The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-12

| ing In the COnVlct1On OF Cne three Qe
| PENDANTS yesterday, makes the follow
| ing excerps from the evidence of par
| ticular interest.
Attorney for the state F. L. Moore
in his opening statement to the jury
stated that it would be shown thai
defendants as members of the or
ganization known as the l. w. w
were guilty of the crime of crimina
syndicalism as charged in the pre-
sentiment and outlined the facts that
the persecution would present.
The first witness called was AL
bert J. Hoskins, Spokane, account
ant of the Federal Loan bank at
present time. During the year 1917
Hoskins was auditor Of the Loggers
Club with offices in Spokane. He
testified that he secured from the
national headquarters of the l. w.
w. at Chicago much of the literature
of the organization, including the
preamble and constitution, booklet
entitled advancing Protelariat," an
other on Sabotage" and others all of
which showed that the I. w. w. prin-
ciples taught sabotage of all kinds
as set forth in the various defini-
tions including the slowing up on the
job, or the lessening of efficiency, the
destruction of machinery and tools,
the miscarriage of freight and manu-
factured products, the open violation
of court orders as the means of slow
ing up trials and adding to courts
costs that the burden of taxation
might be increased.
The cross examination attempted
to show that the witness was in court
in the interests of the lumber barons
and to prejudice his testimony from
that view point.
A. S. Campbell, wood superintendent
of the Rutledge Lumber company,
during 1916 and 1917, testified, that
during the year 1917, many thousands
of feet of logs had been cut short in
the woods for his company. This cut
ting short was explained logs in
tended for 16 feet were cut a few
inches less, those for IA feet few
inches less, thus necessitating cutting
a 16-foot to IA and thus entailing
a loss of many thousands Of feet in a
big run. Campbell also testified that
in the months prior to the strike of
last summer, that 80 per cent of the
men in the woods were members of
the 1. w. W., wearing buttons or car
rying a card.
John Goodwin, mill superintendent
of the St. Maries Lumber company,
testified that he had worked in the
woods all his life and that there was
always a small shortage in logs, that
is logs cut under length, but that the
loss from such source during sea-
son was infintismal, until the I. W. w.
began coming in large numbers in the
woods, since then many thousands OF
feet have been cut under length en-
failing a loss of many thousands OF
the burner. He alos testified that on
one occasion he drew seven railroad
spikes in one cluster from log the
same being driven in deeply out OF
sight. and not discovered until struck
by the saw. That during one days
run iron had been found II times in
logs.
Goodwin is a member of the county
council of defense an appointee OF
Governor Alexander and also special
deputy sheriff of Benewah county.
Mr.. Goodwin also stated that during
the recent disturbances at st. Maries,
under the direction Of Sheriff Nolan
and Capt. Taylor, he had examined
rs men picked up promiscuously on
the streets of the town without any
previous knowledge of the men, and
found that each was a member of the
I. w. W., carrying card and liter
ature of the organization.
Mr. Boles, saw filler of many years
experience, being employed in one
of the mills of the st. Maries coun-
try, testified that large band saw
had a speed Of 10000 revolutions per
minute, and that when saw struck
an iron hidden in a log it resulted
in much damage and the shutting
down of the mill until the saw was
Witness has been filler for more
than Is years, never had any trouple
to speak of until the l. W. WIS be-
gan to work in the woods during the
past two years. Witness identlf1ed
exhibits shown by the state, as pieces
Of saws, bridge spikes, nails, wedges
and trail dogs as iron that he had
taken from logs in his mill.
w. w. Robinson, of Lake Chatco-
let, was a good state witness. He