Deseret Evening News | 1906-02-28 | Page 5 | Story of Famous "Inner Circle,"

Of FAMOUS INNER INNE CIRCLE Related by Former Executive Of tidal of Federation of Miners MEETING G HELD IN THIS CITY n a Mill at lit Ward Vard nor ll us BIon ti up 11 Was 1 us its June Done In fn n a Denver to tho the Oregon Ian there them Is IR told a tt story star of at lie tho Inner circle of at the Western Federation i It t Miners lIners no 0 by an un unnamed ox ex member of at tho the federation who was once onro e connected with lIh It U In an executive capacity Tho Oregonians special tot foU 01 lows lone loneA A man closely associated with tho Western Federation l of at Miners for years carll who sho held executive positions ant and was wa close clOO to tho the go so So much so that tutt he ho retired In disgust and loathing tonight gave the tha history of the Inner circle cIrIo from tram Its foundation non tion Until recent times timos Ho lie said It 8 In May 1809 18 that the tho Inner circle of the tho federation wa oan formed Wo Vio were holding the annual conven convention non tion of tho federation that year eur In Salt alt City A short limo before that the BunIcE Hill Sullivan mill millot at ot Idaho was blown up The Thu authorities after oCler the tho federation pretty prell hord and ond something hUll had to ho hn done The convention was too big nig to handle Most Moat of trio the t o delegate delegates were union men und mid they tIey were opposed to violence Of Ot course the average averga a miner Is io not squeamish but mit he not stand for tor murder Hut But the cry en among the leaders even that far fur back WitS for tor forrice rice They The ridiculed tho conserva conservatives tives thes like m lt who sho were opposed to force torce and anti wanted to build buil l up the th unions by different means menns FIRST AID Alt TO 10 DYNAMITERS I 1 remember the tho first thing that con convention consention sention din did was wan to vote as a 1 retainer to Patrick Reddy nedd the Son Pan Francisco lawyer to defend the tho Idaho men and to hide the books of ot tho the fed federation cd cration In preparation for a 11 raid mid hugh Doyle Boyle who vho blew lIev up tim the lion Hun Duner loer er r Jill Hill Sullivan mine was sots In hid hiding hiding ing In Halt Bait Lake at ot that time and ond he took quite an on active part In forming the Inner circle George A Pettibone who hod hati Just been released from the penitentiary after serving nerving several jeun for throwing dynamite down a 0 Hume In the Coeur was wan an on another another other Dan U M the Iho hero ot o Hull huh Hill lIlli ua toa we wo called him was tho the third RITUAL IS i BLOODCURDLING A ritual prepared by Dr Carr of at City S D wan van used usell This man waa Wa a crank on this kind of ot work He lie HeIs Is 1 still forming societies with huge hUKe rituals Hut ho had nothing whatever to t do with the Inner circle outside of framing a ritual used by h tho the order It was wan Improved on afterward Hut nut even evell at lit the beginning It was one of the richest I 1 have known of Tho Tim oaths to be taken would make tho the Individual lual shiver and nh 1 you OU the men wanted for the Inner were vere of the tho superstitious kind anyway an woy It took a n member several days to get over the Initiation and fome some men that I know never got over OVel It INNER I EH cInciE RUNS nUNS v TION As long as os Ed Ell Boyce was vas president lent the Inner circle was kept In the back background background ground It used to do things then but It did diol not run ns as o it has hos lone done for years About hout a 1 dozen men run Fun the Inner circle and this runs the executive committee and ond the tho Fedora Federa Federation I lion tion Since tinee Haywood got hold haul 1 the Inner circle has run Iun the tho whole organization with Its 9 members and UH itH In III Income rome come of to a n year Poor Moyer was waR not such uch a abaci bail bad fellow Ho lie easily led lell led and fond of trouble hut but I do lo not lIot think ho Ito l have havo done tho chained against him If It lie could base havo avoided them HAYWOOD AND tI TUB TIm DRAINS Haywood anti and Pettibone are arc the tho brains brain of ot the Inner circle And do ulo you know that swore that he would 1 kill Haywood on Oil sight und and got ready to do 10 It for something that Is in often by b the tho public but hut the tho Inner circle Jumped In raid palo nl l Wn Wo n annot cannot have any nn scandal Quit And AndI I guess Ruess they did The Inner circle lion has haJ hd charge of or the funds of the tho federation lion for tor sobs sev several oral eral years Walt Vait until an nn Investigating committee from tho tIm outside le goes after these books If It Moyer Haywood are Ire convicted ted then you ou will hear some seine something something thing drop Men Ien who very ery likely had nothing to do with any of 0 the deeds of violence but hut who were aware of what was wai going on will wilt bo ho seeking other ether cli climates mates MONEY MONCY Y MADE HY BY STRIKES If it the tho true story stor could bo be told toM tha thu th enormous Income of ot tho the federation In iii Inthe the last few tew years yearn ears would be bo at ot the bot hot bottom bottom tom toni of much of the crimes committed The Tho more trouble tho tue more money monsy mone the tho more persecution tho the bigger tho the subscriptions from outside unions The only way to get the tho money to come caine In was sas to have trouble with the authorities authorities ties anti ami arrests The Cripple Creek Creel