| Show B Si Significance 0 of Arrest of W Western Federation Off 11 1 i fir ot or President Pre Charles CharlesH f T H n Moyer oyer Secretary William WilliamD Williamr r li D ot or the thO Western Federation of or Minors TR In Den Denver h J ver PI Colo l olo en Oil Sunday t nn t their prompt extradition Into Idaho on ona i t a II of lit Inciting murder of nf ex f r Frank the war warI I governor of ot Idaho marks A 1 most as astounding a ati ti portentous turn In the tha J history of If wc labor unions nfl In this country sayi MI Benson In the U Wl New York h The Western Federation I ellera lion of Miners 1 extends Its domain over nix states and territories where mines and lire It strong factors In Ilio welfare of the Iho t of people Idaho Montana 10 Colorado Ne h Utah Ulah New le Politic nil and Industrially the federation has hilA been powerful enough to 10 be the tha of th destinies of every laborer In III them I H It ha has been strong enough to 10 coerce J allied business Interests and to 10 Unit cajole and then Ihen whip lilt line other i Mat and 1 national labor organizations nd finally to stand stanl whenever I i of or Mr lInc I Worker or Mr r American Federation of Labor has been with withdrawn i drawn Jt It has been so strong that few tew of li thousands of ot assaults murders 1 mysterious dl tint haw havi recurred In thi th controlled by byi i the federation ever bc n seriously Pollee 1111 1111 elected by fJ votes did dt not care to 10 catch Jl one of ot their thIr brothers brother no noman man would dared testify 1 I him If It they hall had Accidents were 1 by hy 1 J common common consent the explanation of the Ji dispensations nf of Providence X Calculated to put pUI tint thu fear of or God Into h henrt h of employ rn or nonunion men Inen In u 0 rou Isolated mountainous country NT A UK AD I trell Moyel It IH II conceded In hut but tho figurehead lI of or the Western thill Secretary l Treasurer William WilliamD D Is IN thu tho brains of thy Ihl or organization and a 11 shrewder r more au nil audacious manipulator b be found est of ot the Hooky Hocky mountains Mr Mayer Is IR a 1 big bl heavyset thick k kleck necked leck I Illiterate a II con COli front for tOI tho Iho structure ho lep Is II and trill trail considerably over oer six pix feel li In height could hava been president of oC the Ihl fed federation at al any time ho he but as and treasurer trea of the organization atlon with II pliable president hit power und been heen infinitely Secretary also 1111 came from the ranks of the tho men man ho controls An bunt destroyed the sight of eye ee but a II pronto pic Juro uro of ot Mr shows hows a n clean type of a man one whose foresight ha been until now extraordinary When the entire stall of Colorado Will was by b tho Iho reek and the whole of nr the was Int In the tho outcome Mr Ir played pIn yet his hl men mell Governor Peabody the lUard and tho Iho desperate Mine Une Owners association without a II falter A caffo callo with IB IG nonunion miners was dropped J OO feet te t down tho daik of or tho Iho independence shaft and bits bit of human along the dark walls for tor a n thousand feet teet Superintendent and Foreman neck Heck were wre to In atom atomon on nn tho sixth lovel of Iho Vindicator pieces of ot tho Infernal machine thin did the deadly work were easily found nn attempt to derail u It train with members of or tho military with wives and children and to hurl thorn Ih 11 down a II precipice was Willi of ot n winters night the dynamite Mend wan wnM more successful In III catching a nisi it shift as It waited for tho down train nt 0 I 1 2 one morn mornIng Ing II nd 14 nonunion men wore torn limb from limb and Hung Ilung to tt the four winds by tho blast that wrecked the Independence The Tho fact that the was ahead of nr time and cama whistling up Ut while the rent rl t of or the crew crAW were ere a 1 hundred feet reet down the tho trail was III the only thing that prevented thu daughter of or a I hundred more nonunion workmen However the fate of or the H 14 Hwan wan wall a strong lesson Every now and n Ill then those happened until public almost demanded that tho thu strike bo ho yielded to tho federation la In lathe the name of ot humanity governor of or C his hili na national guard worked overtime mine owner and politicians nil over the took tOIk Bides In a II personal fight but bill Secretary Haywood sat Mt In the Den vur 1 headquarters of or tha Federation and steered Its itA course so that unions oil through the east assessed Mich Reh member from ten cents a week weck to tou u a dollar a II month to 10 keep up III the th Colo Colorado I rado light lightA A farcical for the desecration I of ot the American Hag was Willi the nearest tho tIne Mine Owners association ever came Ciline cameto to up 1111 with Mr 1 Imi Imitation I tation HUBS with Inflammatory