Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-06
MINERS HEAD SHOT
CHARLES X. MOVER ATTACKED
AND DEPoRTED BY MOB AT
HANCOCK, MICH.
TAKEN TO CHICAGO HOSPITAL
5000 Persons Attend Public Funeral
for Fifty-Eisht Victims OF "Fire"
Panic at Caiumet-Dead Are Buried
in Trenches.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-C. II. Meyer, pres
adent of the Western Federation of
Miners, who said that on Friday night
ne was shot, beaten, dragged through
Hancock, Mich, and forced to leave
the copper district, reached Chicago
ON Saturday. He was taken to St
1suke,s hospital for examination.
His deportation and assault will be
investigated by the special grand jury
when 1t resumes it's 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."
Ia a statement involving MacNaugh.
ton, Meyer told the story of the attack
'Eauit while awaiting removal to the
hospital
"A delegation composed of members
at the Citizens alliance came to my
room at the Scott hotel in Hancock
TO hold conference" he said. They
credited to me in which, they said, |
had told that the man who shouted
IRE at the Christmas celebration in
Calumet when " persons we're killed,
was member of the alliance.
They also demanded that issue a
statement telling the bereaved families
10 accept relief from the fund raised
by the alliance. l 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 to shout, Where's
Moyer? and said, Here I 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 it exploded, and l felt 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
ire down the stairs, and into the
street Taking turn about, the men
dragged me through the streets to the
Copper Range railroad station at
g1oughton where the mob was rein
forced by number of men who were
standing on the platform.
Il 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
TOT of the Western federation, was in
my room at the time of the attack. He.
too, 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 were both thrown
into car The tickets were given to
the conductor by Hensley and his COM
panion, who accompanied us until We
reached the Wisconsin line at Chan
ming. Mich"
The train reached Chicago in the
afternoon and Meyer was taken to st
Lnke's hospital. 1t was said he was
not seriously wounded.
Calumet, Mich. Dec. S0.-CaluDet
was funeral city on Sunday. Serv-
hoes for 50 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.
five of which are located in Red Jacket
and one in Hecla, mile distant from
The village. 1t is estimated that $4,000
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 a mad panic to 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 Che first
touch of JOY they have known in
months.
A moment later a human avalanche
was pouring madly down a narrow
flight of stairs-the only egress from
the building TO the street.
In FIVE minutes il was all over. The
stairway was packed and damned to
the ceiling with dead bodies. Seven
ty-two were taken to undertaking
rooms.
The bodies of five men. Is women,
81 boys and So girls lie in temper
airy morgue established in the towp
hail
Adrrnlral Genroe DeNecv T6