Evening star., 1914-02-08
PROBE OF STRIKE
OPENS TOMORROW
Subcommittee of Congress in
the Michigan Copper
Mine District.
OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES
TO EXPEDITE INQUIRY
Guard ON Trial at Houghton,
Charged With Killing Striker,
Identified by Witnesses.

HANCOCK. Mich. Fchr1.a~, s-Pians
for beginning the strike investigation
here Monday next were discussed today
bv Representative Z. T. Taylor chair
man, and Representative ]. !. Casey of
Pennsylvania Of the congressional sub
committee. in conference with attorneys
-epresenting the copper mining companies
and thu striking mine employees
Mr. Taylor announced that the ;trst
tearinSs would h. held IN tho council
..st:,nlf,,- Of tfe Hancock city hall. Test
.ylouy also will Je taken. be said, ~
calumet, Houcht"I AND other towns IN
-. copper district. Thc beSjnuluG OF
nc hearings No1tday IS contingent On
tho arrival of REPRESENTATIVE Joseph
Howell Of Utah. who Is expected here
tomorrow Representatives. S~itzer ot
ohio and HalnNu oi Missouri pian 10
join the other commlttecInctI the latter
p3rt OF next week
Owing to the wide scope OF the i1Nesti-
-aticn and the large number Of witnesses
% he heard. night sessions may be held
The committee purposes to meet daily
from 2 I'm TO o p.ui. with two recesses
Tor luncheon
Counsel TO Be Admitted.
counsel will be permitted 10 appear
and to examine witnesses. but members
~ the committee expect to take an active
nsrt in the questioning The inquiry
will be made as informal ss possible
ana neither side viii hc asked to make
an opening statement.
As the strikers petitioned Congress for
the investigation. Mr.. Taylor said their
witnesses will he heard first. Union
'eaders have announced that there vii
he moro than 20" OF these witnesses.
Allen F. Rees. senior counsel for all
tle mining companies except the Quincy,
20 h.
nitteenen that the operators would
render the Investigators all assistance
rossble. He said they would aid the
committee TO get possession of all tho
factS
.. y. Hilton OF Denver. senior counsel
for the Western Federation Of Miners.
declared that the strikers were eager TO
facilitate the work of the congressman.
The s1ihcorulittcc expects to- spend at
least three weeks in the coppr- country
collecting Information.
Guard Accused of Fatal Shooting.
HoUGHTC,N. Mich f-.brtia-y flames
Ccoper. a Waddeli- MahcII guard. was
identified today by two eyewitnesses TO
Tie Seaherviile shooting as the man who
shot and fatality wounded Steve Putrich,
= striker. Together with two deputy
.heriffs and two other Waddcll men,
Cooper is trial in the circuit court
charged with the murder of Futrich-
Giovanni Guidi, who lived i'll the Italian
hoardins house adjoining the Putrich
Eor7e. testified that ne saw Cooper. turn
and shoot Futrich after he Cooper had
been hit OF tlte back Of the head by a
JhroVn tenpin. He said he did not see
Who threw the teupin. Csiuo Nittort, an
other boarder. also sworc that the man
he afteTWard learned was Putrch was
shot by the deputy. who was struck ny the
-enpin- Guidi pointed out Cooper. sitting
among the five defendants. the man
who did the shooting
What did this man do after shooting
T'ltrich? asked Special Prosecutor George
r. Nichols.
He went TO the door of the house
and began shooting inside" was the
reply.
Did you see any bottles or stones
thrown before the shooting began:"
No.