printed upon them were scattered I through the thc Cripple Creek district as dodgers For thin Secretary 8 Haywood languished for tor n 1 brier brief In tho Denver Denor Jail once when President Moyer oyer ventured Into tho military camp nt lit Telluride ho was promptly arrested held for tor Inciting ing lawlessness H When Moyer oer escaped they the devoted their efforts to a 1 political cal combination that promised to tn wIpe th notional out of existence I With the support fund from eastern I unions the prospect of nf federation votes Secretary Haywood stood should cr fr to with the Democratic leaders for the defeat of Peabody for reelection At the September labor day In Denver Secretary Hay wood uni Riven Rhen the place of ot honor and Ind i iby by n clever arrangement rodo rod II up liP tho business streets at the head of ot the pro 1110 procession cession to tt receive the of or the multitude countermarching down don again facing tho marching unions and graciously IY acknowledging the salutes of the men passing under his rev w wIt It 11 Is doubtful If a II Colorado Indict I could been blell brought against t Haywood oer but when 10 loading of ot Idaho showed a 1 to tu the murder of his hll prell ami sent Milt re rp cesi or Gov paper and Informal on to 10 back up 1111 to nov dov the Peabody compromise for I It took look If thim an hour for tor till tho Colorado to te hand over Iwer to the Idaho Mahn custodians President who was already on a II on hi to Secretary and O OA A former member or ot the board of the After thirteen years n professional I h ft dynamiter or nIt lIa un trapped Into Its 1111 awny Thirteen appears to be bea a number for tor Ih federation An of nr thirteen with nt III Us head decided nil all Im Important rn moves of ot tho federation and an Inner Illner of or live Iho carried them out Warrants be n Issued I Huel for nil all the member ot nf this but hullt It Is I doubt doubtful ful If many more of them will be he found loW Dow that the president and secretary of or the federation bell been TUB Till OF Ol I XO Frank who destroyed de by hy u dynamite bomb I nl he ho was entering the gate to 10 his yard In III Caldwell Idaho on the night of Decem December ber 30 van one of the picturesque per 1111 personalities of ot the western country tJ on ell fret feet In height h I broad In proportion and straight us an Indian he Ito lowered men In stature as III he did didIn didIn In strength of character Wall Street mill remembers him as a 1 giant who ho wore ore a II bearskin coat cont Happing over OEr a 1 shirt on one of or his business excursions cast Seven Hoven years ago 00 rl wiped tho notorious Coeur II V Alone crowd off art the thc mill map of nf Idaho The lend worn Bent to 10 the penitentiary they swore that on their liberation tiny thY would bo hI avenged Their terms had nil ull expired nr nearly KO o Their friends friendson on nn tho outside ut helped them to 10 celebrate the occasion at nt tho same PlUM time timeto timeto to make Rood ocd their vows Two bombs WIo fastened one to each side 1110 of or 00 gate gute and tho perpetrators tors lorR a UR usual got away Th Tho vas ns blown to atoms as us he entered his front yard Harry alias Harry a n Western Federation III nil IM arrested and on 1111 being put through thirty third degree confessed that thai the ed Inner IIII I circle had paid out II lit of or dollars to tn him and men like him for tho numerous murders In mining country many of which the public never neer heard of It wa wn Orchard who laid l tho wires shot off oIT the gun un that exploded the dynamite under the Independence station In Colorado The Cripple Creek Cr lk ties were suro of this at nt the time they th traced their nil all through Mex Mexico leo ico California and Canada to lose sight of him In Idaho Vincent Bt HI John U I also mentioned In Inthe Inthe the dispatches as 1111 having been arrested under the Orchard confession For tor four years earll Colorado has hils been looking for tor Bt Ht John a n young Dick type Ipe of ot pres president ident of or the local of Hay II woods Western Federation It appears that St Ht John had only stepped over oer Into Burke Idaho to become president of the tho local there Haywood and oth others ers In federation affairs a U 1111 In said knew where he was Willi nil the time as nil did also the tho local lol al union he was presiding over 1111 Mr Ir Orchard casually mentioned AAA J A his hi whereabouts and thu tho Idaho author authorities authorIties gathered him Into the same cita citadel del which Haywood and Moyer St John wan elected Drell president lent dent of the Telluride union In February ary IDOl 1901 A month later he Jot got down downto to business by demanding that tho tha fathom system he abolished at It the Smuggler Union that In Inferior Inferior workmen could collid not make a Ing wage