The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-19
Position of Mining Companies.

ti the mining companies i'm which Ne
reiterated that the fcieration wonld
. never be recognized. He also repeat-
a ed that no men will ne taken back ~
work as long as he is member Of
the federation. This remark hrough'
4 forth round Of cheers.
We have another phase To meet. "
continued the speaker. Men under
ground are sending up petitions pro-
testing against employing any member
or permitting them 10 come hack.
These petitions assert If federation
men are aagin employed the mana gers
viii have the biggest scrap on their
hands they ever had
The mines are here to produce cop
per The 9. 4 H. mine is now produc-
ing more than the day before the
strike. Today, the operators have an
quotations from men all over the coun-
ny who voluntarily request EMPLOY
ment Fifteen hundred men can baI
brought here in two lays. hut Z is do
sired to get the old employees back
The managers have waited nvci
| months and that is long enough. Every
man is protected against violence
now and there is no reason for ant
honest man to he afraid To go To Wort, |
Pay End of Each Shift.
Ntnetr-iive per cent Of the strikers !
ere good men, only they are misled
10 Is hard for them To break away
from their oath. Tho MANAGERS are
willing to Ga everything to encourage
them back
And The companies realize thai
many of the strikers who nave hold
'ut from tho beginning are in need OIL
heIp. u 10 woul3 hol? them. We win
civ" them their pay NJ the end Of
each shift until they are on their fec.
AGAIN. or il they are destitute. We will
advance money To them on their
wages
MIR Petermann referred 70 the al
legged atfidavits which the federation
caused To be published throughout the
district Yesterday. purporting To come
from fischer employees. one of these
bore the signature of Richard NIahar.
rs matter of fact Richard Mahar.
the only cmploye Of that name Of the '
Ascher agency is now stationed al
Mohawk and has not been away from
that locality for two months. II.
stamps the published affidavit as /.
lalsehood
Reference was made To IN" alleged =
statements of Mahoney ana this led v
10 demand lhata message ,be iii. / q
rcctcd 10 The governor and Congress (,
man Macdonald. d
The Mohawk Meeting. n
Notwithstanding the fact that tho +
Western Federation of Miners made an I
Effort 40 keep their striking members a
q the north end of the copper zone @
rom enlightenment, by conducting a A
''multtn"ous meeting in Ahmeell u
fh'gh all federation members were ex- III
'r'ied 10 attend, the mass meeting q
ondu'tcd by the businessmen of the fl
Upper country in the Grand Han at ~
Mohawk yesterday afternoon was de- n
loed!' successful. There were present y
iIftN-itEe or forty strikers and most 81
4 them were willing to be shown Just NJ
low many viii act on the suggestions II
y the business men that they return e,
o Work ana give up the strike will of II.
curse not h' known for several DAYS. Ia
mt II is evident from the arguments re-
dFanced by The SPEAKERS and the IN
uestions asked by the strikers that N
many strikers are doing their own r.
and will do so from now on. az
one frank English american admit M
'd that the strikers are now -con- IN
inccd their cause L. lost that they in
inn"t win through the Federation. Ia
M thai the strikers generally recog- is,
ne the businessmen are their friends tr
IA" VIII stand as an intermediary be- is
Vecn themselves and the mining COM tn
inies and endeavor to gain such con- II
'ssions as the men believe should he Or
'antod =
tn" crcdulence of the strikers in the ha
'r'h end of the district and the ex- 10;
M 10 which they have been misled ST
IN" oily tongued false prophets of WI
.e federation was shown by the fact he
at few of the strikers present would kn
Hcede that the c. x IL. mining COM tn
my is actually producing copper Al VI,
"ugh the latter company is right now foi
Il handed and producing a higher be
NY average than the average for un
\ months before the strike. the min ha
s. from the north end Of the district ra,
ere skeptical and had to be shown ha
" truth OF this assertion by the ne
c1kors na
False Promise OF Aeitator. ari
Yesterdays meeting was the first of On!
series Of mass meetings to be con- via
cited in the copper country district, al
t. object OF which is to convince the str
'ikcrs that their cause is lost and Wis
At the merchants and business pco- arr
b OF the district are in reality their up
81 friends .io
Rev. w II. Collycott pastor of the an,
cola Tamarock NJ T.. church acted t
chairman of the meeting He was nee
reduced by W T.. Smith of Mohawk. am
sides Rev. Collycott. the speakers ha,
re Mr.. Smith, COT. J. p. Petermann, or
]. W. II. Thelman, Theodore Hennes gus
Lake Linden. capt John Trcverrow. ! !
luricc Kennel Of ALmcek oscar rig
ckonen and others. MIR Keckoncn rev
ike i'm Finnish dra
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