The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
ATTACK ON MOVER
WILL Be SUBJECT
OF INVESTIGATION
(CoMtinued From Tirst Page.N

tCOutlnucu FROM FIRST PaEC.)
have been on. McNaughton and Meyer
have been OF conferences which / per-
sonally attended
'McNaughton ordered him out OF tho
country: said he would hang him If ne
returned and then no searched him.
Two gunmen held him and McNaughton
took two wallets from Meyers person.
One Of these contained money. and this
no returned. He kept the other"
According to Meyer and Tanner the
attack occurred ut about $40 or Sis
o'clock. and they were thrust aboard
the train an hour or so later--they
were not sure. According to several
of McNaugh toms friends he was at
his club in Calumet, sixteen miles from
Hancock at GAS o'clock. The train
! is scheduled to leave Hancock at 9:27
o'clock.
a mass-meeting OF union labor men
of Chicago was called for Tomorrow to
adopt resolutions anent the copper
country situation. and similar meet
ings probably viii be held In other
cities.
PInn of Settlement
Meyer said to-day that two hours
before the alleged attack ne had COM
pleted plan for settlement OF tho
strike.
1T was TO the effect that the Prcsi-
dent OF the United States and the Gov
I
or seven arbltcrs TO settle the whole
thing. and that the strikers should re-
turn Immediately 10 work" he cx-
planned.
been addressed by him to the general
managers OF the mining companies OF
liouIhton and Keweenaw Counties:
"On the eve OF the burial OF the vic
tins OF the terrible disaster which oc-
CURED In our midst nj a time when the
doctrine OF Peace on earth and good
~ tn an 1nfF
the little ones of your employees who
were striking for what they believe To
be Just cause I again come TO you
with me In AN effort TO adjust this de-
plorahle controversy. Acting with au-
thority from the striking miners l have
submitted to you terms of arbitration
which should appeal to any one who Is
DESTROYS Of bringing to an end con-
than five months. during which time
millions of dollars have been lost and
u,nnecessarily expended, and human
Ing of the suffering OF the partici pants
and those who must ncces sarily feel the
effects OF an industrial conflict ct this
More Than One Side.
The thinking people of this country
to settle between the employers and
their employees of this distric. Can
YOU longer maintain that there is but
one side to this question. anu that
labor shall not be given an opportunity
To he heard? In my last proposal OF
arbitration | agreed that the mitIng
companies at interest might ,aicct two,
the miners on strike two, vino are not
members of their local organization
or the Western Federation Of Miners.
nnd either the President OF the United
States or the Govern"r Of the State
Of Michigan should select ole: and
that the entire question in dispute TO
submitted to said board. and that al!
partisan interests be bound by their
findings 1 submit To you the follow
Ing:
That the President OF tho United
states and the Governor OF the State
q! Michigan together select n commit
tee OF arbitration composed - five
or seven members: that all ma tiers in
dispute he submitted to said board, and
that upon the acceptance of this me-
dunn of arbitration the miners on
strike shall be re-cmploYcd by you
without discrimination: and thar al at
interest shall be bound by the findings
Of said board.
Il submit Ia YOU. gentlemen. that
no faircr proposition for settlement
Of controversy of this character has
ever been submitted by men on strike.
and urge upon you its acce ptanre. to
the end that peace may be restored
that such scenes ms we have been called
upon to witness shall be forever ended ."
Victor Berger quoted Meyer as say
Ing the letter was dispatched to the
general managers before the attack.