The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-10

sued any order that morning parades
of the strikers should bc stopped and
| that he had notified Dan Sullivan, one
of their leaders, that they must be dis
continued.
Several witnesses took the stand 20
rcfute charges that tie miltiamen had
trampled the American flag under foot
i'm stopping the strikers parade at Red
Jacket on the morning of September -.
Captain Blackman on Stand.
Captain Frank Blacllman of Co. |. f
jackson, who issued the orders that
attempted to march upon private
property, said that he was a block
away when he noticed that the parade
had halted. He rushed up, he said,
ana found that a lieutenant of cavalry
was trying to get the paradcrs to move
ON. but they insisted on going down 4
side street and upon private property.
Nick StevaniC, one of the llag bear
ers came up from the rear and struck
him in tie breast with the flagstaff
extended horizontally, the captain de-
clared whcrcupon the latter struck the
striker i'm the eye. Two of three other
flag bearers, he said, were using Their
llagstaifs to prod mounted miltamen
and their horses. In this manner the
flags were torn. He declared that one
of the paraders threw his flag into the
dirt and went away and left it.
Lieutenant Miller Icstifies.
Lieutenant Clarence l.. Miller of the
signal corps testified that he and eight
mounted soldiers were accompanying
the parade and that Sergeant Strauch-
man had stopped it, under orders,
when the leaders attempted to march
down the side street. He said the
leading flag bearer attempted to spear
him with the flagstaff ANA lively
miXup occurred The next thing he
knew the flag was on the ground bad
~ torn. He saw no soldiers strike
the ilag at any time.
Wasn't ii the purpose of the sol
dicrS to accompany the paradcS 10
incite the men to some act of viz
lencc?" asked .. \. Hilton of counsel
for the strikers.
1t was not" replied the witness. 1T
was To prevent clashes between parad-
crs aud non-union men on the way Il
work"
General Abbey said he was away
when the flag incident occurred but
that he had instituted an investigation
upon his return. The board of in
uuiry had reported that the militia
men were Justified i'm their actions AMI
that they had not been guilty of desc
Grating the flag. The report was ad-
mitted into the record over the objec-
tions of Hilton.
Women Not Struck by Soldiers.
Captain Blackman also denied the
charge of William II. Palmaticr that
he had ordered men under him to
strap up woman sympathi2cr WHO
was i'm a crowd which was interfering
with non union men hc was cscortiug
home from work at Centennial in Sep
tcmbcr. lie said that one soldier "; s
struck with = rock thrown 10y some
one i'm the crowd and that the woman
i'm question had tried To take the sol
dicrs' rifle away from him. The sol
dicr became excited and wanted tn
strap up' the woman but he would
not permit him to do 50.
Captain Blacllman also denied that
he had ever seen soldiers strike wom-
en- with sabers or press bayonets
against strikers or women SYM
pathizers.
Ncwspaperman Witness.
JOHN H. Dunnewind, city editor If
the Detroit Free Press, testified that
he was "a reporter for his paper i'm the
copper district during the early days
Of the strike. He said that he had
mover seen any rowdS ism or drunl,-
cnness I'm any camp and had seen only
three or four militiamen intoxicated
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