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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, MONDAY, NOVEMBEB 3. 1919.
ma-gon mines, anion and nonunion men are working side by side.
Gibe#* Co—ty Miners Stay Oet.
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hospitals of this eitr fed of fuel. The ispilai for the In with its *©0 patients, limited supply of eoaL service corporation that „e light *nd beat plants . railways and oneojf the inlines has about thirty days ] company*aafd^ tha* if f^e strikel which means a curtailment of
(Sperta! to The lndia.r,apo< « Kews] panfCBTOS. Ind. November »— Every coal miner in Gibson county is idle today aa the result of the miners strike. There was talk last night that a few men would return to the mines today, but the few failed to materialise. and though smoke Is coming from the stacks of the plants, no cost is coining from the ground.
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has ninoteen coal produceountfe# and JM<M miners Of
• number, all except t,#*« work In
Helds. There are 11*
nines and 114 coal machine About *#« mine* employ fewer ten men each. The block coal work on an average of 2SS a year and the bituminous min-
ers work shout 24* days a year.
*fl,**d tons of block and an Of 2S,244,4M tons of bltucoal are produced annually.
Of this amount. l*,62t,*S* tons are
state and 1I,71*,»4*
i shipped to other states. The • all wages paid to coal emaverages ff*,779,819.1*. the » pay for a mine employe be424 04. There are about *0# tg plants and small mines in state and the production of these average* about 2,500.000 tons a
shovel mining has become an int factor in the mining Inin Indiana. An organisation the Coal Producers' Assobeen formed, with a mem
rsz&sit
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about twenty-one plants,
' Is part of the state
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p members of the mine workers’ n, and conseouentiy are on strike, •tripping system Is used where rerburden can not be removed ulcaliy by steam shovels or lines. Stripping mines are opin ten count(*» ot the state.
r, too, are unionised. Evansville district there
ty-Hve large mines and numerous
tug plants and smalt
mines, produce* am and pays 1673,931.38 rick county, with produces 1,240,742
mines.
tour I*rye
with
378.964 tons.
ferbtfrg county.
inea produces about
In wag**, Warfourteen mines, tons, and psy*
9,804,29 to the miner*. Gibson ha# three large mines, pro148,886 tons, and pays 8*42,and Flka county, with fourteen mines, pays $1,669,764.6* In and producoo 1,094.$$6 ton*.
Off-M VOTING HOLDS COUNTm INTEREST
SIT iPEFOL OF STRIKE 1GEMENT
! provided they are not urged to stay T out and are not swayed by agitators. I Some officials said last night that i it might not be possible to size up ! the situation for Several days, but j the general belief was that the next forty-eight hours would disclose a "back to the mines’ tendency openly confirming the confidential report*.
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Arfcitratiem Oger Still Open. At the White House today it 1 said that President Wilson’s o
known that the federation stands
'ready to assist in bringing about a j for arbitration ot the strike still was peaceful settlement open. Meantime, preparations for the What the conservative men in the getting up of a commission on inorganised labor movement desire is | ^ ugtr j a j uore *t as recommended by yrs.tj7p“u3r?i S £,%5Tu- S&srsJEIX,*^ £: bor situation. Ir is becoming more »t><i the selection of the oer-
and more evident that organized ia- ^ jg expected to be completed
bor as represented by the American ( h fH . __wjj.it tomorrow Federation of Labor does not wish to f th _ effect*'
One of the first effects of the coal
taken of present conditions by any arrangement or agreement of two or more persons to restrict either production or distribution in order to enhance the price of fuel. 1 shall without hesitation take precisely the same action against such persons as ha* been taken against the officers of the mine workers’ union.” Ask Regional Representation. '
MINERS MAKE NO MOVE TO GO BACK TO MG
The wholesale association also tele-
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graphed President Wilson asking rep- « nection with the strike. One com-
enter ml a prolonged struggle j strike has been the curtailment of
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^and r ^ ional « roetOT » wid « diacrction in
ntatton on the regional committees which will supervise distribution of coal in New York and Philadel-
phia during the coal strike.
Asserting that it felt it its duty “to protest against the attempt being made to run this important industry by those unfamiliar with its technique.” the association- asked the privilege of suggesting names of coal men competent to advise the commit -
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this matter. Freight service will not
i!!^.I5 en Li?? oci *VL d ,1* |StftTr ' fc* disturbed unless the coal shortage
of the Public Service Corporation, the principal traction company in the state, and Bugbee’s alleged sympathy with the corporation will cause his defeat, his opponents assert.
Close C—tost Is Keatacky. In Kentucky, Governor James
Black. Democrat, is engaged in a rodhot contest against Edwin P. Morrow, Republican. Although the state is normally Democratic, Morrow lotp tho election four years ago to A. O. Stanley, now senator, by only 471 votes Harry Mice, Republican, is running against Albert C. FUchie. Democrat.
sorted, believe that notwithstanding . a» rt0 y- officials believe that the failure of the recent mdustrS “Sf ^25 to toSSt tS conference to agree on principles ac- e . e *K_ r wfth the thousands of tons ceptable to organized labor and to or- j stored tenripala it wonld not be ganlxed capimL it is still possible to, JgSwJy ^ ctSSi tfafTSrvto?fo? obtain from a federal tribunal a set weekiL service for aU* P aronlfJ h »H1 i A * orv *y Of *11 the coal stocks held fr!L » f iteit\or * * i by **i lr o*^* under direction of the tug •xtetlag industrial ^conditions. railroad administration is under way. Regarding Conarrvntive Lewder*. ministration also is gathering 4 | figure* on the quantity of coal at The federation realises that the j seaboard intended for export but steel strike has been lost. It Is only which has been ordered held.
It was asserted
tee “to avoid errors of judgment." 'This lack of expert advice.” the
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pany of the 12d infantry also was on Its way from San Diego to Utah
for duty in the coal fields of that
state.
