Calumet owing to the successful l: c- la" which the Waddell-Mahon
system1 is operating. And the letter fairly glows with pride as it cites a long
list of strikes wherein their "methods" have beaten the strikers Into sub
mission. . .
Here is-the letter under a photograph of the letter head It was written
on, and" the fac-simile of Mahon's signature:
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(SPECIAL. AGENTS
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New York
Mr. E. E Booth, M. M.,
- "Wichita Palls Route, October 2, 1913.
Wichita Palls, Texas.:
Dear Sir In view of the unsettled relations between capital and labor
at present facing our industrial conditions in this country and the fact that
yon are a large employer of labor, we feel justified in uttering this com
munication and placing ourselves before you, as it may be of interest to
you in the .future, if not at thepresent We are an organization that special
izes in labor disputes and maintain a permanent organization at an"
enormous expense that'we may be ready to perform intelligent,- effegtive
and valuable service when called upon in any branch of industry. We 'are
enclosing a list of our references, which, we would be pleased to have you
rigidly investigate. - ; -
As an evidence of our ability. asStrikebreakers, we invite your atten
tion to the' labor difficulties now ensuing along the Copper Range of the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan, between the Calumet & Hecla Copper Co.,
the Commonwealth Copper Co., the Quincy Copper Co., et al., and the
Western Federation of Miners. In amount of capital and number of men
involved, this strike is the most important of the present year.
We point with pardonable pride to the fact thatthis" corporation has
been selected by Sheriff James A. Cruse "of Houghton county the storm
center of the strike to aid him in maintaining the integrity ofthe law. i
We are now engaged in policing. the "1,019 square miles of territory
contained in Houghton county. We are. safeguarding the property of the
mine owners against intrusion and. violence. We are also protecting the
lives and the homes of the 80,098 men, women and children of Houghton
county against overt acts.
, The Western Federation of Miners is doomed ti inevitable disaster and
defeat" In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We make this,, prediction, at
this time, and if -you will follow the story of the strike aiit appears in the
daily papers, and particularly in .the ''Boston News Bureau,-" the well-known
financial organ, which has a special corsespondent on the ground, you will
see that our prediction will be fulfilled daily.,
' We are sure of defeating the Western "Federation of Miners 'In this
operation, because we have met and defeated them hefore. Last year,
whenthe agitators of t'thismioj. sought to paralyze the copper industry of