South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-25
Estimated That by Friday Night
There Will be 2,400 Men at
Calumet, Mich, to Prevent
Further Trouble.
DEPUTIES ATTACKED BY
STRIKING WORKERS
Many of Them Lose Their
Badges and Suffer Minor
Bruises as a Result of En-
counter During Thursday.

CALUMET, Mich. July 25.-Disre-
I garding orders Of the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners against violence,
many Of the $4,000 striking miners
of the Copper belt Thursday created
enough disturbance to result in the
] ordering out of troops. BY Friday
night there will be nearly 2,40O state
soldiers, including cavalry and artil-
| lery, in the mining fields of the up
] per peninsula Of Michigan
There were no concerted attacks on
mine property or persons about the
mines. but several persons were in
/ jured in sporadic braWlS. So men
/ acing did the situation appear to
/ Sheriff Crune that he asked Gov.
/ Ferris for militia early in the day.
The governor was on his way TO
1 Alpena, and when the request reach
| ed him at Bay City. he was at first
/ inclined to think the sheriff was un-
\ duly alarmed. Later reports, how
ever, convinced the governor that
armed help was needed and he or
dered Adjutant Gen. Vandercook to
rush soldiers to the strike zone. y
plentiful supply of ammunition and
\ two field guns with shrapnel will ar
| rive tomorrow for the use of the
militia.
Assault Deputy SherinS.
While there were several outbreaks
] in various parts of the mining cOun-
| try. the chief disturbance that set
the troops in motion was an assault
on the deputy sheriffs stationed at
the mines Of the Calumet * Hecla
Co. to protect property.
None of the mines has attempted
to operate. but the strikers seemed
TO object 20 the presence OF the depu-
| ties.
About 900 strikers. armed with
steel drills. clubs and stones and a
/ few with firearms, which they fired
! in the air. marched 10 the No. ? con-
( glomerate shaft and stripped the dep
uties Of stars. The victorious strik-
ers. meeting with little opposition,
proceeded To the Hecla branch mine
/ and divested the deputies there or
/ their insignia of authority.
The deputies could not offer much
| resistance as the strikers outnum-
| bered them, but there were many
| fights after the stars had been col
| lected and several persons were Sc
| verely beaten. A few men were taken
TO hospitals.
The strikers then surrounded all
| the surface plants of the Calumet and
Hecla companies and forced suspen-
sion of auxiliary operations in these
plants.
shops We're Closed.
The machine shops foundries and
other similar industries were closed
/ before the onslaught Of the miners.
| The company managers asserted that
| these shops would have been closed
later anyway as there was little for
them 10 do.
The stamp mills were not molested
/ but they shut down Thursday for lack
of ore and because Of the general
confusion.
Among those seriously hurt during
the riots were:
George DanblOm, beaten about the
head; may die.
George Unsworth. chief engineer,
Superior mines, cut about throat; viii
recover
]. Kenneth Mcleod. engineer Red
Jacket mine, nose broken with a
stone.
William Richards, blaster. skull
fractured with a stone; serious.
Simon Trestall, So years old, severe
ly beaten.
Alex McRae. night watchman. hit
with stone.
William Gierson. machinist, bruised
with clubs.
Thomas Matthews, mining captain, !
cut and bruised.
John T. Harry, miner scalp wound. |
Michael Mauren, miner, head hurt. |
Michael Betsing. bruises about body. |
James Rowe. mine captain. knock !
ed unconscious with stone.
John Opie, machinist. beaten with |
clubs and fists.
Wilbert Huntley, machinist beaten |
black and blue.
John Johnson. miner. knocked |
down with pieces OF ore
Many others were bruised or cut
but all will recover with the probable !
exception Of DanblOm.
Whether the strikers yielded 10 the /
advice OF their leaders or were fright |
ened by the call for troops. they /
ceased their demonstrations Thursday |
afternoon. More than 500 miners /
from Ahmeek marched 20 Calumet /
and paraded the streets shouting for |
the union, but they attempted no vio- /
lence.
Mass Meetings Held.
Several mass meetings were held !
and great enthusiasm was shown when /
the speakers exhorted the men TO re-
main faithful 10 the strike orders. 4
Several men were observed 10 be /
armed with clubs and some were said /
10 carry knives and revolvers.
Leaders OF the Western Federation \
OF Miners have sent out repeated re-
quests 20 the men u desist from car
rying arms or interfering by violence !
with any one about the mines. After I
"a mass meeting in Calumet Thursday /
afternoon, strikers marched 10 the /
Red Jacket shaft OF the Calumet and
Hecla Co. and chased away three /
Watchmen. Then a loyalty meeting |
was held and speeches were made in
English and Finnish. The orators
beseeched the men not TO use violence.