The Calumet news., 1913-12-29
DID NOT WEAR
ALLIANCE PIN
Inquest Shows Untruth of the
Rumors Following 0isaste !
Continued From First Page.


On the stairs had already occurred and
the mass of children, men and women
were piled from the bottom almost Il
the top Of the stairs; they seemed to
be entangled So that ii was impossible
TO rescue any at the bottom and he
ran 10 the rear of the building through
the store room. He estimated there
were 200 in the stairway and those ON
the floor appeared 10 be dead
There were four or live men near
stars or uniforms. As he returned TO
the hall, he heard the fire alarm.
In reply to question of Attorney
Lucas, as To whether or not deputies
closed tie doors. he replied that the
doors remained open. As he arrived at
the top of the stairs he heard woman
say the mounted police were there try
ing to Kill them, Everyone of the
spectators at the bottom of the stairs
crowd i'm the hail. but no one assisted
him, up To the time the firemen ar
rived, i'm rcscung the crowd on the
stairs Not until the fremen arrived
could they relieve the congestion. AS
he was running from the entrance,
throush the hall, intending TO gain en-
trance on the fire escape. his wife
rushed lay him cXclaiming that she saw
u boy being taken down from shed
with his cap ablazc.
Mrs Meyers ana Miss Moore, Il do
mcstic in the Meyer household, cOrro-
| boratcd the statement that the boys
cap was smouldering.
Exonerates the Deputies,
Dominic Ndiro, one of the proprietors
of the saloon in the hall, testified that
! ne heard the cry of fire and ran toward
the entrance from the rear of the sa-
loon He saw children dropping from
a shed in the rear of the hail; in the
front entrance he saw mass of people
on the stairs but was unable to re-
move any of them. lie further testi-
lied that he did not sell liquor after
this occurred but that people in the
saloon may have been supplied gratis.
lie saw no deputies clubbing any one
but he said they assisted in keeping
frantic people from interfering with
rescue work.
Frank Rosso, another Of the saloon
proprictors. testified that he ran to the
hall door Immediately upon hearing the
cries. The mass had already fallen To
the bottom and many were already
dead. He ran To the rear of the hall
and gained entrance through fire es-
cape.
He testified that he had identified
two women who did not possess union
books and vouched for the member
ship of their husbands in the union.
lie later sent a man who had been in
the saloon up stairs with two children
to vouch for them.
Mrs. CIemenc Saw No Button.
Mrs. Annie Clemenc, one of the
women who was first to sound the cry
tina, the man who crieG fire wore an
Alliance button. testified on the stand, !
that she saw no one in the room who
wore such a button. She said she was
on the stage assisting in the distribu
tiou of presents. The children and
women constantly crowded about the |
STAGE and she urged them TO be seated. |
During this commotion, she said she |
heard a man cry fire" from near the |
main entrance. She did not see the |
man nor did she see any one in the |
hall WHO wore a Citizens Alliance but |
ton. The cry was taken up 1y others |
and the mass swayed toward the door. |
She saw no smoke and continually ad- |
monishcd the people To lie quiet, that |
there was no fire. She saw deputies |
calry ing the bodies up the stairs into |
Inc room.
Heard the Cry of Fire"
Mrs Antonio Coralus of Swedetowu |
WAS accompanied 10y a child of three |
Years They were sitting in the front
of the hall when she heard the cry. |
She did not see the man. but immedi-
atcIy others took up the cry and fed |
toward the exit. She heard no one cry
me in Croatian and she saw no fire.
PAU Spchor, AGED 10. said he was
near the stage. crowding with other
children, Immediately before the cry of
IRE. The people seemed TO crush to-
ward the stage 50 that some one faint
"a. lie saw Il woman lift a child from
the crowd ana place it near the win
dow. This child, the witness said, had
tainted lie heard the cry of fire and
started u rush TO the exit. y man
stopped him. Bc estimated there were
twenty men In the hall.
Loses One OF His Sons.
Andrew Saari, the father Of two
boys, one of whom was killed. said that
he sat near the exit He heard the cry
but did not believe it to be that of
fire When others moved toward the
lxit, he grasped his sons and ran to-
ward the exit. lie was pushed down
he stairs and grasped the railing His
fell under him. and he was
rushed. with. the crowd, toward the
Dottom Of the stairs Others stepped
IN him but he did not loose conscious
ness Both doors were open. he said,
when he lay i'm the crowd. He was
rescued from the top but could not
IDENTIFY his rcscucrs
This Afternoons Testimony.
Mrs. John n. kuski, Wolverine tcs-
iiics that she saw something like a