The Detroit times., 1914-01-23
CAUCUS ORDERS
REPORT ON TWO
STRIKE PROBES
III
Tells Rules Committee TO Place
Resolutions Before House
As a Whole
CORPORATIONS SAY THEY
MILL WELCOME QUIZ NOW
Declare investigation Will Only
Serve TO DisprOve Depart
ment Charges

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan "a
tspecialD-The house rules commit
tee was ordered TO report out reso-
lutions calling for congressional In
designations OF strikes in the Color
ado coal fields and the Michigan cop
per district. at a Democratic house
caucus here. last night. The vote
stood ii9 TO II IN favor OF this ac-
ton.
IT. after being reported out the
resolutions are passed by the house,
the quiz will be conducted by the
house committee on mines and min
ing OF which Rep. Foster, OF Illinois,
Is chairman
To meet questions as TO the con
stitutionality Of the probes. the reso-
lutions az introduced by Reps. Keat-
Ing of Colorado. and Macdonald. or
Michigan. were modified 10 conform
10 the terms OF the resolutions under
which the senate committee investi.
gated the West Virginia strike
The unusually large majority in
favor Of the order 10 report out the
resolutions. lie believed to indicate a
resolutions come up for consideration
before the house as whole
Rep. Macdonald said this morning
that he was certain that the resolu.
lions would be adopted. and that hear
ings would be under way within
fortnight
CALUMET. Mich. Jan % Spe-
cial)-The mining corporations will
make no fight against proposed con
gressional investigation OF the strike
IN the copper district prominent man
ayers announced today On the con
trary the managers say. they will
welcome such a probe. declaring that
il will serve to disprove the charges
brought in the reports OF department
OF labor representatives here
The companies declare that the de
partment men misrepresented their
cause They are particularly bitter
against Walter NJ Palmer who they
allege. gave a true account only In
matters OF record and obtained all
his other Information from the West
ern Federation OF Miners
The managers say they viii throw
everything open 20 the congressional
investigators, and VIII make their
work as easy az possible.
The grand jury will not meet until
. o'clock this afternoon Judge O'Brien
being unable 20 reach Houghton from
Eagle River. where he has been hold.
ing court before that time rndict-
ments are expected in the Meyer and
other cases
The 1fth and last OF the indictments
brought In by the grand inry on Thurs
dav OF Last week IN which felonies are
charged was made known shortly be-
fore noon with the arrest OF Henry
Koski. financial secretary OF the South
Range union Of the Western Fedora
tion ~ Miners and now every man
not out side OF Michigan who has been
indicted by the grand Jury Is under ar
rest the exceptions being the seven OF
hcers and organizers for the fedora
ton who arc o1tside the state.
Koski. who was also indicted on the
conspiracy charge with 81 other fed
Grafton members. including President
Mover and Vice President Mahoney,
and who evaAed arrest until TODAY,
came 10 Houghton and gave himself
un lnte this morning He Is also I'M
dor Indictment on q felony charge FOR
Tho alleged shooting or Deputy Tim
nriscoll. on Dec. II, al South Range
during the raid made there by the
citizens alliance Koski sometime ago
was bound over 70 the circuit court
On tho charge OF assault with intended
murder for the alleged shooting or
nriscoli and IA held in $1,000 bonds
~ appear next Monday for trial II
e probable ARRANGEMENTS will he made
10 make his bail good for the indict-
ment charge