The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-31
RETURN TO WORK
LIMIT COMES TO
END TOMORROW
Places Of the Strikers Who Do
Not Return to Mines Will
Be Filled
TO BRING IN OUTSIDE MEN
Many Former Employees Will Quit
Federation and Take Their
Old J0bs
TO BRING IN OUTSIDE MEN
10000 AT WORK; $500 OUT

The extension Of time in which 10
return 10 work Granted by the mining
companies to the strikers at the re-
quest of the business men two weeks
ago. viii expire tomorrow. The places
OF all strikers who do not report FOR
their former positions win. It is an
nounced. be filled with outside men
The efforts OF The business men Of
the community to prevail upon the
strikers 10 go hacl, IA work have been
only partially, successful Some of the
strikers. whose number are estimated
OF about 2,55O. have applied for their
former jobs aud win be- back lo work
again Jan. 2, but 1t win be necessary
70 import men to take the places
OF those who have elected TO remain
but. 1t is estimated 10000 men are
now at work.
The business men have done their
utmost "a prevail upon the strikers to
give up their hopeless struggle. They
have tried To make the strikers real
!Zc that there is absolutely no hope for
The recognition of the Western Feder-
alton Of Miners in this field; that the
mining companies will have no ditIl-
Guilty m getting all the men they need,
haying hundreds of ppplicaiime OF
outside men Who are available at any
time owing To large numbers out of
work throughout the country and
that tho business men prefer to have
she strikers rc-cmpluycd, believing
that the mon have been misIcd 10y paid
agiutors.
Many of the strikers nave listened To
arguments and have agreed 10 quit
the federation, hut the majority APP
puruuuy have determined to stick 10
the strike
Wmlc the calumet n Hocla has ~
normal force of men, ana is getting out
1s much rocl, as 1t was before the
strike. il will be necessary to hrins
in men for some of the subsidiaries
II is estimated that there are not
moro ,nan laU strikers at IN" Quincy
property. NhcI" 100 men are work
ml superior has q fun quota of men,
ana Ccnt.uuinl has as many as it had
before the strike. At the Isle Royale
'hc number a 21j ou' of q normal
force II 20 It. is cstimatrd that fully
900 ar the men not at work are re
mining ont through rcu of the ted
,ratiou.
A. the Copper Rang" mines. tho
Palic. Trimouutain ami Champion II
is estimated that tn number of strk-
crs Is $40. while 1850 men are en-
ployed
The Hancock mine viii reopen Jan
and the management which has
many applications for work, Is conli'
dent II will nave a normal force With
IN = short time. If all the old men do
not come back outside men VIII he
employed.
The men al work in tho yarious
mines OF The district who greatly out
number the strikers, are much "ppos-
ed 80 the Western Federation OF MN
ers and win not permi, the rre"sni-
tian o. this organization lay the com
panies. This feeling is particularly
strong in the south rang" dlStriet'
where meetings were held Sunday ~
Trino,utain and Pamesdalc, denounr-
nc the asiiaiors and urging the com
nonie4 not 40 take back any of the
strikers unless they gay" ZAP the"
union cards
This attitude of the men az work
makes situation which would not
rcrmit tho mining companies To treat
with the federation even though '"'H
were willing {" do So.
Speaking Of the Western fod'i''i""
Of Miners yesterday afternoon, d'n'ra'
N,noper f. ". Denton of the copper
Range mines, said.
"lr this organization represented q
majority of our workers at the lii''
il called the strike there might ne SOM
mstice i'm asking us to treat with IT,
Hut this organization | firmly heheN'
did not number onc-tcnth OF the worn
crs of this district when 1t ealleu tn'
strike The mines now have lV'"o0
mon working and it certainly does not
represent them It does represent dp""'
5Oa strikers at this time. Is II r's"'
,or ps IN submit 10 the representative
of y 500 mon when 10000 men now en-
pIovcd refuse such represchta'l'"
referring to government inVeS''N"
tions Mr.. Denton said that he ana '"'
other managers threw their books open
to ,hc investigators To Mr.. Mon''' '"'
10 Mr. Palmer The manSg''S SUE
p.sted that the only manner IN VIM,
The ,ieht Of the Western Federation oil