The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-11


| ness.
We must not use any unlawful
means. use no Violence. but il is for
us TO insist that these men are put
ou' vi the country Immediately. and
upon MS depends the carry ing out Of
this law
If the officers Of the county do their
duty may be reasonably safe in stat
ing that these men will all be put out
In snort time. II not in prison. Ev-
ervbody must get behind the officers
and push. however. To accomplish this
result.
Mr. Rees read the following state
ment.
About three weeks ago at meet
ing OF the various mice managers at
the Houghton club. at Houghton.
=. III. O'Brien asked for the privilege
Of submitting proposition looking
toward the settlement Of the strike
His proposition In substance was this:
THAT ne understood that the min
ing companies had taken the stand
that they would not re- employ any
men who retained their membership
in the Western Federation of Miners.
That being the ease. he proposed that
the various mining companies tat that
tim" take back the men without ask
ing any questions. and then. later on.
when the excitement had died down.
the mining companies could accom-
plish their end 10y quietly wedding out
ana disc harging the men who had
come back to work retaining their
membership.
This proposition was mad. in The
presence of r. X. Seeber, &. t.. Jaw
ton, T. Dengler. James MacNaugh-
ton, A. T.. Petermaun, \. t.. Rees and
several others.
one of the reasons given fCl the
proposition was that it woLld give
the officers and leaders of thu Fed
Grafton a chance TO withdraw.
THE proposition was at one re-
iected unanimously and Mr.. O'Brien
was told that the mining companies
proposed to fight the matter out in the
open"
The meeting was concluded by the
singing If The Star Spangled Ian.
ner."
w. \. sparks instructor in gyinnas-
ium work TOR the Mic higan College OF
mines, read the resolutions of the
Citizens Alliance. which were unaai-
mously adopted The resolutions are
the same as those adopted at &; lumes.
The Resolutions.
tAdopted at both Calumet and Hough-
ton meetings.
The citizens OF the copper district of
Michigan, comprising rnen from all
walks OF life, gathered in public meet
ing at Calumet, contemporaneously
with like meetings i'm other portions
Of the district. called by and under
the auspices of the Citizens Alliance,
an organization whose aim is the pres
ervation Of order and the enforcement
of law in this community. desiring in
the most emphatic manner TO aid to
that end, and with equal emphasis to
insist upon the early termination of
the existing reign of lawlessness. vio-
lencc and crime. do now adopt the
following statements and resolutions:
Whereas, The Western Federation of
Miners. through it's officers. organizers
and hired agitators, whose well known
past history in the western states has
been one of bloodshed, violence. arson,
dynamiting and murder, has entered
into this district and by lying false
promises, deceit and fraud has en-
deavored to induce the labor of this
community to affiliate with that or
aaniZation, for the sole purpose of Sc
curing control of our mining industry
and OF gathering ii financial harvest
in the way of dues and assessments
at the expense of the laboring classes;
and
Whereas, After deluuing small
percentage of the employees of the
mining industry into utilization with
that organization, the Western Fed
era ton OF Miners, without cause and
without grievances, on the 23rd of
July last called general strike in
Volving the entire mining industry of
this district, but in which there has
participated but "a minority of the
workmen; which strike. under the di-
rection of the officers and hired agita-
tors of the federation. for four months
has been carried on and continued by
q reign of awlessness. violence, intim-
idation, asSa ults, dynamiting and MUIR
der which Is still continuing. and for
all of which the Federation is direct
ly responsible.
Therefore. Re it Resolved as Fol-
lows:
The Western Federation of Miners.
because Of it's record In the past. and
because OF its lawlessness and crimes
in this district. can have no place in
this community. It's alien officers. its
paid organizers and its hired agitators
must 20. Nll and eoch of them must
be held to the fullest extent for Grim
inal responsibility for all Ia wlessness
and crime which have resulted from
their methods.
We commend and approve the de-
termination of the mining companies
that they will in no manner recognize
or deal with the tederatio aud that
they will not re-emplUS any laborer
or workman who chooses To continue
with that organization. and as a COM
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