The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-05

al Guard against charges made by w
Z i. NJ. witnesses during the presenta
Is tion OF the Federation's case was
taken up this afternoon by Major sam.
uel Pepper judge advocate gener Il
who began by producing witnesses
The first witness was Paul T.. Rochm
T. former president of the village Of
& Laurium and prominent contractor in
Calumet.
The first question asked Mr. Rochm
related To- his opinion of the general
dcmeauor of the soldiers. Attorney
Hilton Immediately objected. lie stated
that the rule already made by the
committee prohibited the introduction
of any testimony excepting such as
might bo in renuttal of specific tesli-
mony offered by the petitioners
Major Pepper argued that as the fed
Grafton witnesses had made general
statements i'm many cases the National
| Guard had a right To- meet it with sim
! liar testimony. The committee cup-
fered ANA Chairman Taylor ruled as |
follows:
The opinion of the committee IS
about this. There has been testimony
as To specific acts at specific times
and places. This mans testimony
cannot answer that ON the other hand.
there have been some general charges.
They are i'm the record, This testimo-
ny will he only one mans opinion, but
| do not feel We should rule it out. RI
think the militia should he given 4
reasonable opportunity to prove good
moral character. But. we would not
want much of this kind of testimony.
Mr.. Rochm proceeded with his tcsti-
mony which was To the effect that ne
saw much Of the soldiers during their
stay in Calumet and that their con-
duct was manly throughout j
steve Shimoneck of Laurium. i'm ,
business in Red Jacket, testified SINH
larly Attorne! Hilton objected. The u
chairman ruled that the committee ,
considers the conduct Of the militia r.
was good on the whole The commit fl
Zee would like to have testimony II
against specific allegations of bad con- Il
iuct' but would permit the introduc- al
ion Of some of this general TESTIMONY
or the reasons stated in his previous it
ulinc. 81
William Hale. a merchant of Frank
in, was the next witness and his testi- n,
nouy was similar to that of the two lpi
Witnesses preceding him.
While this testimony was being a.
AIKEN a parade OF strikers formed ~ W
hancock ana marched across Tie at
ridge through the business district IF an
ioughton, ana i'm returning to Han ae
ock passed over a route that included
.lbiun street on which is located the ii,
ounty building in which the congress da
lonaI committee is sitting. The pa Tn
lde apparently was formed for the ia
urposc Of showing the committee the
-rensth of the strikers which purpose u,i
'o''''S was 'h"aited by the commit XII,
'emen who were entirely obliyious ca y.
le existence of the parade. -
Averaged S6.77 a Day. f.
The Introduction of official pay rec W.
'ds from mining companies consti- ms
tied the feature OF yesterday af,er- e..
pon's hearing typical instance mo
as the reading of the pay record OF
olphis Little. showing tina; from or
'nuary To july 1913, the six months nm
lmcdiately preceding the strike. Lit or
' averaged on q one-man drill $685. !
day The audience started a burst d,,
enthusiasm over this, which was ami
crnly repressed by Sergeant at Arms re-,
inner - snort VINO Is carrying out dal
20 wish of the committee that the Tho
dicncc do not express approval or sor
sapproval. -,
Testimony was offered by the Fed I'M
alton carly I'm the investigation t. hip
e. effect that Little had worked in 100
.bruray, 1911, at the Osceola CON- ,go
lidated for nine days and received he
balance of - cents. p
LittIcs record s. of particular inter- uo,
{ because ne has been a very active ocI
'ikcr. He is one of the men indicted nor
the grand jury for conspiracy and con
3 name is one signed Ia a permit is /,
~ NV "''"''N union ol 'hc put
cstcrn Federation Of Miners To the T
meek Mining company, giving that nm
'npany authority TO resume the op- 7 oo
uions of It's own pumps and To a &"
WIDER removal permit 10 the Allouez mis-
ming company Littlc's record as a
al py Attorney Petcrmann follows: od
January 1911, TO April. 1911. he av. Sur
'ged S20S per Day -
His pay for January. 1911. was S97. mo,
During the entire year of 1911, he ir,,
cragcd 1921 Gay. No.
IN the year 1912, ne averaged $3.SG
lay.
from January to July. 1918, his av-
Ige pay was SG.77 day.
Attorney Kerr objected TO the in Hig
duction of this testimony. He said
1t the federation had introduced
nall pay" dockets only i'm support 9TH
the claim of a minimum wage. the
II was to support Attorney Hiton's 10
temcnt that the wages here do not
nparc with the lowest wages i'm '''
rope reported Attorney Rees, and ope
reading by Mr.. Pctermann con- Am
ucd 9th
,lr Petermann produced an i'm dur
'nse amount OF typewriter sheets Go,
be introduced into the record i'm Uni
Ter to refute the testimony based on ttof