Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1919 — COAL STRIKE SUMMARIZED. [ARTICLE]

COAL STRIKE SUMMARIZED.

The first week of the bituminous coal strike ended last night with pro- j duction generally paralyzed in union ; qiines, transportation affected, and I virtual war-time fuel regulations in 1 force. I Both operators and miners awaited developments in the government’s injunction proceedings. A statement by an official of the miners at Springfield indicated that there was a feeling among the strikers that j “the trouble would soon be over.” News from Washington indicated that Attorney General Palmer had approved a plan submitted by Samuel Gompers for negotiation of this dispute. He made it clear/ be dismissed until the miners had been sent back to work. , About 425,000 miners remained i on strike, although coal operators in West Virginia and Colorado reported increased production. Nearly normal production continued in the non-union fields of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and in union mines of Utah and some parts of New Mexico. There were no further reductions in train service, but in railroad circles it was considered likely that further suspensions would be ordered next week. Bunkering of foreign-owned ships proceeded, the order from Washington suspending such privileges, not having been served. A ' request from the governor of Michigan for the 2,400 miners of that state to return to the mines was refused by the union. * Canadian coal has pot been seized by railroads as yet, and is coming into Seattle, but coal from Mexico was seized by the railroads in Texas. The 2,000 lignite miners of North Dakota, decided to join the strike. Further cries for coal because of the shortage came from prairie states. Frank J. Hayes, president of the miners, who has been ill, left Den-, ver, Colo., for Indianapolis without announcing the object of his trip.