The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-05

him, who, with Frank Massogli1 and a
third man whose name the witness
could not recall, ordered Potter 10
take the skips off and ston the pumps.
He told them that he could not remove
the skips because he did not have men
enough and that The would not do il
anyway.
Attorney Rees asked:
Did you comply with their order?"
Yes" said the witness, they seem
ed to have the force necessary to en-
force the order
The witness told of parades be-
tween i and : o'clock each morning
after the mine resumsd work about
the middle Of August. intimidation of
workmen and actual violence These
demonstrations, he added, continued
until the Citizens Alliance meetings
were held The paradcs came from
South Range, Isle Royale and other
surrounding locations and numbered
from 100 10 200 men and women.
1t was brought cut at this point that
162 men We're employed at the Super
ior before the strike and there are now
166 men at work
Are any strikers occupying COM
pany houses" asked Congressman
Switzer
Yes, sir"
Are any of them paying rcnt?"
NO, sir"
Have you evicted any?'
NO, sir"
Attorney Angus Kerr took the wit
ness for ss-examination. calling at
tention to circuit court calendar on
which two eviction cases with the Su.
rerior Mining company as plaintiff,
were shown The witness stated that
the company had served such notices
on two tenants but the order had not
been carried out. II was brought out
that there are only forty imported men
working in the Superior Attorney
Kerr intimated that because the wit
ness did not spend all his time at the
bunk houses he could not be positive
that there was no restraint to pre-
vent the men from leaving, Lut the
witness declared he knew Of no such
instance.
Replying to Congressman Switzcr.
the witness said that guards at the
bunk houses are subject To- his orders.
and that ne had never given any Of
them any instruction 20 force the men
to work or to prevent them from
leaving.
They were free to come and So"
he added, and we have urged them to
find private boarding houses Many
of them arc now boarding at Atlantic
and We run a special train 90 bring
them To and from that town"
Would YOU have countenanccd the
or beating OF your men by
the guards asked NJ Switzcr.
Il would instantly discharge such
a guard if he did such a thing.
In regard TO tendency of the COM
pany houses the witness said that he
offered the occupants every induce
mont 20 get out, even Offering to move
them pay the expense and also pay
their rcnt in other houses in order
that the mine employees might obtain
the use of the houses. The witness,
Congressman casey, declar-
ed that il was a very remote possibili-
~ that men employed in other cities
could have come here without know
ing about strike conditions as he had
personally explained the conditions 10
about - per cent of the imported men
he contracted with These couversa-
tions in many incidents were through
and because of this, Con-
gressman Casey intimated that some
1f tli-- men may not have learned
about the strike.
Il should say that was hardly pos
,ible," was the reply
In the INSTRUMENTATION il was
brought out that the minimum wage
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