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THIS SCSDAY OKlKiOXlAT, rOKTXAXP, DECEMBER 28. 1913. ilOYER OFFERS NEW ARBITRATION PLAN PRESIDENT OF WESTERN FEDERATION' OF MINERS DRIVEN OUT OF CALUMET BY INDIGNANT CITIZENS. FIRST OFFICER OF PRESIDENT GUILTY Proposal Made to Leave Is sues to Men Chosen by Governor and President. ORIGINAL OFFER REVISED deratkn President Calls on Offi cial of Mining Companies to Snbmit Controversy and Re store Peace Forerer. CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Charles H. Moyer. president of the Western Fed eration of Miners, said today that he had forwarded to the nine owners the followine letter proposing a new basis of arbitrating the strike In the Penin sula Copper district: 'On the eve of the burial of the victims of the terrible disaster which occurred In our midst at a time when the doctrine of peace on earth and rood will to men was being spread among the little ones of your employes who were striking for what they be lieve to be a just cause, I again come to you In their behalf and ask that you Join with me in an effort to adjust this deplorable controversy. Labor Dtmiida Hearing. "Acting with authority from the striking miners I have submitted to you terms of arbitration which should appeal to anyone who Is desirous of bringing to an end a conflict which has been going on for more than five months, during which time, millions of dollars have been lost and unnecessar ily expended, and human lives have been sacrificed, to say nothing of the sufterinre of the participants and those who must necessarily feel the effects of an Industrial conflict at this time. "The thinking people of this country believe that there must be something to settle between the employer and their employes of this district Can you longer maintain that there la but one side to this question and that labor shall not be given an opportunity to be heard. In my last proposal of ar bitration. I agreed that the mining companies at Interest might select two; the miners on strike, two, who are not members of their local organisa tion or the Western Federation of Miners, and either the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of Michigan should select one and the entire question In dispute be submitted to said board and that all partisan Interests be bound by their findings. Revised Proposal Submitted. "Instead of this I submit to 70a the following: "That the President of the United States and the Governor of the State of Michigan together select a commit tee of arbitration composed of five or seven members; that all matters In dlauute be submitted to said board and tbat In acceptance of this medium of arbitration, the miners on strike shall be re-employed by you without els crimination and that all at Interest shall be bound by the findings of said board. - "I submit to you, gentlemen, that no fairer proposition for a settlement of a' controversy than this has ever been submitted by men on strike, and I urge on you Its acceptance to the end tbat peace may be restored In this district and assurance given tnai sucu scenes as we have been called on to witness shall be forever ended. The letter, according to Moyer, was addressed to the 'General Managers of the Mining Companies of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties.' 'WILL) JfOT WORK, SATS FERRIS Michigan Governor Thinks Men Xow at Work Will Be Factor. BIG RAPIDS. Mlclu. Dee. J 7. "It will not work." This was the comment of Governor Ferris hero tonight, after the latest proposal for settlement of the Calumet copper strike, made by Charles H. Moyer In Chicago today, was read to him. The Governor said he wa positive the mine operators would not consent to an arrangement which compelled them to employ, without discrimina tion, men who are at present strikers. Governor Ferris said he saw noth ing In JIOTfrt latest settlement prop osition to which he, personally, would object. He called attention to the fact that he advised the mine operators to accept the first proposition for a set tlement of the difficulties which Moyer made, and which was Included In the statement given out In Chicago today by the president of the Western Fed eration of Miners. "When I suggested to the operators that they consider the original Moyer plan they told me such a course would be an Insult to the men who were working In the mines." the Governor said. "They said the men in their em ploy at that time did not want to have anything to do with the Western Fed eration of Miners. "It is said the Calumet Heel a mines are now being operated with practically a full force of men. If the Calumet & Hecla operators are telling the truth, these men do not want to have anything to do with the Western Federation. I have put the subject tip to the operators several timea They will not take back the strikers Indiscriminately." n A " ' Iff . ijM V!