Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-23
HAYWOOD'S VIEWS.
Cause, Interest Among Working
Men-Letter From One on
the Subject.

bELlil V l1LE, 1Hu., AbilA -
(Special) -Wilburn ID. Haywood, OF
Colorado, who was arrested with Pet
tibone and Meyer for completely in the
murder of Governor Steunenburg, of
Idaho and kept in Jail for Is months
before given trial by jury which
acquitted them, made visit to Belle
vile Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Haywood
was one of the head officials of the
Western Federation, and is firm So
cialist, and so am |, for he made 1T so
plain / could not keep from siding with
his views He gave us a sketch OF how
the miners had been used in the wes-
tern coal and metal fields through the
strikes and how they had been put in
jail for nothing in the last 30 years,
and in most cases the state officials
would give all the support to the big
dog and send the militia to guard the
mines so the men could not blow them
up, when there was no danger at all.
And how he and two others were ar
rested in Colorado and taken to Idaho
to be tried for murder without the le-
| gal papers which the laws of the Uni
ted States call for, and instead OF the
! speedy, fair and impartial trial which
the law requires, they were kept In
Jail year and a half, and here the
speaker landed ON Teddy for his part
in the play The Western miners ap-
pealed for writ of habeas corpus from
the lowest court to the Supreme Court,
but was turned down and then Teddy
got in line. He wrote letter to the
"Golden Vest and said the men were
undesirable citizens and the men haC
not been convicted when accused. In
stead of the President seeing that they
got fair and impartial trial, he put
his foot in and kicked them further
down, hut the innocent were freed, ant
now the low-lived cur of detective
who did the crime, or at least is self
confessed murderer of over six dozeI
men, including the governor Of Idaho
is III Jail with all hopes of being par
doned before the present governor goe
out of Office, and has good ground fo'
hopes if all statements are true. Hay
wood then gave few pointers on tn,
late trouble in the gold field where tn,
operators asked for the soldiers ant
they were sent. Then Congress forcet
Teddy to send a commission to investl
gate and see if the soldiers were need
ed. SO the commission investigated
, No public report was made as custom
! ary in such cases, but some wise con
gressman got in line while congres
was in session and called for the repor
and the commissioner report wa
made public, and was that no troubl
was in GOldfield and the soldiers ha
no business to be sent in the first place
, but the dirt was done, for as soon a
/ the soldiers reached Goldfield the wag
, es were cut from S. to 81 per day
/ That may look big to some, out wal
until | get through Here are tn
prices of some of the necessities of life
Two rooms, SKIS feet $50 per month
Sc per ton for coal; 10c for small pa
of water. Besides that it is away OF
in the sandy hills where you could nj
see anything but sand. The eatablt
were high in proportion, so they III
J we'll to live after all.
: | believe Haywood will run fl
+, President on the Socialist ticket. E
u is the man, for he is a common worl
: ing man who always went down in ii
ground to earn his living until th
) charge and acquittal of murder mao
him the hero of the west He does n
; use any big words, but just spits it OF
! so all of us common people can unde
stand it, and tells the capitalists plail
Il ly where they will be if the Social
IL forces ever get in power. That
l. what l want to see. all on an equ
e footing. Let everybody have their ju
dues. l have just as much right fl
J the luxuries of life as anyone else bl
don t get them.
o OF course don't expect the Socia
q lists to be in power for some time, b1
j, if this thing doesn't change now,
u will some day. This so-called pan
II will make some Socialists. If any
the working men want to stay wi
l. the old party, don't go to hear Ha
wood speak, if you have chance, f
y he will make you change your view