"War"
is
not too strong
of a term to describe the state of affairs
existing between the Western
Federation of Miners and the Western Mine
Owners' Association at the
turn
of the twentieth century. When the state
of Idaho prosecuted William
"Big
Bill" Haywood in 1907 for ordering the
assassination of former governor
Frank Steunenberg, fifteen years of union
bombings and murders, fifteen
years of mine owner intimidation and
greed, and fifteen years of
government
abuse of process and denials of liberties
spilled into the national
headlines.
Featuring James McParland, America's most
famous detective; Harry
Orchard,
America's most notorious mass murderer
turned state's witness; Big Bill
Haywood, America's most radical labor
leader; and Clarence Darrow,
America's
most reknown defense attorney, the Haywood
trial ranks as one of the
most
fascinating criminal trials in history. (CONTINUED-->) |