-r. 0 5? jf 7- WILSON LETTERS PILE UP (Contlrnwl From First lsge. rry today that President Wilson fs quite mandatory In emergency. "I was standing outside the Neville residence waiting for the apparatus to arrive." he said. shen a man came up. He noticed my uniform and asked me why I was standing there looking at the fire. - "Why don't you get up there and hclpr he asked. I told him I couldn't go up until the hook and ladder wagon came. - 'Well.' he said, "other men could climb up on the Inside. I don't see why you can't-' It suddenly dawned on me that I was talking to the President, and I went Inside to help." Gulfport citizens are considering a formal vote of thanks to the President for his part In preventing tie destruc tion yesterday of the Neville home, one of the handsomest residences there. 1 v Negligence Laid W Henry W I Ravens as Result of Four Deaths November 26. TWO PICTTHES OF CHARLES WOUND NOT FATAL Moyer Sleeps Under Care of Chicago Physicians. LAWYER CONFIRMS HOLDUP Valuable Papers Taken From Min ers' Head by James McXaughton, Declares Attorney Cash Also Taken and Returned. CHICAGO. Dec. 37. Charles B. Moyer, president of the Western Fed eration of Miners, driven from Ban- cock, Mich., alter he had been shot and beaten last night, slept well under the care of physicians in a hospital here tonight. The train ride of 600 miles with a bullet still In his body and. his wounds having received only temporary care, so weakened the director of the copper miners' strike that he was unable to re cover visitors after he had reached the hospital. Physicians asserted that the ease with which Moyer went to sleep would prove a factor toward his speedy re covery and Indications were that his wound would "not prove serious." Moyer'a wound In the shoulder. In fllcted by a bullet, was subjected to an X-ray examination tonight. On bis his arrival today, accompanied by Charles H. Tanner, auditor of the fed eration, who also was rougly handled by the mob at Hancock, Moyer was taken to a hotel, where doctors Basher and Hilton made a superficial exam Ination of the wound. Be was then re moved to the hospital. Apparently the only danger lies In the possibility of blood poisoning. Won ad "Hay He DaBcereaa.' A skiagraph will not be available until tomorrow. The wound is deep and ranges downward from the left shoulder, according to Dr. Hilton. He said it was "probably not serious, but might prove dangerous." The patient coughed up some blood. but the physicians were disinclined to believe that It came from the lungs. Moyer was guarded from reporters at the hotel and the hospital, and could not be seen with reference to the denial of James McNaughton that he was with the mob at the railway station at Hancock, as charged by Moyar, and that he searched Moyer, retaining valuable papers. Mover s assertion was made to re porters who met his train at Corlice, wis, and came with him to Chicago. Attorney Comftrma Hold-Up. tAtorney Hilton acted as messenger in the quest for confirmation of the charge. He disappeared for a few minutes in the sick room and on re appearing he said: 'There is no doubt about it; Moyer THEATRIC A L MAX'S EM PLOYES GIVE HIM GIFT. Mora Does Big Business. J MORO. Or., Dec I7.WSpeclal) 5 Moro postoffice handled more mall ! Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of I this week than ever before' during the same period and season of the year. The out-going mails averaged 2000 ln- Ilvldual pieces and fully as many were i received. The heaviest mall received Itras rtcoo pieces Christmas day. During Ith holiday rush nearly as many par "eel post packages have one out as Were received. John W. Coasidlae. One of the proudest men In the Northwest on Christmas day was John W. ConBidine, of Se attle, executive head of ttje ciulllvan & Consldlne circuit of vaudeville theaters, whose em ployes presented him with a five-piece teaset of Lenox ware, mounted with solid silver, beau tifully engraved, together with a solid sliver meat platter. The gift, which represents the affection and esteem in which Mr. Consldlne Is held by his associates, was made by em ployes on the Western end of the circuit. Members of the Eastern end of the circuit pre sented him with a pneumatlo tired sulky and a set of driving harness. Mr. Con.-idine Is a lover cf horses and always keeps a string of fast steppers in his stables. could not have been mistaken. Be knows Jim McNaughton like his own mother has seen him lally since the negotiations for a settlement of the Btrike have been on. McNaughton and Moyer have been in conference while I attended. "McNaughton ordered him out of the country; said he would hang him if he returned; and then searched him. Two men, armed with revolvers, held Moyer and McNaughton took two wallets from Moyer'a pockets. One of these contained money and this ha returned. He kept the other." According to Moyer and Tanner the attack occurred at about 8:10 O'clock and they were thrust aboard the train an hour or so later. According to sev eral of McNaughton's frelnds he was at his club in Calumet, 16 miles from Han cock, at 9:46 o'clock. The train was scheduled to leave Hancock, at :27 o'clock. IX)XG-STADrXO PLOT CHARGED Lowney Says Deportation Had Noth ing to Do AVlth Tragedy. BUTTE, Mont, Dec 27. John C. Low ney, member of the executive board of the Western Federation or Miners, who returned to Butte a few days ago from Calumet, where he had been aiding in the conduct of the copper strike, today declared that the Federation officials were not surprised over the dportation of President Charles H. Moyer from the Michigan