Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-11
Charges Relating to Importa
ton Of fStrikebreakerS, Under
Misrepresentation is De-
nounCed as False,
NO ONE COMPELLED
TO WORK IN MINES
No Change in Attitude Of Man
ayers Who Still Assert
Western Federation VIII Not
be Recognized,

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Calumet, Mich Jan i0- Mine
managers Of the copper strike dis
triet tonight were disinclned to dis
cuss the department Of labor's re-
concentrations on the strike situa-
ton IN any great detail. because of
the fact that only partial reports Of
its contents had reached them some
OF the principal points had, however
come TO their attention. and these
we're taken up By A. +. Petermann
of counsel for the Calumet ana Hec-
la Mining company, r. w. Denton Of
tho Copper Range Consolidated. en-
dorslng his statement.
We take II that the charges re.
lating 20 imported mon. alleged
shooting OF workmen and excessive
profits came front Walter B. Palmer.
as he was the only one OF the three
department OF labor men who visited
US who came ns an investigator.
Neither John A Moffet nor John Il.
Densmorc a,sked Us for data II
might be pertinent to call attention.
also. 90 the fact that Mr. Palmer left
here last August when only one Of the
mines had Imported any wnrkmen
and that one, the Quincy. had
brought in only fifty
'The charge thar outside work
men were induced 90 come to the
district through misrepresentation
can be disproven. The Calumet and
Hecla for instance has in It's files Il
tIpupd aunItaatfno f.,s ,,s.at. t.,... -.
cry Imported man this sheet stating
that strike was in progress. that
the men We're 20 work underground
and the wages they would be paid
and that board was not 10 cost them
over q certain amount each month.
! think this figure was s22, but
believe that as q matter Of fact the
deductions have been less than that.
Furthermore. the word strike was
printed la letters half an inch high.
what the printers call thirty point
iNpe, SO that this one word was
bound to catch the eye the first
hing Each workman retained "a
copy of this agreement
The charge that men were taken
10 the mines at the point Of pistols
s not true and Is. in fact, arrant
Guards accompanied the men
from the trains but this was neces-
'ary to protect them from the siri-
kers and was not done with any
dea of forcing the men to work. Nh.
Palmer could scarcely have misnn
lcratood this condition. Trains have
'een fired on, attempts made 10
wreck them, at least once hy dyna-
mite, and another train was smashed
Win rocks right al the station in
Evon the Pullman cafs
we're stoned On that occasion. and
me stone weighing sixteen pounds
vas taken from one Of the cars.
i would refer AIR. Palmer further
o the fact that about seventeen CON
irtions of strikers have been oh
aimed in the circuit court nj LANSING
gthin the last week The greater
'ortion cf these trials have ended
With pleas of guilty TO such offensos
s intimidation, resisting officers and
arriving concealed Weapons This
0urt record simply Wipes out Mr..
charges
ANY argument in favor of the stri-
ers from the standpoint of the prof
s Of the Calumet and Heola Is not
0rthy an answer. The fact that the
'derntion Itself has expressed ITSELF
8 satisfied With wage conditions
roves Il is silly The profits Of the
alumct aud Hecla have been due
mply 10 the fact that the creator
lt such rich copper deposits in the
round. Furthermore. the immense
roiits came when the company was
orking on the deposits nenr the sur
zee, whore 1t cost less to raise the
ick and when other production
'sts were less than at present. Those
Oh days have gone. and recollec-
on Of them has no application to
'esent conditions.
~ wonder if Mr. Palmer took into
the fact that many
ines In the district never have
ade a profit and that some Of them
ohably never will.
Mr.. Palmer asked a hundred and
n questions of each company. ana
ch company kept duplicates of its
swers We shall take great inter
t IN seeing II facts favorable to the
mpanies have been suppressed or
osscd over