Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-27

for the burial of the poor persons
! who met their death in the Christmas
catastrophe.
f! "They remained about fifteen min
utes and left after | had told them
! that the Western Federation of Min
ers and the labor organizations of the
country could and would care for its
| own unfortunates. Within four min
utes. fifteen Russians burst into the
ROOM | was standing at the tele-
phone at the time and was putting in
call. Charles II. Tanner, of Califor-
mia travelling auditor for the Western
Federation of Miners, was with me.
| Several men grabbed hold of me
and held me while another man came
up from behind and struck me with
the butt of his revolver on the head.
Then there was a report of gun and
felt a piercing sensation in my back.
I do not think that anyone shot me de-
liberately. / think that the gun used
in hitting me on the head was dis
charged during the action.
"Then two men gold hold of my
arms and dragged me out of the hotel.
Down the street we went. When two
men became tired. two other huskies
took hold of me and although ! was
on my feet part of the time, yet for
blocks was dragged.
,r,o fbnp tn
Houghton, where the. mob took me.
All the while, they were pulling me
along the others were yelling, Lynch
him. and hang him" and calling me
the vlest of names.
when we reached the station,
James McNaughton, general manager
and vice president of the Calumet and
Nicola mines, drove up in an automo-
bile. He rushed up to me and said;
You get out of this country forever If
you ever come back I'll hang you.
"Then he continued to abuse me in
the vilest manner. When the train
left, was thrown bodily onto it. Tive
men who claimed to be deputy sher-
ifs then got on. They took me into
the sleeper and soon after Mr.. Tan
ner was brought in. He, too. had been
assaulted in the room and forcibly
taken to the station.
"One of the deputies handed the con
ductor our tickets and said that we
were going to Chicago. The deputies
stayed on the train until we had pas
sed over into Wisconsin.
Somewhere on the trip doctor
was called to dress my wounds. He
was summoned by one of the men
who said they were deputies and he
told the doctor to send the bill to
the sheriff at Calumet
''In order to prove my case, got
a statement from the doctor"
Mr.. Meyer then reached into his
coat and got two sheets of paper on
which was written this statement:
Charles H. Meyer was treated by
me for a gunshot wound in the back,
superficial in nature, and
of the scalp. (Signed) J.
W. Story, M. D. Countersigned, w. B.
Hendley, deputy sheriff
Meyer said he was going to stop in
Chicago just long enough to get fixed
up and then he would go !. back to
Calumet to lead the fight of the strik,
ing copper miners. He said that his
federation was bound to win.
81 have never said that member
Of the Citizens Alliance caused the
panic at italian hail. said Meyer,
when asked as to his reported state
ments. Il did say that there were
25 men who would swear that they
saw man wearing a Citizens Alliance
button rush up the stairs, stick his
lead through the door and yell fire.
I'VE can take care of our own peo.
Die. We have fought their battles.
We have fed them while they were
hungry and clothed them when they
we're cold. Now we can bury them.