The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-30
MINE GUARDS ARE FIRED ON
Party Going to the Ahmeek Prop
erty Are Attacked and Many
Shots Are Fired
NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE MADE

Disturbance OF a violent character
was rife in the north end of tho coun-
~ this morning, the strikers apparent
~ giving vent to their satisfaction over
the dissolution Of the injunction By
Judge O'Brien yesterday.
Picketing prevailed in Red Jacket,
Swcdetown ANA other Calumet loca-
tions and rough tactics were employed
by strikers and women sympathizcrs
in their effort to prevent men from
going to work.
Dinner pals were jerkod from the
hands of men by the women and the
contents strewn about the pavements
while the strikers who stood in the
rear jccred aud shouted at the work
men. The arrest of two women and a
was the result of the fracas in Red
Jacket.
Trouble on Seventh Street.
About = o'clock women and strik-
crs consrcgatcd ON seventh street. be-
tween Oak and Portland. and the dis
| turbance was centercd in that block
\ workman hove iHto View, aud "a
woman approached him and jerkcd his
pail from his hands, pounding it on
the pavement. lie rctaliatcd with
| blow from a club and despite huwls
and Kisses, he continued on his way.
Later two men, carrying dinner pals
approached seventh street from Port
land and they were immediately sur
rounded by women and strikers. The
! pals were pulled from their hands, the
! rate women beating the rcceptacles
! on the walks. Amid the shouting
| officer Spehar of the Red Jacket force
attempted to induce the men to returl,
to their homes. This action aroused
spectators to an ugly mood. Deputies
and members Of the Waddell force ac-
companied the two men through the
crowd to work
Jeer at Military Officers.
General +. L. Abbey and staff oni-
GERS arrived on the scene and Annie
! ClcmenC, one of the leaders. was ar
rested. AS she was being taken 10
the Red Jacket jail in an automobile.
strikers hurled iccrs and misses at the
military officers. She was arraigned
/ before Justice William Fisher. charged
with intimidation. 1t is alleged she
! melted women and strikers To attack
"A man on his way To work on Seventh
! street this morning aud that the man
was badly beaten and his dinner pail
smashed She demanded an eXamina
| ton which was set for Monday. and
was released on bonds of $500. She
protested her innocence Of any crime
and stated she would bee on the picket
| line again tomorrow morning, starting
at o'clock.
Others Also Arragned
Gustav lgnatz, charged with iutimi-
datjou. also demanded an examination
whom arrligned before Justice Fisher
this morning. his hearing being set
for Monday.
Mesha RaUkar- Keryat was arrested
on the charge of creating a noise and
disturbance. under the village ordin-
dncc Her hearing was set for Fri
day before Justice Fisher.
4 workman was struck iu the face
10y a striker at Sixth and Oak streets
and IA deputy who happened to be near.
arrested the assailant AS the man
1 WAS btllE ldNtlA 10 Iillt = NibWu bl ~
hundred or more strikers followed, The
| women continued their noisy demon
stration near the jeil and officers or
dcred the streets cleared.
| Announcement uf the dissolution Of
the injunction resulted IN wild dem
oustration at Ahmeek last night. Two
arrests were made.
Mine Guards Car Attacked.
While the strikers were carrying on
this orgy, word was received at Ah
meek that a coach load OF mine guaros
was en- route to that location and the
strikers became active instantly. The
coach, containing thirty men. was de-
tached from the regular tain near
Calumet and was taken by n lUcomo-
tive to Ahmeek. arriving about $3.50.
The train proceeded as far as "A
switch i'm the north end of Ahmeek viii
/ lage from where IL was TO be taken To
! the mine location. The tracks had
been barricaded and the train could
proceed no farther. At this juncture.
a fusillade of shots was fired. suppos
cdly by strikers, at the coach and a
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