The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

early IN the strike un a john Doe war
rant, viii me- given a hearing tomor-
row before Justice Little. lioughton or
a charge at assault Ola John Miller and
AUGUST Beck durus the riots Of the
secnd day. lie struck he two com
planning witnesses VAN "a club accord
ink To the tetimunN introduced IN the
preliminary hearing.
Joseph Mihelchich and the two Azln-
ichs rather ana son, viii he brought
hetorc Justice o'SulliVan saturday nn
a charge AZ dyuamiung ana being an
accessory Ia a plot Go dynamite the Red
Jacket shaft ot tn, e. y - The case
AGAINST Mihelchl,h does not seem as
strong as was at INST thought as the
testimony introduced at the early
hearing WAS somewhat shaken by the
mistake 0t the principal witness in
Ticking Mihelchich out of a group Of
prisoners and by the fact that the trs-
timonS Of the soldiers was of "A rath-
er nesatiVe character.
fodar Hearing MONDAY.
The hearing Of Louis t'odar, charged
with assault and battery on complaint
of Gust Olsen of Wolverine, was this
morning adjourned 10y Justice &. -.
Jackola until Monday morning. Fodar.
when first arrested was charged with
assault with intent To do great bodily
harm, but this charge was later
to read assault ana battery.
Waddell and Cruise to Sue.
According To a story sent by the De
roit Free Press correspondent To his
paper, James Waddell. strike breaker
by Sherin cruise, expects his
New York attorney here 10 $ art libel
suits against members of tho Western
Federation Of Miners ana 'TyoIres," a
Socialist paper i'm Hancock. The basis
of the suits will Toe the plainly spoken
accusations of murder made directly
against Waddell. sheriff cruise, IL is
said, will also lac a plaintiff m suits
against federation orators .ov declaring
that ne was responsible for the killing
OF two strikers at Painesdale and that
il' ''lA''l AA'iN ll'lllllNAt' At|N 'NA f'l'' VI
four Waddell detectives tor whom
warrants were issued about or shortly
after they disappeared.
To Represent the Sheriff.
Attorney Charles :. Watson of Crys-
tai Falls has arrived in Houentun to
represent SRerin Cruise and James W
Waddell i'm the Injunction hearing he
iorn Judge O'Brien Saturday morning.
Charges Against Cruise.
Charges intimatmg that Sheriff
Cruise has been direlict in the perform
ancc of his duty in failing To arrest
four Of the deputies connected with
the S,eberville shooting have been
flied with the attorney general at Lam
sing, looking To the removal of Cruise,
according To +. r. LeGendre, one of
the attorneys for the Western redor-
alton, and viii Ice investigated by the
attorney generals department AZ once.
Mother Jones" Heard From.
\ WASHINGTON dispatch says
Mother Jones has returned from
her experiences in the Michigan copper
strike region, and toda, waited upon
the secretary oI lahor To tcquaiut MIN
With the actual Facts a. SHE asrer.
tanned them, after intimate assuc,atiuT
with the miners. whose cause she a..
rocateS. Her report viii supplement
those which arr being mad daily to
Secretary Wilson by United States a
hor Investigator Palmer, SyI' remains
IN the field
over 30 gunmcn imported from Ne,
York 10y the operators. AZ" masduor-
aiding rs secret service police and max o.
ms trouble FOR their OWE ends when
ever they possibly can do 50. hey
create rows To- keep their iohs.' ucc!a:'-
ed Mother Jones.
She assures the secretary of her
earnest hope that the operat prs VIII
come to their senses. and give At least
some slight concessions 10 the S,rk
ing miners, such as an eight -hohrs a
day, Il minimum wage of SO daily, and
the right to organize as individual
members of the Western Federation Of
Miners and members of the American
Federation of Labor. the parent labor
organization.
The operators forget" she says, THE
power of the federation and the fact
that it has over 2,I0060d workingmcn
and women in its active membership"
She deprecates the lending of stale
militia To Calumet by COY Ferris and
his doing so without going To the scene
and ascertaining the actual facts. Ills
conduct" she says, lis in striking con-
trast To that of GOV. Cox of Ohio. who
refused to detail his states soldiery
under precisely similar conditions. with
the result a prompt settlement of the
Cincinnati strike troubles.
The pcople of Michigan as well as
the secretary of labor ought To know
that the striking miners are perfectly
willing To accept any proposition that
- half fair and will willingly agree To
Judge Murphy or Labor Investigator
Palmer acting as arbitrators."
Pay For the Troops.
Of no a hn