Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-13
Quincy A, Shaw President Of
Calumet and HecIa Declares
Report on Strike Conditions
Is Unfair and Untruthful
INVESTIGATION IN
INTEREST OF UNIONS
Publicity Given at This Time
Is for Purpose Of Aiding
Cause of Meyer and West
ern Federation He Asserts,

fuY NoRHNa JOURNAL SPECIAL ltAsgp wiErl
Boston. Jan Federal invCsti-
gators who conducted an inquiry into
the MICHIGAN copper mine strike is-
Nor of the strikers" it Nas charged
In statement tonight by Quincy A
shaw president OF the Calumet and
lIeela Mining company. one of the af-
fectod properties in the strike zone
Reports of the federal lnyestieators
were grossly unfair and contained
many misstatemcnts, MIR Shaw said.
Tie asserted that the Calumet ana
lIecla company could not afford 40
and would not employ mrn Win
wish TO also work for Moycr and the
western Federation of Miners.
Mr. Shaw's statement follows
after Secretary Wilson's speech in
seattle. il was to DE expected that nus
subordinatcs would nuke q repor'
which would he highly eolored iu io-
yor of the strikers
eThe publication Of the report also
ia wen timed to assist strike leaders
in arouslng public sympathy through
misrepresentation So far as u r0n-
tains information given hy The come
panios. the report could haze been
published months ago il there WIS any
genuine desire 20 haze the puhlls
know the conditions under which The
men worked.
EXTRACTS from he report whieh
appear in the papers If accurately
quoted. contain many misstatemenis
since December I. an eight-huur
day has 6ssa ~ affect under ground
and la an places where work is con
tinuousb conducted for twenty-four|
hobrs All other employees have
nine-hour day The companies ~
which / am interested did not post "
notice that the hours of laboI were
eight and quarters hours.
Directly after mentioning the cal
nmet ana Uerla Mining company
name il IL said that two men made
affidavit that mo the point of "a gun
they were compelled 20 go from SUI
perior TO calumet and then TO work
AT some other camp. These aiiidaNits
are false. if they relate to amy action
on the part of either The superior or
the Calumet companies. We have
evidence Of false affidavits secured 10y
the federation
"'rhe report states a number of
strikers have becn killed and others
injured in the use of arms IN the pos-
session of Waddell men. This CON
victs the WnddcH men before their
trial The record OF those killed Ia
date Is as follows.
"rwo suikers who are sad a. have
resisted deputies. one striker who
was connected with the murder u
Deputy pollock on the other hand
three non union men We're shot to
death while lyinr Ia bed aud hundreds
of men whose only offcnse was i dee
sire 10 go To work have been attacked
and sn cruelty beaten that they re-
otited medical attention al our h0spi.
tails
"Thr Quincy Mining company IS ae-
rused of evidently intending to de-
ecpe Germans who could NOT read
English. because they complied with
the laws of New York and printed
tho word strike in the English lam
euage Not only did the company
comply with the law, but Alr Parsons
Todd has told me on tWo occasions
thnt he went with interpreter aud
parsonmy interviewed The men who
were engaged to work go thot there
could hc mo- MISUNDERSTANDING of the
situation.
-The report states thai The tala
mel and uecia Mining COMPANY tm-
ploys upwards of 90 per cent of ihr
total number of mine workers engaged
In that region This IS untrue The
Calumet aud Hech Mining company
previous 10 thc strike employed con
sideraby less than onc-third Of the
mine employees
.erhe report states that the profits
of tho company nave been extremely
large. sl2Io0O,o0O Ia dividends ltl
probably will be- equally interesting
had the report stated that In addition
ia tho dividends the company has
paid for labor supplies, lands ana
taxes roughly ana additional s22o,
ONN,NN0
vrhe report ls grossly unfair when
n states that ge-called strike break
ers have been or are being imported.
There WAS q serious shortage of labor
IN all the mines for year previous
10 M, strike and To make ~ THIS
shortngr and. to take the places OF
the men who have ieft the district wc I
hnye employment Tor hundreds OF
men. They viii receive wages ana
work under conditions as good, II not
better. than in amy mining district 10
this country. We hope that the meu
now coming into the district come
there To stay permanently ana u theN
prove themselves efficient wofkaen
aud law abiding citizens. can give
them ussaraucd Of their jobs dfrlns