The national guard troops of Colorado and Oklahoma have already been sent to the coal districts of those states and several companies of state troops have been mobilised at Birmingham. Ala., in case their services are needed quickly to quell disturbances around the mines there. Federal troops have been ordered
operators here, had reports today which showed the mines of the state closed down without exception. "Not a miner in the state is working this morning.” Mr. Farrington said. “This, of course, excepts those who have been detailed by the union to take care of pumps, mules and other property. “I have not as yet been served with the writ of injunction and there will be nd material difference in the situation when I am. I think the government’s action is short-sighted and ill advised. If the government has no plans for settlement of the strike except the issuance of restraining orders and kindred forces, the strike is predestined to run through many bitter days, as the miners are free men and will not be driven to their work like galley slaves."
a concern of the miners and the government Mine property is being protected by crews of from three to six men in each of the ' fteen mines affected.
Ohio Strip Mine* Operate. STEUBENVILLE, O. November 2.— According to reports received here today, five of the six stripping companies in Jefferson county are operating. Some employes of these companies affiliated with the miners’ union quit work, but others who are members of the International Brotherhood of Shovelmen refused to respond to the strike call and are in sufficient
to be held in readiness in every de-
ng in haltingof Industrial ac-1 whenever state authori ti«askfor«fueneM da^ lightless nights ^stance in keeping down disorders.
result! tivity.
and general inconvenience.
ALL YARD CREWS OFF.
Flaw* Announced Yet.
The operators, so far as avail-
a question of time,
today, until this strike will have to be called off- It may be said that the conservative men in the organized labor movement are not expressing regret over the failure of t$e strike. They believed from the first that
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Text •( Instrnetionn. Mr. Palmer’s instructions to the district attorneys in the districts affected by the strike and issued Sat-
urday follow:
Yesterday at Indianapolis Judge
ly Democratic by 30.800. went fiepub-
m
can by 19 000
The prohibition question will have
an jUlded Interest by the balloting In
Ohfo on a propositi'; dum on ; the federal
tion for a referenamendrmnt. A
the Ohio constitution a vote on the proposi-
provislon In IppIlMM tor
tlon. the fact that the law Is now fundamentally In effect apparently not affecting the Interest Ohio voters
by the radicals and was bound to faiL The conservatives realised that-the miners' strike would also fall, that no •trike can succeed in this country with public sentiment and the government opposing It. Under these circumstance* the safe guides In the organized labor movement are not nre
United States, issued a temporary restraining order restraining a larg^ number of the United Mine Workers from taking any action or proceeding of any kind whatsoever in furtherance ^of the bituminous coal
; able reports show, have not yet made
_ ~ TmmI . r !ans ^ combat the strike notwithe .f B.To. at Cumberlaad. ! have b^Hen^n CUMBERLAND. Md_ November 3.— (many instances to localities from
The coal strike resulted in a complete ■ which they might best guard the suspension in the yards of the B. A ; PfoPort*** i» the contingency of r> - - *« ■ All vard ! vi ° len . t efforts to prevent nonunion O. railroad here Sunday. Ail yarn men from taking the places of the crews were laid off. The movement; strikers. On the other hand there
throusb here dropped .t one from . I
ported picketing se-
rially average of 5.000 cars to 1,200 of | RMh' operators**an? striked* appar*live stock, foodstuffs and perishables, i ently had decided to await developNot a car of coal has been moved j of them take a „ , , , _ ^ . . , rurtner denmte step in the contro-
ssnee S o clock Saturday morning, and . versv.
none will be until an inventory of all | in taking stock of the situation
side-tracked coal is handed the fuel j so f - -
far as production is concerned.
administration. Freight crews will ! operators pointed to the practically average only abont one-fourth time if ; noprsai production in the huge non-
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the suspension continues, and even | union mine fields of West Virginia less if prolonged. Fires have been * and Pennsylvania, there being about drawn from sixty locomotives al- j 150.000 nonunion miners, broadly
pared to advise the mine workers’ or- | strike, which had been previously
ready.
>t affecting the interest ■e taking In the election. In addition •very city in
» municipal ticket tomorrow.
city In Ohio elects
ganization to attempt to fight Reprie* to Is ion Protest.
Attorney-General Palmer today
Tammany Han Oppoaftton. In Mew York tomorrow's contests will be mainly judicial. A fight Is on between Tammany and anti-Tam-many candidates. The fight started when Charles F. Murphy. Tammany leader, refused to approve re nomination of Supreme Court Justice Newberger. Other local contests are those for president of the board of aldermen, president of Manhattan Borough, seven supreme court justice* and borough surrogaff*
called. It I* of the utmost importance that I should be promptly advised of any concerted action by any two or more persons in your district to carry forward this strike. Please communicate with the marshal and the local representatives of the bureau of investigation and keep yourself fully Informed of the situa-
tion in your district.
speaking. Virginia <
informed coal miners who protested against the strike injunction that the government stood ready “to do everything in its power to facilitate an Inquiry into the merits of the controversy, but in the meantime the law must he enforced and combinations to stop production can not be
t Mf?P»lm<*' * statement, made i„ i e ther employers, employes or others reply to a telegram front ithe union which amounts to an agreement or
local at Glencoe. O., to President Wll-
VOTE ON PEACE TREAT! THIS WEEK IS PROPOSED
in those two states. West operators said thkt in that
state soft coal production was at a
50 per cent, of normal.
ia Kentucky. per cent, of Kentucky’s
were at
tion
Speeifle Order* Cited.
If you discover any concerted achy any two or more persons.
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resolution containing only qualiflca-
kltuatlon About 50 | 40.000 union miners also ; work under contracts. In Alabama where the miners’ j chiefs said that 23.000 of % the 26,000 miners had walked out, operators, i while not denying the figures pointed to some of the larger mines of
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY.
