Show iNOT GUILTY is JURYS VERDICT j t A Accused Miners Miner at Idaho f 4 Springs Gb Go G Free 4 MAKES STATEMENT INCIDENTS OF OP THE TEE WAS WAB W HT Th D COLORADO t Cob COlo Jan It Aft u j j er nearly nearl hours l rs the jury juI In fn the b case of morn ment b of the Western Federation F of ef Min Miners oils ers is c who vho were ware tried in hi the court coon here bre re on h charging chaD lJ them conspiracy to destroy buildings on the tle Sun Sup and Moon mine property pro erty at Idaho Springs returned a verdict ac acquitting acquitting quitting q ng all the defendants Original JY men were placed on o trial but District Attorney Thurman the capes against ag loot three of them and asked for the conviction of ot the remaining thirteen defendants The defense sub submitted n the case Cise to the jury without in introducing introducing any evidence The trial con consumed minted ed a month and nd more than were examined before b fore the jury was secured Among the defendants were D P C 1 Copley a member of or the executive lYe b of the Western n of Miners and J B E Chandler financial secretary of the Idaho Springs SprIng Miners union The others were all ail members of or orthe the Idaho Springs union It was Al ti Alleged ed that the explosion which de destroyed destroyed destroyed the Sun and Moon transformer house h use on July 23 last lust was the outcome of ofa a plot formed by an inner circle I of the union In consequence of the em employment emplOyment ot or nonunion the I SUil and Moon company after the Union mop mep had gone on strike Philip Phllip Fire a of the was killed by hythe bythe the explosion and it was was as asserted that he was one of the three men assigned ed to tob b tup up the building Following the explosion e the union miners were wore forcibly t expelled e from Idaho Springs by members of the Citi Citizens CI I II zens Zeus alliance A large number of these the e ewUl I will wUl be brought to trial next nest month mon on OIl filed against them on OR ac act t t of thou theft actions ac lons |