Morning Oregonian., June 07, 1907, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREG0XIAX, FRIDAY, JUNE V 1907.
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HIS CONFESSION
AT THE CLIMAX
(Continued from First Pags.)
the failure of. an attempt In wjilch Jack
Slmpkins had participated.
Orchard lifted the total of his own mur
.It red victims to 18, detailed the circum
stances under which he tried to murder
ex-Governor Peabody, Judge Goddard,
Judge Gabbert, General Sherman Bell,
Dave Moffatt and Frank Hearne. Inci
dentally he confessed to a plan to kidnap
the child of one of his former associates.
Tells His Karly Crimes.
Then, under cross-examination by the
defense. Orchard confessed guilt of the
sordid social crimes of deserting his wife
and young child in Ontario, fleeing to
British Columbia with Hattie Simpson,
.the wife of another' man, and committing
bigamy by marrying a third woman at
'ripple Creek.
Through the shocking details of
murder plots, utories of secret bomb
making and tales of man-hunts with
sawed-off guns and infernal ma
chines as weapons, the witness went
on in the same quiet off-hand manner
that marked his demeanor yesterday.
His voice dropped to lower keys as
the pitiful story of the long hunt for
Steunenberg narrowed down to the last
day and he told of the race from the
hotel to the home to beat his victim
with the death-trap, and the meeting
in the evening gloom as the victim
walked unconsciously to his doom.
Through It all' he winced but once, and
that was when the defense maae mm
name his six sisters and his one
brother and give their residences In
Ontario and New York state.
The defense fought the story with
a multiplicity of objections and suc
ceeded In heading off an attempt to
tell the story of the murder of Arthur
Collins at Tellurlde and temporarily
shutting out the contents of a tele
gram received and a telegram sent by
Orchard after his arrest. But for the
rest the state managed to got In its
story Intact.
The state today began its corrobora
tion of Orchard's crimson tale by pro
ducing the lead casing of the Peabody
bomb. Orchard identified It, swore
that he brought it from Canyon City to
Denver and then on to Wallace, where
he gave it to a man namM Cunning
ham. It was thrown into the river
and the state promises to later prove
Its recovery.
Haywood and his kinsfolk listened
quietly to the long recital and about
their first show of feeling was one of
amusement when Mr. Richardson be
gan his onslaught and brought out
Orchard's domestic crimes.
There were the same precautions
and the same armed guards today to
protect Orchard p.nd the same court
room soenps, except that among the
spectators the women to men were as
two to one. There was another rush
for admittance and the doors of -the
courtroom had to be closed at both ses
sions. Orchard finished his direct ex
amination at 2:35 o'clock and the cross
examination had only reached down to
the Coeur d'Alene days of 1899 whon
the court rose. The cross-examination
will continued at 9 o'clock tomor
row morning.
FINISHES STOltV OP CHIMES
Orchard Tells of Steunenberg Mur
der and Attempted Assassinations.
BOISB, Idaho. June 6. Orchard began
his day's testimony by giving the names
nt several persons he met in San Francis
ro when ho went there to assassinate
Fred Bradley, who had been formerly
the manager of the Bunker Hill & Sulli
van mine In the Coeur d'Alene district
of Idaho. These names were related in
order to pave the way for a possible cor
roboration of Orchard's testimony at
this point.
Orchard said he was known a part of
the time he was in San Francisco by the
name of Barry. Leaving California, he re
turned to Denver, wearing the uniform
of a soldier. He said he Immediately
called Pettibone on the telephone.
"Pettibone asked me how Bradley was,"
continued Orchard. "I told him Bradley
was still alive when I left San Francisco,
but that It was expected he would lose
his eyesight and probably be deaf for the
rest of his lite. Pettibone said that was
better than If I had killed him outright
that Bradley would now be a living ex
ample." Orchard said he asked for money and
received $125 from Pettibone, with the as
surance that he could get more whenever
he wanted it.
After tinbbcrt and Peabody.
Orchard said Haywood next asked him
'to go to work on Judge Gabbert," of
the Supreme Court of Colorado.