TERRE HAUTE MINER* FIRM. empty Work Trains Leave Terminals —Twa •■fJJva* Mines Opera flag. ta The Indianapolis N*w»] HAUTE, Jnd.. November 3. mine whistle*, announcing work tor Monday, blew again laat and today, and miners' trains ths tracks at the railroad ilfitll Urns for their departur*, put they want to the minee In thla district empty, far the coal showed no eigne of weaken•trike which began Friday
it.
in kullivan county where nee are said to be work- . _ la being taken from the In thfe viclnltj 1 . Two of these
i are reported to be operating union and nonunion mine em
working togi
iratori and the miners have bund something on vhlch can agree, and that is that the ra have not returned to work.
e headquarters of the Indiana ilnous Coal Operators’ Aesoclat was announced today that the
will at no time be closed dow cantinuous opportunity wi those who desire to return
At the same time. It It ad-
at tile operators do
. __ not exthe men to return to work now. ale of the miners’ organisation nothing to nay. The sweeping ■ of the temporary restraining
federal c them litth
our*
ana^poll* leaves them little to do
sit tight, they say, and that
are proceeding to do.
Attorney-General Palmer finds
two or more persona working to
' o purpose of th. rill he elsewhere
I
gather to further the strike, they ear. It
than In the offices of district No. 11. Neither operators nor miners’ officials expect any developments In the strike until after the hearing In the federal court next Saturday on the
motion for an injunction.
Uwofcaagwd at Oakland City. (Special to The IndianapolU Newel OAKLAND CITY, Ind . November 3.
—With the exception of engineers and pumpers, every man in the local coal
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field Is Idly today and there is no Indictation of any break In the ranks of
the strikers. Agents of the department of justice are here closely watohing events. Privately-owned wagon mines will protect local schools and public utilities. Local unions of miners are free from radicals and rgdioal expressions are not hoard here. Many of the men are seeking other employment until the strike ia
ended.
Homo Report For Work At Clloton. (Special te The Indianapolis Nawa] CLINTON, Ind., November 3.—Although miners’ trains continue to run to the mines and “work tomorrow" cards are displayed at the various coal offices in this city there are no mines operating and not a man has reported for work, except the few day men necessary to take oare of the property. Everything is quiet here tuid there te not much comment on the situation. Every one concerned Kcems to be waiting for developments.
Black and Morrow tCapeet Majority of
Krmtmeky'a Vote*.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. November | Managers for rival candidates for Governor ot Kentucky at Tuesday's election made widely divergent claims of victory here today. Thomas B. Khea asserted that Governor Black would be elected by a majority of 16.609. Cheeley II. Search countered with a statement that Edwin Morrow would be chosen by 20.260. The Democratic manager conceded two congressional districts, the Tenth and Eleventh, to Morrow, whose vnanager claimed the Third, Fourth and Fifth,
ritlee over Rh and Eleventh.
eon. was taken to indicate that no attempt would be made by the government to settle the wage controversy until the strike was call^l off.
The miners' telegram said:
“We, the members of Local Union *799, United Mine Workers ot America, feel justified in resenting your action taken against us In our Just demand for a living wage and that we are solidly behind our international officers In their action taken.”
arrangement to limit the facUiti"' transporting, produoing, supplying, storing or dealing in coal or to restrict the supply or distribution of same or to exact excessive prices for coal or to aid or abet In the doing of any such act, you should advise me at oneje by w/re, giving names
of persons and full particulars. ‘Federal fuel administrator has Ts-
wtth increased majorities over Rhea’s gures in th# Tenth and Eleventh. Two proposed constitutional amend
menta will be voted on. One provides for state-wide prohibition and the
' officer who
custody to
other for removal of any off permits a prisoner In his cu bo taken from him by a mob.
ME RIVER, ON RISE, PASSES 2M00T MARK
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rpLcV. Si water up Into Green river ae far as Rumsey, Ky. The Wabash river continues to rise at New Harmony and Grayville. 111.
PUMPKIN PIE CHEAP.
Utica
Benefits From High Water ot Ohio Near Jeffersonville. • l Special to The Indianapolis News]
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind. November L—Utica, aix miles up the Ohio river from here, enjoyed pumpkin pie Sunday and enjoyed it cheap. The pumpkins had been brought down by the river and represented some of the thousands of pumpkins washed away by swiftly rising water above here. The Ohio river Itself, although It has risen, has not made any sudden
sal mm Ik as#
Sr*
river by the swollen waters of its
many tributaries.
Corn shocke came down the river in great quantities and judging by the drift that reached the stretches of the Ohio river from the falls here and many miles up. thousands of dollars’ worth of damage has been done. Potatoes can not be dug and will
prove a loaa, it is feared.
Kentucky Crap Lous Heavy. GREENSBORO. Ky.. November Green river, swollen to flood stage heavy rains, came to a stand today after Inundating a large area and driving scores of families from lowlying -districts to higher ground. Damage has been confined to bottom farm lands with the loss in crops estimated at more than $1,900,000.
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Tleup Complete at Bickuell.
FEDERAL AGENTS , BACK STRIKE ORDER
(Special te The Indianapolis Newel B1CKNSLL. Ind.. November 3.—Not a miner want to work in any of the fourteen mlnea In thla field today exenglnecrs and pumpmen, alhe whistles blew again ami trains made thetr regular » is no indication that a . except the unusual number of men in the streets. Many miners asp turning to their former trades temporarily and others are starting on long deferred trip*.
