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Show Si JURY IIIHifilES ! Federal Body at Indian-j Indian-j apolis Inquiring Into I Alleged Violation of i U. S. Antitrust Laws. j Miners, Operators and Dealers Under Investi-j Investi-j gation ; Judge Ander- son Makes Orders. TNidAXApMLtS, lud.. i -ec. J7. Members Mem-bers of tin? sp.eial trraral jury summoned by Failed Stales lustrict Judgo A. Th Anderson during tho Cal miners' strike, today reported to the r0urt to begin their investigation of nib-ted violation of unii-tru. unii-tru. t laws and the l '"r fuel control act by coal miners, opi ra tors c ml dealers. Several witne-s-'S have been subpoenaed, ami. it was stated, tho Inquiry will be pu.-h-"d i;s rapidly as possible. Jei rmianlion to conduct the investigation investiga-tion re --U lied from cluirges that opoj-aior.s hatl entered a conspiracy to limit the production pro-duction of coal, and that they wore Joined in a similar conspiracy by seme of the nnncrs. At lornoys for tho government have stated that tho grand jury's investigation investi-gation wiil not be confined to Indiana, but v ill be nation-wide in ii s scope. Tt v. as pointed on that, in eonpir;ioy cases, wit no.-'-e.s may be Mini mo nod from any I section of the country wlihout regard to j fedora I court uis trie h-a. j Judge Anderson's ehrrge to the jury j was loiigthy, and in concluding, he said: j "1 x't your investigation in all these I matters be thorough and searching, and lot your conclusions be a full answer to la question which has been uppermost in ' the minds of our citizens for the past few weeks: That is, whether the United j Stub:.-: government or a p,roup of in en ; -dcill ruie this conn'ry. and whether we ' -hrdl be governed by law or force.' I JURY INSTRUCTED I5Y JUDGE ANDERSON. Judge Anderson instruettd tiie juiy to investigate charges that the mine owners not only eon so ire d a mong t hems.n ves to limit tho production of coal, but they conspired with the minors themselves. Stress was lnld on tho failure of the miners to re! urn to work wdien the order calling the strike of miners was rescinded re-scinded by international officers of the union by direction of the court. Judge Anderson crdiod attention lo the system in fi'tct in practically all mines whereby tho miners' union dues nre hold fjoni their pay and turned over to tho (union by the operators. lie also pointed j to charges that since the passage of trie j Lever act tho mine owner's have made 1 enouch profits and tha t t iie.se profits hao hten made by handling the business, in certain particulars, in violation of the Lever act. I The charges quote from a speech made in tho house by representatives on Ucto-! Ucto-! ber -!'. in which it was declared that 'union miners, by Joint conferences wi th 'operators, had reached an agreement that the usu;i methods of organised labor, be ! utilized to (K stroy non-union competition. QUOTE WORDS OF UNION'S LEADER. The same speech, he said, quoted John L. Twis. acting president of the Urdu-d Mine Workers, when attending- one of the joint conferences, as saying- that, as he understood the purpose of the meeting, it was to wipe out competition "between us as mine-:-! first, next, for the purpose of witling out competition as between operators oper-ators in these four states (Indiana. Ohio, UMnuis Mud weslern Pennsylvania! and then, if I underspind the real purpose pur-pose of thin movement, ii is that wo will jointly declare war on every man outside out-side this compel i ti e field, who will do anything in any way endangering; the peace that exists between us." "On the face of it," Judge Anderson declared, de-clared, "this Is a diroot. admission by .Mr-. Lewis that, the charge of an unlawful combination between the mine workers and tho operators is true." Several witnesses, among them operators, opera-tors, had already been summoned to appear-, and indications were that tiie operators oper-ators would be the first of the two main groups of alleged viola tors under Investigation. ! PALMER TO APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE PROBING SETTLEMENT "WASIIIXUTOX, JJee. 17. Attorney Clou oral Pidniet- will appen r lief ore the senate committee investiuuit ing the coal sit uat ion Friday or Sat urda y. Cha trmnn j rYehnghuysori announced tonight. Tho attorney general, it -was Indicated, will be asked to explain tho basis of th-1 age lent which finally ended the strike of bituminous miners and caused tiie ios-ignat'on ios-ignat'on of former Find Administrator (Continued ou Page 2, Column 2.) GRU JURY STARTS FEDERAL COIL PROBE j (Continued From Page One.) Oarf'ifld. Mr. I'alim-r, it was said tonight at the d'-parlm-'iit of justi'-e, would leave ChiraL-o hit'- toiMKht f..r W'a sh i 1 1 jj, to n . J. W. hawson, an e.'iert on coal production produc-tion and coms, who was the nidv witness heard today by tiie s-J.iitc committee, .-x-pr.-ssed the belief that the present wacs pa id m i tiers were sufficie n t, and that "any increases granted them must t-ventu-aiiy come from t lie public's pocket." "( 'oa I opera t ors are not making big profits this year," Mr. Dawson said, "and iu my opinion, I hey can not entirely absorb ab-sorb the 11 per ff nt increase which the govern men t lias already allowed." Took Host Method. Sena tor Krelinghuysen asked the wit- ; ness to suggest a method of avoiding na- j tion-wide strikes such as that just ended. "J 'resident W ilson and A tlorney Gen- i eral 1 'a liner took the best method when 1 they started out to make the miners' ! union ob y the lx-ver law and call off the j strike," Dawson replied. "bmt later they reversed that position," Senator l-'relingluiysen interjected. "Unfortunat .ly, yes,'' responded Dawson. Daw-son. The United Mine Workers' union collects col-lects annualiy $11,000,000 in dues, Gates told the committee, and ought to be held responsible for contracts. "Yon can't have collective bargaining unless both men and employers can be made to live up to their contracts," he added. CONVENTION PLANS ARE IN ABEYANCE, LEWIS ASSERTS INDIA XAPOUS. Dec. 1 7. Acting President Pres-ident John 1,. lcwis of the United Mine Workers, tonierht stated that it hJ not I yet been determined just when or where I t he general convention of mine workers to be called soon would be held. It was decided at a mooting of the genera! committee com-mittee of the miners last week to call such a convention to explain to the 2100 delegates from the locals of the union t he reasons for the action taken by the commit Lee in accepting the president's proposal for ending the strike. 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