The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-18
STRIKERS HONOR
TWO WHO DIED
AT PAINESDALE
Eight Thousand Persons, With
Heads Barred, Follow Bodies
Through Streets
PROSECUTOR DETERMINED
TO SEE JUSTICE DONE
Appeal Will Be Taken to Gov
ernment if Sheriff Refuses
To Arrest Slayer at Once

CALUMET, Mich, Aug. ls.-Fol-
lowed to their graves by 5000 fellow
countrymen, the bodies OF Tazan ana
Putruch. the strikers shot by deputy
sheriffs at Painesdale Thursday were
buried yesterday afternoon. special
train brought the funeral cortege from
Painesdale TO Calumet. and at every
station along the route hundreds or
miners stood with barred heads while
the funeral train made brief stop.
At Calumet great procession was
formed, the marchers carrying Amerl-
can flags and banners on which such
notices as Give us back our lives,
q thugs" and The Lord said take
not what you cannot give, were IN
scribed Remarkable order and dig
nit yprevailed throughout, an after
the services the men quietly dispersed
to their homes.
Rev. Fr. Media. whose far flung par
ish is one OF the largest in the state,
and whose flock numbers hundreds or
mine workers, preached the sermon.
He did not once refer to the strike or
Its causes. but at the conclusion OF
the services offered up fervent pray
er for peace.
Meanwhile, the six deputies charged
with the wantom Staying OF the two
men who We're buried yesterday. are
still at large, and there Is no evidence
of any effort on the part of Sheriff
Cruze to follow up the order OF Prose
cutor Lucas 10 arrest them. The mine
workers who have already enjoined
the sheriff from employing Waddell
strike-breakers as deputies. are now
preparing 10 bring charges OF neglect
OF duty against him and petition the
governor for his removal
Prosecutor Lucas Is fighting the ef
forts OF the board OF supervisors
which body is credited with being par
ticularly responsive copper company
influence from authorizing the ap-
pointment Of a special prosecutor to
try cases arising out OF the miners
strike.
The prosecutor is determined that
the men involved in the Painesdale
shooting, shall be arrested and prose
cuted, and In this he will have the ac-
tive support of Judge Alfred Murphy.
special envoy OF Gov. Ferris. who. al
though he refuses to discuss the case,
is huOWH W ItSdiu 'ht aNt VI ''V
deputies as little less than cold-blood-
ed murder. Investigation has 80 far
failed TO show which side fired the
first shot, but Il Is established that
the deputies began the trouble by at
tempting to arerst man not known
to have committed a crime and for
whom they had no warrant. II Is
also proven that they fred into houses
crowded with non-combatants.
'I want 10 find out right now
whether the law is touri In Calumet,
or whether copper company influence
can stack the cards against the gov
ernment." said Prosecutor Lucas In
discussing the case.
Sheriff Cruze admits that he has
made no effort TO locate the deputies
charged with the shooting, declaring
that he has been too busy with other
mrtters and Is not convinced that his
men acted illegally
Militia officers Indignantly deny
the charges made by a strike leader
that their man have attacked girls
and abused peaceable persons. De-
malls will be forwarded to Washing
ton.
The engineer and fireman of the
South Kearsarge mine quit work yes
terday, stopping the operation OF the
shaft II WIS learned that they had
been threatened.