Show i W L LJ I I Ir T J X 7 i e l rg VI Gl S 0 ne 5 C LOa a 1 I fJ V- V NM NI flEADY lAU FOR fOn A nN p Ops on 11 al Fields e While 90 I th s 6 n C oal 1 py Associated Press Pren WAHiNGTON Nov 1 President 1 i ilo was urged in a resolution in in- Deduced today by Representative flaer Rep North North- Dakota to take on of bituminous coal mines fid cr negotiate voluntary agreements ri Jit piti the workers so as to insure irrupted mining of coal and nd guaran guaran- t te Interests of and mir mia mi mi- a r rs during the period of emergency j Nov Miners must matte the next 0 0 in fl the soft coal strike was C on toda today oP of government I I J The he strike was ws a reality c lt today od e even w gh directing of 01 th the United I I HI in Ine no Workers of ot America were reg re re- g n from activity hr b y- y federal tJ urt Injunction Government W- W a t Ii als awaited reports as as to the ex ex- J of ot the for upon tills retted rested the thc future course course i go government i report Slow that any con- con of ot miners desire to work worl th government was I ep pre ared to furnish then them protection uld disorders occur the govern- govern l was ready read with all the thel poll police e ef f Et Etwas I s at ct Its Us disposal to lU put them I n. n READY Juf the governments government's activities r not a In the coal fields fielda prices for bituminous c l to fa meet wars war's necessity r again In effect Priority of or orM M i baaed in part on the I r was In operations operation l I 1 fill i steps ps to protect miners who I std to heed the call of of 01 union Ati j v to preserve peace in tho tho bl- bl i fields and to lessen in so 80 s as possible the suffering of or the theli I li c i and the disruption of ot Indus- Indus 11 II to io such a strike had hadin a in taken talen Nothing more vm beP bo ho P by ty the government SO officials in in- 1 until a way was shown hown h by strikers themselves For hat rca rea- l were Vero not not prepared to to fUir us tho the governments government cour course e. e oth- oth hati has been outlined I i. t MER JER EXPLAINS i to to- l labor bor leaders the I proceedings Instituted n yes yes- s- s sI I m ay Attorney General Palmer almer said have have been opposed undo cud the and the adI ad ad- I has been oppose opposed to bv i lent nt by injunction whereby orn ornery om- om er cr ery might use tho the processes of or orco courts co on op an ex parte hearing to their Into lii Is the government government Itself us- us 1 its own courts to protect lt itself I pj j paralysis I r JPE PE OF ORDER I t Q Is not an Injunction obtained I employers Mr Palmer said not notI I the he benefit of the employers ot fettle cLUe etUe the controversy but t to save daye aye I p people ople of the entire country countr from ter it affect the rIght roan man to wor work when ho he pleases ses r this connection ho he explained the Ithe petition for tor injunction as red ired by the government seeks Restrain estrain the officers of the United from front doing anything of or the strike order I the Injunction Is obeyed Mr r said and 0 it goes without t g that th the law must be obeyed f I the direction of the J from om above and leaves Jea tp p tho thor r perfect c tn dom to work worle or 01 not Continued on page pac 2 2 I GOVERNMENT READY Continued from page pare 1 1 as they see fit tit No strike can go on without direction CAN PUNISH VIOLATORS If the injunction is disobeyed the court can act on its o own initiative to punish violators Mr Ir Palmer declared the next step depends on what happens The attorney general told the railroad railroad rail rail- I road union chiefs as w welt well as Samuel SamuelI Gompers president of the the- American I Federation of ot Labor with whom he heI conferred after atler the meeting with the I railroad men that he did not believe k It would be necessary to use lisa any other power than the courts to protect protect protect pro pro- the government I COAL Enforcement nt of the coal diversion I order issued yesterday by Fuel Administrator Ad Ad- Garfield will be In the hands of regional coal committees to toI tobe tobe be set up in eight cities by regional directors directors di- di I r rectors of the railroad administration These committees will work under a central committee in Washington I Director General HInes limes announced today that in coal for tor commercial commer cial purposes the committees would I give preference to consumers without a a. reserve supply whose needs are urgent ent Each regional committee will include a representative of ot Dr Garfield The cities in which these committees will willbe willbe be set up are New ew York Boston Phil Phil- adelphia Cleveland Pittsburg StLouis St St. Louis Chicago and Atlanta |