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

Tho congressional investigation
committee was augmented today by
fourth member. Congressman Robert
NJ. Switzer, Of ohio. who arrived this
morning
Clashes between attorneys for both
sides Of the controversy and testimony
by the president of the Mass city
union featured the morning session.
At the beginning Of this morning
session, Attorney Hilton, i'm reply to e.
question raised by Attorney Recs yes
tcrday relative to the Investigation Of
the federation. said;
we offer to submit the federation to
an Investigation if an equally full in
qury is afforded into the affairs Of the
Calumet & Hccla Mining company. /
want to meet the exhibition of bum
combe made yesterday by counsel for
the other side in asking whether the
Western Federation of Miners was to
be excluded from the investigation. We
are willing for an Investigation of the
federation if the Calumet and Hecla
also is Investigated We would like 10
inquire into it's interlocking director
ate, its operations in stocks, and into
its officers. We desire also to investi-
gate the Citizens Alliance the amount
that has been paid to the Mining Ca
zctte, The Truth and what was paid
20 the editor of The Truth, and To place
before the committee the operations Of
the Citizens Alliance during the
strike
Attorney Rees objected to the refer
ence in the record Of the word bun
connie The objection was not sus-
tanned.
Statement by Chairman.
Chairman Taylor made brief state
ment to the counsel chat the commit
tee wanted To hear both sides i'm wide
latitude, TO inquire into anything per
tanning to the strike situation and the
causes leading MP To it. Continuing hc
said
If all these matters are merely Of
fered for the purpose of elimination
ana Iecriminaton, and not 10 assist IN
getting at the bottom I do not think
we would want To go into them / don't
suppose the mining companies want 90
20 into the murder of COY. Steunen-
berg or other events that have been
charged to the Western Federation of
Miners elsewhere i'm the past. Ii they
did it would require "A year or more
We must conlinc ourselves To some
thing germane to the situation here"
The chairman announced that be-
ginning Monday the hearings will be
held in the court house as accommo-
dations ip the Hancock city hall were
inadequate for the audience.
Hilton presented to the committee
check of JOS Kotcch, an imported
workman, and copy of contract uu.
der which Kotech was employed WAS
also offered Attorney Rees raised OBJ
lection To this evidence on the ground
that the testimony was not i'm line with
the resolution. lie argued certain cvi-
dence was irrelevant because Of the
lack of time. Congressman SWitzcr
asked if there was no limit To the
number Of time slips. The chairman
answered him with the assertion that
the Committee has assumed that the
counsel will realize when they have
submitted sufficient evidence and that
they would desist of their own accord.
Congressman Switzer asked if the con-
tract referred in any way tn pcunago.
and if it did he suggested that the
witness should be produced. Counsel
Hilton argued that the object of the
contract was to show that men were
brought into the district through mis-
representation, tha' contracts were