The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-18
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA BoR ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS .
 ON COPPER STRIKE.
OUTRAGES ARE ALLEGED
Claimed That Soldiers aud Gunmen Have lnsuted Women and Abused Strikers and Their Families Ourinn the Copper Country Strike.

Sodtle' wash Nov. 17-lFiery speeches were made in the American Federation Of Labor convention to- day attacking the Michigan coppar mine owners, whose em5loyes arc on strike Resolutions demanding d congressional investigation and call Ing for contributions for the snpporr or the strikers were adopted Presi. dent Gompers said the convention undoubtedly would adopt a resolution II It were presented demanding in- Vestlgation as to how the Calumet and Hecla company obtained tie to it's copper land
 The resolutions which were adopt ed set forth that Whereas, the mine owners have ignored the demands of uhe men, spurned their attempts at cancellation and in many ways treat. ed them with contempt; have i'm. ported Sunmen. thugs and so-called detectives into the strike zone and these men have deliberately killed strikers in cold blood. assaulted wo. men and beaten and terrorized chil- dren
 Whereas 2500 militia have been sent into the strike district and these soldiers have driven their horses over men. women and children. beating them with their guns, bayonets and swords, and outraging women and girls:
 Resolved, that the American Fed eration of Labor demand a congress sional investigation of the strike and the causes leading up to it: t Resolved, that the Federation of Labor unqualifiedly approved of the stand of the Michigan miners and calls on affiliated unions to contribute at least the amount asked for by the executive council Of the federation, and where it can be afforded, that If possible, means be devised by the lnions to raise money for the pur- pose of providing food. clothing and shelter for the strikers and families
 Joseph D. Cannon, of tlhe Western Federation of Miners. described the E.. 'evolted and declared documentary evidence was available to prove that he Calumet and Hecla company set 'ured free from the United States government in 1852 valuable mineral and as d grant in aid of a canal, the and never being used for canal pur- poses but for the copper it con aimed
 John H. Walker, president of tho Illinois Mine Workers, who has spent months in the Calumet region. said it would be impossible to exaggera,e there" which would dis grace the most barbarous country in the world"
 MT Walker said the miners worked naked in the 5000 foot levels without breathing again the air of their own lungs. mixed with the poisonous fumes of the cooper
 John .. Lennon treasurer of the federation, described the daily pa rades of men and women in the cop per country Armed men-militia and detective agency employees marched along with the paraders on the highway. he said, seeking to pro yoke them to violence. Soldiers rode their horses across and through the parades. he said
 After midnight said Lennon, T walked through the streets of Calu- met in company with a Michigan of ficial and saw young soldiers drunk on the streets with revolvers in thelr belts They were unfit to be soldiers of this or any country
 President Gompers said the execu- tive council was doing it's utmost to aid the copper strikers.
 The convention adopted resolutions urging the unions to work zealously for the eight-hour day. condemning Sunday work and declaring opposi- tion to the movement for Sunday 0 1ening of postoffices and sympathiz- ing with the postal clerks in their struggle for shorter hours and aboli- tion of night work so far as possible.
 Invitations from New York and St. Louis for 1914 were read
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