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Show WITNESSES TELL -flF'-DISASTES Testimony Given at Coroner's Inquest After Calumet Xmas Eve Panic Repeated. MAN SHOUTED "FIRE" All Tell Practically Same Story Description of Miscreant Mis-creant Is Given. , Calumet, Mich., March 7. Persons who testified before the coroner's inquest in-quest last January that a man wearing wear-ing a "Citizens' Aillance" buttou started the Christmas Eve panic here in Italian Hall, today repeated their assertions before Representatives Taylor of Arkansas and Casey of Pennsylvania, congressional Investigators. Investiga-tors. Tho descriptions of the man varied as greatly as they did before the coroner's jury, which body disregarded dis-regarded this line of testimony in reaching an open verdict. Today's proceedings were held in the armory which the Calumet & Hec-la Hec-la Mining company leases to the local lo-cal militia roganlzation. O. N. Hilton Hil-ton was present to represent the Western Federation of Miners, but he was not allowed to question the witnesses,, wit-nesses,, as tho full committee at Houghton had agreed that Antony Lucas, Lu-cas, prosecutor of Houghton county, and the committee members should do all the questioning. Mrs. Josephine Leskela testified that she was near the middle of the hall when a man who stood alongside along-side her cried: "Fire! Fire!" and then started for the door. She said he was a large man with a long overcoat and that I he wore the button of' the "Citizens" Alliance" on his coat. John Burcar, 13-years-old, described the man he said he heard cry "fire" as a short stout man. "He wore a long overcoat with the fur collar turned up and had a Citizens' Citi-zens' Alliance button on his breast pocket," said tho witness. Mrs. Mary Kerkolos said a largo, stout man cried: "Fire, rush," and the panic started. She said he wore a button but she could not distinguish the lettering on it Mrs. Eliza Lesh heard a male voice cry: "Fire" twice In English and then its" Slavonic equivalent "Vatra." Mrs. Anna Lustig, who lost a little boy in the rush, was positive that the man who cried "fire" wore the luslgnia of the Citizens' Alliance. Houghton, Mich., March 7. Tho moruing session of the congressional strike investigation ended with the prospect of a clash between the 'committee 'com-mittee and the attorneys for the operators op-erators this afternoon. Chairman Taylor intimated to Attorney Rees that the committee will finish tonight if the session has to contlnuo all night. |