The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-11


ed while working in the mines Tie re-
] piled that he had and that it wa
while working ON one of the machine
- about one year ago. He said that IN
was carried out of the shaft uncon
20 scious.
5 Chairman TAYLOR requested that n
; tell Of the experience in detail lie
stated he had tainted owing To tho
. presence of gas in the shaft He said
: the only workman within close proX o
unity 10 him was a man 1000 feet
: away.
With the conclusion of Tosio's tes-
timony, Chairman Taylor announced
a recess until o'clock.
Complains OF Old Conditions.
The first witness at this afternoons
session was Henry Ansemaa of Laur-
ium. who testified through an inter-
prefer that he had worked in the cop-
per country thirteen years as timber
man and trammer He worked 5000
feet underground in the old Tamaracl
and said it was very hot at that depth !
and that no drinking water was pro-
yided regularly though sometimes |
some VAS sent down at the dinner
hour. lie said the work was very hard,
as they had to load three tons To car
and make thrty-three trips to a shift.
ON REORGANIZATION 10y Mr.. Peter
mann, he said that his last work was
i'm the old Calumet conglomerate before
the strike, and that he had worked as
a timberman He had not trammcd for
ten years, and il was i'm the old Tam .
arack. ten Years ago where the condi-
tionS complained of existed.
Congressman Casey asked-"You say ,
you had to make 33 trips day"
A-Yes, and we had to do it,
Q-Thrce tons in each car?
A-Yes. if not more
Odd YOU have To shovel the rock .
uto the car"
A-Ycs and lit the heavy rock. :,
Q-How many men To a car? :,
A-Threc
Q-Are YOU sure about this? .
A-Yes. ."
Y-How far did YOU have to push W
he car? -"
A-l,0o0 feol and over. ~
The next witness was Daniel Waatti o,
Calumet. He had worked on the
onglomerate vein of the c. & H. for 81
tteen years ten years of which were IN
| the Red Jacket shaft. He described a =,
lb-shaft in the latter mine which is (,a
own ten l55 foot levels below the 57th 10
vel of the main shaft. He complained -,
the air as very bad i'm the sub shaft. Il,
. much SO that many trammcrs had o..
come unconscious. The hanging rock a..
very loose and it is Il very danger
Is place TO work ~,
Waatu was asked 10y Attorney Peter IN,
ann if he had ever worked on one
an drill
He answered lac had not because he ma
Iuld not accept it, He said he would du
Their work with the two man drill. az chi
is not SO hard. wa
Would you have the privilege IF s,,
)rkine with the two man drill if you ma
,nted to-" 49,,
Waatti answered afHrmativeIy, but rao
id that he had been told that he sr,
'uId Yet work on a one-man drill
CONGRESSMAN Howell askcd-"Did
Il ever complain to your captain :
,ut the air. w
Yves, | told him it was very bad if ""'
were not allowed to blow with the as
air. ne
will that purify the air? 81"
Yes to a certain extent. mn
l-Have YOU ever been censored for ,,,''
ng this i'"'
Yves. many times.
hartman Taylor asked Waatti To vi
'lain how things have been getting ~
rise and worse in the mines as he me
/ testified. i''''
Ic answered there was more work
II a man can do and the pay is no '"'
erent. He complained of having 20
list men To set up their one man W.
lis, leaving his own work to do So Jaw
also complained that every yca- "'u
employees are required to do moro 'oIo
more work, ana if they kicked.
, were treated badly. He also COM ie"
med of the language used by the MN
SEES to the men.