"He said Judge Gabbert," Orchard went
on, "had been rendering decisions against
Mover, whom we were trying to get out
of Tellurlde on habeas corpus. I went to
Judge Gabbert's house the following Sun
day night with Steve Adams and a shot
gun, but we did not see the Judge. Hay
wood also wanted us to try again at
Governor Peabody. saying he did not care
how we got rid of him. At this time it
seomed that Peabody was about to be
elected for another term. Steve Adams,
Billy Ackerman and I set to work and
made a bomb. We put it under the side
walk at Thirteenth street and Grant ave
nue, in Denver. The Governor walked
along there every morning.
Missed Feabody, Tried for Hearne.
"Adams and 1 watched for the Governor
until he came out. Just as the Governor
walked over the place where the bomb
was, two heavy coal wagons came out of
the alley and passed over the wire lead
ing to the bomb and we couidn t pull it."
"Did you try?"
"No. sir. After the wagons parsed and
tho Governor. 1 went and got the bomb.
The streets were almost deserted. We
threw the bomb in tho river, and reported
to Pettibone that we had failed. He said
it was too bad.
"After this we tried to shoot Governor
Penbody. hanging around his house for a
long time, but not getting an opportunity.
We also tried to shoot Frank Hearne, of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.
Haywood said Hearne was trying to fix
the Legislature against us. and would be
a good man to get out of the way. He
ako said that Dave 'Moffat, president of
the First National Bank, was another.
He said he was convinced that Moffat
was behind the people who were fighting
the Western Federation of Miners."
Adams and Orchard watched around
Moffat's house for some time with
gun. but accomplished nothing.
"We were also told to get after Judge
Goddard. who. Haywood said, was instru
mental In defeating the eight-hour bill,
which had been declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court of Colorado.
Keeps ATter Peabody.
"At the Fall elections Peabody was suc
ceeded by Governor McDonald. Peabody
vent to live at Canyon City. Moyer. Hay-
wood and Fettibone all three told me to
keep after Peabody. It was arranged
that I should become a life insurance
solicitor."
Orchard declared that he got recom
mendations for that position with one of
the big agencies In Denver from Mr.
Hawkins, an attorney and partner of E.
F. Richardson, one of the attorneys now
representing Haywood, and from J. C
Sullivan, president of the State Federa
tion of Labor.
Mr. Richardson listened keenly to this
part of the witness' story and made notes
upon it. Haywood, surrounded by his
family and attorneys, sat stolid at times,
but on occasions leaned far forward In
his chair, gazing steadily at Orchard with
his single eye.
Orchard said he decided to prepare a
bomb to place 'beneath Peabody's bed
room window at Canyon City, Colo.
Bomb Betrays Itself.
) The state here created something of a
lead casing of the bomb. It was the size
of a two-gallon can. Orchard identified it.
He said he had shown the casing to Pet
tibone in Denver and loaded it in the
basement of Pettfbone's store, the latter
assisting him. Thirty pounds of giant
powder were used.
Pettibone, Orchard declared, gave him
$100 before he returned to Canyon City
with the bomp. On his way to the latter
place a companion heard a clock ticking
in the grip with the bomb and wanted to
know what it was.
'I told him jokingly that It was a
bomb and I was going to put It under
Peabody if I got a chance." Orchard
went on. "But when I reported this con
versation to Pettibone, he told me I had
better not try it on Peabody at that
time." ,
He said, however, that he wanted
something pulled off "before the conven
tion "that we must have something to
show for the money we spent."
"Pettibone and I then went to work and
FRANK STECNKNBKRG, GOVERNOR
WAS KILLED BY
prepared a bomb for Judge Gabbert. We
made it out of a half gallon syrup can,
using 10 pounds of giant powder.
"Pettibone and I planted the bomb in a
vacant lot, which Judge Gabbert crossed
on his way home. We left a wire out of
the bomb, and to this we Intended fasten
ing a pocketbook. the idea being that
Judge Gabbert would pick up the purse,
and thus upset the bottle of sulphuric
acid Inside the bomb. We rled one day
to fasten the purse, but Judge Gabbert
came too fast, and we had to leave it
alone.
"Pettibone had to go next day to Salt
I.ake to attend the convention of the
Western Federation of Miners, leaving me
to attend to Judge Gabbert. He said we
must certainly do something before the
convention. I was afraid to touch the
old bomb, so I prepared a new one. AS
Judge Gabbert started out the next morn
ing, I rode ahead of him on a bicycle and
fastened the pocketbook to the wire.
