The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-07
MINERS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
FOR CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY

Yesterday afternoons mass meeting IN
the Palestra. Resolutions asking such
action were adopted. The resolutions
which Senators Kern. Borah, MARITIME
and Reed for their part in the recent
West Virginia inquiry and condemn
the county and state authorities fol
ordering troops into the strike zone
are as follows.
Whereas the nation has witnessed
the termination of one of labor's
greatest conflicts I'm West Virginia
ending in complete victory for the
United Mine Workers, and,
Whereas, all the forces of capital
ism were united against the miners
the treasure chest of the operators;
the Baldwin-Felz thugs, the militia,
the governor and supreme court unit
ed in one effort to perpetuate peonage
in the commonwealth. and.
whereas the outrages against labor
were heralded 10 the world by the
Senate investigation brought about
largely through the craftsmanship OF
humanitys friend. John w. Kern. aid
ed i'm and out of the Senate by the
herofc MARITIME. and further cham
pioned by the eloquence of Senators
Reed and Borah, be 1t
Resolved that we. the people of
| Calumet. extend TO them our deepest
| gratitude for their services in be-
half Of human freedom; we venture
TO hope their courage and power may
be equal to the workers needs: that
whenever the cry Of the outraged, and
helpless goes up these men will plead
the workers cause and the whole PEG =
pie will extend their succor, and
| Whereas the miners OF the copper
district of Michigan requested a con-
ference with the operators which re-
| quest was ignored: when the strike
was called the recognition which the
companies gave their thousands of EN- =
ployes was to call for the troops
through their servile creature, the
sheriff, and further backed them up
with the Infamous Waddell hugs 10
beat up and outrage peaceful COM
munity and.
Whereas the acts Of the governor
! anu pNi'lS are III
ton of the rights and interests not
only Of the miners but of the COM
munty therefore be IT
| Resolved, that the people of Calu-
met i'm mass meeting assembled con-
denim the operators and governor for
their Indifference to labor's rights that
we call on the United States Senate to
conduct an investigation Of conditions
| I'm the copper country and further re-
! quest that Congress enact laws for
| bidding the transportation and depu-
| tiZation of thugs and further that i'm
mediate steps be taken to nationalize
| the mines. both metal and coal, ex-
tors are governed by no higher prin-
ciple than agreed i'm their dealings
with their employees and the public"
Federation is Defiant.
The mining companies may flood
the district with gunmen, the rugu-
Tar army may he added to the militia.
but all combined will not mine cop
rer," says a statement issued by the
| federation. 1T takes miners To do
that and no miners on this continent
will come here until conditions are
changed. Mine managers may de-
nounce the Western Federation of
| Miners and refuse To recognize it's ex-
istenca otherwise than to have their
sheriff call for troops, but when their
stockholders learn that the walls OF
the shafts on the "conglomerate" are
| caving in, those same managers will
bear a noise like u time check is they
don't come across. Miners. look
around and see how much you have
done for others, then look around the
house or put your hands In your peck
ct and see what you have done for
Yourself Don't YOU want something
better? BE true to the union and
you viii get II.
Aid Women and Children.
That the federation of miners vii!
take steps toward caring for the wives
and families Of the strikers was given
partial confirmation a. union head
quarters this morning by Guy Miller.
while no direct step has been taken
yet, I have an idea that such "A move
| will be made" he said commencing on
= Marquette dispatch to the effect
that Socialists in that city are taking
steps to provide temporary homes.
The Marquette dispatch is In the form
of an appeal to persons who can pro-
vide accommodations.
This Is done in communities
wherever people are In sympathy
with the strikers" continued Mr.. Mil
Ter. ct was done in Lawrence, Mass.
and is being done in European coun-
tries"
| Mother Jones'" Meetings.
| Mother Jones" will address "A meet
ing of Ahmeek strikers this afternoon,
and tomorrow she will speak to South
Range strikers. Saturday, she Is sched-
uled Ia appear i'm a hall ~ Hancock
Beyond these meetings. no other adj
dresses are scheduled for. the aged
leader this week
| Another pig demonstration, similar
/ To those which were held on the two
preceding Sundays. is called for next
| Sunday. Mother Jones" will be tn,
principal speaker.
| Tells Strikers to Use Brains.
In her speech at the Palostra yester
day afternoon. Mother" Jones coun-