The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-16
3S OFFICERS
 ARE INDICTED
cHAs. K. MOVER AND THIRTY. SEVEN OILERS ARE HELD
 BY GRAND JURY.
Specific Charge Is Using Force to Pre- vent Miners from Working-Many of the Indicted Men Arrested,

IIoughton, Mich, Jan. 15.-Chagles II, Mover, president of the Western Federation of Miners, and thirty other officials and members of the organization were indicted today on charges of conspiracy in connection with the copper miners strike.
 The true bin was so worded that the allegations against the men con stitute a misdemeanor Several oth- CT true bills were returned but be- cause they charged felonies Judge P H. O'Brien ordered the documents sealed until the men wanted in them have been arrested.
 Warrants were prepared for the thirty-eight union men accused of con- spiracy and deputy sheriffs scur-ied over the county late today serving them More than dozen individuals had been arrested tonight and cir cult court commissioners in Houghton and Calumet were kept busy approv. ing bonds of sl ,000, under which many of the prisoners were released.
 So far as could be learned none of the sealed indictments related to the deportation of Mover and Charles Tanner on the night of December 2G, The grand jury continued it's work after making it's report to the court, but the score or more witnesses in che room said they were summoned to testify concerning disorders that arose prior 10 December t3.
 Besides Mr Mover, thirty-two off, cers and members of local unions of miners. and the following officers of the Western Federation of Miners were indicted:
 c. E. Mahoney. vice president; J. C. Lowney, Guy Miller, w P. Davidson and Yankee Terch, members of the executive. council
 With the exception of MT Davidson none of the national officer of the union was in the district. All how ever, have been here at various stages of the strike and have taken active | parts in directing it.
 The indictments were in three counts. the first and second charging conspiracy to prevent mine employees from bursting their lawfu. yoca. tions." The third count alleges that | the conspiracy extended to an attempt to deprive the laborers generally Of their property and rights.
 The testimony of 133 witnesses formed the basis of the charges This Hist included several mine managers. I'm addition there were several women, 1 a number of business men and more than four score of nOn-unon work CTS.
 After perusing the list of witnesses, the union men generally said they were not at all surprised that the in. dictments had been found. w. P. Davidson had not been ar rested up to late hour this even ing. Several months ago he was here | less than two days, according to in- formation from Federation sources. | He reappeared addressed a mass meeting of strikers. That his name was not included in the list of indict- ed men at first was evidenced by the fact that it was written into the type written document with Nn and ink. The grand jury aiso reported mo true bills" One of these exone1ated twenty.seven union men charged with unlawful assemblage at South Range on December 10 The other freed H. Stuart Goodel, a Gainesville mer, chant. of the charge of shooting at a striker.
 Strike disorders today were few.