Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-12
Senator Ashurst Proposes Ia
Resolution Searching In.
vestigatiOn Of Conditions in
Copper District.
SOLDIERS ARE UGLY
SAYS LABOR REPORT
Alleged that Drunken Militia
men with Revolvers Menace
Public Peace and Safety in
Michigan Camps.
my LEASED WIRE TO I1venlne Herald.

[By LEASED Wire GO f5VeniHe Herald.
Washington, Jan. i2,-Thorough
Investigation of strike conditions In
the copper mines IN the Calumet.
Hancock and South Range districts
Of Michigan was pr posed in rcso-
luton today by Senator Ashurst of
Arizona. II would direct the senate
education aud labor committee 20 as
certain; Relations between employ
ers and employees 80 far a. they re-
late 10 the present troubles; the JUS
tice and rcasonableness Of minimum
wage and other demands OF the strik-
era. original Investments ana profits
Of the companies; whether employers
or employees have declined aFbitra.
tom whether peonaRe IA maintained
or access 10 postcffice IA prevented;
whether immigration laws have boon
violated; whether persons have been
punished IN violation 0f law ana
whether there is combination in
the mining district Ia restraint oe
trade.
The report 81 tho investigators ~
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gomo statements not included ln the
summary made public last week NJ
Secretary Wilson's office.
One portion referring 60 the con
duct OF the militlamen. points to an
order of July 20 1918. by General
Abbey which stated that mot more
than one man Of any company, troop
or battery may he excused az tho
same time" "The soldiers were not
kept under proper discipline" sys the
text ~ tho report General Abbey
himself admitted that this order was
not enforced The result was that
crowds of prlvRtes were daily seen on
the streets They visited saloons ana
many os them became intoxicated ana
many of them carried revolvors while
they were Ia an intoxicated condi-
tlon
considered the numbor OF men in
volyed In the strike" says the ro-
port. the length Of time the strug-
gle Wac continued and the bitterness
caused by bringing soldiers and Wad-
dell men into the district the strike
was remarkably penceahlc. The only
persons killed were two OF the strik-
ers. Nho were wantonly shot down by
Waddeli men and deputies az Paines.
VILE. aud "a deputy ana striker who
killed each other near Horontown.
The leaders of the Western Fcd-
eration Of Miners in charge of tho
strike. repeatedly warned the strikers
against carrying firearms aud using
intoXicanta and very few were arrest
cd for these affenEes. Uudouhtodly
many men that started 10 20 back to
work we're intlmidated and some
abused and beaten. on thc other
hand the deputies ana Waddeli men
acted with great brutality toward tho
strikers and in many cases beat men
and women with clubs and night
sticks
I'm many cases it would ho impos-
siblr Co determine who was the ag-
grcseor The real facts could boz de-
tcrminod only by court with power
90 subpoena witnesses and even then
there would doubtless bc mlscarriages
of Justice. The only conclusion that
one cnn reach r. that some ~ the yio-
lencc was caused hy the strikers and
for some OF q peace officers were
Irresponsible
zone of the most remarkable fca-
turos of the strike was that M spite
of the excitement and passion which
prevailed. no property of the mining
companies was injured by strikers and
Ia fact none showed any disposition 20
iniure property"