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Show MINERS' FEDERATION TO DEFEND MEN ACCUSED Of CONSPIRACY IN MURDER DENVER, Colo., Feb. 21. A meeting of the executive board of the Western Federation of Miners probably will be called within a week to adopt plans for the defense ot the officers now Tinder arrest In Idaho. James Klrwan, a member of .the board, arrived yesterday from Terry. S. P. Vice-President J. C. Williams of Grass Valley, CaL. will reach here today. to-day. The members of the Federation, It is said, will be asked to subscribe money to defend Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone. "We will secure the best legal talent obtainable in the country," said Kir-wan. Kir-wan. "The rank and file of the members mem-bers of the Federation believe In the Innocence of their officers and will see that they have Justice If such a thing Is procurable. "The charges brought against our men are the same ones which have been trumped up by the mine-owners so many times. . Fifty-three of us were arrested after the Independence explosion, explo-sion, but none was ever prosecuted. Our arrest was made merely for political politi-cal effect. "It is a queer thing that every time anyone has made a so-called confession it has been proved beyond a doubt that he was in the employ of the mine-owners' mine-owners' association. Orchard Is in the same boat as the. other confessors. i "If the evidence against our officers Is as strong as they say It Is why didn't they allow them to have a hearing hear-ing In Colorado. Such evidence as that would surely have been sufficient grounds to allow requisition Instead of to warrant kidnaping." As a counter charge to that made by the Plnkertons that the officers of the western Federation formed a conspiracy conspir-acy to murder all sympathizers with the miner-owners in Colorado, Mr. Klr-wan Klr-wan declares that the mine-owners have formed a conspiracy to break up the federation through . charges trumped up against its officers. Notice to Merchants and the Pnblic All of our agents carry with them a letter authorizing them to act for us In definite capacities. Unscrupulous persons have been traveling through Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and I elsewhere claiming themselves as representatives rep-resentatives of this association, when ni?ct' we have neyer heard of them. The public must be careful; a reward will be paid for Information that will lead to the detection of such persons MERCHANTS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION. ASSO-CIATION. , Scientific Collectors of Bad Debts SuT-f aJL..Nt.lonaI Bank building. Salt lake city. Utah. Francis G. Luke L?keeiU anagrer' "Some pPe Don't |