"I rode off down town and did not hear
an explosion until an hour afterward. A
man named Wally had picked up the
purse and was killed. Judge Gabbert had
passed without noticing it."
When he reported the result to Petti
bone, the latter said it was "hard luck."
Moyer Prevents Attack on Bell.
Orchard told the details of his move
ments almost day by day, stretching his
narrative out to great length. He said
the next man selected for attack was
Sherman Bell. Adjutant-General of Colo
rado, who had- been Instrumental in
breaking up a strike. Orchard said it
was decided to buy a rig to drive out to
Bell's house. He took Haywood to ride
In the rig and then bought it for $115.
The bill of sale was made out in Petti
bone's name. He and Pettibone drove out
to Bell's house several nights In succes
sion. About this time Moyer returned to
Colorado, and when he found out what
was going on, ordered it stopped. Moyer,
Orchard declared, said he did not want
anything pulled off In Denver while he
was there, as he would surely be arrested.
He also said he had some outside work
which was- more important.
Bomb for Goddard Fails.
Orchard had now brought his story
down to August, 1905.
The witness went back to June of that
year, however, to tell of another attempt
on Judge Goddard. This was made a few
days after the failure to "get" Judge
Gabbert. The bomb for Judge Goddard
was planted in a grass plot near the gat
leading into the front yard of his resi
dence. The connection with the bomb
broke in some manner without exploding
it. Orchard said he examined the plac
and found the grass dead where the
bomb was planted this being due to the
escaping sulphuric acid fumes. After this
failure. Orchard said he discussed mat
ters pretty thoroughly.
"Mover told me he thought we ought to
get rid of Johnny Neville, who knew too
much about the Independence depot af
fair and was demanding money." said
Orchard. Then for the first time the wit
ness came down to the Steunenberg case.
"Ought to Get Steunenberg."'
"Haywood suggested." he said, "that
we ought to get ex-Governor Steunen
berg. He thought that If we got him
after letting him go seven or eight years
and then went back to Paterson, N. J.,
and wrote letters to Judge Gabbert, Judge
Goddard, Peabody. Bell and others, tell
ing them they would get the same thing
as Steunenberg. it would show them they
were not forgotten, either, and would
have a good effect. Moyer said it would
be better than killing them: that It would
be a living death, for they would be con
fronted by the thought always of some
body waiting for them.
"Haywood said he had sent several men,
to Caldwell to do the Steunenberg Job.
Among them were Minster. Art Bascom,
McCarthy and Steve Adams. Minster
was a miner a member or the union. I
did not know McCarthy. Pettibone and
Haywood told me that Steve Adams and
Jack Slmpkins were in Idaho to get rid
of some claim-Jumpers. They were then
going after Steunenberg.
"I went to California after this conver
sation. When I got back I talked with
Adams, Haywood and Pettibone. Adams
said that the money Haywood and Petti
bone had sent him to Idaho had miscar
ried and that he never got it. For this
reason he had not gone to Caldwell. Ad
ams said he had got rid of the claim
jumpers all right"
Mr. Richardson objected to all the
testimony as to what Adams had said.
The objection was overruled on the
ground that Orchard had told Pettibone
all that Adams had said.
Orchard Starts for Idaho.
At the afternoon session. Orchard said
he started for Idaho two days after taHS
ing with Moyer and the others on the
subject. Pettibone helped him Jo get his
trunk ready. He put the Peabody bomb,
prepared for use at Canyon City, In the
trunk, and took It along. Pettibone
knew about this.
"Before starting for Idaho," said Or
chard, "Mr. Haywood gave me 1240 in
cash. He had given me $60 before thfs.
I was to send to Mr. Pettibone for any
additional funds. Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone were all present when this ar
rangement was made. I went from Den
ver to Salt Lake, spent four or five days
there, and then came on to Nampa,
Idaho, stopping at the Commercial Hotel.
"I registered as Thomas Hogan.
After being In Nampa three days I
went to the Pacific Hotel at CaldwelL
I registered again as Thomas Hogan.
I began at once to make Inquiries
about Governor Steunenberg. This was
about September 6. 1905. I stayed in
Caldwell two or three days. I found
out where Steunenberg lived, and
learned that he was not at home. I
came on to Boise to try to locate him
OF IDAHO FROM 1898 TO 1900, WHO
ORCHARD'S BOMB.
there. I was told he -was living at
the Idanha Hotel.
