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Show , . ,-, , , , "t - - . i ' . i 1 , , - . .i . - . k - ... - - i - - ....... u a. . . . . .... . k4 t ' ' ' - t I' ) "Th Governort of Coloado and Idaho 3 ve plotted with th Mlne-Ownera aseo- Ion to murder th offlccra of the A. t?torn Federation of .Miners." ' . Tl.ls wai the assertion made by WU-1 WU-1 ,un Newton at a .mass 'meeting held at the Federation of Labor hall yesterday y rtnrnoon, under they auspices of the Utah l'fleratlon of Labor.' 1 The. meeting; was called for the purpose f rrotewtinr acainst the action of the matter of ballots, who will be to blame when we consider the example that has been aet usf .' Crowning Outrage. ' 1 closina; Mr." Newton recounted his experience ex-perience In Colorado during the Cripple Creek trouble and aaid: - 'I aaw things there done in the name of the law that would not have been tolerated tol-erated In England 700 years ago. But the arrest of Moyer and Haywood Is the crowning outrage of all the wrong against labor." -,. -frs in the arrent' and holding of - oyer, Haywood and Pettibone, who are imw awaiting trial In Idaho on a charge of conspiracy In the murder of, former tiov. Kteunentyrg. . Judsa A. J. Weber and T. I. Elton were the other speakers, and while' they were nore moderate In their utterances than lir. Newton, both uttered strongly worded word-ed protests agiUnst the actions of the offl-c-r of Colorado and Idaho. Judge Weber confined hlmeelf almost entirely to the 1hI phe of the question. Mr. Weber congratulated the United 3 :ine-Workers of America .upon' appro-'jrlating appro-'jrlating 1AKJ0 for the defense of the ao-cuaed ao-cuaed men. .. Arrest Was Unusual. ' . . ' , "The arrest of these officials," contln-itied contln-itied Mr. Weber, "was unusual, illegal and revolutionary. The Governor of Colorado iHsued the warrant knowing well that the statements made by the Governor of Idaho Ida-ho were untrue. In the dead of night .these men were ' kidnaped from their homes and taken to Idaho on a smecial : train, without 1 opportunity to consult 1 counsel or friends' The speaker then read the sections of the statute bearing ,on extradition, showing that, "according to the decisions of the highest courts, the ! accused were not only entitled to the op- Jwrtunlty of testing the legality of their 'arrest by writs of habeas corpus, but that beor their extradition could be lawfully ! accomplished. It waa necessary that the accused should have been present in the (demanding State at the time of the com- mission of the alleged crime." 'Sight to Be Heard. ' J ; The speaker held that. In any event, the I accused had the right to be heard; that no Executive of a State is) infallible; that the evidence pointed to a conspiracy on I the - part of the Executives to get these officials of the federation into Idaho in defiance of law. "Gov. Gooding has dls-I dls-I graced Idaho," he said: "Colorado could 1 not -be more disgraced, by the Executive than she waa under the administration of the infamous Peabody. Roast for Got. Gooding. " , "Gov. Gooding some time ago said, In ; one of his newspaper Interviews, that the ; people of Canyon county were fair and . unprejudiced and would grant the ac-! ac-! cused an absolutely fair trial, and then. In order to prove that this statement was true, he added that the confessions of ' Orchard and Adams were true and that Moyer and Haywood would be hung in ' the State of Idaho. "To ahow the fairness of the people of 1 Idaho' and Canyon county, I call your at-' at-' tention to the fact that when the prisoners prison-ers were taken to Caldwell Jail the hypo- Sritlcal Sheriff decided that they could ave no special meals brought In, even if they had the money to pay for them, be-, be-, cause it might hurt the feelings of other prisoners confined there," . . ( . lielleves Them Innocent. ' Mr. Weber expressed his belief in the Innocence of the men under arrest, pointing point-ing out that "no motive for the commission commis-sion by them of such a dastardly deed had been shown." ... "Steunenberg had long been dead politically," politi-cally," declared the speaker, "and to explain ex-plain the crime with which they are charged yon must assume that Moyer and 11 y wood were driveling Idiots." Orchard and Adams were denounced by . the speaker as self-confessed mufVrers, 'who were not to be believed under ott.i. ' Judge, Weber also severely condemned Detective McParland. In closing Judge Weber aald: . "What ws demand for these accused officiate Is that . which (s vouchsafed to the humblest citizen who dwells under, our flag, a fair trial and a square deal. If we cannot have this, then oppression and legalised anarchy are enthroned." ' XUaen. From the Banks. D. I. Elton spoke for the trades unions. The speaker pointed out that Moyer and iJIeywood had risen from the ranks of ' labor to the high position at the head of a great organisation, and held that that alone waa evidence of ability and honesty. Continuing Mr. Elton said: "Suppose that organised labor had used such methods in dealing with the Mine-Owners' Mine-Owners' association at the. time of the Cripple Creek troubles? A howl would have been sent up throughout the land, the soldiers would have been called out and the laborers would have Been facing iJa rifles. There . waa simply a collusion i between the Executives of these Btates to accomplish the stealing of these men, but organised labor now takes the stand that ' they shall have a fair trial." ! Attempt to Disrupt Union. Continuing, the speaker said that while ; labor organizations wished to accomplish ' ' their desires by peaceable means, the cap-i cap-i Hallsts and the Executives of Colorado I and Idaho would be blamed If different ! means should be used, after the example ! thaU had been sot by them. "The motive back of It all," he de-, de-, clared, "Is a desire on the part of the I Mlne-OwerS' association to break the ! faith of the Western Federation ef Ml-; Ml-; tiers with their officials and thus disrupt " the organization." ' The arrest of Moyer and Haywood waa ' denounced by the speaker as "the climax . of all outrages that had ever been inflicted in-flicted on organised labor." . i :&esolutlons Adopted. At the conclusion-of Mr. Elton's ad-: ad-: dress the following resolution's were read I and adopted by unanimous vote: I "Whereas the State officials of the State of Idaho In conjunction with the i States officials of Colorado, have taken ' from thetr homes In Colorado, President 1 Moyer, Secretary Haywood and others of the Western Federation of Miners, .with-- .with-- out granting them the privileges guaran-. guaran-. teed every citizen of this United States; therefore be it "Resolved, That we, the members of the tTtah Federation of Labor, here assembled, assem-bled, do condemn the coiirse pursued by ' the above named State officials and con-1 con-1 aider by their actions that they are men devoid of principle and unfit for the high official positions they now hold In -their 1 respective commonwealths; and be It fur- Resolved, That 'this -organization ' pled res Ita support to assist the officials . of the Western Federation of Miners in , procuring a fair trial; and be It further , "Resolved, That this Utah Federation of ' Labor ask each affiliated- union to pledge ' also their support to; the same causa; .and be it further "Resolved, that one copy of these reso-' reso-' lutlons be given to the press, one sent to the Western Federation ' of Miners and . one to Gov, Gooding of Idaho." ITot Strong Enoug-h. After the resolutions had been adopted William Newton was oalled to address tbs gathering. Mr. Newton , began by . etatlng that "the resolutions which had lust been read were hot strong enough In their denunciation of the Executives of j.'rIio and Colorado; that these two Governors Gov-ernors had Joined in a consoiracy to mur-Or, mur-Or, and that unless tha Supreme court rf the United Btates did take Moyer and linywood out of Idaho they would, as pnre as the sun shines, be murdered ttre." . '. ; : (, ' 'nulng he ssld: I t l you that the time has come when r.. r la one law for the capitalist and , o rr fr the working map, and If the i ...s tLat follow are not altogether a i |