The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-24
BIG MEETING OF
MINERS SUNDAY
Women as Well as Men Invited
to Gather In Palestra
Continued From First Page.

| severe bruise. other men We're at
tackled by the strikers and more or less
severely heaten
Some Of the miners and surface en-
lployes rot in sympathy with the strike
have been deputized and this morning
they were stationed at different points
To protect property. II Is estimated
fully 500 OF 900 deputies were on duty
| today.
Near the No. shaft Of the Calumet
branch of the mine, fresh disturbances
broke out about 10 o'clock this morn
ing At this point "A large number of
deputies and strikers gathered and fin
ally the deputies were attacked by the
strikers who welded heavy clubs.
iron bars and hurled stones at the
deputies as the latter retreated To
points of greater safety. Several dep
uties found isolated from the others
were attacked and beaten. George
Tnsworth was struck I'm the back Of
the head with rock and received a
bad scalp wound. Edwin Danbom was
badly beaten and Simon Trestrail, who
is about sixty years Of age, was severe
~ beaten. Most of these We're removed
To the G. n Fl hospital for treatment.
Several Victims OF Violence.
From the No. shaft Calumet, the
strikers marched to the Hecla and
South Hecla departments. closing all
Of the surface shops before them. In
the machine shop. William Grierson,
one of the few who remained ON there
after the shop was closed was attacked
and beaten. William Richards Of
RaNmbautown, a mine plaster" Was
struck IN the head by stone and
severely wounded. IL il believed his
skull is fractured and his condition IL
serious. F0undrymen, carpenters and
other employees We're forced TO lay
down their tools, the shops having been
closed
John T. Harry, Mike Maurin and NJ
Betsins, all Of whom have scalp
wounds ana bruises, were among the
men attacked in the Hecla division Of
the mine. From this division the men
marched as far as the OsceOla where
the surface shops were closed down
Capt James Rowe was hit on the head
WITH stone ana rendered unconscious
and John Opic and Wilbert Huntley
two machine shop employees were beat
On up. Word reached the l.aurium
mining companies shafts before the
strikers reached there and all work
was suspended The engine house en-
ploNes were driven away
John Johnson AN employe of the
Red Jacket shaft division was attack
ed and quite severely beaten by the
strikers today
Stamp Mills Also Closed.
The stamp mills Of ali of the mining
companies have been closed because OF
the exhaustion of the supplies of rock
IN the ore bins this applying TO the
mills tianking the shores Of Torch Lake
and Portage Lake as well as 10 the
mills OF the Copper Range Consolidated
mines on the lake shore and the VOL
VERNE and Mohawk on Traverse Bay.
The shelters likely will remain in op-
Grafton for a short time, they having
q supply of mineral sufficient To con-
tinue operations for "A week or ten
days.
Deputies stationed at the Mohawk
Ahmeek and Allouez mining properties
today. We're forced To leave their posts
by the strikers. There was no violence
At the Ahmeek mine, slight disturb
ince was reported last evening, but no
one was seriously injured
About thirty strikers went to the
Park brewery in Hancock this morn
inc and demanded thai the institution
he closed. This demand being denied,
the foreman of the plant was attacked
Manager Foley mas sworn out COM
plants fer the arrest 81 the assaultet.
There was = strike at the Park brew
cry short time ago, but the plant
soon resumed work with new men.
At the Hancock mine there was a
slight disturbance last evening, but no
one was injured.
A II saloons in Red Jacket were clos
ed at II o'clock last night on orders
from sheriff Cruise, as precaution-
airy measure.