Looked for Hidlng-Place.
"The Portland Exposition was going
on at this time, and I decided to go
there for a few days. Then I went to
Seattle to look at a ranch. Pettibone
had told me to do this. 'He thought It
might be a good thing to have a ranch
where we could hide out whenever it
became necessary. From Seattle I
went to Spokane, and then 'to Wardner
to see 'Jack' Slmpkins. I told hfm what
my object was."
Orchard remained In the mining dis
trict for a month. While he was there
he talked with Slmpkins about kid
naping the child of one of the mine
owners, but nothing came of it. Slmp
kins finally decided to return to Cald
well with Orchard to help in the as
sassination of Governor Steunenberg.
New Bomb for Steunenberg.
From Wardner, Orchard and Simpkins
first went to Wallace, Idaho, where Or
chard decided to get rid of the Peabody
bomb. Simpkins said it was a dangerous
thing to have around, and he thought it
had better be thrown away. Orchard
said he gave the bomb to a friend named
Cunningham to dispose of in the river.
Proceeding from Wallace to Spokane.
Orchard said he and Simpkins bought 10
pounds of powder there to make a new
bomb with when they reached Caldwell.
Simpkins bought a pair of field glasses.
On the way to Spokane, Orchard said his
trunk was lost and Slmpkins took him
to see a firm of lawyers about suing the
railroad company. The firm was Rob
inson, Miller & Rosenhaupt, Mr. Miller
now being a member of counsel for Hay
wood. This firm, Slmpkins told him, rep
resented the Western Federation of Min
ers. Arriving at Caldwell for a second, time.
Orchard said he registered himself as
Hogan and Simpkins as Simmons. Or
chard identified his writing In the Pacific
Hotel register introduced in evidence
yesterday.
"We tried to locate Governor Steunen
berg at once," said Orchard, "but could
not. We went out to his residence sever
al times, and then finally saw him In the
Saratoga Hotel one Sunday evening. In
the meantime we had fixed up the bomb,
so Simpkins and I took the bomb out at
once and set it under the sidewalk with
a string stretched across the walk so
when he struck It it would upset the
bottle of sulphuric acid. We went back
to the hotel to wait, but heard nothing.
After two or three hours we went out and
got the bomb. We found some one had
broken the string, but had not upset the
bottle. We hid the bomb in some weeds.
The bomb was made in a wooden box just
big enough .to hold 10 pounds of powder.
Simpkins Jumps the Job.
"Next day Simpkins concluded he had
better not stay around any longer, for
he had seen several persons who knew
him. He thought it might go hard with
me if I was caught in his company. He
said I had better remain and finish the
job alone. This was some time in No
vember, 1905.
"Simpkins all this time was a member
of the executive board of the Western
Federation of Miners. After he went
away I tried to catch Governor Steunen
berg down town some night, so I could
slip out and plant a bomb for him near
his home. He was out of the city a large
part of the time. Once I came to Boise,
but could not find him here. I returned
to Caldwell and stopped at the Saratoga
Hotel, carrying the bomb in my grip.
"I finally located Governor Steunen
berg on Christmas night, li0S. and taking
the sawed-off shot; gun Pettibone had
given me. I went out to his house. I
heard the Governor coming and tried to
get the two parts of the gun together, but
had not succeeded before he passed into
the house. I then went down town
again.
"The next time I saw the Governor
he was sitting in the Saratoga Hotel.
I went up to my room, got the bomb
and hurried out to the Steunenberg
house and planted the bomb by the
gate. I then started back to the hotel
and when about two blocks away I
met Governor Steunenberg on his way
home. I ran as fast as I could toward
the hotel, but had not reached It when
the explosion occurred.
"I went to my room to do up some acid
and giant caps and things in a package
As I waa doing so a giant cap in my
pocket exploded and tore one side ef my
coat out. I was afraid everybody in the
hotel had heard the explosion. I waited
a while, but there was no indication that
any one heard what had occurred in my
room. I went downstairs and remained at
the .hotel until Monday, when I was ar
rested." "After your arrest, did you communi
cate with anyone?" asked Mr. Hawley.
"No, sir."
"Did you receive a telegram from any
body?" "Yes. sir."
