Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-27
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upon the rumor that the man who started the panic aming the striking copper miners children wore the em- blem of the Citizens Alliance an or ganfzation opposed to continuance of the strike. To combat this sentiment they obtained from Anthony Lucas, prosecuting attorney of Houghton county, statement that he was sat ist1ed from his investigation that the man who raised the cry wore no in signia of any kind. In most instances the offers of relief were refused with out show of any feeling other than confidence that the union would be able to take care of all wants In one case two women were elected from a home where two children lay dead.
 Union Aid Promptly Accepted.
 Mrs. John Vertin and Mrs Marcus Sterk met this rebuff and after being shown the door gave up their mission and returned to report to headquart- CTS.
 Despite the evident determination of the stricken families not to accept non union help the committee was not without hope of overcoming the pre- judices and held another meeting to- night to consider various plans for getting rid of the money
 Fifty -four families were on the list as needing possible aid and each was visited by three subcommittee rep resenting one of the nationafities to which victims of the panic belonged. The federation members were not less active and in several cases the unofficial visitors met union workers in the houses which death had visited Always the proffers of union help were accepted In preference to the other
 Efforts to Identify Man Who Caused
 Panic.
 Efforts to run down the identity of the man who began the panic met with some success today. Several person $ gave affidavits to Prosecutor Lucas investigators and from information furnished by one fourteen year old boy 1t was hoped that an arrest may be made soon.
 Most important in the mind of the local authorities was the explosion a Citizens Alliance button. Mrs Therese Sizer denied that she had made a statement that she had seen such an insignia when she grasped the man and tried to force him into a seat. Mrs, Louise Lesh, who was marshalling children across the stage in Italian hall while they were re- ceiving their Christmas gifts, said she heard the cry of fire repeated thrice in English from the center of the hall. followed immediately by the same voice exclaming the alarm in Croatian. Herien Bibber thought he saw smoke issuing from the windows and Mrs. Charles Meyers repeated her story of seeing a boy with fire in his wool cap. She was carried from the building
 Saloon Keepers Testimony. These accounts were embodied in statements and affidavits collected by ! the prosecuting attorneys office and the persons quoted will be subpoenaed to appear as witnesses at the coroner $ ! inquest on Monday.
 Some significant evidence came from a saloon man whose place is on the l first floor of the building in which the catastrophe occurred.
 He told the inyestigators that only | children possessing union cards issued | to their fathers were admitted to the I hall and that several times he was called upon to identify little ones whe l had been turned back because they | did not present crediantials With tht door thus guarded. it was pointed out ii would have been virtually imDossi