The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-01-10

Two thousand ,workingmen and
citizens of Duluth turned F out last
| Sunday to protest against the OUT.
RACES that are being perpetrated upon
the striking copper miners in the up.
| per peninsular Of Michigan. 1t: was
| one Of the largest meetings of its
! kind ever held in the city, :. I. .sa, II
The meeting was called to order
by w. E. Towne who was made per-,
| manent chairman. w.. E. McEwen
| was elected secretary, and was called
upon by Chairman Towne to address
the meeting. - = + -
Mr.. McEwen discussed the history
| of the strike and led his audience up
! to the times President Meyer was de-.
ported, showing that the miners have
done everything within their power to
observe the law Occasionally there
was little rumpus such as may hap
pen at any time in the heat Of great,
| Issues butt outside Of this the strik-
ers had shown remarkable respect for
law. -. :
=. Not Socialist. = ~.
Il am not a member Of the Social
list panty" he said, .""but there are
many things in its platform to which
II strongly adhere. I believe the peo-,
PIE should own in common all pub
lie utilities such as railroads, tele-
graphs; telephones and street railways.
believe too that we should own in
common, through our government,
those things that nature has deposited
IN the soil and in the forests, and this
includes the mineral wealth of the ma
Ion. We shall be obliged to come to
it some day.. =.
II further believe in the democratl
&c management OF all institutions
taken over, by the government, rather
than the bureaucratic manasement5
which now obtains, and which makes
government employees under civil
service very nearly slaves. who dare
not express opinions on public uues-
ions. l can't go with you much fur
Their, but I will go with you that far.
; Driving People To 1t. y.
', 1.-THE arbitrary and tyrannic atti.
tude Of the copper kings" continued
the speaker, lis driving the people to
government ownership of: the mines.
This is not only true Of Michigan, but
Of Colorado, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. They are0 the real anar-
chfsts of our time; they respect no
law that interferes with their will.
They set a mighty poor example to
the strikers when they unlawfully de-
ported President Meyer from the cop
per country" -. - We
Mr.. McEwen closed by urging the
meeting to enact resolutions calling
upon congress to start an investiga-
ton of, conditions in Michigan, He
declared that constitutional rights had
been denied to citizens of the United
States and that men were employed
in some of the mines in virtual peon-
age. ..... T.. 80
r Chairman Towne appealed to the
audience to give the strikers their
moral and financial support; he, as
sured the assemblagei that the men
In Michigan; who understood the
"class struggle would never return
to work until the union was recog-
nized. He said the miners need money,
food and clothing, and asked that a
collection be taken. Almost 500 was
realized
From the Copper Country.
- Martin Hendrickson of Calumet, 4
representative of the Finnish paper,
the Tyomies, talked in. both English
and Finnish. His speech was strong
Indictment against the copper kings.
He explained how conditions in the
mines have been changed by the in
PRODUCTION of improved methods of,
production; that there now was no
difference between trammers above
the mines and the miners underneath.
The one man drill completed the evo-
luton and put them all on the same
level: They are all standing shoulder
to shoulder in the fight. r.
Mr. Hendrickson paid high tribute