The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-12
WHAT STATE PROVED IN THE
/ !. v. v. TRIALS HELD HERE

that leads to the lake. He has been
logging his own timber for the past
four or five years. Last summer he
was trucking logs, when he was ap-
preached by man wearing an Il.
w. w. button, claiming to be an or
ganizer, who told him that he would
| have to quit logging; that the I. w.
w. were out on strike and that
the only way to win was to get the
smaller fellows first. Robinson went
on logging. In December he went
to Spokane to get sawyers. He hired
four men, but did not ask if they
were I. W. WIS. The men were out
fitted in Spokane, picking out their
own tools, the employer paying for
them. The quartet worked four days
and cut $4,000 feet of logs, Is per
cent of which were cut short, trees
were fallen in wrong direction, piled
over one another to make skidding
difficult and expensive. Robinson
fired the bunch when he found the
kind of work that was being done.
Two Of his saws were kinked, and
three axes missing.
Robinson was in St. Maries at the
time of the demonstration of the I.
w. w. when Nelson was to be taken
to Coeur d'Alene. The state learned
of his experience and had him sum-
moned as a witness. The cross-ex-
animation followed the same line of
effort to show that all these acci-
dents might have occurred in the
ordinary course of work.
ex-governor Mcconnell was called
and stated his present official po-
sition with the federal government
as an assistant immigration inspec-
tor for the Northwest and labor agent
for the state of Idaho. The state
introduced copies of the constitution
and bylaws of the l. W. W. which
were identified by the witnesses.
Certain sections of this book were
introduced as exhibits and read into
the records. In each instance the at
torney for the defendants objected
to the introduction, of these sections
and was overruled by the court and
exceptions to one ruling of the court
noted.
Mr.. Mcconnell further identified
the literature of the organization by
the referring to section five of the
I. w. w. constitution which prescrib-
ed how such publications should be
marked and the official seal describ-
ed. He further testified that as fed
eral official he had examined defend
ant Hurd and when the defendant was
asked if he was an I. W. w. had an
swered, "You Bet"
Governor Mcconnell in testifying as
to the authenticity of the publications
of the I. w. w. said: "That we ac-
cepted the Bible as the teachings of
Christianity because the books were
written by the accepted and recogniz-
ed authorities of that belief and for
the same reason we accept the books
and literature offered in evidence as
the doctrines of the organization be-
cause each bore the official approval
of that order and are written by their
recognized authorities.
William Buck is a special deputy
sheriff, who has been in service since
last summer when conditions became
so alarming that Pat Malone sent in a
call to assist in preserving law
and order in the Bovill country. He
testified as to conditions as found
in the camps during the past several
months. Told of the methods of I. w.
w. picketing, of intimidation. Was in
Bovill last summer when ]. I. Trun-
er, an I. w. w. organizer came to
town. He attended meeting in the
hall and heard Turner speak, SO or
60 members of the order were pres
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