Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-27

warrants for arrests, but decision on
this point is reserved pending the ar
rival of President Taylor of the Michi-
gan Federation of Labor. Employees
of the Waddell Mahon corporation and
local members of the Citizens AL
lance denied Meyers charges as Ia
the identity of his assailants. Only
three men employed by the corpora
ton are in the strike district now.
One of these is il bed from the effects
OF being caught in jam while trying
to rescue strikers children from the
Italian hall disaster. The other two
denied they We're concerned in the de-
portation
! McNauehton denied any connection
/ with the Meyer affair. Il passed the
evening in Calumet, accompanying my
! wife in calling on friends, and later
crossing the street from their home
! to "a social club" An Associated
! Press representative saw McNaueh-
ton in the club about 9:45 last night.
Hold Funerals Tomorrow.
Six local churches VIII be the scenes
OF funeral rites tomorrow. \ few OF
the dead will not be buried until hus-
bands and fathers who journeyed To-
western states TO find employment ar
rive Arrangements were made for a
joint procession from the cemetery,
where hundreds of members of the
federation today dug graves purchased
bv the union. The entire federation
No
gaunee will attend the funerals.
Accounts generally agree that fifty
or more men went into the hote!
where Meyer said he was wounded and
several hundred awaited them at the
station. The manager of the hotel
said when the intruders left Meyer
was uninjured and was walking up
right. There were no shots fired in
the hotel, he said, and there was no
disorder.
Shot in the Back.
Chicago Ill, Dec. TN. J. Riley,
Chicago representative of the vest
ern Federation of Miners, received
the following telegram from President
Meyer:
Iron Mountain. Mich.-Tanner and
myself we're brutaIly assaulted In my
room in the Scott hotei in Hancock
tonight | was shot in the back and
dragged more than a mile and half
through the streets by a mob of Wad-
dell Mahon thugs and Citizens ALI
ance men, put aboard Milwaukee
train and threatened with death il I
dared return. But have the press say
this for me: That the cause is well
worth the sufferings | have undergone.
The cause of the striking miners ia
Just and they will win"
Officers of the Chicago Federation
of Labor have called mass meeting
for tomorrow to protest the treatment
of Meyer
Relief FUND Claimed Ample.
Oh cago. Ill. Dec. 27-The Asso-
ciated Press today received the follow
ing from the citizens committee OF
Calumet:
with the kindest feeling for those
who offer it. we ask 10 outside Ielp.
These are our own people and this is
cur sacred privilege TO care for oUr
dead and comfort the living. Our re-
lief fund is ample This message Is
sent - prevent needless contributions
and the forwarding Of money to unau-
thorized sources
Secretary Wilson Awaits Report.
Washington Dec. 27.-SecretaIy OF
Labor Wilson refused TO comment on
the Calumet strike situation. or the
removal OF Meyer and Tanner, until h.
had received reports from Solicitor
Densmore OF the department, who will
ch the scene tomorrow. kilograms
were received by the secretary from
Secretary Antilla OF the Western Fed
grafton and Jares TerZich, member OF
he board OF directors. telling him OF
the "kidnaring" Of Meyer. Copies or
e- egrams that figured before the
hearing given by the house rules com
nittee sometime ago were given more
here today because of pre-
lictions OF the miners federation.
One telegram said officers OF the fed
sration have been given "a hours 10
cave the district. IF they do not,
,po7 t1is notice, they will be sent out
n a manner that suggests Itself as
most convenient and effective" the
added.