The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-23
J. \. WALKER REITERATES
CHARGES AGAINST MILITIA
Continued from First Page.

lac movement of troops would be at
tempted for some time. All of the
members in the board are agreed that
troops are still necessary in this dis
trict for the maintenance of peace and
order ard protection of life and prop
Crty.
That the Federation is sending it's
agitators outside of Calumet for the
purpose Of eulisting sympathy for tho
strikers, ana To- create support toward
the movement to nave troops recalled,
is apparent from the following Me-
nominee Leader dispatch:
I'm an effort 10 present the copper
strike conditions and lay bare. accord
ing 10 his version, facts which have
been overlooked by the newspapers
throughout the upper peninsula, Ed
ward J. McCurty of Calumet, original
~ of the east, addressed an audience
of about 100 last night at the Michigan
avenue hall. Many Of his audience
were Socialist followers
In the midst of his address. McGur-
ty referred To the state troops. many
of whom have returned and some of
whom are still stationed at Calumet.
in such manner which did not meet
with the entire approval of one of his
audience. I'm fit of anger the militia
man who had seen active service at
Calumet for the past three weeks.
called the speaker "prcvarcator'
with no soft pedal
MCC;urtv told the audience. the ract
chat the copper miners were Justified
in striking for moro wages and short
or hours and should Toe dealt with in
fairness
Children to Iron Country.
Federation officials have been can
vassing among the strikers with a
view Of aSccrtaining the number Of
children in the families and how many
the parents want to send to Mar
uuottc county where ~ mpathizcrs are
said 80 have offered To shelter and
support them. \ report from the iron
country is to the effect that between
500 and 1000 children can he taken
care of i'm that section
Meeting Held at Atlantic.
Joseph Cannon and foreign speakers
addressed meeting of about ~ thou
sand strikers in the Atlantic grove
yesterday afternoon. The meeting was
the largest that has yet been held ON
the range ana the attendants virtually
represented the entire strength of the
federation south of Houghton.
Operations at the Quincy.
The Quincy mine yesterday after
noon hoistcd so skips of rock. Most
of this. however, was the accumula
tion that the men who have beer
cleaning and repairing the shafts hat
gotten together. Twenty five cars
including rock from the bins that has
been there since the beginning Of thu
strike, have been shipped to tn
| Quincy mill.
Superior continues to hoist, and las
evening shipped another trainload %
rock To- the mill There has been M
disorder of any kind there
False Report Circulated.
! A rcport has been circulated amonj
the employees of the Calumet d Hccl'
| that the first committee appointed "A
| the mass meeting of the men VIII
wanted To go back to work did no
SEQ General Manager MacNaughtor
John T.. Johnson. who was memhc
of that committee, stated this morn
ing that this report is false The com
mittee was granted an audience b.
Mr.. MacNaughton, he says, and
three hour conference was held. Nj
MacNaughton received the committe
yer, cordially and discussed the situa
tion In detail with them Mr.. johnson
expressed surprise this morning tina
such report should be circulated
this time, and he desires to set TN
members of the first COMMITTEES Tish
in the matter. -