The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-19
ROCK IS SHIPPED TO the
CALUMET & HEClA MILLS
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URLUWtI q HLULR WIllS
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stopped by strikers some Of whom
made threats, IL * said They were
warned Ia desist. however and acted
on the suggestion, allowing the men to
10 go To work unmolested
A: the Quincy Mine.
All repairs and preliminary prepar-
ations Ter mining have been completed
AZ the quincy. but ne actual mining
win be- attempted until larger working
forces are available Although there
are many loyel men at the Quincy 10
cation, only "a small proportion of them
have recovered confidence ana courage
enough Ia make an effort To work, and
the management j. making no effort Ia
hurry them. Ii is recognized that the
expense II operating with few men is
almost as great IS with a fun force
and the management prefers tn wait
until more men express a desire TO re-
tuIn. The company is ready To re-
sumo "A normal output when operations
are resumed. There have been no re-
cent disorders.
Military Board To Meet.
meeting of the state military board
viii be held Friday when the situation
will be thoroughly canNassed. Routine
business will also come up at this
meeting. Ii is expected that all of the
members. except Major Hatch, who
has returned to his home, viii he
present.
Major Dunstone of Hancock and
Captain Jesse Meads of co. A., are
serving temporarily on the staff of
General Perley l.. Abbey and Major
NJ. j. Phillips will again serve upon
his return from Owosso. Sergeant
KieVer of the regular army is acting
brigade adiutant.
No Child Shot at Seeberville.
The reports that a child of tender
years was injured i'm the Seeberville
shooting, and that a woman was shot.
have been so widely circulated by
strike sympathzers that an effort has
been made To ascertain the truth. pr
W, Is. West, chief surgeon of the Cop
per Range Consolidated denies the
canard in no uncertain terms stating
that no child was injured in any way
at Seebcrville on that occasion or
since, and that there rs not even II
sick child of any age in Seeberville to-
day There was one man killed in
stantly, one died later in the hospital
and one man is still in the hospital.
while II fourth who was wounded is at
liberty"
Says Charges Are Outrageous.
such statements as those made in
the telegram to Washington as report
ed to the press amount almost To an
outrage" said Lieutenant Doty of Pom
tiac. speaking, ON his return home. of
! the telegram from a representative uf
the American Federation Of Labor in
which he charges the attacking oi
young girls. murder and assault rs
state trl OPS ia the strike zone. "Th"
men were under discipline every mo
mont" said Lieutenant Doty. No
member of any company was allowed
to leave une camp without written
permission from the captain ana it
had t. oe a good reason that caused
the permission 10 be given.
Such attacks ~ those alleged were
absolutely impossible. An inNcstga-
ton. | am sure. will disclose that there
! is no tyuth in the statements regard
ing the militia"
Lieutenant Doty is prosecuting at
torney OF Oakland county.
Will Inquire Into Charge.
General Abbey intends today to in
terview J H. Walker, representative
of the United Mine Workers here,
relative to the charge Walker Is al
| legged To have made that soldiers have
| insutel girls. General Abbey wants
| To know what grounds Walker has
for the allegation SO it may be thoI
oughly investigated. The general is
confident the charge will be found To
! be without basis.
Some Cavalry to Leave.
About twenty five men and fifty
horses of Troop Il, Cavalry, Detroit,
will leave tomorrow morning for home,
| the officers feeling that their services
can not be spared. If additional horscG
are needed, they will be procured here.
Members of the Calumet Engineers
and Houghton Infantry We're excused
from duty today
Croatians Leaving Range.
There has been a notable exodus OF
Croatian workers from the South
Range district during the past few
days. especially since The fatal shoot