Show J I m V IT JJ 1 O OX 0 1 i Weber Elton and Xe tull Speak Strongly I at ul Federation Meeting The Tho meeting call called b by the thc Utah Federation of or Labor n was as held in the afternoon under the chairmanship of 1 J I N. N Spaulding president of or the as as- Ion The 1116 Iles speaker was wa ac Attorney A A. J J. J Weber eber who treated the subject I In part from rein Its h. h legal standpoint Ho lie sal said the methods adopted In the ar- ar ut rests of lC Moyer I Haywood and unil P Pettibone Petti- Petti bone bOlle were lucre nut nol only Illegal I but bul In III hl Iris his opinion Il hU revolutionary I Th lime Governor OU I I of Colorado had lu Io Issued th the warrants I ICor for Cor those men knowing that the statements state state- statements ments of or the Idaho Governor GO upon which the warrants were wre asked for rOI were IC untrue he averred n un and the arrests nr- nr I ie lC rests is tM were made In the rh lead dead arl of night an and no opportunity given the alTe arrested te temen men Inch tl to communicate with friends ft families or 01 attorneys H Attorney Weber eber bel quoted Section 2 Article 4 I a 4 of or the constitution of oC the United States to lo time Iho effect that lint a man charged In an any stale slate tat with treason felon felony or 01 other crime and who lied led from Justice to lo another state slate could bo returned to tho the stale slate where he committed committed com- com the Uw crime or was accused of so J doing doluS' upon the demand of uC the thc state stale from flom whence he lie ha had ned lied The statutes s of or Colorado he substantially lIall repeated that article of or tho thA Constitution con con- though unlike the Utah statutes statutes stat stat- lat utes ute the they did dill not nol not specify that the accused accused ac ac- hours In be bc given iven I twenty four which tl to r resist extradition lion a and apply for tor Ol a writ of oC habeas corpus Governor GO Not ul Infallible It was the custom thou though h he said III In every t stale slate uie Lilo written statutes lal provided jUo cur lor it or ur not tut lor tor me too accused ell to tu be given en n Ll chance to tu be hc heard in tit nis own 11 defense as it Il was teco recognized that thai a su gu governor was wag nut noi in me the matter O 01 tit extraditing accused persons Why h ben were not 1101 the three men amen under lInuel consideration given gl 11 the chance cnance that was accorded tile the blackest criminal he asked Hean tie lie an answered that the executive of or Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado well knew that if the men ha had had hall to a Colorado Colora u court they would woul nol not have had to lo go to lo Idaho When hen the governor of a tate state was allowed to act iu lit that wa way he declared de- de declared de and could place himself beyond beyond be be- yond on the pun power er of ur review le the reign of ur tyranny had h COnIC come No o governor had tad a u lI right ht to honor requisition papers except In hi the case of or a n fugitive tram Irom Justice an and one who viiu was wa In n the tate stale at the thc lime time or toe the crime erlmo with he lie- was wa charged u The action of ne f the executives in the case of ur Moyer loel Haywood and Pettibone was one olle which no court would uphold and was tas the Crull fruition 1011 of a con conspiracy between be- be tween the governors o of ot the lie two states stales of or Idaho and Colorado As s a matter mailer of ur fact though he hl said al he the accused men nien were In ha the state stale and would be tried there and GovI Gov- Gov et nol Gooding had said ai some sonic tine time ago that thai Can Canyon on count county was unprejudiced unprejudiced diced and a fair trial would woul be ue given 1 them But he lie continued Gooding further fur Cur further ther on un In ha the 1 same statement ha had told about the lie confessions of Orchard and Adams and practically c ed d the accused c guilty in iii an effort lo to prejudice the people of or the county count against them then Where herc Cou piracy Con Lies If Ir there was an any conspiracy he declared declared de de- it was hatched batched U by toe Mine lInc Owners Owners' us as association anti and nut not by an any inner circle of oC union men taco menAs As a matter matter mat mal ter tel of or fact tact Attorney Weber euer continued contin condi- the cases es awaiting trial be not nut under ordinary circumstances discussed b by them that thal afternoon but butas as us the governors o of the thc two states stales Involved In In- ol ha had already ahead tried and condemned condemned con can the lie accused the C case became anti and It was wa their dUl duly to lo discuss discuss dis dis- cuss them an and try uJ to tu neutralize neutralise Iyan b Iy b ban an aroused ed public opinion the worl of those men an and the capitalist press hen When murder was Va committed lit ht went on there here was wal always arwas a motive moll hal possible motive could the miners miners miners' min ers' ers union have hu In iii I killing illing burg a man luau politically dead and antl credited What hat ha harm ln could he dc tic them Then as ai to lu the evidence c In It time tho case The she confessions lon of Orchard ard urd and Adams Allam two self assassins were of or no value am ant n would not nol be received c In a court o tit 01 law luny As for rOl McFarland the speak speaker er err would not on tin oath believe a hundred hun liun tired dred s. s he said was as alS Infamous as the thelIc lIc vilest L murderer murder murder- er that thai ever swung Vun between earth am lInt hea heaven nm If Moyer IIa Hay wood and ami were given gl a u fair trial he said Bald the would nol not only be hc found not nol guilty bul but their Innocence would be he mad They demanded de der clear ps a the noonday sun no more than thai a that a fal trial wad and a deal All the asked was that lint public opinion nis and neutralize th the efforts to lu pack i r jury If It a ii fair fall trial could not b b- o obtained for Cor tho those c men then In ht tin state oppression ruled and legalized le anarchy sat sul l enthroned Mr 11 chets remarks were cre reedy cd ed enthusiastically enthusiastically by IY IJ the me meeting and marked all his headin points I I Xo ut Il V.