The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-16

, I, fcient man? Should he be paid So
, day just the same How about gree
~. ana mtrlrd man coming into the mine
Ale should be tried out. Any MAJ
working out in these copper mines can
earn SO a day no matter what nil
T., work is.
GLOW about 1t If hc did not prov,
:. efficient. Should the company fir,
him?
A-They would have that right
Chairman Taylor referred to what he
said had been complained Of frequent
~ by witnesses that the companies had
refused and objected To do proper tim
boring i'm places in the mine. Mr. Rees
objected 10 the form of the question.
He said that the evidence had been
that certain bosses had refused to do
this timberiug, not the companies.
Il will say right here said Chair
man Taylor, that it is the bosses
above the men who are trying to make
a record for efficiency. who seemed to
have caused all this trouble here if. as
it had been testified, # is hard for the
men 10 go higher up with their COM
plants.
Mr. Recs said:
I'VE intend to show something about
that and will say it has been a GUS
tom for years to endcavor To get the
men To come directly to the manager
with their complaints"
Dead Lock on Disaster Inquiry.
Finding the committee invrsti-
eating the Michigan copper strike
| deadlocked on the question of making
a fun inquiry into the Italian hall dis. |
astcr at Calumet on Christmas eve. |
Chairman Taylor Saturday sent a tee
gram to Representative Foster. chair !
man of the House committee ON mines |
and mining, urging the necessity of the
immediate presence of Representative
hamlin of Missouri the absent com
mittecman
1t developed Saturday night that
Chairman Taylor and Congressman
Casey of Pennsylvania have taken tho
stand that it is within the province Of
the committee to admit into the rec
ord every thing pertaining To the
seven subjects under inquiry. Several
DAYS ago o. y. Hilton of counsel for
the Western Federation of Miners ask
81 FOR complete Investigation of the
calumet disaster as having an import
ANT bearing on the dcpurtations OF
Charles II. Meyer aad G. II. Tanner
TWO nights later Mr.. Taylor and Mr.
Casey We're agreed that the request
should be complied with, although Rep
reScniativc Howell of Utah, the only
Republican member here at that time.
expressed himself as opposed to rallng ,
up all the disagrccablc details Of the :
calamity again. so answer had been
given to Mr.. Hilton when Representa- ,
can, arrived. and the proposition was
submitted To him. Mr.. Switzer took the q
same view of the subject as Mr.. Howell .
md, as neither Mr.. Taylor nor Mr.
ascy had changed their minds, there
to be no hope of reaching an
agreement IN the absence Of the fifth
member. IN urgent message was sent.I
therefore,, to Chairman Foster of the
ull committee at Denver requesting
he attendance Of Mr. Hamin. The lat
er is a Democrat.
Inspector Willing to Aid
The complaint or ED Isojarvi. The
asst witness on the stand Saturday art
moon, was because the Franklin Min.
NIX company had turned him over
i2cket ON payday with the deductionsl
pualing the credits. The rederatIon'g
bject here was to show that the min
ne companies favored certain stores =
nd collected their bills. Isojarv IN In
lis testimony admitted that n, owed
he store more than the amoun; To-
ucted this payday that some o, the
mount included various drafts of cash
nd that the Franklin stpio of y.
'eager q Co. the store in question,
ontinued to lend him small sUms of
money even though he was in it's debt.
skcd If he had assignee his pay t. The |
rankin store, he said n" had signed III
ONE sor; of paper, out lid not know
rhat IL wos.
Mine Inspector James announced
saturday evening that ne would gladly
ssist the congressional investigating
ommittee with all Information regard
ns mining conditions AMI underground
WORKINGS Of anything relating 10 the
nlhes OF H"ughtun county. Mr.. James
as worked Tor many years in tho
mines here and his official duties have
dded materially To the fund of .9rcr-
nation h" has collected from personal III
Experience.
iii
Hamlin Requested to Come.
Denver Colo. Feb. ii.-Rcpresen.a.
I've Roster chairman Of the house III
n'hes committee. Saturday n.ght tnlc- -
'"i'n'd f"prcscntatiV" Ilmltu # GA,
'"'''l'''co to proceed immedptcN 10 u