The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-01-01
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Meyer Declares He
Was Assaulted In
Hotel.
ATTACKED BY MOB
Says 1t Was Because Relief
for Christmas Victims
Was Refused.

hospital where II surgeon will probe
fer Il bullet in his left shoulder.
Calumet, Mich.--(Builetin.) -Thc
miners federation officials claim To
have evidence leading to the identity
OF the ASSISTANTS of Meyer and Tanner
and arrests may follow.
Chicago.-M. j. Riley, Chicago re-
preventative of the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners today received Il te!c-
gram from Meyer who is cnroute TO
Chicago, i'm which Meyer charges i,e
was shot In the back in his hotel room
and dragged out OF Hancock by a
mob of guards and mc;ibcrs OF the
Citizens Alliance.
The telegram said that John IAN
Nor, who recently returned from the
! west where he WAS collecting money
for the miners, vas also bfuially as
snuited n deported ON the train
with Meyer.
1.-THE cause is well worth suffering
what I've undergone the message
said. 1.-THE cause OF the striking min
ers is lust and they will win.'
Meyer in Bandages.
Green Bay, Wis.-Lying in a berth
in a sleeping "a his head bound
with u blood-stained bandage.
Charles II. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation OF Miners, pass
ed through Green Bay this morning
on n Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
train on which he claims he was
forcibly placed aud guarded by w
thugs until the train reached Chan
hing, Mich, at two O'Clock this morn
ms.
II was assaulted in the Hotel
VI Ct..A a - -, .... l.... ~ Htl.-
Citizens Alliance and Il man named
Waddell Mason and gunmen,'' said
Meyer, as he drew the curtains
apart, addressing an interviewer. 81
WIS terribly beaten, shot in the
dark, dragged more than a mile
through the streets and placed on a
train at $50 last night"
9sA committee OF fifteen men led
by the attorney for the Calumet and
hecla Mining Company, had been in
conference with mc and barely hat
left the room, and had hardly time
enough to get out OF the hotel whei
the mob appeared"
Meyer SAID he expected to return te
Calumet in a few days under gov
eminent protection.
Near Breaking Point.
Calumet, Mich.-The feeling be
tween the striking miners and tn,
Citizens Alliance. embittered by tn
Christmas disaster today, reache'
the breaking point over the deporta
ton of Meyer.
AT the Miners headquarters, j
was charged that Meyer WAS kitlnap
ped because of statements accredite,
10 him regarding the panic. IL wa
said that citizens that conducted hiI
ont of state because he wouldn't re
tract his assertion that he believe
the men who started the panic b
crying fire." were at the bottom @
the Alliance, and because OF his az
wise to bereaved families not to at
ccpt aid from tho Alliance.
Meyer Repeats Story.
Milwaukee, Wis.-President Moye
OF the Western Federation of Miner
repeated his assault story during Iii
trains stop here, displaying a PHI,
aician's statement that he treatet
Meyer for a gunshot wound in Til
bnrk.
about twenty-five men attacke,
ms in my hotel room, struck me owe
the head with the butt of a revolver
shot me In the back, dragged througj
through the hotel and the streets, an
put me on the train. warning me t
leave the country forever" said Moy
er. $3.50 last night Sheriff Crus
and fifteen men came to my room t
ask me about the arrangements fc
the burial of the Christmas victim.
They stayed about fifteen minute
after | had told them we could TAX
care of u " un~fortunates."
Felt Shot Wound.
within tour minutes of the tin
this committee of citizens left III
r ~ MH 81 - oo,, r,ff;o,,, h,,rct ;,t~ a.
room. Several grabbed hold of N
and another struck me in the hea
with the butt of a revolver. l hear
the gun report and felt a piercin
sensation in my back"
Meyer said he was dragged t
Houghton by a mob with shouts {
lynch him." lie said he was throw
OF a train. as was Tanner, and Wi
guarded by two ruffians who pose
ms deputy sheriffs. Some where 0
the trip a doctor was called to dres
his WOUNDS. Meyer said after he WI
liked up in Chicago he will retur
To fight the mine-owners.
Expect Probe by Congress.
Union officials declared thai Mo.
ef was shot in the shoulder and hea
before he was deported. Union off
cials believe it will result in til
congressional investigation which th
federation has been urging.
The absence of word from Moye
caused come hesitation in the al
nouneement of plans for the furthe
conduct of the strike and the buri;
of victims but it was expected ths
arrangements for the funerals woul
be completed today. There is littl
indication the relief from the con
mittee of citizens will be more a,
ceptable to the victims of the di.
aster than it was yesterday.
Secretary Wilson Awaits Report
Washington, d. C.--Secretary Wi
son of the department of labor toda
refused to comment on the Calums
strike situation or the removal {