BABEL OF HORROR.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1943, 29 December 1913, Page 5

BABEL OF HORROR.

THE CALUMET TRAGEDY.

SHRIEKS OF TERRIFIED ALIENS

A niDEOUS PANDEMONIUMBy Telegraph—Press Aseoeiatioii—Copyright New York, December 26. .. As. the ■ resnlt of. tlio terrible panic which occurred.at; ; a crowded Christmas tree entertainment"? organised at Calumet, Michigan, in aid of the families of, the . mine' strikers—whena. man . suddenly,./ ...callod out'. '.Tirol" with : the result . thai . many men, worn n u d children were trampled to' death—pcace-makers are endeavouring to settle the strike wbicl has raged here for many months, and has been the cause of much bloodshed. Investigations into the cause of the disaster are proceeding, but there is no clue to the identity of the mail who shouted "Eire!" "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Spccial Cables. Nsw York, December 2<i. The hall in which tho Calumet tragedy took place was considered to be well provided with emergency exits. The staircase was eight feet wide. Tho corpses of the dead were piled five deep on tho staircase of the building, and wero identified with great difficulty. The mothers, mistaking the bodies, earned away several wrong children. One miner snatched up his livc-yoar-o)d daughter who bad been -overturned at the entrance door. A child beneath her was crushed to death, The average age of tho victims's nine years. There were several nationalities amongst tho audience, and the label of tongues and tho wild-beast rush for tho exits, made a.hideous pandemonium. STRIKE PRESIDENT EXPELLED FROM THE CITY. (Rec. December 28, 5.5 p.m.) Now Yark, December 27. As tho result of the refusal of the strikers to accept relief subscriptions, tbo citizens waited on Moyers, president of tho Western Federation of Miners, with reference to tho matter. He uphold tlio miners' decision, declaring that they did not want citizens' aid. Thereupon the citizens forcibly placed Moyers on board an outgoing train, and deported him from tho city. The citizens have fought tho strike since July last, and induced tho State authorities to send troops to suppress disorders, hence tho bitterness at Calumet.

The relatives of the dead children refused £10,000, tho public subscriptions to the disaster fund, on tho ground that all the bereaved wero members of tho Western Federation of Miners, whoso funds wero ample to provide for such eases. The real reason, of course, is the bitter hostility prevailing between the citizens and the labour unions since the outbreak of tho strike.