"What did you do with this telegram?"
"Destroyed it."
"Where was the telegram from?"
Mr. Richardson, for the defense, object
ed "to this. The telegram Itself was the
best evidence, he declared.
"We'll produce the original telegram,"
declared Senator Borah.
First Sign" of Feeling.
Orchard said the telegram was not
signed. The witness spoke more slowly
and perhaps with just a tinge of feeling
in his voice, as he told of placing the
bomb which destroyed Governor Steunen
berg. During his recital he could look
directly across the room at the young
son of the dead man. who sat with gaze
constantly fixed upon his father's self
confessed assassin.
Orchard told of receiving a letter while
under arrest.
''Are you acquainted with the hand
writing of George A. Pettibone?" asked
Mr. Hawley.
"T am, yes, sir."
"State whether the -letter you received
in jail and which you destroyed was in
the handwriting of George A. Petti
bone?" '
The defense objected to this, saying
it was not the proper way to identify
handwriting and gave absolutely no
opportunity for contraversion. The
objection was overruled.
"I believe it was in the handwriting
of George A. Pettibone," said Orchard.
The-attorneys for the defense moved to
strike out the answer on the ground that
it was merely a belief.
Judge Wood asked the witness If the
letter was written by Pettibone.
"To the best of my knowledge and be
lief it was," declared Orchard.
"Motion to strike out overruled," said
Judge Wood.
Taking the witness back to his experi
ences in Colorado, Mr. Hawley asked the
witness if Haywood had ever said any
thing to him with reference to the death
of Arthur Collins, superintendent of the
Smuggler-Union mine in Tellurlde.
Adams' Mission of Murder.
"Haywood told me." said Orchard,
"that he had sent Steve Adams and Ed
Minster to California to kill Fred Brad
ley and the superintendent of a 'mine
whose name I do not remember. He
said they had got in jail and he had to
send them quite a sum of money." .
I.ater, Orchard said, Haywood had also
told him he had sent Adams to Pocatello,
Idaho, to throw some "Pettibone dope,"
or Grecian fire, into a train of nonunion
miners that was expected to pass through
there. '
Orchard's'story was done.
"You may cross-examine." said Mr.
Hawley. turning to Mr. Richardson of
the defense. The latter began without
a moment's hesitation.
"You were born in Canada, you say7S
"Yes, sir," said Orchsrd. who had
shifted his position quickly to face
what was expected to be a long or
deal. - Looking" past Mr. Richardson,
Orchard gazed at the defendant.
Has Brotncr and Six Sisters.
Mr. Richardson first wanted to know
all about the geography of Northum
berland County, Ontario, where Or
chard was born. The witness supplied
the information unhestitatingly.
"Are your father and mother liv
ing?" asked the attorney.
"No. sir, they are both dead."
Orchard said he had one brother and
six sisters. He said that some lived
in Canada and some in New York
state. Orchard gave the names of
five of his sisters as Clara, Florence,
Maggie. Mabel and Edith. All are
married except Edith, he said, but he
could remember the married name of
only one Maggie Frazer, who lives
near Brighton, Ontario. His brother's
name is Joseph Horsley and he lives
at Wooler, Ont. Orchard said he mar
ried in 1888, and his wife is still alive.
He has heard from her since his ar
rest. Orchard said he had one child.
He said he once lived in Detroit, but
denied ever having been in Utica,
N. Y. .
Admits Committing Bigamy.
"You left one wife in Canada?"
"Yes."
"And you've another wife in Colo
rado?" "Yes."
"You are a bigamist, then?"
"I don't know what you call It."
"You were married twice and have
two wives?"
"Yes." ,
Richardson was very aggressive
with the witness, hurling his questions
at him in fast, flying volleys and In
tones harsh and rasping.
Orchard said he ran away from Can
ada with another man's wife, going
to Nelson, B. C. The woman's name
was Hattie Simpson. Orchard went
into the restaurant business for a
while. He then moved to Pilot Bay,
B. C, and ran a boarding house.
"You went by the name of Little,
didn't your
"Yes, sir."
Orchard said Mrs. Simpson went
back . home from Pilot Bay and he
went to Spokane.
"Which one got tired of the other
first?" demanded Mr. Richardson.
"Neither," said Orchard, amid laugh
ter. "Did you desert her?"
