Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-24
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PER,oR COPPER pssTnJcT
REsoRrs 70 VIOLENCE.
ohgRlPF cALLs ON
GOVERNOR ron 40
Armed Miners Halt ospssss and II.
vsst Officials ~ otars-osveeol -
osstsn and Badly IRjursd-Aaeb We.
'ts Al Surface Mine and Susssed Is
cIeslns Al In Operation.

| ls"stns. Mich, July 1s.-The
sevsroe~s office THE aStsrmson -.
esivsd . message from the shse;M
at Calumet stating thas he ~as Il
the hands Of mob 81 600 men and
that another mob 81 50 was en Ske
way 70 csIvmst from Ahrseejs, :
email mining tswn near calussse.
Calumet. Mich.. July 24.-Ser1ks vio-
lence. occasioned BY yesterdays walk
out by copper miners In this district
grew beyond the control Of Sheriff
| Crune today and he wired TO Cover.
nor Ferris asking that state troops bo
dispatched to maintain order. The 10.
cal militia companies ware ordered %
hold themselves In readiness for sosv.
leo pending word from the govesnoe.
| who. II 10 understood. II on his way 10
Alpena from Lansing.
The chief attack Of strikers today
was directed against the Calumet and
Hecla properties.
Shortly before noon 800 men. aF1Ael
| with steel drills. clubs. and stones. aa0
| few Of them displaying and firing -.
volvcrs. divested Of their stars an
deputies stationed at No. : Cong3om-
| crate shaft Of the company. The strak.
ers then moved over 90 the Hecla
branch mine and repeated their tac.5
tics. Several mon were badly beaten
| and sent to hospitals In the flght that
! developed.
The strikers also visited all susfAeo
plants OF the companies affected nd
closed them.
Stamp Mills Are clsesd.
Stamp mills ~ well - mines ahNk
down in tho Lake Superior copper 11e.s
trict today because OF the oey4gA IT,
tieup was complete With the e1oouA1oA
Of smeItera, some Of which AnNos
enough mineral on hand % oDsraee -
a week or more. The Calumet = 6oo9A
| Conglomerate shaft at the CA1uMoe
branch. which was worked yestafdav.
closed last night when the stf1kafo
prevented men from going 20 work
Franklin and Hancock mines. whSeh
| worked yesterday. also suspended lASe
| evening.
A large body Of strikers went from
one shaft to another at Calumet. HecIA
and Tamarac!s. and several loyal ean.
ployes were attacked with stones a11
painfully hurt.
At No. !. cage house Of tho Calumet
! & Hecla Q number Of strikers were
prevented from taking possession By
mining captain who drew rsvolver
and threatened to shoot.
Thi. morning tho strikers gathered
! about the shafts to keep mon with dln-
ner pals away. A large number oe
deputies were sworn and Il 10 believed
they can control the situation for the
present At least.
Several Seriously injured.
George Denblom. aged 80. was %
badly beaten that he may die.
George Unsworth. chief engineer q
the Superior mine house, was cut
about tho throat while defending his
hoisting plant.
August Beck, chief OF the Calumet
& Hecla police staff. was beaten last
night, bu, recovered and IL IN charge
OF protective measures again.
J. Kenenth Mcleod. engineer At the
Red Jacket shaft. had his nose broken
by a stone.
At noon the disturbances had ceased
temporarily but more trouble was an
.!c!pased.
The machine shops. blacksmith shops
and boundaries. which worked yestes
day. stopped when visited by the atrme
ers this morning and stamp mills shuS
down owing to lack OF ore.
Business on Cash 0asis.
Merchants OF Hancock and the south
range district put their sales on casn
basis this morning. The mine manage
ments are acting in concert and Will
walt until the situation 10 under con-
troll before attempting to resume opef-
ations. Altho tho closing OF tho Con-
9lomerate shafts OF the Calumet 4
Hec,a for an indefinate time may mean
costly damage to them.
Witht elds Order For Troops.
Raw CITY. Mich, July 2A.-Governor
Ferris. on his way to Alpena. but dc
layed here by q train wreck. said TO-
dny that he would not grant sheriff
Crune's request for troops In the cop
per mine district excep, A. last re-
sort to protect lives. He said no ne-
lieyed the sherify's message was An
ticipatory."
The governor said that he will I'M
medtately take tho matter up WASn
national guard officials and Will proo
ably send . man TO Calumet - hs
personal representative TO advise MN
rexardins exact conditions.
II dislike very much to order troops
into Houghton county" easd the eovee.S
nor. '.rhe sherims message seems
ant,c,patory and L will not send troops
nm iier, ex cent a. last resort 60 pro-
tsct lives, property and the men wao
desire to work..
before leaving Governor rerris tefe.s
er.nhed to Sheriff Cruns. tnstruceanx
MIN 20 see that the liquor laws eSe I
oheved to tho letter thruout the 0tftAa
cone.