawley, now leading counsel against Hay
wood, but then retained as counsel for tho
miners, suggested to Boyce while the lat
ter was in Boise the organization of the
Western Federation Of Miners as an Offset
to the Mine Owners Association.
Today's Session.
When w. T. Davis was recalled 20 the
stand on the opening Of court today in the
Haywood trial Senator Borah took him over
the period he spent in hiding in the Hercules
mine after the Bunkerhill explosion. He
said that Paulson and another man were
there. He could not identity the other
man. He remembered two men calling
of he nina vyhi bo
union men getting out Of the country. Or
chard said that he was at the Hercules
at this time. Davis was unable to recall
Orchard as one of these men.
Bringing the witness down to the Cripple
Creek days, Senator Borah wanted to know
when the witness first met Steve Adams
He could not recall Davis said he was at
home the night Of the explosion in the
Vindicator mine. Earlier in the evening he
had attended with Sherman Parker union
meeting at Victor. Davis denied that he
called at Orchards house and took him
to the meeting. He could not remember
whether or not Orchard attended the meet
ing.
There were 500 or 900 men there. Davis
could not recall when he first saw Orchard
after the meeting. Neither could he tell
just when he last saw Orchard prior to the
explosion.
Davis testified yesterday that the Cripple
Greek district was entirely quiet and peace
full up to the time the troops were sent in.
Today Senator Borah wanted to know if
the witness had not heard of a non-union
man named Stewart being shot to death
beaten to death and various other instances.
Davis said he had heard Of these cases.
Some, he declared, however, occurred after
the troops came in.
Senator Borah asked If Davis had not
heard of slim" Campbell killing a woman
in a house Of ill-repute in Cripple Creek.
Attorney barrow objected to this, declar-
ing it had nothing to do with the calling
out of the troops. The objection was over
ruled. Davis insisted this murder followed
the arrival Of troops.
During this line of examination Senator
Borah and Attorney barrow spared al
most continually. Senator Borah sought
to show that whereas the witness had said
the Cripple Creek district was as quiet as
Boise before the troops came, there was a
reign of lawlessness.
Davis insisted the district was quiet, and
declared he was willing to stand on his
statement of yesterday. He admitted, how
ever that he knew Of some non-union men
being beaten.
Senator Borah wanted to know II the
strike committee did not have to spend
most of its time preventing men from going
back to work. Davis said it required some
work to keep the men in line, for the mine
owners had secret agents at work at the
time, and were trying to misrepresent
things to the miners.
Denied Making Threats.
Davis said, when first asked as to whether
Mccormick and Beck, Eiled at the Vindica-
tor mine, were union or non-unon men,
that he did not know. Later he said he be-