The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-16
QUESTION PUT BY TAYLOR
AROUSES IRE OF COUNSEL
Continued From First Page.


their coats. The witness could not /
member the names OF the men n
s their faces, and he said ne had ney
+. since seen them. He admitted 10 \
torncy Lawton that frequently he W.
through with his work az o'clock
the afternoon and that he myariab
reached surface at o'clock. He al.
said that his treatment 10y the boss,
was good. Tie said hc had heard OF u
one who had TO change his name 10 q.
u job.
CONGRESSMAN Howell took mp IN
quiz with reference 10 a black list. Tn
witness knew nothing Of such being il
existence. He was asked 10 explain
how he was cheated by the minin,
companies. lie said that In one month
he was overcharscd for powder. and
that the SHIFT boss would not accept
his account as being accurate.
The chair asked him what the gem
.eral complaint was He said in sub
stance the men were being pushed too
much lie declared that he was living
at Copper CITY a location independent
from any mining company and where
mo- houses are owned 10y the mining
companies and was paying 81 Il.
month rent for three rooms. He said
that "a garden iu that location would
produce nothing, but he admitted that
.he soil was sufficiently productive to
provide provendcr for his COW. lie
vas asked on whose land this was sit
iated. His reply the Canal company
'rought forth the reference To the title |
NJ this point Attorney MacCormac,,
"ok mp the Guiz. The recollection If
he witness Of his having been search
q was vague.
Said He Paid For Job.
Joe Butaia, a Croatian. made the
eclaraton that he gave $50 To a Mrs. |
uhek in Red Jacket, who. is was
aimed, had some influence with a
.nins captain, for position in
le Calumet * Hecla mine. He also :
I'D that his work was 1000 feet from
Ie shaft and that he was isolated con-
nually, frequently seeing no one for
De- shift. The air was not bad tbeo. d
said, but the drift was wet and :,
mp. tic was cross examined by At
rney Petcrmann
Did YOU know that this mine cap =
IN was fired for this practice ask ,
Attorney Petermann.
Tho witness said h. know that tho ,,
plain left Whcreupon @. y. Hilton
tn" strikers counsel asked how -
x he worked in the minc before the -
ptWn left Butala said it was about
rec wears.
Chairman Questions Witness. 81.
The first hour of the afternoon scs- =,
N was taken mp hv Hubert Laux. q
'idont of Kowcenaw county born at -.
gle Harbor 80 years ago. He has :,
rkcd in mines in each Of the three o.,
mites After the examination IF -,
rs 10y Mr.. Kerr and cross examina- -,
Joy Mr.. Petermann, Chairman -
'lor evidently struck by the intel -
'nce of the witness. procceded ., 49,
ke general inquiry as to the COM
ints ana grievances. From the -,
irman's inquiry the following gem -
] summary Of the testimony Of -,
tx may Joe complied IN,
he first complaint was ON the sys- 49,.
OF contract mining. Laux said that co
on make money ON one contract il ~.
almost hopeless 20 expect you lr.
Id max" money ON the next one. be- -,
Sc the miners price would he cut. -.
ne was mo- incentive to good work an
iusc the conditions of the contract rr
" unfavorablc and the loss always -,
on the minor. lie said the com 49,.
les would permit the miner To make yb.
n $'3 To $40 "a month. As an exam r,.
OF TN" cutting he said that once no 20
.e SI'S and was arbitrarily cut To ov,
:. He complained Of the one 50.
machine as tending to break down raI
AN so that il would be i'm. ,i,
ibi" ior the miner To continue ,f.
king more than five or six wears .o,
-, 77's''" ''''l IN" companies sui
Iid put helpers on the onc-man ,or
hh". and that even with two min an,
"a The onc-man machine. the Of c,,
lry would bc greater and the work an,
ID be done with 40 more expense ,rr
he company than with the two MOI
machine. tho
~ oI the general complaints called fun
." attention of Laux by Chairman the
or is that the men generally arc ter
10 20 take complaints higher than
ne boss Immediately above them. -
, said that is true, the men being
d of losing their jobs. In the '''''
or IF hours LauN said that the 49, ="
Is have been working nearly ton , ,'s
S day. often longer. with actual 80
ng of nine hours. ~
s,' the companies recently re- ''''
4 the hours Of WORKING" asked - 80
rman TAYLOR. 80"
u have heard So" -
To practically an eight hour 5na
! lave heard so. don't believe ana
Sea
DO YOU Understand the compan- CON,
re willing to give an eight hour mo,
SIX
B.. Yes. r,ra.
L'rr'Is /" the question oil pay som
said the mon wanted minimum wbp
on contract as well as on com