The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-11
MOYER WILLING
TO END STRIKE
Federation, President Gives Men
Authority to Go to Work
Continued from Second Page.

while your men are out on strike
Every effort is made to dissuad,
them from doing 80 by peaceful means
am absolutely opposed to yiolatinl
the law"
when Meyer said that the Western
Federation was on record against Sa-
botage Mr. Petermann asked him what
difference he thought there was be-
tween allowing mines To become filled
with water and throwing wrench
into machinery. The witness thought
there was a great deal of difference
You are not in sympathy with the
principles of the Industrial Workers of
the World are YOU asked Peter
mann
81 myself suggested the referendum
to sever connection with the Industrial
Workers" replied the witness.
Mr.. Casey wanted to know if the re-
port was true that Moyer owned a pal
ace in Denver and another in CALI
! foruiu. The witness replied that he
lowned one story five room house
in Denver costing $l,150 and another
I'm Pomona, cal costing $4,000, ON
which he still owed $1,000
MeAvoy Gives Hazy Testimony.
Jas. Ellerick McAvoy put on the
stand by Hilton yesterday said he was
| employed 10y Mahou IN New York Co
/ go To the strike country, work tor Mr..
Rees and get anidayits Of people VIII"
had beer subjected to assaults, but
| when ] got mp there" ne said -
found different ] was told 10 go the
Init"
You were to get afdayits whether
they were true or false asked Hilton
Mr. Rees objected This affects us
personally he said. The committee
would not allow McAvoy to reflect on
Mr. Rees or his law firm,
THE strikers were very peaceful
and the guards were very violent. TIE
strikers ought To have been employed
10 preserve order. The strike was all
among the guards, soldiers and depu-
ties"
The witness was glib and pert in
telling n long story which began To
fall To pieces as soon as Attorney Pc
termann took up his cross-eXamina-
ton. lie admitted that i'm the two or
three weeks he was i'm the strike zone
and supposed TO he getting afiidavits,
he actually secured 1.-TWO or three afii-
davits." He was hazy about. dates and
said he wasn't even sure in what
months various things happened. He
thought he had been in Chicago six
months but he couldn't tell just how
| long
Mr. Swaby I.awton took the witness
in hand and asked him regarding his
personal knowledge of things he said
had occurred at the Quincy mine. lie
had a tendency to tell of manythings
he was not asked about He kept re-
peatng: Il saw no shooting or vio-
lence 10y the strikers whatever" Fin
ally he was allowed u go.
Ben Goegin's Testimony.
Ben Gogein, called TO the stand yes
terday afternoon. said that he was in
the strike country during the time
of the strike, and that on November.
20. ne saw & crowd OF people running
to the Italian nan. lie sand a man
was striking people with a club, and
that he was hit on the hands after
when TWO deputies arrested nm ana
kicked him, also struck him on the
way 10 the jan
""Ss'n CANNED tha' ne was mt on
the h'au ana knocked Sehseless' Al
the jan ne he'fd the lanit"r say cur
that "uN h'H sent '"I Il doctor "h"
dressed Lls "'uhoS ana hruls'S'
ON December H. ne continued ~
was az the calumet post"Iii'e rtaoiia
letter he had lust received when
two deputies struck him' ana TINS ~
me I''ler received ana TINS IS my
own hIo"d D." exclaimed. oNhiplunS
stained let''r'
Hod YOU SAID anything to the dep
uti's pci"re you were struck: asked
Mr. hilton
Nothing al an replied the W.T.
ness.
The witness continued L" say ina
there We're -FOUR more deputies outside.
He Wen' up TO the union hail ana
washed the bl"o" OF "' ms race
Mr.. Hilton asked Gosgin to tell how
par1OrS were broken up.