Mountain advocate., 1914-01-02
Miners HEAD SHOT
CHARLES n. MOVER ATTACKED
AND pEPoRTEo ~ MOB AT
HANCOCK. MICH.
TAKEN TO CHICAGO HOSPITAL
5000 Persons Attend Public Funeral
for Fifty.Eisht Victims Of Fire"
Panic at calumet-Dead Are Buried
In Trenches.

chicago, Zee. SO.-t, ~. meyer, pres
dent Of the Western Federation OF
Miners, who said that on Friday night
ae was shot, beaten, dragged through
Hancock, Mich, and forced to leave
he copper district. reached Chicago
IN Saturday. He was taken to St
Luke's hospital for examination.
His deportation and assault will be
investigated by the special grand jury
when II resumes its sessions In Calu-
met. Sheriff Cruise began an inquiry
into the facts of Meyers departure in
response to a telegram from Governor
Ferris. limitations were made in
union circles that the jury is hand.
picked"
In statement involving MacNaugh.
ton, Meyer told the story of the attack
ss he lay in a cot In the New Hotel
Gsult while awaiting removal to the
hospital
"A delegation composed of members
y Of the Citizens alliance came to my
fcom at the Scott hotel in Hancock
10 hold conference" he said. They
asked that retract statements
NAJhiASu " lut III NulCus lutN Sdlut
had told that the man who shouted
fire at the Christmas celebration in
Calumet when 70 persons were killed
was member OF the alliance.
They also demanded that | issue
statement telling the bereaved families
10 accept relief from the fund raised
by the alliance | refused to comply
with their requests and they left.
1T was not more than four minutes
later when the door of my room
opened, and about twenty-five men en-.
tered. They began 10 shout. Where's
Meyer? and said. Here am. What
do you want?'
The men seized, kicked and beat
me, and forced me against the wall.
One man struck me with a revolver,
and 1t exploded, and | felt a tingling
sensation in my back. do not think
the shooting was intentional.
When the revolver exploded. two
men took me by the arms, and dragged
me down the stairs, and into the
street. Taking turn about, the men
dragged me through the streets to the
Copper Range railroad station at
Houghton where the mob was rein.
forced by number of men who were
standing on the platform.
II saw MacNaughton drive up in an
automobile, and he shouted You get
out Of this country and stay out OF
here. II you ever return we will hang
you
Charles II. Tanner, travelling audi |
tor of the Western federation, was In |
my room at the time of the attack. He, !
100, was brought to the station by two /
men. He had been struck over the /
eyes by some one whose fist had been /
incased in brass knuckles.
Two men, one of them a deputy .
sheriff named w. ID. Hensley. bought /
two tickets for Chicago, and when the /
train came in we we're both thrown .
into a car. The tickets were given to
The conductor by Hensley and his com.
panion. who accompanied us until We
reached the Wisconsin line al Chan.
ming. Mich"
The train reached Chicago in the
afternoon and Meyer was taken to st.
Lukes hospital. 1t was said he was
not seriously wounded
Calumet. Mich, Dec. 3O.-Calumet
was a funeral city on Sunday. Serv.
ices for SO of the victims OF the Christ.
mas eve panic were held in six
churches and were followed by a fu.
neral procession made up of the pro
Cessions from each of the churches,
iive OF which are located IN Red Jacket
and one in Hecla, mile distant from
the village. II is estimated that is, 900
persons marched in the parade.
Calumet. Mich, Dec. 27.--Seventy
two persons-men, women and chill
dren, some babes In arms-were
trampled and suffocated to death here
IN mad panic 10 escape from what
they thought was burning building
What they really fed from was an
Insane mans cry OF FIRE."
When he let out his fatefUl cry sew
eral hundred persons were gathered
round a great Christmas tree ar
ranged for the starving children OF
the striking miners. II was the first
touch Of Joy they have known in
months.
A moment later human avalanche
was pouring madly down a narrow
Hight OF stairs-the only egrsss from
the building u the street.
In five minutes II was all over. The
stairway was packed and Jammed TO
the ceiling with dead bodies. Seven.
ty-two were taken to undertaking
rooms.
The bodies of Ave men, IL women.
Il boys and IS girls lie In temper.
airy morgue established In the town
hall