The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-30


pathizers paraded about the mines and
/ locations i'm an early morning demon
>tration today the procession tcrmi-
uatiny at the Italian hall, where adj
/ dresses in foreign languages were
given 10y leaders \ squad of caval-
rymen followed the parade and APP
peaIance of these officers prevented
possible disorder AS the line of march
! proceeded along oak street, the wom-
en- hurled curses and remarks of
| sc9b' at on-lookerS, provoking the
! disgust of almost every person who
, viewed the demonstration. such CON
duct likely will be called 10 civil au-
thoriticS as peaceful citizens have be-
come aroused against such eiacula-
tons as are altered 10y these women.
Strike leaders who were in the line of
march made no attcmpt To restrict the
women, apparently giving sanction To
whatever was said
italians Want to Work.
| The back to work movement at
! the Quincy mine will receive an i'm
pctus If a report circulated this morn
! cid,d to return to work on Tuesday is
authentic. II was impossible To con-
| firm the report, but it is regarded as
at least partially correct by those that
are in a position to know, as it has
been common knowledge for some time
that the Italian element in the FEEDER
alton looks on the strike as lost bat
] .. 10, a OF
work
The federation Italians, who
seem to be in the majority among
that race. have frequently expressed
dissatisfaction with conditions and
have been anxious To return To work
as soon as sufficient number of those
similarly inclined could be mustered
70 insure them protection. The so
cial!sts are i'm control i'm Hancock and
at the mines in the immediate neigh
| borhood, and the Italians have had
hut little faith i'm this propaganda from
the start The Italians as "a rule are
too firmly attached to their church
Ito be i'm sympathy with this move
meut ana their allegiance To cause
which has the backing of the social
lists cln never be more than perfume
tors.
| Following a parade this morning.
which ended with "a meeting at the
Kansankou or Socialist hall, it is UNI
derstood that a party of twenty-five
Italian miners met and decided not to
take part in any more demonstrations,
but to seek to return TO work as soon
as possible.
More Poverty Disclosed.
Appeals for clothing. both children's
and adults, are numerous at the AS
ISOLATED Charities and salvation army
headquarters and conditions are be-
coming serious. y half dozen re-
/ quests for shoes were made To the Sal
; walton army this morning but the
r stock of apparel is SO depleted that
, the appeal could not bc granted Per-
: sonal Investigations made 10y AdJu-
tant Talbot have disclosed cases that
, are extremely pitiablc and in consc-
, uucncc an appeal for cast-om clothing
or money with which To buy new
clothes has been issued. y MAJORITY
, Of these requests are directly due 10
, the strike and families hitherto ahl'
To- care FOR themselves are now de
pcndahlc ON charity. In several MONIES
= visited 10y the Salvation army ON
i. Gers. pdntries were bare of food an'
children complained Of hunger statlnt
that their father was striking and they
ha. no money with which To buy cdi'
blcs. Every effort will bc made To al
lcviatr the conditions of such famille'
and immediate response to the appca
!, is urged.
u President Meyer May Come.
President Meyer of the WcSteri
Federation of Miners is "A possible AT
traction at the mass meeting To b'
p ncld by the strikers in the Palcstri
g Sunday afternoon. II is stated by ol
= ficials Of the Federation that the hca'
4" of the organization may come to TN
coppcr country for the dcmonsua
= ton, which will be preceded by pa
,, radc. II he arrives he also VIII al
n dress the mass meeting to be heid u
{. Hancock on Monday, Labor Day. MI
Il Mover is in poor health and this ma!
j. prevent his COMING Demonstration
is are planned for both Calumet AM
s. Hancock Monday. but on Sunday cal
N umet will be thc ralying place OF tn
ie strikers OF the entire district Shoul
d Mr.. Meyer fail to arrive the meetln
l. will he addressed by the local strik
leaders
~ The announcement that Prcsldci
Mover may come here was heard wit
NJ considerable surprise because of TN
IN reported friction between the Moyc
and so-calIed MahoncS Miller faction
o. i'm the organization. 1t has been free
IA reported since the beginning of III
strike that one faction seeks to retail
liz mower while the other is ambition
In acquire supremacy in the Fedora
tiou. II also has been said that IL
Mover faction did not approve Il
'' calling of the strike i'm this distri
ana that since the walk -out PRESIDED
Mover has had a representative hc
"' who has kept him pos Il ON the devc
opmcnts.
soread OF Strike Not Feared.
The Negaunee correspondent of u
Marquette Chronicle says:
'u The boasts of the organizers at q
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