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Show STRENGTHEN I THE GUARDS I Finding of Dynamite m$ Causes Commander of E Militia at Calumet to E l-Issue l-Issue Orders For More p ' State Troops R Calumet, Mich, Aug 1 strength- ' cning of the military positions as a Br-'' sequel to revelations of alleged plots 10 dynamite shaft houses and other property marked the early hours of the copper miners' strike today Reports that explosives had diaap- Bp peared from the Hancock mine pow- der house and the discovery of dyna- B-f."4' rnite on a prisoner taken at Red Jack- B'.' et led General Abbey to issue orders IB designed to Increase the effective strength of the brigade of state troop3 IB controlling the district. g I The third Infantry hospital corps ft was impressed into service, its mem- W. bers being mounted and armed with 1 revolvers and riot sticks fashioned W j from wagon spokes This force, it M was announced, will be used as' re- IEt serve cavalry. In addition a section if.' of Battery A, stationed at Quinc If, was ordered Into Calumet to take lb the place of infantrymen sent to re- W inforee some of the outlying posts. m Another dynamite arrest was made Is early today after threats bad been W made to blow up houses of non-union f men In South Hecla Two companl- ons of the prisoners were released af- f . ter a brief examination at brigade r headquarters. f; There were Increased operations by I he mine managements on the big lo- locations lo-cations Shop work was resumed on Et the south range at Tri Mountain, Ba.- i J tic and Champion, no trouble bein" ' reported. In Calumet pumps wen If' itarted at Tamarack No 1 shaft and ffC trains were sent over the Hecla am p"-. Ton h Lake railroad, the company line i ; which connects the mines of the Calu- ' Intel A Hecla with its mills and smelt- ft I er Operations of the road was su-- if" pended when the mills shut down tho ft -I second day of the strike Statement From Operators. 1 Lansing, Aug 1 Governor Ferris this afternoon received the official t repl from the mine operators to his request that a conference be held I to adjust the differences between the. operators and the strikers. The op- li orators declared that under no cir- IL cumstances would they treat with the Western Federation of Miners The f 'operators in their statement charge j labor agitators" with causing the I strike. The statement Is signed by James I McNaughton, P. W Benton. Charles V L Lawton, Theodore Dingier, E. M. Bdwarda and J T Harris. 00 1 |