Arizona republican., 1914-03-11
President of Western Fed eration of Miners Tells Congressional Committee of His Deportation from Hancock
RECEIVES MEN IN
 ROOM IN HOTEL
Says Two Visited Him and After Agreeing to See Committee Fifteen or Eighteen Were Admitted to His Quarters
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Federation of Mines. told the con- gressional committee Investigating the Michigan copper strike about his deportation from the mining district in December. At a special session i the committee heard Movers testi- mony. Mover spent most of the day at the hospital where Charles Ma honey, ice-president of the federa- tion, is ill with appendicitis
 Three men, Mover said, came to his room in the hotel at Hancock, the night of his deportation They asked if he would receive a com- mittee of citizens. He agreed. Then fifteen or eighteen more entered the room. They asked if he would per init the citizens to contribute to the relief of the survivors of the Christ mas eve disaster in Italian Hall.
 Mover said he replied that he had not told the members of the federa- tion that they should not accept out side help in caring for their dead but said the families felt they ought not to and that he would not advise them to accept relief contributions from outside the federation.
 1 Mover said after he had refused to advise the union members to accept contributions from outsiders, Sheriff Cruz and John Black, a deputy, told him no harm would come to him. ! Mover then put in telephone call to the secretary of the Calumet local to keep his engagement
 The telephone was beside ae door," he said While I Hr d. ing the receiver to my e. le door opened and my room gas l.1ed with men. The crowd demanded "Where is Mover" and l, thinking it prudent, said Here l am, gentlemen. What is wanted?' A man grabbed me, pushed me backward and hit me. Another bent me forward until I was almost doubled up. In about a minute still another man struck me with a gun, and the gun exploded, the bullet entering my shoulder"
 Immediately afterward, the witness said, the crowd hustled him out of the hotel, and a larger crowd joined them on the corner. The entire mob then started toward the bridge
 When we reached the bridge" de- clared the witness, someone cried, Throw him off the bridge Others said Wait until we get across and we will string him up.'
 Those behind were kicking me al every opportunity and I haven't re- covered yet from the effects of that abuse When we reached the other side some one said, This is the place, but others remonstrated and we con- tinued on to the station As soon as we came upon the platform some one behind me said, that's MacNaugh- ton,' and I observed a man I did moi know standing with his back to the window This man grabbed me by } the throat and began choking me- ex. claiming: You have come in here ant turned the men against me and tht company. 1 am not going to do yol any harm but am going to warn yol l if you ever come back to this distric 3 again you will be killed"
 r Mover said he had never seer ! James MacNaughton, general manage
 
 Company, or a picture of him, an, did not wish it to be understood h, was testifying that it was Mac Naughton who so addressed him. We were then put on the train il charge of a man named Hensley, wh is what is commonly called a gun man and another man he called Dogs I knew Hensley in Colorado Thes
 men were instructed to take us l. kill us. Previously to this I ha
 been searched and 5000 was take
 away from me. We were then take to a smoking car and when the con ductor came Hensley told him he wa authorized by the sheriff to pay ou
 fares Hensley also wired ahead fo a physician to attend me, and whe u the doctor came aboard told him hi 5, bill would be paid by the sheriff" Did the men who committed tn outrage wear masks?" asked Con = gressman Casey
 They wore no masks replied tn s witness, who added he did not reca = any more names than Hensley. " What is your policy toward non
 union men who want to go 10 wor s or work while you are on strike"
 Every effort is made to dissuad 70 them not to do so, by peaceful mean # and I am opposed to violating tn
 law"
 " When Mover said that the Wester
 Federation was on record again.
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