Evening journal., 1913-12-27
MOYER SHOT
and BEATEN
In CALUMET
By The United Press

By The United Press
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Dec. 27--Badly
beaten, suffering from three bullet
wounds. two in his shoulders, and
)ne in his head, Charles H. Meyer,
president of the Western Federation
Of Miners today told the story Of his
ajection from the strike-ridden copper
country last night He was deported
by citizens of Hancock, members OF
the Citizens Alliance, formed since
the beginning of the copper strike
months ago.
Hell is about TO pop in the copper
country" said Meyer, as he lay in
lis berth, en- route to Chicago. THE
miners are thirsting for revenge, for
our assault. and | hope | shall be
ebIe to return to Michigan in time
TO prevent them doing anything that
sfill injufe their cause.
Last night, Mr.. Tanner (auditor of
;he federation) and myself were in
sur room at the Scott Hotel at Han
rock. when we received a call from
Sheriff James Cruise, Of Houghton
county He demanded that we ac-
sept for the federation the funds
which had been collected by the Citi-
xens' Alliance for the families OF tho
gictims of the panic horror We told
him that the strikers themselves had
raised $4,000 and that this amount
was sufficient and that while We were
grateful for his proffered aid We
would not accept It. He left us.
give minutes later, the min
Whistles began to blow, the pre-ar
ranged signals. Our room was broker
in. Invaded. | shold say. by $50 mem
bers OF the Citizens Alliance. w
were seized and held while others o
the attackers danced before MS an
struck Ms repeatedly in the face AM
kicked our bodies.
Finally some one whose face
could not see. blinded as | was b.
pain, stepped up behind me, and she
me. ! swooned after the first bulle
entered my back and don't remembe
the second bullet nor the third-lh
one which inflicted the scalp wound.
"When / recovered consciousne
we were being passed from man
man down the hotel stairway and eac
man as he passed US TO his neighbo
struck US.
Between lines OF shouting, danC
ing citizens. we were passed TO ti
railroad station. There. the fury {
the mob abated somewhat, thr0ug
fatigue, / guess, but the mine whistle
kept on their unearthly shrieklng an
men howled and danced about us.
1--WE could hear the siren of IL
passenger train long before it can
into sight. Evidently all had bee
prepared in advance. Its whistle va
shrieking and every window was file
with startled faces, as the train pullt
in.
1.-TWO deputy sheriffs bought OF
tickets and accompanied us on boar
was given first aid by a physicia
and my wounds we're again dresst
when we reached Charming. Mic
After we left the strike district v
received the best of care and ol
every want was attended to.
81 am now en- route to a Chicai
hospital, and hope that may SOC
be sufficiently recovered to return
Calumet"
Moyer was accompanied by Charl
Tanner. auditor of the Western Fe
Grafton OF Miners. who also was
victim of the assault and ejectic
Meyer is seriously, but not fatal
wounded. There are two bueets in {
aeshy part of his back. which will
removed in chicago this afternoc
but he is suffering the most pa
from a bullet wound in his sea
Aside from the bullet wounds,
face and body are badly bruis'
Tanner was not shot, but was bad
bruised.
Meyer was too exhausted to go
to details of the cause of the assai
hut Tanner asserted that it was d
to the effort of the Citizens Allan
TO make the panic disaster a mea
of ending the long drawn out copT
strike.