Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-31
MINERS HEAD SHOT;
GOES TO HOSPITAL
Meyer Charges He Was Attacked
in Michigan Hotel.
CONDITION is NOT SERIOUS
Victim Declares He Was Assaulted and
Then Put on Train Bound for Chi
caeo-WilI Return to Cop
per Country.

caco-WilI Return to Cop
per Country.
Chicago, Dec. 29.-Charles Fl. Moy-
er, president Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, who said that he was
shot, beaten, dragged through the
streets OF Hancock, Mich, and finally
forced to leave the copper strike dis
trict, reached Chicago. He was taken
to st. Luke's hospital for examination.
His deportation and assault will be
investigated by the special grand jury
when it resumes it's sessions in Calu-
met Tuesday. Sheriff Cruise began an
inquiry into the facts of Meyers de-
parture in response to telegram from
Governor Ferris. Intimations were
made in union circles that the jury is
"hand-picked." A. F. Heidkamp,
brewer is foreman; George Williams,
railroad official, is clerk, and Edgar
Bye, chauffeur for James MacNaugh-
ton, general manager of the Calumet
& Hecla Mining company, and two
superintendent of stamp mills are
among the other Is members.
In statement involving MacNaugh-
ton, Meyer told the story of the attack
as he lay in a cot in the New Hotel
Gault while awaiting removal to the
hospital.
Accuses Citizens Alliance.
"a delegation composed of members
of the Citizens alliance came to my
room at the Scott hotel in Hancock
to hold a conference" he said "They
asked that l retract statements
credited to me in which, they said,
had told that the man who shouted
fire at the Christmas celebration in
Calumet when Y persons were killed,
was member of the alliance.
"They also demanded that l issue a
statement telling the bereaved families
to accept relief from the fund raised
by the alliance. l refused to comply
with their requests and they left.
Twenty-Five in Attack.
1T was not more than four minutes
later when the door of my room
opened, and about twenty-five men en-
tered. They began to shout, Where's
Moyer?' and l said, Here l am. What
do you want?'
"The men seized, kicked and beat
me, and forced me against the wall.
One man struck me with a revolver,
and it exploded, and | felt a tingling
sensation in my back l do not think
the shooting was Intentional
when the revolver exploded, two
men took me by the arms, and dragged
me down the stairs, and into the
street. Taking turn about, the men
dragged me through the streets to the
Copper Range railroad station at
Houghton where the mob was rein
forced by number of men who were
standing on the platform.
Threatened by MacNaugFton."
Il saw MacNaughton drive up in an
automobile, and he shouted: You get
out OF this country and stay out of
here. II you ever return we will hang
you
charles H. Tanner, travelling audi
tor OF the Western federation, was in
my room at the time of the attack. He.
too, was brought to the station by two
men. He had been struck over the
eyes by some one whose fist had been
incased in brass knuckles.
1.-TWO men, one of them a deputy
sheriff named w. d. Hensley, bought
two tickets for Chicago. and when the
train came in we were both thrown
into car. The tickets were given to
the conductor by Hensley and his COM
panion, who accompanied us until we
reached the Wisconsin line at Chan
ming Mich
The train reached Chicago in the
afternoon and Meyer was taken to the
hotel.
Story Is Denied.
The story Of the attack as told by
Meyer was denied by employees of the
Scott hotel at Hancock They said
there had been no trouble. Sheriff
Cruise said that Meyer and Tanner had
gone to the station alone, to the best
of his knowledge. Governor Ferris of
Michigan said he had received no Of
fetal announcement of a riot at Han
cock, and that he would not send state
troops to the copper strike district.
Il am going back" said Meyer. 'T
will stay III Chicago until l have recov-
cred. Then will go back to finish the
strike. There is no doubt in my mind
that the strike is won, and the events
of the past few days have aroused
many residents of the district who
had remained passive"
Charge II Deaths Due to Plot.
Charges that the 70 women and
children who met death in a stampede
at Christmas festival in Calumet
were not the victims of accident were
made at meeting of nearly 1000
persons at West Washington street.
Resolutions were adopted calling upon
/ congress to make an investigation of
the conditions existing in the copper
country so that the general public
would know the truth.