The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-01-13
Ferris Leaves
For Big Rapids
Gets information He Came For In
Copper Strike District.
Not Optimistic

| Foughton, Mich. Jan. 9.--Gove nor
Woodbridge n. Ferris finished his
personal work in the copper strike dis
trict today and left for his home IN
Big Rapids at noon.
II got what came for" he said
as he stepped aboard the train. This
strike cannot be settled IN week or
a fortnight. ! think that If II were
left to the miners and employers
themselves 1t would be settled very
quickly. 1t is the advice of the out
slider and this is a somewhat venture
some thing to say that is likely to do
more than any thing else to prolong
this strike"
The governor said he thought the
present an inopportune time for ex-
ecutiv action, calling attention to
the fact that the judicial machinery
| Of the state is in full swing. He said
| he was unwilling as governor to do
or say anything that might be con.
strued by any interest as an attempt
to influence the course of justice.
Governor Meets Many Delegates
Delegations Of workmen represent
Ing union and ncn-union men came
to the Douglas house in Il steady
stream but Governor Ferris managed
to see all OF them and to clear up his
own calendar of appointments as
! well.
Two additional eviction cases were
related to the governor and it became
evident th.t this phase OF the sttua-
tion is likely to assume major proper
lions soon. In this connection the
governor was informed of the deci-
sion of the state supreme court at
Lansing unfolding Judge OBriens de-
cision as to dilatoyy pleas.
The men who told their stories were
strikers from the Windna mine. The.
odore Bessenette said his furniture
WIS thrown out yesterday and was
still in the snow. His wife and four
children ranging in age from 10 to
Is years he said were housed with
neighbors. Josip Burlar whose fam.
H., consists Of four children the eldest
less than years old said one of his
children was sick and that the doctor
at Winona would not come for moth
ing.
That brought action from the gov
ernor and turning to Daniel Sullivan
president Of the unions district coun-
Gil he told him to see that the strike
relief provide doctor at once. Sui
Ivan explained that Buriar had made
no report Of the illness to his union.
Union To Handle Eviction Cases
Sullivan said he recognized that the
union would have to meet the eviction
situation soon. He thought that ar
rangements could be made for shell
tering and feeding families In Halls
of Commons, but said thus far the
union had been unable to plan defin-
itely for the care of the furniture.
Thus far all cases in which the use
of plain force has been alleged have
come from the Winona district. The
mine management explained to the
governor that no evictions as such
had taken place that there had been
some dispossessions where families
had seemingly left the location and
tina. the company was holding this
furniture in storage.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 9-lf the mem
hers of the State Grange can get
the signatures of $4,000 voters tc
their petition the next state legisla
ture will be asked to pass law plac
ing tax of one half cent pound
on the out put Of the copper mines
of Michigan. The legislative com
mittee of the grange in session herr
today also decided to attempt t.
bring about the passage Of law plac
tn hacaI n,