Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-10
Directors of Michigan Copper
WaIkout Criticise Actions
of Governor. !
new YORK MEN ACCUSED
OF AIDING IN FRAUD
Thugs Paid for Saying They Were
Hired by Operators, It
Is Charged.

doUGHTON, Mich, January 1o-The
exchange of kilograms yesterday between
Charles III. Meyer. president OF the West
ern Federation of Miners and Gov. Ferris
OF Michigan was not entirely satisfactory
from the federation viewpoint The men
who have been directing the strike of
copper miners today were inclined to
criticise the governor on the ground that
he had made proposition and then had
winked the other eye at it,
There were evidences, too. that all was
not harmonious in union circles, and the
presence of the investigating committee
of the national socialist party was thought
to have been the cause Of some warm dis
cussions among leaders.
From the start of the strike there has
been frequent reference in resolu-
lions and statements to tenets of the
party and 1t has become evident that
some outside unions have presented
this fact as tending to introduce polit-
ical discussion in what they thought
should have been a purely trades union
movement
Anxiety Is Manifest.
Accordingly the men in active charge
Of the strike are looking forward with
some anxiety to the coming meeting
of the executive committee of the
American Federation of Labor in
Washington. None of them was will
ing, however, to discuss this phase of
| the situation for publication.
| Socialism has been an issue In the COM
| munity generally for some years. Admit
| tedly stronger at the beginning OF the
strike, especially in Hancock, it been said
that the adherents of the party have
| found recruits daily among the strikers.
/ This fact was one Of the chief grounds on
which the copper miners representatives
| have refused to treat with the western
i federation of miners.
| Arrests in New York.
NEW YORK, January 1O.-Two arrests
were made today on Information furnish
| ed by detectives employed by copper
| mine owners to investigate alleged false
affidavits obtained here from so-called
| thugs and strong arm men who said they
were engaged by the mine owners to
work at the scene Of the mine strike in
Michigan.
| The men were arrested on a technical
charge of running detective bureau
| without a license, but the district at
torney's Office announced that 1t had
evidence to support the more serious
charge made by the mine owners de-
| tectiveS.
The prisoners. william Martin and
Charles Smith. both of this city, were
taken into custody at the office of a
Broadway attorney, whose name ap-
peared as witness on many of the af-
fidavits signed by alleged gunmen. Two
of these signers have sworn that their
lsignatures on these affidavits we're
forged.
Turns Over Receipts.
John T. vickery. general manager OF
Ia..1
before the district attorney. said he had
been employed by James McNaughton.
general manager of the Calumet and
Hecla Mining Company, and Theodore
Dangler, general manager of the Mohawk
Mining Company. both of Michigan. He
| turned over to the prosecutor what pur-
ported to be receipts signed by various
persons acknowledging the. receipt of
| sums ranging from $1.J0 to $3 paid by
| Martin and Smith for the signing of afii-
davits.
Hhe charged that the Western Fedora
| ton of Miners employed Martin and
Smith and other agents to buy these
| affidavits in the slums of New York
| The mine owners detectives exhibited
| blank affidavit forms, which they SAID
| the miners agents paid men to sign and
filled in afterward. They showed copies
\ of such an affidavit bearing the name
of one James Greedy. and then produced
Greedy, who swore in the district at
torney's office that he never had seen
any such charges as the document con-
tanned Richard Maher told the dis
trict attorney that December 8. when
| he was supposed to have signed an
affidavit in New York he was in Michi-
gan The examination of Smith and
| Martin was postponed and they were
paroled In custody Of their counsel.