Answers for Prrafdeut.a Replying for the President, Attor-
ney-General Palmer said:
"Your telegram to
protesting against the action of the government on the ground that It is taken against your just demands for living wag^ is based on a misconception of the facts. The government has not taken sides either for or against the min* owners or the mine workers of their demands in the wage controversy, The law provides that no two persons prior to the proclamation of peace shall agree or arrange with each other to restrict the- output or supply of coal. The government is insisting that this law should be obeyed by both the mine owners and
the mine workers. “The wage —
sued order restoring former prices fixed by fufe! administration and any profiteering in coal should be prompt-
ly proceeded, against."
How long the strike might run, the
tions of an interpretative character. \ that state as still in operation.
Debate on all subjects relating to In Xorfh oakota most of the 1.500
the treaty wouio be limited under],., .. . , ^ . the plan to fifteen-minute speeches, ' ,Rrute miners remained at work,
and the senate would meet an hour | In Utah another confused situation earber than usual each day. j prevailed. The majority of miners Senator King (Utah) introduced a remained at work, it was reported, bereservation providing that the United i cause of conflicting statements that States withholds its assent to the j the strike was off and that it was treaty’s labor provisions and “de- i not off. At least 1.000. however, had
cllnes to participate" In the Interna- ■ struck. It appeared.
tional labor conference because vital Colorado’s mining districts were American domestic Questions are af- I largely closed down, although the fected. | Colorado Fuel and Iron Company re-
:— ‘ ported five mines In operation.
Roports said that only *00 of the
AWAIT INJUNCTION RULING.
, guard stripping company property as rapidly as men can be found.
Mlse Officials Hold Up Flans for Unioatsimir Nonaaion Workers. PITTSBURG. November 3—No effort will be made by the United Mine Workers of America to have nonunion miners in the Pittsburg field join in the strike until after the in-
Coatiaur on Strike.
PITTSBURG, Kas., November 3.— Reports t/> union headquarters here indicated that miners in the Kansas coal fields were continuing on strike.
100 per cent stroirg.,,
There was talk of a "Governors’
junction proceedings in Indianapolis i conference” to discuss the strike have been disposed of. according to J when Governor IV. L_ Harding visits
union officials here todaj
j Kansas City during the week. It wjm
There is nothing to £e gained by j reported that Governors" of"kisaouri.
such a movement now. said an of- Kansas and Oklahoma would be in
ficiat discussing the situation, "and vited to be present, we prefer to let matters go as they i _ are for the present.”, , Reports from the district, as well ►rw at Work in Colorado.
as from other parts of western and DENVER, November 3 —Coal mines
central Pennsylvania, showed
change in the situation. Union mines. nued
closed down generally
ft was said, were closed, while work throughout Colorado today, with only
generally had been resumed in non-
union mine*
"Stripping” operations, where the coal is taken out by steam shovels, also were carried on and every possible effort was being made by railroads to provide empty cars in order that as much coal as possible might
be moved.
mines under union contract at work and sijf Colorado Fuel and Iron Com-' pany mines operated under troop protection. Forces of 25 to 50 per cent, of normal were at work in these six mine* Militia officers denied the request of union leaders that the troops be withdrawn from the mining camps.
ALL OUT IN IOWA.
Twenty Thousand Reported Out.
Operators Make No Attempt to Reopen Coal Mine* of State.
DES MOINES. Ia.. November 3.—The miners’ strike in Iowa continued ”100 per cent, effective." union leaders said today. Operators issued no statement but previously indicated that they would make no attempt to reopen the mines while the strike is in effect. The pinch of a fuel shortage was felt In the small towns of the state today. At Indianaola. schools, movie* lodges and public buildings were closed. Appeals for fuel were sent out by a score or more towns in the state. These requests have been referred to the railroad administration.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. November 3.— More than 20.000 miners are now on strike in Tennessee-Kentucky coal fields, according to union leaders, who estimated today that 2,000 nonunion miners had joined the strike. Only one large mine In the district, that of the Black Mountain Coal Company 'at Harlan, Ky., \vas_reported in operation. Federal troops.are here ready for any emergency in the coat- fields, but no trouble has been reported.
Strike Hits Hail Traffic.
NO BREAK IN MARYLAND.
Anion Venders Report Every Wine In District Closed.
READING. Pa.. November S.—Because ot the suspension of mining In the bituminous fields, the traffic on the Lebanon Valley branch of the Reading Railway Company has dropped at least 70 per cent. In the last forty-eight hours. The branch handled from 1,500 to 2,000 cars ot bituminous daily. This traffic has_ ceased. Hundreds of trainmen are affected.
ASSAILS EDGE BILL.
T>r C a>n» n » * possibility of mediation, and a check-
up of the nation’s available supply of
controversy can be
settled without concert of action to
stop the output of the mines, and the government stand* ready now. as it has steadily in the past, to do everything in its power to facilitate an inquiry into the merits of the controversy, but in the meantime the law must be enforced and combinations to stop production can not be toler-
Cabinet to Take It Up. Secretary of the Interior Lane today said that at the next session of the cabinet he would call attention to the engineers' proposal for appointment by the government of a commission to deal with the coal strike and the general industrial situation. \ weekly meeting of the committee is scheduled for tomorrow. The secretary Said that he regarded the proposal as an indorsement of the offer made by President Wilson to the miners to submit their demands to a commission to be appointed by him. The brotherhoods' proposition will have the support of practically all cabinet officers, according to the first reaction to the suggestion. The brotherhoods had long conferences with Attorney-General Palmer and Samuel Gompers before making public their proposals. A number of senators are expected to line up behind it. Several have been making suggestions In the same direction as the raHroad men.
Nonunion Mines Working.
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the operators. They said the demands qf the Cleveland convention had been treated as an ultimatum, whereas they were open to negotiation.
PROTEST COURT ACTION.
Socialist* at Anderson Speak Against Restraining Order.
Knox Oonnty Miners Idle.
