The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-11
Program Is Outlined at Citizens Great Mass Meet.
ing Whereby District Can Be Rid Of Hire.
IlngS Without Violence
CALUMET ANO A0UGHTON DEMONSTRATIONS FOR
LAW AND ORDER ARE ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS

10 you expect blood and thunder
Ia come ont of this meeting, forget it.
Come clean in this strike. We can't
take Il chance of coming out of it with
foul hands" declared Al T., Petermann,
in his address at yesterdays Citizens
Alliance meeting In the Colosseum
we can't get down To the same class
as these hirelings of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. Stop and think
You can't afford Ia get down Ia that
class. You can't afford 10 nave any
blood Oh your hands
4 propose TO give You a program
complish the same end
The meeting held Sunday accom- %
Elished something Monday the board
at supervisors woke mp They ap-
psaled IN Judge OBrien for a grand
jury 10 investigate the strike cases.
understanding the feeling which pre-
vailed a. these meetings, Judge
O'Rrien could not deny this request.
We are going To have this grand jury.
The grand jury works in secret
and takes evidence bearing on eases
brought before il. If sufficient evil
returned.
Evidence Against A9,tators.
we cant have ia charge of this
Grand Jury our present prosecuting at
torney But in Mr.. Nichols. who has
been assisting in prosecuting strike
cases 50 far. I'VE have Il man who is
willing and able 10 prosecute. II you
say so today. ! haven't any doubt hut
thai Governor Ferris will pat him in
charge. Mr.. Nichols has suiicicn;
evidence To present To the grand jury
- aims; every one of the agitators and
hirelings To indict them for crime and
punish them. They will either get out
or the time viii come when they can't
R"t out.
Criticises Circuit Court.
"AIcn. regardless of what may hap
pen, ! am going to tell YOU what |
think of the man in the office of cir
cult judge of Houehton county. 1t is
an Office holding a great degree Of
power and IN otllce with a big intiu
ence in bringing about right and put
ting down evil. II needed a big man,
u man big enough to forget politics,
who could say here is my duty. re-
fardless of what is said or done.
Il want to ask YOU If this man is big
enough Ia do that thing"
The circuit court of Iloughton coun-
" issued an injunction, a long time
aga. II stopped the disorders Prob
ably about ten DAYS later. it was swept
aside Then In two or three days
there were more disorders and the in
iuu, zion was put in force again. Then
jhe court was brought face To- race
with the enforcement of that injunc-
tiou and ordered the sheriff To make
arrests. Then u howl came from the
federation men. Just last week l32
strikers were caught in the act of in
timldatine five or six Workmen az TIA"
Aliouez mine. They were brought 4"
court and arraigned. The evidence
presented was 80 convincing that he
This was time Of tremendous eX-
ritemcnt. Right here. he could have
pu' Il stop tu some at the iaWleSsneSs
by teaching these men they must not
disregard law. Sentence was sus>
pended.
The enec, Of this is that if those
fellows only work in big enough gangs
they can escape punishment
AT the meeting last Sunday this
court WAS severely criticised This
criticism led the court To declare IN
passing sentence on the Allouez strik-
crs \ want 10 say that any speaker
who iu the future criiicises this court
viii he cited for contempt II is SAD
state of affairs when an attorney "t
tlls conrt criticises the court.
4 am an attorney before the
Houghton county bar was the only
attorney present ~ the meeting sun
daS. Therefore. l must be the attor-
ney referred to.
"Ru, I am an American citizen. Ana
nobody can stop me from telling the
truth when | feel like II, anywhere ana
everywhere.
Proposition to Companies.
Now we will leave the circuit judge
ana refer To T.. II. O'Brien. nope
there are members Of the western
Federation of Miners present, Tor
want them to hear what have To say
want them To know what he ala Tor
them. to know that he is frlend oi
labor. and | have seven or eiSht WI
nesses To substantiate what ] say
Three weeks ago, there was