Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-12-27
MAY CAUSE THEIR ARREST
BUT PLANS or THE INvEsTIoAe
TORS ARE BEING KEPT A CON-
PLETE SECRET
TO BURY FIRE z VICTIMS
ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO.
PERisHED WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO HAVE BIG FUNERAL

Calumet. Dec. 2z-Evidence as to.
the identity Of the men who last night
seized Charles II. Meyer and Jonn
Tanner. officers Of the Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners. and sent them out
Of the copper strike district. wa. "a
thered by local officers Of the union
today They announced that several
members Of the kidnapping" expedi-
tion had been recognized and that Of.
fidavits as to their identity had beer
obtained from residents Of Hancock.
1t was generally believed that these
sworn statements would be made ths
basis Of warrants for arrests, but de-
cision on this point was reserved,
pending the arrival here Of Claude o.
Q. Taylor. president of the Michigan
State Federation Of Labor. who was
summoned from Grand Rapids. as
the forced departure Of Moyer became
known.
Much Of the activity at union head
quarters was centered on plans for
the funeral Of some 70 victims Of tn
Christmas Eve panic in a union hall
Six local churches viii be the seems
of'funeraI rites tomorrow. the seryice
being divided according to the natiola
ality and religious beliefs Of the viz
Tins. A few Of the dead viii be bur
led until husbands and fathers who
journeyed to western states to FIND
employment, can arrive here.
Arrangements have been made for
a joint procession to the cemetery.
where 100 members Of the declarations
today dug graves in lots purchased By
the union. All the Roman Catholics
will be buried in one section Of this
cemetery and the Protestants in an ad-
joining plot Whether there viii be
any speaking at tie graves has NOT
been determined, as President Meyer
had this phase Of the plans IN charge
and the local union officials had not
been informed Of his action ia this res
gard.
Hearses will convey the bodies OF
Is adults to the cemetery, but the
coffins containing those Of a half 3
hundred children who were killed in
The panic will be borne through the'
street on the shoulders Of stalwart
strikers. Four mon have been dele
gated to perform this service for each
little casket.
The local union officials announced
that the entire federation membership
from Ispeming and Negaunee in tbs
iron mining district Of Michigan
would attend the funerals. A special
train is expected to bring these men
to Calumet tomorrow
Accounts of Meyers deportation ob-
edtuabio boadJ AilAsfeu IN SOME le>
spects from those available during the
excitement last night Then it WIS
said that three men escorted the union
executive from the Scout MOTEL ii Han-
cock across the bridge to the copper
range railroad station in Houghton.
Hit Him With Whips
Today's accounts generally agreed
that SO or more men went into the
hotel and that a crowd Of several hun-
dred awaited them at the railroad sta
tion. The afhdavits given the union
officials stated that Meyer was liter
ally dragged from his room ana
through the streets. There vas also
information that shots had been fired
and that some members Of Ehe e5sot-
ment committee carried buggy Whir
which they placed with considerable
frequency on Meyers back rho man
ager Of the hotel said that when the
Intruders left there Mover was un'n
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