(Sp^riai to The IndtaMpolte New.] VINCENNES, Ind., November 3.-
No change was reported today in the coal strike situation in the Knox county field, where union miners are 100 per cent, behind the strike order.
109 per cent, behind the strike order. The National Rolling Mill, employing about $00 men using more coal than
any other plant In the city, ha* ceased operations until the conditions change, having only one car of coal on the track when the strike became
effective. Cv '
Na Change In Pike County. (Speetn) to The Indianapolis News] PETERSBURG, Ind., November 3.-r-No change was noted in the coal mine strike situation here today. The pine whistles blew for work this morning, but no one responded. The •trlketn are quiet and no trouble of any kind Is anticipated in Pike county. No effort at this time will he made to shut down the small country mines, supplying coal to this city.
(Special to Th* Indianapolis News] ANDERSON. Ind.. November 3.—
The regular Sunday night meeting qf the red card faction of Socialists In Anderson attracted more persons than the usual number at the Socialtts' hall last night because it had been advertised as a “big protest meeting, come out and show you are against government by injunction.” The principal speakers were Joseph Zimmerman, of Anderson, formerly a Socialist leader at South Bend, and William W. Farmer, also of Anderson, the Socialist nominee for Governor of
Indiana in the last state election. They condemned the restraining
order issued by Judge A. B. Anderson at Indianapolis In the coal strike
Nonunion mines in Pennsylvania and West Virginia were working full time today, according to reports to the W’ashington office of the operators. At some points in those states the miners were trying to get out more than the normal day’s production. In the Pennsylvania nonunion fields, including Greensburg, Irwin, Connellsville and Ligonier, all mines were reported in full operation. There was no change in the situation around Pittsburg. Nonunion men in the West Virginia fields, embracing Pocahontas. Tug river. Winding Gulf. Logan and Williamson. “went to work with their shirts off,” messages said. In the hope of getting out more coal than was mined in any single day last week. Workers In the Fairmont (W. Va.) fields, whose output Saturday was twenty-four cars, sought today to beat that mark. First reports from the central competitive fields—Ohio. Utinoik, Indiana and western Pennsylvania, showed that ail union miners were out. Detailed reports on the situation in all fields were coming in to the war department today, but so far nothing indicating that there might be disorders had been received. The. troops were still being held at strategic cen-| ters. Talk of a general strike*of all unions as a protest against the government’s Indianapolis injunction directed at the mine strike leaders, was discounted. Agents of the department of justice were busy today in all mine districts, as well as in practically every big city in the United States, watching for evidences of attempts to profiteer on the part of dealers as well as activities of the strikers.
Kin*r Say* Export Measure I* Barked by "Money-Mnking Contingent." WASHINGTON. November 3.-
4.800 miners
struck.
in New Mexico had
llig Territory I«le. Elsewhere, generally, especially in
coal, with the winter demand for fuel increasing, were the principal questions to engage attention of cabinet members. Some of the stock reports were more encouraging, and with continued operation of: nonunion mines, it was said that the supply
would meet current needs.
Charging that the "money-making j the k reat bituminous fields of Penncontingent” was behind* the measure, , y * van * a ' " est Virginia. Ohio. Indiana
and Illinois, which are operated by
111.) at-
I.nrge Volume on Railroad*. vast volume of coal, the last
taken from the mines before the men quit work, was moving Saturday, with the railroad administration putting forth every effort to distribute it to districts where most needed after looking after its own immediate requirements f ‘ Telegram* From Governor*. Telegrams were received at the department of Justice from many states, commending the stand of the government. Governor A. H. Roberts, of Tennessee, telegraphed: “Tennessee will stand solidly with you in all your efforts to maintain order and protect life, liberty and
property.”
From Denver, ~overnor Oliver H. Shoup, of Colorado, telegraphed: "People of Colorado heartily approve the action taken by President Wilson and Attorney-General Palmer. National guard of Colorado already mobilized for protection of life and
liberty-’’
The legal department of the state of Texas, through C. M. Cureton, at-torney-general. offered to assist the federal agencies in “any action per-
mitted by law.”
Commendation for Mr. Palmer's
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Representative King (Rep
tacked the Edge bill for export financing in the house today, characterizing it as "an admirable example of lobbying and bureaucratic legisla-
tion."
*If there is a wild rumor that oil has been found in Armenia,” he said,
"that will be sufficient for the organ-* equ,pment - ization and promotion by these so- ' T *^“
called investment bankers of hundreds of companies, the sale of whose stocks and bonds they will promote. If a craze for Siberian gold overcomes us. those who are taken care of in this bill will see to it that the stock of the Siberian gold company gets a fair chance in America. “This bill means the threatened destruction of American industries, the pauperization of American labor and the certain coming of a national orgy
of stock speculation.”
CUMBERLAND, Md., November J.— No miners reported for work In this district this morfling, according to the union leaders, who said that every mine in the Georges creek and upper Potomac fields, employing about 8,000 miners, was closed and that there was no sign of a break. Men have been detailed, howevef. to protect mining property by keeping the pumps working Mid by pillaring.
union miners, the strike apparently was fully effective. The mines generally were closed except for such men as the union permitted to remain to care for machinery and other
Vast quantities of coal are held on railroad sidings in this region and are being inventoried for the fuel administration. It is said in railroad circles that 6,000 car* of coal are sidetracked between Cumberland and
Connellsville, Pa.
The war department, it became known, had ordered the O’Gara mine, near Springfield. 111., which supplies Camp Grant at Rockford. 111., with coal, to continue operation. The company was unable to comply, as the miners remained away from the
mines.
TO INVITE MINERS TO WORK.
Operator* in West VlrglaUi Meet at CharleNton Tuesday.
STATE-WIDE STRIKE FAVORED.
Action of Special Convcattom of Pcaa-
»ylv*“4« Federation of Labor.
