The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-05

men LETT the train, went to "a nearby
saloon for refreshments and remained
there almost half hour At another
station they again got off and wer,
not asked any questions either when
they left or when they returned L.
the train. The witness told the com
mittee that he was generally satisfied
here with conditions and that he found
no occasion To complain of wages and
general treatment.
Referring To his work as a miner ne
said that his partner helped him fire.
Quenty i'm attaching the machine Ia
the post Referring 20 his liberty az
superior and To his being able To leave
the bunk house at any time, he said;
sure we come down town any
time. Saturday night YOU see nearly
whole Superior down town"
DO sou consider it pretty hard
work >"
You see in Germany whore we have
the one-man machine we have posts
Is and II feet high and we have to go
four or five miles underground, and"
Il would like an answer to my ques-
tion?" exclaimed Mr., Kerr.
The stenographer was directed TO
read the question. Dahlhoff replied:
NO. IT is not hard for me-
The witness added that in Germany
he worked i'm copper and coal mines
and that the same type Of machine
the water Leyner, was in use there,
Attorney Kerr Immediately dropped
| this line of quiz.
What time do you go to the collar
of the shaft" he asked,
Seven twenty
What time do you come up
Il am always on surface at 4
O'Clock"
The witness added that he was
working ON company account and was
receiving 1927 per day
Congressman Switzcr learned from
the witness that in Germany miners
receive from $1.OO to $1,t2l2 a day in
the coal and iron mines.
Replying to Congressman Howell,
Dahlhoff said that he was doing bet
ter here and had better surroundings
than at any other time since he came
To America four wears ago 1t was
also brought out that the witness has
made application for naturalization
and that he obtained his first papers
i'm Chicago.
Another New Conner Testifies.
Joseph DANTE, a Hungarian with
first citizenship papers, IS wears old,
said he had been employed in Chicago
and was working in the superior mine.
He said he was told about the strike
before he came here and that nc dii
not notice any restraint was exercised
over him while on the train or after
reaching the mine. Guards were on
the train when he and forty-one other
men left Chicago on Jan, 20 but the
men We're never stopped or prevented
from leaving any coach He added
that he had never seen any kind of
force used To make men work or con-
tinuc working against their Wills in
the mine and that he knew of many
men quitting shortly after they came
here.
Many men worked one day and
others worked two days and then left"
he said, and all of us can quit if we
want To any time"
The witness said he made over So
a day many times as a CONTRACT tram
mer. While on day work ne said he
filled six to ten cars a day, receiving
$3.50. He admitted that on contract
work he filled as many as eighteen
cars and pushed them twice as far.
lie explained that the discrepancies
with the remark that under contract
labor he was handling smaller rock
and was not required to do blasting.
Knew Strike Was On.
William Edwards, a Welshman. who
came from Detroit on Jan. with 100
men, said he was aware of the strike
and that he came because he was
"brokc" He told the committee that
the doors of the coaches were not
locked and that he was not iutcrfcr-
ed with i'm any manner. He was en-
ployed as a trammeU. The witness
contradicted a statement made last
week by a man named Schwccn.
federation witness, who said ne was
held i'm duress while on the train. I'm
fact, Edwards said, he and Schwcer
were together on the train and both
of theme left the train at Saginaw,
with four others, and went to a res
taurant. The witness said he knew
he could Quit at any time, and al
though guards were on the train hr
could have left whenever he desired.
Referring to his arrived at Superior,
Edwards said he was not compelled
to remain i'm the bunk house under
guard and from the second day after
his arrival he has been in the habit oC
coming to town almost daily. He add
ed that he has never been stopped
from doing anything he desired, eth
er in leaving or returning To the bunk
house. He concluded with the remark
that he found that conditions, even
to the smallest detail, were as told
him in Detroit by Potter.
In the cross examination it was
brought ont that although H., X,ag on,