the detectives, whose motto is that they never sleep, arranged with the Union Pacific
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Railroad Company for a special train, and at S o'clock Sunday morning, Feb. i8th, 1906, Messrs. Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone were on board this train and speeding toward Idaho. The special which carried these men had the right of way over every train on the road, the Limited Pacific trains, even, not excepted.
When the prisoners arrived in Idaho they were at once taken to the State penitentiary and not permitted to see anyone, nor was anyone permitted to see them.
The labor world was fairly staggered at the arrest of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, and a mighty cry went up from all parts of the country, protesting against the KIDNAPPING of these men, for the only reason that they were leaders of a labor movement.