RATE BILL TO PRESIDENT.
Senate Adopt*.. Mea*nre Restoring Prewar Powers of Commi*«ion.
stand against "anarchy and Bolshe-
sei «•**** <r*re* cs ANTf
vism” was expressed in a resolution adopted by the Chamber of Commerce of Memphis, Tenn. Other telegrams were said to be of a similar trend, but were not given out because they contained some confiden-
tial information.
WASHINGTON, November 3.—The conference report on the bill restoring the prewar rate-making powers of the interstate commerce commission was adopted today by the senate. The measure now goes to the President. Some advdhates of the legislation would not be surprised if he vetoes the bill because of the delay in enacting permanent railroad legislation. By a margin of one vote the house interstate commerce committee today eliminated from the subcommittee draft of the Railroad bill the provision extending the authority of the interstate commerce commisison over coastwise and in international water carriers. Advocates of the legislation said an effort to restore the provision would be made.
PITTSBURG. November 3.—-A resolution recommending a state-wide strike of organized labor as a last resort in the union’s fight for "free speech, free press and free assembly" was adopted by the special convention of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, in session here yesterday. Follovins the vote on the resolution it was said that only two of the 606 delegates l^ad cast negative ballots. Under the resolution the executive council of the State Federation is instructed "to issue a call for a statewide strike when in its judgment it is necessary to compel respect for law and the restoration of liberty as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Pennsylvania.” Governor WillilLm C. Sproul was asked to call a special
legislature to act --
HUNTINGTON. W. Va, November 3.—Coal operators In districts affected by the strike will meet Tuesday In Charleston and publicly invite strikers to resume work, it was announced
here today.
Early reports today from West Virginia coal fields show that the Guyan and Pocahontas mines were runntn
ana pocanontas mines were running normally with approximately 20,000 men at work. The Kanawha river
Lignite .Miners Return. MIN KOTA, N. o' November 3.— Lignite miners In the Burlington IN. D), area returned to their work today after being on strike one day. It developed that the Burlington local failed to receive notice that North Dakota lignite miners should stay on the job.
Troop* for Strike Duty. EL PACO, Tex. t November 3.—Orders were issued from headquarters of the El Pash military district at noon today for one- squadron of the 12th United States cavalry, less one troop, and two companies of the 14th infantry, to proceed at once to Colfax, N. M, for strike duty.
PeimnylvanlH Men at Work. HARRISBURG, Pa, November 3. — Reports received at departments of the state government from the coal region indicated that many men were at w'ork in the greater nart of Put Fayette and Westmoreland county fields and that everything was quiet.
A
fields were reported closed early to
day.
Operators said that all production records would be broken in the Logan field today.
SAYS ALL OHIO MINES ARE DOWN.
Operators’ Representative Declare* No Operating Effort Will Be Made. COLUMBUS, November 3.—Coal mines of Ohio employing 40,000 union miners are closed and no attempt will be made to operate them until some agreement Is reached and the
PALMER REJECTS PLAN FOR SUPPLY AND DEMAND PRICE.
session of the legislature to act as an Impeachment tribunal against public officials who are accused bjr the ] union of violating their oaths of
| office. ,
Right to Call Strike.
strikers return to work, according to W. D. McKinney, secretary of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange, the operators’ organization. McKinney said that so 'ar as he knew every
miner in Ohio was on strike. He was of the opinion that an in-
sufficient number of nonunion men, with mining experience, could be mustered to have any appreciable
effect on the situation.
Attorney-General Answer* New York Wholesalers That Government Will Aid Only the Public.
WASHINGTON. November 3.—Suggestion from the Wholesale Coal Trade Association of New York that the government should not fix a maximum price for coal or interfere with the normal course of supply and demand during the strike brought from Attorney-General Palmer yesterday the vigorous assertion that he would take the same action against persons enhancing prices as was taken against the union officers. “The action of the government was taken solely In the general public's interest.” Mr. Palmer declared, “and I shall not permit it to be used directly or indirectly for the benefit of the employers* side of the controversy.” W. A. Marshall, president of the association, wrote Mr. Palmer, recommending that protection be given to miners who wish to work, and that -coal consumers be permitted to obtain fuel through the usual, normal channels.
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Meeting the Emergency.
Await Final Report*.
He asserted that with adequate protetcion enough coal would be produced to meet the emergency, that fixing a maximum price would curtail the operators’ ability to meet abnormal production costs caused by the strike and discourage their efforts to continue work; that priority lists would overstock certain con-
and men alike have taken a deep interest In the Red Cross and in this campaign for members, and I am sure that I am safe in pledging 30,000 memberships as their part in the work.” Recruiting officers of the army, navy and marine corps in this city have informed the campaign management that they will permit their men stationed here in the recruiting service to give their time to soliciting Red Cross memberships while the drive is in progress. The men will appear in uniform while carrying on this work. Announcement has been made of the quotas for the wards in the city, these figures representing the number of members which each ward is expected to turn in. The list is as follows: First ward, 6,600; Second, 6.000; 'Third, 5,000; Fourth, 12,000; Fifth, 2.500; Sixth. 2,500; Seventh, 4.000; Eighth. 3,500; Ninth, 10.000; Tenth, 6.000; Eleventh. 4,000; Twelfth, 2,000; Thirteenth, 5,000; Fourteenth. 3,000; Fifteenth, 3,500.
The right of the State I deration to call the strike was questioned by a number of delegates, but James H. Maurer, president told the convention that when “we decide we have to fight whether the American Federatoon of Labor or the different inter-
FULL CREwil AT WORK.
No Sign* of Strike In Three Kentucky • Conn ties.
national unions concur, we are going to fight.” He added that he 'did not
1 f 1
anticipate opposition of the proposed walkout from the international
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he expected “their
ARMY OFFICER ENDS LIFE.
unions, but said hearty support.”
