The Calumet news., 1914-02-21
SUBJECT OF EVICTIONS IS
TAKEN UP BY FEDERATION
Continued From First Page.

YOU had POO such notices ---"
Attorney Hilton: Il am talking to
Attorney Rees now. / am agreeing
with him.
Complying with the request OF the
chairman, Attorney Rces reviewed the
preceding of eviction from the time
that eviction notices were served up
TO the time the cases were appealed
! To the circuit court. He added that
he did not believe any elections would
! be in force until April /, even though
| judgment had already been obtained.
He explained the legal terms, pertain
ing 70 eviction, from the Michigan
| statutes.
Attorney Lawton FOR the IQuincy
! said no person had been evicted from
any house by the quincy Mining COM
pany, but he believed notices to quit
were ISSUED against persons guilty OF
violence. Every nducement was made
To get the men out as they were max
ing trouble. The company offered to
move them to town or do almost any
thing To get them out and off the COM
pany's property.
Mr., Lawton offered to submit a fun
statement. lie insisted there had been
no cvictions by his company
Attorney Hilton insisted just as
strongly that there had been hun |
drels of cases.
Il bake six more cases of actual |
eviction, and six cases similar to this
one right here" he declared
Other Witnesses on Stand.
The next witness was Thco. Bisson-
cite, a resident of the copper country
for Il years. Bissonette told how he
had been evictcd at Wnona aud his
furniture put into the street. and his
clothes and other personal property
damaged. He said his house wa.
searched for firearms by mine guards
and two shotgGns were taken without
any warrant
Congressman Switzer asked the wit
ness if he had quit The company of
his own volition and he answered that
he had.
The chair read the notice to vacate
served on Bissonnette by the Winona
Copper Co, for the benefit of the rec
ords.
Continuing his testimony the wit
ness told Congressman Casey he had
been working as a fireman for S2.2O
lay, eight hours a day when the strike
started. The superintendent told him
then hr would have TO work Is hours
a Gay or have his wages cut to $146
as two men would have to do the work
Of three.
Mr.. Eccs asked:
IL the mine resumed operations
would they have an eight hour Shift |
Yes" answered the witness.
Congressman Taylor Of Arkansas Sc
witness about the hours of work and ,
he conditions that prevailed for sew
,ral years past. Andrew Kangas, y
striker from Winona, who had testi-
led before GOV. Ferris, told the same
story to the committee. It involved an
eviction.
John Kcmpinnenan testified he was
avicted from the Winona location on
Ian. ith. His furniture was loaded in
% car and shipped to Atlantic at
lis request.
Elmer Holappa, "A native OF the Unit
ID States, a striker from Winona, tes-
inod that after he had refused to go
back to work he was evicted from his
house Dec. %. He said his wife was
lust i'm the act of baking bread when
he deputies came in and moved ev-
'rythinE out Of the house, including
he hot stove.
Paul Nautrot, "A German sailor, on
he stand yesterday afternoon admit
ed having worked as a miner at the
quincy for $3.50 day. never having n
cen Il drill before. and that his prin-
'ipal grievance now is that the mine
n which he is now working not the
Quincy, is too dusty. He did not state
he mine in which he is now working
jut he did say that he was not ham