"No. she went back home."
Becomes Partner of Boyce.
In Spokane, Orchard said, he adopted
the' name of Harry Orchard. From Spo
kane, Orchard went to Wallace, Idaho,
where he acquired a one-sixteenth in
terest in the Hercules mine, now
largely owned by Ed Boyce, the for
mer president of the Western' Fed
eration of Miners. Boyce is reputed
to be many times a millionaire.
Orchard said he sold ont his interest
in the mine In 1897 and bought out
a woodyard at Burke, Idaho.
Mr. Richardson's questions flew at
Orchard in such rapid succession that
the latter part of his answers was
lost In the rattle of the new Interro
gation. Mr. Hawley objected on the
part of the state and the court ad
monished the attorney not to cut off
the witness. '
Told of Crime to Pettibone. ,
"Did you ever tell Pettibone about
burning a cheese factory and collect
ing the insurance?"
"Yes."
"And. that you had stolen the cheese
and sold it prior to the fire?"
"Yes."
"And that you had an altercation
with your brother near Utica, N. Y.,
and had pitchforked him?"
"Yes."
"Hold on just a moment, said Mr.
Borah for the prosecution.
"Mr. Orchard, please tell us the date
of this conversation with Pettibone,
so we can connect It up with him."
The attorneys for the defense were
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silent, evidently taken aback by the
sudden move.
"It was In 1904," said Orchard.
Orchard said he had never, as a mat
ter of fact, had any trouble before
leaving Canada, and had never been
in or near Utica, N. Y.
Court here adjourned until 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning, when Orchard's
cross-examination will be resumed.
CORROBORATED BY BRADLEY
Tasted Poisoned Milk May Have
Been Two Explosions.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6. F. W.
Bradley, former manager of the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mines in the Coeur
d'Alenes, said tonight that Orchard's
statement quite fits in with his ex
perience. "The attempt to poison me with
strychnine in the milk," he said, "was
mainly frustrated by my habit of early
rising, my custom being to breakfast
before any one in the house. On this
morning I noticed a bitter taste In the
milk, spat it out and had the rest put
out of the way. Several innocent lives
were thus saved. This milk had .only
been delivered a few minutes before
my tasting it."
Mr. Bradley, continuing, related that
he was so terribly Injured by the explo
sion spoken of by Orchard that he was
unable to clearly follow the accounts
of the outrages. He referred to the
allegation that the explosion which
wrecked his home and himself was
caused by an escape of gas in the front
hall, which was ignited by a match
struck to light his cigar.
"Possibly there were two explosions,
the first the Infernal machine and then
an explosion of gas caused by the
dynamite. The gas may have been the
lifting force which threw me into thai
street."
The owner of the flat sued the gas
company and was awarded $10,000 dam
ages, the explosion being attributed to
a defective meter. The gas company
took an appeal, which is now pending
in the Supreme Court. Orchard's con
fession having become a matter of
court record at Boise, it is altogether
probable that the record will be used
in the gas company's efforts to set
aside the judgment of the lower court.
Kir wan Returns of Free Will.
BOISE, Idaho, June 6. James Kirwan,
acting secretary and treasurer of the
Western Federation of Miners, during
the enforced absence of Haywood, who
still retains title to the position, arrived
In Boise from Denver this morning. Kir
wan came in response to a telegram from
James H. Hawley, senior counsel for the
state. .Kirwan was served with a tele
graphic subpena some weeks ago, while
returning to Denver from a trip to this
city.
"I was advised," he said this morn
ing, "that the service of snch a sub
pena was illegal, but to show I have
nothiug to conceal I informed the
prosecution that I would come to Boise
whenever desired. It was something of
a hardship to come just at this time,
as our convention meets' June 10, and I
should be In Denver at that time. I
am ready to take the stand at any
time. I had Intended coming back as
a witness for the defense anyway."
Cheese Factory a Failure.
BRIGHTON. Ont.. June . Alfred
Horsley. alias Harry Orchard, who
confessed to . having killed ex-Governor
Steunenberg at Boise, left here
H. B. LITT
Friday and Saturday
We Offer on Sale a
Special Purchase of
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In Different Colors
at
$8.25
We have in stock a complete assortment of Pongee
and Linen Coats suitable. for the Hunt Club Meet
for Vancouver in 1896. Prior to that
he ran a cheese factory near here for
several years without any great suc
cess. Denies Federation Implicated.