und nM affaIr meant half halt i t million dollars to the tho Inner circle If It can set geL at ot the books they thy wilt will show that I nin nm within the mark lint Hut lIutI I dont Ilont believe tho the books now In tho the headquarters will wilt show anything I 1 know what I 1 am talking about when I soy say that for the lost last four years tile the executive committee and anI tho the auditing committee have been lend domi dominated natell natel by ly b tho Inner circle By Hy that I 1 mean that the tho majority ot of the men on thieve these committees were eie under the thumb of Haywood or Pettibone or one onu or two others that have not been men mentioned mentioned Trouble haul had to be started every overy year From l January to May Ja was wan the time chosen choen when the tho delegates were being selected by the affiliated unions The Tha Inner circle would woul l pass tho tIm word down Iown and anI n a strike would ho bo declared A demand would be made for tor a n closed mine or n a union smelter to handle handlo tho the theore ore mined by ly union labor and ort oft she would start stort Look back baek and see If Im not right that all oil tho the trouble clinic came Ill me at ot the time the tho delegates were weN being voted on Just before the this annual convention If It It wan not In Colo Cob Colorado rado It was wan In Montana or Idaho or South Dakota Why should there thero b l M disturbances dl at lit that time 7 To keep the he Inner circle In power To fa see Meo that the he right kind of and executive tive tito committee were elected eJected If you ou go to tho the bottom of ot the theW W WIstern stern Federation of Miners you ou will Und that the tim seine same trouble that bloke up the tho big Insurance companies was lias as responsible for the trouble the leathers leaders hove have got Into and anti that was too much money In the treas ulY my TEN MEN NOW OW DO WORK thy Any ny onu em who remembers tho the work worl worlIn In n tho the Couer In the tho early call days dlA and what was done tone here re recently reo recently will see ee the difference You re remember remember remember member that when the mill at Ward Wardner ner nor was vas blown up Just before tho the 01 of the Inner circle In 1839 1191 till the men nen all nil took part About 1000 went Yent to see Keo Doyle explode tile the dyna dynamite dynamite mite There Thero wa VC aA no secrecy about It If Theres where they got Jot Into trouble flip llon bullpen was filled and a I score or more mor went w nt to Iho tho pen Now No one or ort t two vu wu employed e ed by b the Inner circle do the therk theand rk and ane get away And they sluing the money around In robs gobs how Orchard got Into th he business When h he saw the cers getting rich and hundred dollar ill low floating ho he thought he would take a turn MOVERS MOYERS RECORD AS A LEADER Boyce lIoce was a shrewd able fellow un unscrupulous scrupulous when he wanted anything but the boss bOBS loyer I 1 have havo known knowli for fora a number of at years and was responsible tar for or getting him Into the presidency When Wilen I knew kne him first 11 18 t he wan a 1 cow b by ay In Kansas Kanea working for rr the tho th Driscoll Driscoli others n Then he turned to railroading aul was yardmaster for the Burlington rood road at He lie was wan discharged ell told mo inn blacklisted by h the tho road ro tl The he next net thing thinK he was working In the smelter nt ot Deadwood I dont think ho he worked a II month In III a nil nine no He lie soon got Into trouble and had hud to get out Moyer led n a mob against some peo pee Ill Ii that they th hil not like WO anti and marched them hem out of town Harry Collins of lie ide White House Hou e of ot this city elt waa vai wo run out tut by h tho Moyer gang but hilt he camo jack and nii got ot damages Con Green Oreon who vho was WItA almost blown up lip by h MI 1111 In machine at nt Deadwood the other I light night ao Moyer his first Job In the mines nines HOW PRESIDENT pm S DENT Thero was a n strike e In tIm tho Kansas coal oal Holds fields tini Moyer Morer was chosen choson to I miners anti and whet gave ravo him his first lift lIe Ho wax was a u memo mem ber or of the tho executive committee from Deadwood and when Boyce married and ml got a n mine of his own and retired Moyer was WM chosen president to prevent a n break blenk In the tho Federation llon Colorado anti and Montana got Into a light fight that t hn t threatened to it wreck tho the organization ml so It was vas decided to take a n man from rom rein some Rome other othel district and an 1 vas tho the man least known HAYWOOD lWOOD IIA lilTS HITS HICHI PLACES ILlS When the tho was elected to office In Silver lIver Pow low county tho the gang gln put hut Hill Hay wood Into the tho Job Ho lIe was from tim tho Ho lie mined a little and leased eased u II good deal but hut he lie was wu mostly on n agitator The Tho trouble with him recently Is lit 1 1 that ho hue iia ha been hitting hilling tho the high places SILVERTON MINImS MINERS VOTE A Colo Cob special to tho the I Oregonian says sayi Miners union No I 26 6 Western Vestern Federation of to toIght toI right Ight I passed n II resolution voting JG 50 10 not 00 In III cash to uld the to tree free Moyer ami Pettibone and other her Western Federation men char chard charell ell 01 d with the murder of enborg tumid and aio pledged more hy by y borrowing money on their halt hall here and onel nd by b subscription If need he hI Biz sling ling resolution denouncing the arrest of f tho the union officials were passed