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Moyer describes assault and deportation in copper strike
Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, and Charles Tanner were beaten and expelled by Hancock citizens amid the copper strike. Moyer suffered three bullet wounds and both men were assaulted as a mob forced them from a hotel, then to a railroad station.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Hancock
Citizens’ Alliance
Moyer
Charles Tanner
Chicago
Tanner
Calumet
Federation
Alliance
Scott Hotel
James Cruse
Houghton County