The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-09

llght upon the
secret methods adopted by the mine
owners and by the detective agency
by telling of the agents and spies sent
out to obtain membership in the min
ers' union, many Of whom held impor-
tant official positions while making
regular reports of the union affairs to
the detective headquarters.
Copies of these reports, which Fried
man had made during his employment
by the agency, were read by Lawyer
barrow and offered in evidence, be-
ing identified under oath by Fried
man. The judge had not yet decided
finally whether this matter would be
admitted These reports showed that
not only was the Western Federation
honeycombed with spies, but also the
United Mine Workers, over which John
Mitchell presides. One of the secret
agents reported that he had failed to
discover the alleged elmer circle" of
the federation, although he worked on
1t for two years at an expense of
$1,000 to the mine owners. Other re-
ports tended to confirm previous testi-
mony to the effect that various acts of
violence were instigated by the de-
tective agency to throw discredit upon
the union
The prosecution charged Friedman
with stealing these reports from his
employer, but he justified his course
on the ground that the federation was
morally entitled to the information.
Senator Borah called attention to the
socialistic connections of this witness
and otherwise made light of the testi-
mony as having no direct bearing on
the case. Former Attorney General
Engley of Colorado, who was twice
deported from the Cripple Greek dis
trict and who admits his active con-
nection with the Socialist party, told
of the conditions before and during the
miners strike and the efforts of the
mine owners to beat the strikers by
hook or by crook.
Unwritten Law Prevails.
AS was expected by all who had
watched the progress of the trial of
Judge Loving at Houston, Va, for the
admitted killing of young Estes, the
jury. under instructions from Judge
Barksdale who did not accept the sug-
gestion of the prosecution to bar the
alleged right of the citizen to be his
own avenger, promptly brought in a
verdict of not guilty. The technical
justification of the verdict was that
Loving was insane at the time of the
killing owing to the effects of his
daughters story Of wronging at the
hands of Estes, regardless Of the truth
or falsity of the story.
Railroads Robbing Immigrants.
Before Special Examiner Decker, for
the interstate commerce commission,
at New York the seven railroads which
divide among themselves the immi-
grant traffic from that city westward
were brought to book on charges of
unreasonable and unjust discrimina-
lions against these so called second
class passengers. General Traffic Man
ager Wood of the Pennsylvania was
the first witness, and he admitted that
the railroads charged the immigrants
the same rates for transportation as
fhe regular tariff for first class pas
sengers, or slightly higher, notwith-
standing that these immigrants are
herded togather likA cattle and COM
PEELED to wait in inferior rooms long
periods for special trains in which
they are crowded with inadequate
train service Mr.. Wood tried to show
that these rates were necessary in or
der to make up for the increased cost
Of equipment and wages, but he failed
to satisfy the examiner that it was
right to charge this increase to the
poor immigrant rather than to the
1irst class passenger.
Christian Scientist Convicted.
Clarence w. Byrne, a New York
salesman, has been found guilty by the
court Of special sessions Of willfully
negiectIng to provide medical attend