Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-02-28
HAD ADVANCE INFORMATION
WAS INFORMED THAT PLOT WAS
ON FOOT TO @scARE THE
scARsp AT AculLAR
JURY MAKES NO CHARGES
NO INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED
As RESULT OF THE LABOR
DISTURBANCE

trinidad. Colo, Feb. 2S.--An aaillis-
s;on that he himself had distributor
AIMS to strikers before one Of the
hattlas in the Ludlow district was
aada before the congressional inyesu-
,oatine committee today by Dr.. 9. V'
pates Of Aguilar. DR.. Bates, who has
oiver medical attention to the strik-
ers on many occasions, admitted also
tbat ba had advance information q a
nlot = oscare the scabs, '-on the day
bagore the burning Of the mine Office
Hpple and postoffce at the South
western mine, near Aguilar
charges Of political interference in
u Animas county by officers ana
en,n,oyes m Of the large coal companies
mars m made before the congressional
inyostieating committee today by D.
NJ palston assistant district attorney
i Trinidad Mr.. Ralston was called
os > witness by the coal operators
- 4astifv to various disorders which
i had seen. On cross-examination
~ q c;ostigan, he was questioned
rsoara,na political conditions, and de-
sersbea several alleged incidents
Tbicb be SAD supported hts charge q
interference by the eonpanies-
nudge I d. Northcutt later secured
an admission from the witness that
his sympathies we're with the unions
IN The labor orcontroveqsy
A Dillara King, a collector for tns
Mountain States Telephone company
described the fighting in the strike
~ona On october 26. Patsey Rosetti'
former striker. said union officials
threatened to kill him II he went back
i work His testimony occasioned
long wrangle among the attorneys
NJ costigan seeking to establish that
tba witness had been interviewed p
advance BY representatives Of the
mine operators.
Judge Northcutt told the eoinnllelee
tsot Be and his colleagues, as lawyers,
always tried TO lind out in advance
what their witnesses would say on the
stand. .4
"A LAWYER who fal.ed TO do that
.Eshould be disbarred," he added
\ Row Campbell, deputy coroner was
ErecalIed 10 explain the verdicts in cases
Iof men killed in mines. Representa-
i've Evans brought out that several
men had served on coroners' 1uries
repeatedly. Mr Evans read from the
coroner,s records a.'veldict in the case
of a miner killed by a fall Of rock.
The verdict states that Wyatt BUCK
nes met his death from internal inlur-
iesy and that ehe had no relations
and damn few friends
d. Truiillc, a timber contractor sad
The had been interfered with by stripers
when ne sought to deliver props to
the mines. He declared that on one
occasion he was severely beaten,
Dr &. ". Bates Of AguiIar. who on
many occasions has gwen medical az.
ltention to the strikers, was asked
what he knew about the burning q
the mine office and postoffice at the
Southwestern mine near Aguilar on
! october %. He said that on the das
i Of the fire he talked with p y JET
] fries. Jeffries. he testified, told him
that he was going out to scare the
0 scabs." Early the next morning tht
t buildings we're burned Jeffries i
= held By the federal authorities On th'
t charge Of burning mail
The witness then said that he ha'
Z distributed guns to strikers before on
y of the battles in the Ludlow district
sip q. Courtney railroad enploye
J. told Of strike disorders which he say
Il he has seen. A. w Brown. 9 deput
a sheriff at Hastings, said he was g
i sauIted BY strikers at Aguilar On octf
Z ber 1s
ON ossexamination It vas brougn