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Show HOUGHTON GRAND JURY ENDS WORK True Bills Made to Judge of Circuit Court in Strike Cases. NAMES KEPT SECRET Oil Merchant Exonerated Secretary of Calumet Union Indicted Charges Against Moyer. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 15. Charles H. Moyer. president of the Western Federation of Miners, was indicted today to-day for conspiracy, together with other officials of the Federation, i.i connection with the strike of the copper cop-per miners. The first count of the indictment charges conspiracy to pre vent by force and arms the pursuit of their vocations by employes of the mining companies. The bill against Moyer and the other officials of the federation cnarg-ed cnarg-ed a misdemeanor. Houghton, Mich., Jau. 15. A presentment pre-sentment bill embracing some true bills was made to Judge P. H. O'Brien In circuit court here today by the special grand jury1 which has been investigating lawlessness arising from the copper miners' strike. The court was told that none of the men accused accus-ed of felonies was in custody and their names were kept secret. John E. Antilla,? secretary of the Calumet union, was indicted for alleged al-leged conspiracy. The court announced an-nounced that this bill charged a misdemeanor mis-demeanor and tlnerefore could be made public. The jury exonerated B. Stuart Go-dell, Go-dell, an oil merchant of complicity in one of the stride shooting affairs The indictment against Antilla included in-cluded charges against Charles H. Mover, president; C. E. Mahoney, vice president; Guy E. Miller, Yance Terzlch, J. C. Lowney and W. P. Davidson, members of the executive board of the Western Federation of Miners. |