The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-13

l satisfaction George was the last wit
ness OF the afternoon.
| Attorney Kerr read into the recor,
extracts from various Michigan stat
utcs, referring particularly to the Ma
tional Guard and to mining matters
He said he wanted to show that in re.
cent years the trend Of legislation hat
been against the miners, preparatory
to possible industrial disturbances.
| Others Give Testimony.
L. j. Rove OF Copper city testified t.
$2S month as low wages and 500 as
his highest in seven years as miner
! Joseph Sarkkine, six feet. three and
half inches tall. over POO pounds, 81
years old, testified that he had worked
at the one man drill for a year and
believed it would break as strong a
man as he down in two years. He
| testified that a man could not work his
drill during the noon hour if he wanted
to as the air was shut off during that
hour. at least i'm the Ahmeek mine.
That the mine that Paddy Dumb
gan worked in?" asked Mr.. Peter
mann.
Yes"
Frank liaavisto testified he lived i'm
G. and II. company house for $3.50 Il
month, that he still lived in the house
but had paid no rent since the strike
started.
Richard Waara testified to receiving
a 10-cent check for months work.
July l6, 1910. He is now working on
farm.
Matti Kiyinicmi, miner at the New
Baltic complained that he was renting
a farm from the company and had been
ordered to move by General Manager
Shields. Considerable attention was
paid To company land leases while this
man was on the stand ana he could not
testify to any other farm tenants be-
ing ordered off, though he knew of
many leases and in some instances peo-
pie had lived on the land an entire
life time.
Kiviniemi said he had been a MEM |
Der Of the Western Federation of Min |
Prs for seven months.
What LOCALE" asked Mr.. Rees.
Hancock
Where are its headquarters? >"
at Kansanliot hall"
What is that hall?"
"A workingman's hail"
By what is il owned"
Here Attorney Hilton objected lie
'ould SEQ no reason why the owner
ship of Il building in which the West
I'm Federation of Miners meets should
% questioned
oh, I'll put the question directly"
said Mr. Recs THAT hall is owned by
he Finnish Socialist society"
Il don't know" answered the Wit
ness. II only belong 10 the union"
Jacob Lustic, for - years an under
,round worker, testified that James
'lacNaughtun. general manager of the
'alumet & liecla, offered him 800 TO
cave the union and go back to work,
hat he asked Lustic To try and get 80
usky Fnlandcr strikers to come back
o work, that he offered Lustic and his
ol 'd'H Nf'JO day 10 return To WORK. |
he conversation between employer
nd former employee seemed to have
cen ON "A friendly basis, according 10
.ustic's story, which was long one.
William Kilpcla "a miner at the
'orth kearsargc, testified that i'm May,
9O3, he did not receive cent ON pay
ay but instead was informed he owed
he company money,
Isaac Heikka, who had impaired his
ght and lost leg i'm the service Of
he mining companies, testified. lie
aid he received nothing from the COM
any excepting from the club, till after
Ir. Larson had written letter for him
nd the company, the G. & H.. then
aid him $2j a month for year