Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-01
Union Men Appeal to Congress
TO Investigate Conditions
in Copper District.
SAY GUNMEN RULE COUNTY
Declare President Of Miners
Federation Shot and Driven
Out of Hancoch
by Thugs.

chicago. Dee. - An AppeaI go Con-
gress to investigate conditions in the cop
per country Of Michigan was made to-
day by the Chicago Fcder- ton ~ Labor.
i'm resolutions which dirycty charged
owners OF the mines and their agents
with being responsible tor the trasedY Of
christmas err when :. children and
adults lost their live.
The resolutions also charged that
Houghton county g under government .
w gunner under orders Of the min"
owners. and that charles II. Mover, pres
ident Of the Western Federation of MIN ,
ers was assaulted. shot and driven c|t
Of uancocA ~ hugs and gunner.
The announcement that The Western
Federation Of Miners ~ii concentrate it,
strength ON the copper strike vas made .
oy Vance Ter1ich member OF the cN-
ocuiivc board Ever member 90 the
hoard he said. plans TO go TO the copper
mining region mex, week. We are going
to win that strike o. break up In" or
ganizauon, he said As soon as Nj. ,
Moycr is able he vii he back there ne
tpr leader
charles II. Tanner. auditor Of tnc W"s,
cru Federation, and who, with Meyer
was escorted from Hancock. stirred tn"
fire against the citizens alliance. Eve
have ample evidence he said Half
a dozen persons will testify that the man
who yelled fire 81 Italian hail. wore Il
! citizens alliance button
! Emmett 7. Flood, national organizer "
/ the American Federation of Labor, was
tn, only speaker TO directly counsel vio-
/ lcnc,.
= Meet them with their own weahons.'
/ he urged. "lf it is known that the state
ana county government will not xiv" tina
protection guaranteed under the constitu-
tion. every man who goes to the strike
region should have his own protection
/ with him"
John II. Walker, president of tho H.
inois United Mine Workers. Barrat
O'Hara, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Illinois,
and Claude Taylor, president of the Mich
isan Federation of Labor also spoke
MOVERS WOUND NOT SERIOUS.
| There is only the most remote chance
that the wound in Charles II. Meyer
back VIII prove fatal, It was said to-
night. Probably within 10 days he will
hr back in the copper country OF Michi-
gan directing the strike as president Of
the Western Federation OF Miners
Optimistic news of his condition came
from Drs. q. v Hilton and William NJ
HorshH AZ 81 Luk"'s hospital to-day,
when the -kiagraph showed chat the bull
let was imbedded in the muscles Of the
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GET OFT or cot NTRf FOREVER
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