Other resolutions passed by the convention urged that the railroad men. miners and steel workers pool their forces and refuse to make any settlements that do not include the three unions; ordered the taking of a referendum vote of the different crafts in Pennsylvania on th* question of forming a labor party; demanded amnesty for persons imprisoned under the espionage act and urged the repeal of the law; recommended the release of alleged Hindoo revolutionists held in jails of the United States; opposed the Cumipins anti-strike legislation, and denounced the Sterling bill "which ostensibly aims to punish with heavy penalties any advocacy of a change of government by violence or violent resistance to government authority, but which may be really construed, as was the espionage act, to apply to any vehement protest against existing condi-
tions.”
The convention, prior to final adjournment, extended its moral and financial support to striking coal
miners
PADUCAH. Ky., November 3.—Full crews were at work today in mines In the West Kentucky coal field composed of Hopkins, Webster, and Christian counties,' and with plenty of cars on hand, a good output was expected. No signs of the strike threat was apparent in any of the mines. Illinois Central railroad here under administration orders began holding up delivery of all coal to the city yesterday, it being retained in the railroad yards.
AGREE ON WAGE SCALE.
ZaaeavIUe <0.) Wagoa Miner* Ask Authority to Return te Work. COLUMBUS, O., November 3.—Sixty wagon coal miners in the Zanesville district were reported to have reached an agreement on a new wage scale, which gives them a 50 per cent, increase in wages. No change in hours was announced. The Zanesville union has wired national headquarters at Indiahapolis for authority to return to work, but has received no response and it is regarded- likely that the mines will remain closed, union officials say.
Cadet Commandant at St. John’s College, III., Shoot* Himself.
CONFERENCE CALLED.
Acfloa Against Government.
and had considei^ble to say about
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worth while citizens will help to keep liberty alive” and they also said that "the eves of the men who work are upon the men who dig the coal.” In addition to emphatic protest against federal Injunctions so far as they concern labor, the speakers made a plea for Socialism as a remedy
for unrest.
The government’s next move in the effort to keep the country supplied with fuel will depend on what happens in the coal fields. Attorney-Gen-eral Palmer and his associates were cheered yesterday by confidential reports which were said to show a tendency in some districts to call off the strike. Some locals were asserted to be making effort* to this end. In other places, iusuwer, the miners -were reported apparently determined ' to stay out until their demands were
granted.
In a general way the confidential reports were along the same lines as press . dispatches showing that the
sumers and permit others to go without. and that the fuel control act could be used to prevent attempts at profiteering. "I am in receipt of your letter and am amazed by its contents,” the at-torney-general replied. “While, of course, proper protection will be given to all miners who are willing to continue at work, it must be perfectly plain to you that even under such conditions the supply of coal must be far from normaL Your proposition amounts, in effect, to a declaration that coal dealers should be permitted to take advantage of these abnormal conditions and have their prices based entirely upon the law of supply and demand which is only another way of saying that thev should be permitted to charge the public whatever they please.
Demand Will Increase.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.. November 3.— Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Elliott, commandant of cadets at St. John's College, this city, committed suicide Sunday afternoon by shooting himself in the head. He had been in ill nealth some time. In the morning he wired for his brother, Richard Elliott. at Atlantic City, who arrived shortly after the body was found. The body will be sent to Woodlawn, N. for burial. Lieutenant Colonel Elliott was a native of New York city and entered the service just before the Spanish-American war. being commissioned from the ranks in 1900 as a first lieutenant in the 8th cavalry. He was made a captain when placed at the head of the military department of St. Johns and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel after the outbreak of the war. He was married, but had been divorced for several years. He is survived by three sons.
When the subject of extending mor- | a! and financial support to striking i coal miners wac brought up, Francis ' Feehan. supervising inspector of the I Pittsburg district of the state de1 partment of labor and industry, j j voiced h's opposition to it. Speakin? , I as an individual, and not as a dele- j ! gate. Mr. Feehan declared that in- j dorsemeiyt of the proposal by the con- j vention would be an action against; the government. “This resolution is ! ' a violation of the federal court in- j i junctions against the coal strike and commits this body to violation of the I restraining order issued against the i strike," he said. “As a member of
Oklahoma Operator* and Conaril of Defea*e to Dlscmma Fuel Situation.
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Ecuador, concerning the status of Mexico. It was announced that Chile had withdrawn its support from the Ellzalde motion because Mexico/had not made a direct request for ad-
mission.
Edmund Bernatowlcz, Polish labor delegate, explained that he had not voted on the admission of Germany and Austria. He could not vote for them conscientiously, he said, and
would not vote against their particl
pation, as it was necessary to bind them to the same action as the other
countries.
Dissatisfied with the present basis of representation In the international conference, the labor group delegates decided Baturday to make an efiort to throw out the votes of all countries which have not sent worker delegates and are represented only by governmental appointees. More than ten Latln-Amerfcan countries as well as China, Roumania and Siam, have not sent labor delegates, and are represented by a diplomatic officer stationed In this country. The labor delegate* say that these delegates are not acquainted intimately with conditions in their home country and not qualified to represent them. Can** of Grievance.
The grievance goes back to the provisions of the Versailles treaty which gave the government two dejegatesi employers one and labor one. At the Amsterdam meeting of the International Federation of Trade Unions, which will hold Its second meeting on the arrival of German and Austrian delegates, the demand was made that the government delegation in each case be reduced to
one.
The raising of this issue blocked the program of the conference to take up today the question of an tight-hour day and forty-eight-hour week. The commission on selection, which is the conference steering committee, was unable to agree on procedure to handle the problems and the entire matter probably will come before the conference this week. Some delegates favored referring the question to representation to a com-
mittee to prepare a plan for reorganization of the conference.