copper district. "The deportation of Moyer had been planned a month ago and we knew it," said Lowney. "This action was not the result of our refusal to accept funds from the Cltlxens' Alliance following the Christmas tragedy. The Michigan copper companies weror determined to bring matters to a crisis by New Tear's. President Moyer had offered only a few days ago to have President Wilson or the Governor of Michigan arbitrate this strike and the companies had ignored his offer. "Many of the officers of the Federa tion left Calumet because we expected Indictment by the trumped-up grand Jury, the first called In the copper dis trict In 60 years. Moyer will be back In Calumet under Government protec tion within a few days. We feel that the copper companies have played Into our hands in perpetrating this outrage." A nrotest meeting of the Butte min ers has been called for Sunday. It is ex oec ted further funds will be sent to Caulmet. Already $71,000 has been sent by the local miners to Calumet. The money is raised by special monthly as sessments. FEDERAL- IXQCTRY IS WANTED Miners Vice-President Lays Snbject Before Secretary Wilson. WASEINGTON. Dec 27. Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Labor, was urged by Charles E. Mahoney. or Denver, vice-president or the v estern Federation of Miners, today "to ao everything possible to bring about a Federal Investigation of the alleged de portation of Charles H. Moyer from Hancock, Mich., last nignt. In a telegram to Secretary Wilson Mr. Mahoney accused the Citizens" Al liance of Calumet with having been re sponsible for the act. No decision has been reached as to whether the Government will make any investigation further than that already ordered of John B. Densmore, solicitor of the Department of Labor, who left vasterdav for Calumet under insiruc Uons to offer assistance in trying to clear up the strike situation. . CAPTAIN IS EXONERATED Second Officer Also Released of Blame by Inspectors Who Inves tigated Tragedy Resulting From Effort at Rescue. SAN- FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. Guilty of negligence was the verdict returned today by a board of United States In spectors against Henry W. Ravens, first officer of the steamer President, for his conduct on the night of Novem ber 2H, when one passenger, the fourth officer and two seamen were drowned. Captain R. J. Paulsen and Thomas I Mathiesen. the second officer, were ex onerated. Ravens will lose his master's and pilot's license for 18 months, dat ing from today. Inspectors James Guthrie and Joseph P. Dolan, who conducted the investi gation, found Ravena guilty on two counts. First, he was negligent in allowing the first boat, which was low ered on the weather side of the vessel, to be manned by a crew not provided witn life preservers. It was by the capsizing of this boat that the fourth officer and the two sailora were thrown Into the water and drowned. The other count was for allowing the second lifeboat launched to leave the vessel in charge of the storekeeper, instead of one of his officers, or as suming charge himself; and for neg lecting to put life preservers in, that boat.' Captain Paulsen and Second Officer Mathiesen were cleared of blame be cause the former was busy on the bridge maneuvering his vessel so as to make a lee for the launching of the boats and the latter was in charge of the searchlight, to which duty be had been assigned by the master. The tragedy which led to the In vestigation occurred on a stormy even ing off the coast of Northern Cali fornia, while the President was bound for San Francisco. A steerage pas senger, who had ventured on deck. was washed overboard and the other three men died in an attempt to res cue him. , Complaints of the way the situation was handled by the ship's officers were made by passengers when, the vessel reached port. Save $7 to $10 While You May Buy one of the suits or overcoats from 1 the Kennett stock which we bought at 65c on the dollar. 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(SDe- claL) Alter a conference today at the .. 1, mllh ft llAlAITAtlnn Of West Side bankers o ntbe matter of the location or a regional cana in mo cille Northwest, the 6polcane ClearlnS House Association unanimously voted to continue to advance the claims of apviAW ; graphed R. Lewis Butter, president of the association, wco is m naoumsiu'i. TV. ic-et 3Ma hankers were solid for Seattle and declined to consider Spokane aa a possibility for the Fed eral reserve bank, and the local bank ers were equally ob:rate for Spo kane. As expected, the West sice oeieg-a-tkin urxred united action on the part of - . ..at, fn Seattle and out lined the claims of the Coast city. They failed to convert tne iocai oner m their way of thinking:. Farrar la Back on, Stage. ; vifw vnpir iw 27. Geraldine Far- rar'i lonpr absence from the scene of kar .rrintln activities ended today. She reappeared at the matinee at the Metro politan Opera-Honse, sinning auim 13 pnOTfTti'H "La. Bohsme" in a manner which aroused' much enthusiasm. There were no traces of her India sozlUo-t. Cross-Complaint to Divorce Salt Sara Woman Refused to Shake Handa , . For Fear of Soiling; Gloves. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 27. (Spe cial.) Bernard Doettsei. a hotel man, asks ''the Superior Court to order his wife, Antonio, to pay him $2500 ali mony while his petition for a decree on a cross-complaint Is heard. Doettger enjoys the distinction of being the first man to appeal to a court in San Francisco lor alimony. He alleges that Mrs. Doetteer is wealthy and Is well able to make pro vision for him. His crOBB-complaint and petition for alimony were filed with the County Clerk today. Sirs. Doettgrer started divorce pro ceedings a few weeks ago, aUegrine in her complaint that her husband had treated her cruelly. Doettser, in his answer and cross-complaint, alleges that Mrs. Doettger la the one who has been sruilty of acts of cruelty. His complaint Is tbat Mrs. Doettger is ashamed to recognize him as her hus band; that she has protested that he Is not "hieh-toned " enoutrh for her, and that she often refused to shake hands with him while on the street for fear of spoiling her fine kid grloves. MOYER IS RESTING EASILY (Continued From First Pnge.) nied in official circlea A survey of the personnel of the body shows A. F. Hela kamp, a brewer, as foreman, and George Williams, a railroad official, as clerk. Among the 18 other members of the Jury is Edward Bye, chauffeur for James McNaughton, general manager of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, the superintendents of stamp mills, a few mechanics and several merchants made up the remainder of the member ship. No mine managers or other exec- utive officers of the corporations are in the list. Union to Conduct Funerals. Preparations were pronounced com nlete tonitrht for the funerals which the Western Federation of Miners is to conduct over 72 victims of the panic of last Wednesday. The task of digging the numerous graves was accomplished by 100 strik ers, and the Federation s relief com mittee finished Its canvass of the stricken homes. There was some anx lety os to whether enough coffins would be available, the number of vic tims having over-taxed the stocks of local undertakers. Arrival or a car load of coffins, however, eliminated this worry. Indications were that the thousand who are to march to the cemetery will have to make their way through snow covered roads. A line snow began falllnir steadily late today and prom ised to continue all night. Thus far the. Winter has been unusually mild, but" residents who have experienced the risrors of other Winters predicted that this condition was at an end. It will be no small task that will confront the marchers if the storm develops into a blizzard. The ceme tery lies more than a mile west of this city and the men who are to bear the small coffins on their shoulders may have to face the full force of a wind off Lake Superior. Then, too, strikers from the Keweenaw County mines in tend to march five miles or more Into Calumet early tomorrow and some funeral parties are to come from places a mile or more from this city. HUERTA WILL LEAD ARMY Cor t lnue,1 "Yom Firt Pac.l EnbM.y in Tokio, has not been made known to the State Department Whether- this service could be accepted. It Is pointed out, would depend on the status of the Japanese officer making f.c offer and it is not doubted that their own government would refuse the permission, to leave their country if they are still on the active list of the Japanese army. Member of House Committee Says Po litical Children Have Two-Edged Sword for Their Own Undoing. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (Special.) In an interview here today, Represen- : tative Miller, of Minnesota, Republl can member of the House insular com' mittee, who has just returned from the Philippine Islands, said the action of the Democrats in increasing native representation on the Philippine Com mission would prove to be a "two- edged sword for the execution of the Filipino people," rather than 'Hhe in strumentality for their own. redemp tion," as argued by the Democrats. Mr. Miller Insisted that the changes recently wrought in the affairs of gov ernment in the Philippines were a menace to the peace of the islands. "Important events are transpiring in the Philippines," he said. "The rapid industrial development of recent years has halted. Trade stands atill, prac tically paralyzed. Among the Filipinos there la marked unrest; among the Europeans and Americans there is un certainty; there Is apprehension more than half expressed. If trouble serious ly starts It will be no mild affair it will convulse the islands and happy will be the man who has few posses sions. "Our efforts should be to perfect their political instiutions," Representa tive Miller added, "and educate their people to the responsibilities and du ties of citizenship. They have a right to the best institutions that human ex perience has evolved and the best ex ample of government a humane and liberty-loving people can furnish. They now have placed in their hands the hands of these political children a scheme of government which violates every political principle evolved by human experience and are told they hold the instrumentality for their own redemption.' Rather have they been given a two-edged sword for their own execution. 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