Manager Collins replied Hint thol th con contract tract system win optional with the themen men reliable men anxious to work to the extent of their ability were In favor of nf It At the same time ho published the mines payroll for the month showing nn on average dally dal wage WilKO of One man averaged ier erl 19 9 raw ru Italians made SZ 2 and or 01 two less lesa capable or ambitious made SI SO bringing down the avenge to The day da rote rate would be PI only 3 In the face of or this Ht HI John Insisted upon his point declared a 1 strike for May Mil 1 J Manager anner Collins kept the Ihl mines going on July I 1 had ZOO nonunion men In III his employ July Jul 3 nt nl daybreak to Federation miners armed annet with rides shotguns and re revolvers reo hid behind rocks and trees when the night shift ore off and tho day shift v re down voiles Into the unarmed men Tho nonunion men ran Iun hIlk Into Inlo the tho buildings for to I shelter dragging their dead and wounded with them After three hours houn parley President 1 John Johll the rioters promised the nonunion men they the would bo ho al 11 lowed to 10 walk out unmolested The Federation men eume down from behind the th rocks took look possession of nt tho Ihl mine min and MM each endl man came out lined him up until 83 stood under the range runAe of the Federation guns These 83 men were stripped and beaten forced forcell to 10 remove their the shoes and stock ings hIRR and then marched up the rugged Iu mountain away from the tho town It was 18 two miles to lO the summit over locks Ice and every eer step of the way omo barefooted man wan 1111 struck from behind kicked taunted Thomas trail blazer WIlH shot In both arms and crippled for tor lire life t Thomas II little Cornish Cornishman man weighing perhaps was beaten and loft lert for dead by b the way ulde When the mob left he dragged himself awn Hed Mountain and crawled Into Inlo a II deserted cabin Here two Iwo Federation men found him beat him down again and drove him Into the night Thomas finally worked work d his WilY way down the gulch where a 0 settler secretly took look him In and cared for him hima a II day or 01 two until tie he could be bo as go SC cr to The others of or the tho unfortunate band walked In their baro fret feet miles over Oer mountain paths to James I 11 tho Iho then gov governor governor of or Colorado Ct was w s Implored to send troops to preserve the Iho rights and prop property erty of nonunion workers and lid owners but bUI refused to 10 do no It because of a 1 tel telegram from II i political of ot that district No occasion for tor troops Mines In peaceable possession of miners the tho message read St 81 John and lint the e t tern ern Federation were as liS the telegram stated In full Cull control of tho Iho entire Two hundred and LIlli rifles cartridges ordered on union letterhead and paid for tor by b draft signed by b President t St John who was wu con conducting conductIng ducting this strike previous to the tho at It attack tack tark on the Ihl Smuggler Union Un 1011 The fhe Western Federation of Miners van organized In Butt Mont May III II ti when lawless unionism m hall had obtain sd full control of lit the dAlene tlene country The summer previous armed union men had the Frisco mill near Wardner completely destroying It II ItIn In the which followed a II number m bl of nonunion men were killed and 17 of ot them were lVere marched oft the dock into the lake Inke No one was punished for these outrages Intimidation wont went on until federal troops were brought Into the country Martial law was wn In force until No November ember vember Ai Ar eoon lIoon OR troops wore were withdrawn terrorism was resumed the Western Federation of nt Miner as asIt asIt It watt waK called was organized for deter determined mined control that would prevent any further Interference by b Systematic Intimidation of or Individual examples In each district were begun as object lesions of or the supremacy sup ot the people One nonunion man was Waft tied tI Il to a 11 handcar and turned loose down a R steep grade to an on Impressive and prolonged death The local author authorities elected from the of or the federation men did nothing to protect nonunion men constantly coming Into the country In search of or work What effect Hie arrest of the proal del det and lint secretary of the federation will have on the organization remains to b be beleen teen leen It may have 0 a salutary effect up upon upon on Its reorganization no matter what the outcome of or lilt murder trial There arc 1110 Impending elections however by the tho time a II court trial Is II well under way U there will be the pre for tor a j presidential election and Ind the Ih heavy vot ol of la III labor bor organizations in six sparsely tot 01 tied tlell and territories Is not nol to be i iw weighed w lightly i |
