Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-02 | Page 2 | 90,000 Miners are Idle in Illinois Farrington Says

90,000 MINERS ARE IDLE IN ILLINOIS, FARRINGTON SAYS SPRINGFIELD. HI- N"v. 1. Saturday, the first dav of tho strike of soft coal miners, passed quietly In Illinois, where approximately 90.000 mine workers are idle, according to Frank Farrington. president presi-dent of the Illinois district. "The strike order has been universally obeved in this statu. Farrington said to-uiKht to-uiKht after receiving additional reports from southern Illinois fields. There were few developments In the course of the day. Among them was preparation for a meeting here Monday of members of the executive board of the Illinois district, summoned by President Farrington before tho restraining order of Judge Anderson was Issued at Indianapolis. Indian-apolis. The meeting originally was for the purpose of perfecting strike plans. The call for the meeting, it was understood, under-stood, has not been rescinded. A new element of the strike was the acknowledgment by the management of tho O'Gara mine near Springfield, that an order had been received from the office of the quartermaster general of the United States army directing that the mine, which is engaged in furnishing coal for Camp Grant. Uockford, continue to fulfill Its contracts. The mine officials were confronted by a difficult problem. John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, was expected ex-pected to spend the week-end at his home here.