The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-23

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Then" King said. they broke uf
our parade. We had about 1000 men
in IL that morning. being about five
or ten feet ahead. They told me To "a
back | think there were about forty
or nifty soldiers.
Didn't you try TO 20 on and strike
the horse with your fags' asked Gen
Kirk.
Il didn't hit anyone
Didn't the soldiers take their hats
on and salute the flag whenever they
saw il in your parades?"
Yes"
lie afterwards admitted that a little
later there was another parade and the
soldiers went along with it and there
was no trouble.
Isn't It proved that one soldier stop
ped the parade and that an officer rode
up and told you YOU could go on"
asked Gen. Kirk.
Il was too far ahead TO hear that"
Admits Soldiers Were Friendly.
Tony Sefanic, Croatian. claimed
that he had been in this country seven
years. He is striker and unmarried.
lie was in the parade and told what
happened in il. He was detained at the
militia camp but was not arrested
They took his picture and he thought
they were going to shoot him. "Ordin-
arily your parades were not interfered
with, were they?" questioned Gen.
Kirk.
NO they were not"
Did YOU ever see them stop am
other parade" asked Chairman Taylor.
No, but | saw soldiers ride through
the parade some times. think they
did il TO make trouble"
They never did that ON an after
noon parade" asked Major Pepper.
NO"
Didn't the soldiers use to laugh and
joke with you as they went along?"
Yes"
Arvey Jarvia, a Finn. claimed that
he had been over in this country for
10 years. He was in the parade On
Sept. 18th and claimed that a soldier
pointed a pistol at his breast and
threatened To shoot him. The soldier
then dismounted, he said, and threat
ened him with sabre.
Centennial Heights Protest.
Hilton read the protest by the peo-
pie of Centennial Heights against
quartering the troops there. Major
Pepper objected TO inserting the petit.
ton i'm the records as it would amount
to an eX-parte statement, with no
proof as TO whether il was ever served
or whether il was true or false.
I'VE will ask To have Gen. Abbey
subpoenaed if there is any question rs
to whether it was served on him u
not" said Hilton.
Major Pepper inquired what the
purpose was in submitting this docu-
ment. There was no reply to- his
question.
Isn't the best way to prove these
statements to put the signers of the
petition on the stand asked Con-
gresham Switzer
The committee agreed ON this and
Hilton promised to produce the wit
nesses. Major Pepper asked to have
the petition stricken out of the record
we will not have it in the record If
we think it should be taken out" said
the chairman.
Congressmen Switzer and Howell
that this being one of the
things the committee was investigatir.; |
the proper way would be to produce
witnesses, that statements in a petition
We're not necessarily evidence.
Henry Piekkala, a resident of Mo-
hawk, was in a parade on Nov. 18th.
He said he was the last man i'm the
crowd and that mounted soldier rode |
up behind him. pushed him and poked |
his sabre into his side.
Il was not making any offensive |
said the witness, my |
hands were in my pockets and | didn't |
10 a thing He stated that several of |
The soldiers called the men in the pa
rade Finanders. He said he would not |
De able to identify the men who had !
lone this. He had never made a COM
plaint to anybody and had not told |
about the occurrence before
Meyer Not To Appear.
Charles II. Meyers deportation -
expected to be the last of the striking
miners grievances presented before
he congressional investigation com
nittee with Charles IL. Tanner as the
inly witness.
y. w. Kerr of counsel for the strk-
RS said last night that Meyer would
rot appear unless the committee re-
luircd his presence.
Chairman Taylor announced this af-
efnoon that the committee has not
'ct decided whether 10 would investi-
;ate the Italian hall catastrophe.
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