The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-05
DENSMORE, FAILING,
TALKS FOR UNIONISM
Predicts Another Big Strike and
Union Victory at
Calumet.
NINE OWNERS RESENT 1T
Gov. Ferris Is on Way to Calu-
met TO Investigate Strike
Situation.
NINE OWNERS RESENT 1T

a. MtI' Mlcn'' Jan f'-Sonn ., De.'
more OF the Department OF LABOR. VINO
left tonight for washington AFTER railing
utterly to arrange for a settlement OF the
copner strike nr.s,icted that the minins
, Iii, -. =. g.. .n..har .oI
o''"pae' WI. "ave - 81.
greater Strike ana that Tue uh'o" 'ues
will finally attain to victory In the mining
ca mn AZ Il has in many others.
N, pan.more dec,ared that the mins
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i"""s''s "e'e "a'o """ ~
ton as the operators took In the anthra'
cite fields of Pennsy lvania when Johr
Mitchell and his union coal miners mad,
,hs,r ara, v,ovs for un,on,.ins the distric,
., .,.,.. :, ...,. 800,
an" uemanueu recos"'''o' Vi ."e" "'"o''
the United Mine workers OF america.
He says that In the Pennsylvania case
al we'll an the case Of the Michigan cop.
- a.,a. a.. our.r. h.,,ev.d TIM, nv
.,n.h,ng ,hc ,n,,i,,i s,r,ke thev would
,,,,,n n,,, ali nn.s,n,,,,v NJ unions beinp
orr.r,,aa .,d .,,rv,y,pv Mitchell n,
says Ma m, ooo mon with MIN in .
aa;s 49, - ia non ,,'.n ~.rs emn,ny.d
a., ,na an,hr.c,,. mines bu, Mitchell And
h,s sorcas Won and nnionizad ail the bs nd
.nal 1o,ds
s.x. u,so,. Come nsck.
rs s,., %, ,,,,r,.,,, Mr. Dsn.mors
.,r. a. ,hat m ,na,,s, how badiy this
unio,. ara hss,en thcy Invariably com.
hacL ,rv,ria Al !, win in the emil i,,y,, ally
sorco ,ns onsrator. or other eu,ployers
o. r.oo.n,,s ths union ,dsa Densmore
ss.,. s,ra that sithoush the operators
hare havs won nractical,y Complete
vic,orv In chair Arbt ssninst the Western
I,a.tsr.,,or M Niner. .ome time thew mus,
Too. ano,her great .tr,ke. the same sort
~ .,riIs ,hsy h.v. been ashtinx for
ne. r,v si, months
"rb. onerators" Mr.. psnsmore con
c,,d.., .have made "A xrcat mistake.
ha,,sy" Thav Ala no, have to face IN,
N.s,.,n I.a.r.tion ~ Miners for tina,
ors.n,,a,ion /. willing To Withdraw from
,hs a.,S ~ tho onsrafors viii hermit IN,
10, 20 Col, small local unions WITH tn.
,ds, az sfNiiating later with state or ma.
,Ionai ory.nixations'
tn. ,,,,n. raonie foe, thu, Mr. Dsnsmor,
&C .xrs.d,,y b,s duties In ,alkins uniohl SIR
In ,h,s manner They admit that he hs.
tried To arrange A settlement whereof,
thew. "a well as the men. might benefit
hu, DENY that the Western Federal tor
would ever entirely pull out OF the neld
a. ~ local unions by the men
The Federation OF Miners would al
ways remain In ;he background pronapiy
with the idea OF stepping INTO the oistric'
again ana assuming 'ontro' OF on. uIlohs
As soon AS the union iueA sp,eau atI'' y.
an OF tle men 40 . ,.,n ~
u'he. salu one "a s"e IL In,,,,,a,aS
1epres.h'" -,.i, ,h., ,hs
-, LIN hoco,ns un,on,,.s som. dzy
h,,, ,hs, ,b.y .re arh,inx solely axalns,
IN. Western Federation Of Miners and
not against all organized labor.
Judge 0. n. Hilton for the Western
Federation. President Claude o. Taylor
Of the Michigan Federation OF Labor and
Grant Hamilton OF Washington and James
r. Roache VI Albany, y. ". special strike
investigators for Samuel Gompers OF the
American Federation or Laoor, addressed
large meetings or strikers AZ poth nan.
cock ana Cslumet ms s''erhooh' ~
encouraged Inc strikers TO saho n,m'.s
os thei, cause anu u.Hueu NO VI.
day on his way to the copper country. is