The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-27
Panic Survivors Decline Aid
rendered by Relief
Committee
MOYER BELIEVED
TO BE RESPONSIBLE
Claimed Labor Leader Influenced
Stricken Families to Refuse As
sistance Other Than That of
Labor Union

Calumet, Mich, December 26.-
Charles II. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, was
put on train and sent out of the
copper strike district tonight. The
deportation was the direct result of
refusal of families stricken by the
Christmas eve disaster here to accept
relief from a committee, the majority
of whose members belonged to the
Citizens Alliance, an organization
combating the five months strike of
the federation.
1t was stated TO the relief, COM
mittee that the federation has for
hidden its members to accept any
portion of the S25, 900 raised for relief
of the panic victims. A section cf
the committee thereupon was dele
gated to confer with Meyer.
The session, held at hotel in Han
cock, was warm. The Citizens Ali
arce men told the union executive that
his attitude was against all dictates
of humanity They demanded that he
retract statements attributed to him,
saying that the cry of "fire," which
s started the panic, was raised by a
member of the alliance.
Meyer, it was said, refused to make
retraction satisfactory to the commit
tee. A short time later he and John
Tanner of California, an organizer
for the federation, We're observed on a
street car going from Hancock 70
Houghton.
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Just across the bridge connecting ths
two towns is the depot of the Copper
Range railroad. There it was noticed
that Meyer and Tanner boarded a trair
Sbound for Chicago. They were accom-
panied by three men who seemed to bt
guarding them, although there was nc
visible demonstration of force or coer-
cion.
Meyers departure leaves the strikers
without a leader other than local men
In the early stage of the strike G. +.
Mahoney, vice president of the fedora
tion. and Guy Miller, Yanco Terzich and
JOHN c. Lowhey, members of the exec
utive committee, were on the ground
Mover Joined them after his return from
an International labor conference in Eu-
rope, and has been in actual control OF
the situation for several weeks
The other active officers Of the fed
GRAFTON left the territory about fort
night ago.
That Meyers departure was unexpect-
ed was evidenced by the fact that he
had engagements Tor tomorrow with sew
eral persons. II was stated on good au-
thority that he went to Hancock tonight
< on a telepnopic request for a conference
with Sheriff James Cruise of Houghton
county. The latter said this conversa-
tion was held early this evening and was
devoted to discussion of means for pro
tecting the union headquarters here and
the federation officers The sheriff said
Mover did not express any fear of de-
portation or say that he personally had
received threats. Sheriff Cruise added thai
he left Moyer at the hotel and that tte
latters departure was a surprise to him
SHERIFF SAYS
HE KNOWS NOTHING
Il don't know a thing about t.p the
sheir said an hour after Meyers train
departed. II haven't begun an investi-
cation yet. but | am going to sift thi.
case to the bottom"
4 Citizens alliance circles professed liz.
norance of the incident and refused to
discuss it. Most of the leaders of the
organization were In Calumet, IA miles
from Hancock. attending a meeting ol
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