-e V. 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I Elton Ellon spoke from th the trade union standpoint ll He lie said ti that th ill Western estern Federation of or Miners lIn loI wa fighting a case of or deliberate rale collusion on the lie part of tit the accusers to dl dis discredit discredit l credit its o Ulcers and disrupt it ranks The Idea of oC Us Its being the assassination of wa absurd If It they killed a governor wh rh was In fn power pallet even e It 1 would u be bl n use as another would take lale his hiM pine piau an and they could go on killing hover ovel nors hors until thieve there were no more peo pie pic in it the state of oe Idaho The reined such evil of organized labor against as all the capitalists lH Impo Imposed etl was the ballot What 1 labor wanted h said was simply a u little more Who Who- 11 they hot got ot that the they would fit still III ash for tor Ol a n little more al and I thc they would heiron I heir ec econ it on until thc they got As showing the lie character of I th lb h n-i-alN- n all accusers accusers' ers ers' tactics lactic Mr 11 Elton niton the caf case C of oC Vincent St. St John who whoM M WI wanted u again in to Colorado foi tor m an y crime and to th the en end I that thit ha I h II might might- be he gotten back bucl th n tt wa- wa x d. d dared Innocent of complicity In III t Ih h. h murder U bv by the tho Idah court and discharged char c only to h he seize voi t tand and railroaded to Colorado a pro pen which the speaker said aid in nil II that the of oC the th- habeas corpus cOrUS writ had hod been hen tut i neI to a u process of of hocus of-hocus Aided U. U g 13 ea 1 He lie recounted the thc cn case c of oC a 1 work oik In InS Ing man who ha had joined joinell the rank and had been sent to th the Coeur DAlene lAlene district where he hud hall help helped ed a n man to escapee escape from Jom the hull pen to reach the thc JJ bedside of or hi his d in d b That mun man had bC been 11 sent n IIII to lo twenty five years ears solitary military II men meal f for r hi his act The Utah Ft Ft-d Ft d Ti ri lion ion had taken talen his case up mu a U a-U I their thelt representatives in to congi i all air the Uw matter and alter aIle I murii In di d di I appointment and amid delay had f eli it it- r man As Arc then so now no th they ui ul vindicate the Innocent Th They did u n- n II gain aln their ends by stabbing h in ill I it II- h dark and the they asked that lh th M cease cease- from Crom that peach 1 The rite following resolutions u iv M I UK II I rt read and carried without a dl s voice woke H I lu II Adopted ll reus s. s The Tho stale state officials official of the M siai Idl Idlor U of or Idaho In conjunction with th the star tut officials of Colorado have ha taken from their homes home In Colorado President Mot lo loI der cr Secretary Haywood Ho and others of ti lI I Western raton of or Miners I grunting granting them m n the privileges guarantee every citizen In iii this Called States State timer then fore rOrt f ore be 11 It Resolved That we W we the members II of or tl I Utah tah Federation on of or Labor abor hp here a- a d do lIo condemn the course II by the above l N named state nf ot otI consider h hy by their actions that they alm emmen at em I m men n devoid old of or principle unfit for fOl th high official po positions till they y now hold I 1 their r respective commonwealths un and be beIt I Ut lit It further her 1 Resolved That Ihal this organization pledges I I it its It II support to assist the time official of the I Western Federation of Minors Miners In I iwo iwo- ro- ro O. O curing a fair fall trial And Vol b be It further Resolved ell That this Utah Ulah Federation of oC i Labor ask uk each affiliated union taboo to pledge I also their lr support same cause And J be It further Resolved ed That one OIW copy COil of or these 1 resolutions resolutions reso reso- 80 be Iven ell I to 10 the pi pies ll ess o one Ill sent to th the Western estern Federation of Miners andone and andone one to Gov Go Gooding of or I Idaho aho Something Ik Resides Mallot- Mallot William Newton o. o ton an old member of the Western Vestern Federation of Miners who ho hoI I Is ii now practicing law in Salt Sett Lake Lale n was us Ico recognized and I a-I asked ell to address 8 the lie meeting He lie said the only fault he had hurl to Lind Hn with the cite speeches peeches an and r resolutions was that the they were CI not strong enough h In their theil denunciations He said ald the thc unrest l of Moyer Ih Haywood Maywood and Pettibone was part of a con conspiracy fiC acy aey between Jim Hawley Mike e MacDonald Mac luc Donald and Gou Unless the United States Stales supreme ullI me court Intervened Inter Inter Inter-i v versed nd he said aid tho those three ce men would I surely be mur murdered When hen ho passionately passionately pas pas- asked had railways started I furnishing special trains trams to tn n assist In furnishing special t trains airs In assist in alJ alleged ed criminals What hat halwas was the lie good of laws la ho he a asked IH d if governors O could disregard lr them What hal wax was the U use o of or their theil ballots ballot when tho those e ballots were not counted he inquired In lJ The re result ull of recent outrages In III Colorado he said ald had shown tint that Eli Ed Boyce when hen h ho he said the limo hue was coming coining whets when a million laborers would be he armed I knew n whereof he spoke and was Baser than those who condemned him lino for fOI his utterance thought The capitalists ml might hl 1 tied find h he continued that thul the laboring man ha had something else Ise to user use In his own protection be bo- side the lie ballots which were here not counted If It tho the working man was driven cn to th the use uS of tho those l' l other means who was to blam blame Mr 11 Newton ewon then gave an a further summary of conditions as the they existed ex- ex J isted In it Colorado during the I I benej hency of ot Go Governor Gornor Peabody The I meeting then adjourned I |