The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-14

i sition in the vicinity If the Mass min,
e or in the copper country.
g Winhurg presented his TESTIMONY
e through an Interpreter as he elaine,
7 he could understand worry little English
IN the cross-cNamination it wa,
; brought out that no one else was pres
3 cnt ot his conference with Supt Walk
or and that he spoke English at that
time. ii" presented grievance against
the one-man machine, the type of
which weighs 80 pounds
Halmcr Moilanen, resident of
FRANKLIN township, was the last wit
ness called to testify before the close 90
the morning session. Moilanen stated
that he WAS at one time employed at
the Franklin mine. The men went ON
strike at this mine because IT, was
| claimed an incompetent engineer was
running the men NJ and down the mine
I in skip. When the strike was finally
settled he again applied for work. but
was refused as he said on the ground
| that he was black listed. He then APP
piled for work at the Isle Royale mine
and was forced To use an assumed
name To get job.
Says Wages Arc Lower Here.
Practically no Information of value
was given 10 the congressional nvcs-
tigating committee during the early
part of this afternoons hearing. Two
Witnesses We're examined and their
testimony added litrc To the mass of
testimony heretofore introduced except
in a few minor details.
Konsta Peterson, American born of
Finnish descent. aged q years was the
first witness examined He told the
committee he had worked in various
mines in this region and his principal
complaint was against the une-man
Murphy machine, the witness claiming
1t was very dirty machine, raising
moro dust than necessary. He tcsti- |
fled as 10 the practice of using the skip |
10 take men underground i'm the
Franklin Junior mine, reference TO |
which has been made by other wit |
nesses. He stated that he had made |
complaint 10 Mine Inspector James |
about this practice but that nothing
was done about it,
At this point. statements relative u |
The qualifications of the mine fnspec-
tor and the manner of electiug this Of
hrial were introduced into the record
in response to questions by Congress-
men Howell and Casey.
Fred Wenela, who has worked prin-
cipalN in the mines of Ontonaeon
county was the next witness called.
He complained of the wages received.
stating to the committee that NE aver
aged about $2.25 per day here, working
rs miner compared with the wages
of 81 per day. j." received for doing the
same work in the Butte camp and
wages of s. per day he received while
working for the Calumet d Arizona
company in Arizona He said that tho
Lake and Indiana mines in Ontonagon
county were worse TO work in than the
shaft OF the Calumet and
Arizona. They are just as wet as the,
shaft and the water is much
colder
Wencia gave as the reason for leav-
ing the positions in The west which had
paid him better money than positions
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