DENVER, June 6. "Nothing to which
Harry Orchard may testify will surprise
us," said C. E. Mahoney, acting presi
dent of the Western Federation of Min
ers, today. "He probably has committed
all the crimes to which he lays claim,
but neither he nor the state will be able
to implicate the Western Federation or
its officers in any way as being con
nected with his criminal acts."
Moran Denies Story. '
CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 6. Pat Mo
ran, the Cheyenne saloonkeeper men
tioned, in Harry Orchard's testimony at
Boise yesterday as having gone to Den
ver to get $500 from Pettibone for Or
chard and Neville, denies that he ever
saw Orchard or ever went to Denver for
him or anyone else oh such an errand.
MINERS WIN EIGHT HOURS
Black Hills Strike Settled "With Re
duction of Wages.
DEADWOOD, S. D., June 6. The
strike of miners which has practically
tied up business in the Black Hills for
more than five months was settled
last night at a meeting of the Terry
Peak Miners' Union. This strike was
called on January 1, on the refusal of
the mine operators to grant the eight
hour day to their employes.. The prop
osition made by the operators that the
eight-hour day be granted, but that the
miners consent to a reduction of 25
cents a day for a period of three
months was accepted by the union and
the agreement was signed today. The
reduction in pay means $3.25 per day
for miners and $3.75 for shovelers and
helpers. The other unions in the hills
have signified their intention of taking
the same action as the Terry Peak
and operations In the mines will begin
Monday. About 700 men will be em
ployed. Ironworkers Balk on Sentiment.
SAN FRANCISCO, 'june 6. While the
Btrike of the 9000 iron workers, which in
directly threw about 10,000 more workmen
out of employment, was supposed to have
been settled, none of the Iron works,
foundries or shops have as yet reopened
and resumed work. The settlement must
be ratified by the 28 unions comprising
the different crafts In the Iron trades by
a referendum vote, and much opposition
to the ratification Is being encountered.
Last night the machinists' union refused
to ratify the settlement and the boiler
makers, firemen and apprentices also
have voted to reject the terms of settle
ment. The molders and the blacksmiths,
two of the strongest unions in the iron
trades, however, have accepted the set
tlement and voted to return to work.
The Union Iron Works expects to open
tomorrow morning. Only about half the
former force of 600 men will be employed.
Strikebreakers Retnrn East.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 6. Fifty
strikebreakers, whose contracts bad
expired with the United Railroads left
last night for the East. One hundred
and fifty men who had been imported
to take the places of the striking car
men left last night. The men stated it
was the quietest streetcar strike they
had ever participated in.
A new feature was injected Into the
streetcar strike yesterday when Presi
dent Patrick Calhoun, of the United
Railroads, informed the conciliation
committee that while he could not
treat with tho local union, he might be
willing to consider the matter with any
higher - body of organized labor.. The
matter is to be placed in the hands of
labor leaders here and In the East for
their consideration.
T
FEDERATION OF MIXERS FEAR
THEIR BETRAYAL.
Delegate Charged With Having Given
Away Secrets to Detective Agcn
- cy and Is Refused Seat.
DENVER, June S. The Times today
says: A sensational opening of the
convention of the Western Federation
of Miners is promised by the delegates
should Harry O. Riddel, president of
the Eureka union and an elected del
egate to the convention, put In an ap
pearance. The credentials of Riddell have been
received and refused at the headquar
ters of the federation in this city, and
Riddell Is said to have declared that
he Is coming to Denver Monday to fight
against being put out of the conven
tion. The charges made against Riddell by
the federation is that he has been em
ployed for two years as a spy for a
well-known detective agency and has
used his efforts to aid it in getting the
secrets of the so-called inner circle.
Riddell was formerly a member of
the Miners' Union, No. 63, of Tellurlde,
and during the two years or more at
that place it is alleged by the federa
tion officials that he received $7000 for
services from the detective agency re
ferred to. Riddell strenuously denies
the charges against him.
No Change
Necessary
Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring
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estly labeled; no change was nec
essary since the enactment of the
National Pure Food Law, either
as to label or their manufacture.
They have had for nearly half a
century the patronage of the intel
ligent housewives of this country.
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