Committee* Named.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. November 3.—Preparations were going forward today for a meeting of the state council of defense with Dorset Carter, president of the Oklahoma Coal Operators Association, to make plans for handling the fuel situation. The number of nonunion miners who remain at work in Oklahoma is 175. according to information from District 21, United Mine Workers of America. The union claims 7,946 miners are on strike in Oklahoma.
The conference hall took on an international aspect when each country’s place at the long tables was identified by a flag of that nation,' but the German and Austrian designs will be excluded, due to legislation prohibiting the display of enemy
I colors
The commission on selection Saturday named a committee on the admission of new countries, which will have to take up the question of Finland and Mexico. Its members are: Government — Arthur Fontaine. France, and Newton W. Rowell, Canada; employers—Mr. Coliinet, France,
and Marcel Fraipont, Belgium; labor
del
Samuel Gompers, president of the I American Federation of Labou(N. M. I Joshi, of India, will act in his stead until the United States is represented
HOVE TO END STRIKE.
officially), and Gino Baldest, of Italy. The following committee on s tan ti-
the United Mine Workers I have made many sacrifices in its behalf, as a coal miner and as an official rut I
Wyoming Operators and Miners at Meeting Arranged by Governor.
am opposed to the ndicy of the present officials of the United Mine Work-
r ric.e,
union miners, almost to a man. had quit, while in the nonunion mines work went on without apparent in-
terruption.
G. A. R. Commend* Government.
Snlltvan Miners Tom to Hanting. (Sped*! to The IndianapolU News] SULLIVAN. Ind., November 3.—A rush ora* made on the county clerk's office today by coal miners desiring Ing licenses, now that Hie inin»s ara closed by the strike. Thero is no change In the situation m Sullivan >ly local trade. In some of the
(Special to The IndianapolU News] ANDERSON. Ind.. November 3.— Major May post. Grand Army of the Republic, of Anderson, has indorsed resolutions commending the government for Its stand in the coal strike and pledging whatever support possible. The post ordered the resolutions forwarded to Washington and they were telegraphed to Albert H. Vestal, representative from the Eighth district of Indiana.
Told to Watch for Conspiracy. Attorney-General Palmer’s instructions to district attorneys to watch” sharply for the first evidence of conspiracy to restrict the output of coail or profiteering was taken to mean that the department of justice was preparing to open war on agitators who might invade the attempt of those miners willing ^to return to
their old jobs. With all strike bene
fits cut off
_ by the court, officials believe that the miners, or a large number of them, will go back to work.
•The demand for fuel will be constantly increasing and with the supply decreasing, unless there is government regulation, price- charged to the public will be outrageous and the profits accruing to dealers unconscionable. You ought to be quite as willing as other citizens to cooperate in the general puhiic welfare in this emergency, even to the ex-
tent of sacrificing profits.
‘The action of the government in restraining the officers of the mice workers’ union from furthering the strike order already issued, was taken solely in the general public interest and I shall not permit it to be used directly or indirectly for the benefit
of the employers’ side of the contro-
If any advantage shall he
versy.
NEW YORK, November 3.—Lieu-tenant-colonel Duncan Elliott, who committed suicide in Annapolis, was prominent in New York society. More than twenty-five years ago he married Miss Sallie Hargous, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis S.- Hargous. of this city, a famous belie, who after obtaining a divorce was married in 1905 to’Captain Woodbury Kane, another leader of the "four hundred” who served with the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war. Captain Kane died a few months after his marriage and hi* widow was married in England in 1912 to Captain Douglas Howard Gill, of the Royal Field Artillery, son of the Rev. Thomas Howard Gill, at one time chaplain of the British embassy in Paris.
ers of America and their defiance of; j the government. As between the j United Mine Workers and the govern- * ment I stand with the government.” ‘ Feehan was formerly president of district No. 5, United Mine Workers
of America.
Subscriptions to a $500,000 fund for establishing a labor daily newspaper for Pennsylvania were opened at the meeting by President Maurer, who announced that loan shares at $10 would be issued.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 3.Representatives of Wyoming coal operators and miners met here today in an effort to end the strike in Wyoming. The meeting was arranged by Governor Carey. Before the meeting Governor Carey said he was “very hopeful” that the strike In Wyoming would be settled "by tomorrow night or Wednesday morning at the latest.”
ing orders was named: GovernmentCount de Eza, Spain; M. Keshaw, India; E. Mahaim, Belgium. , Employers—Mr. Goineau, France; Dr. Miall, Great Britain; Mr. Verkade. Holland. Labor—Conrad Ilg7 Switzerland; Mr. Tayerle, Czecho-Siovakia,
and P. M. Draper, Canada.
ADVISED TO OBEY LAW.
Roumanian Citizen* Hear Addre** by George Talpau, a Countryman.
ILLINOIS MINES IDLE.
Operators and Miner** President Agree on Report* From Over State. SPRINGFIELD, I1L, November *.— Both Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois district of the United Mine Workers of America and mine
No Change In Michigan.
EAST SAGINAW. Mich., November 3.—No change In the coal strike situation In the Michigan district was apparent at the customary opening hour today, according to union of-
Indianapolls citizens of Roumanian descent were advised to obey the laws of their country, refuse to listen to labor agitators and to take no part In any strike or labor troubles by George Talpau. of the Roumanian
ficials and operators. Both sides ex
th® belief the 2,400 men out
pressed the in Michigan would not return to work until a settlement had been ef-
fected.
The operators declare the matter has passed beyond them and is now
marine, who spoke Sunday night to
‘mbers of local Roumanian
1,500 members ■ . .. societies at the Foreigners House. Mr. Talpau urged his countrymen to
avoid engaging In any sort of Bolshevist movemet. He appealed for tha sunnort of the Red Cross campaign, telling of Its good work in Roumania,
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