Show i I i e La Follette Follette A r on Treaty Fails 01 r. r 1 r re 1 r t rI r lJ lJ lJ lJ LJ lJ I I STRIKE DECLARED TO PE BE IN VIOLA VIOLATION TION OF LA LAW W r t r 1 rI r 1 r oI INJUNCTION TI N NH ORDER H R T TO STAND STANO STANDS STANDS' S' S Government Will Refuse to Dismiss Action of ol 1 Court Despite Chance to Settle D Dispute i s put C Nov 1 5 W The Tile government I acct accept ll t t the thep P q 9 astl LQ f tir a aIa l Ia r o t e coil coAl vacating the injunction against the o officials of the United Mine Work era of ot America Assistant Attorn General Ames In Inthe the absence of ot Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney General I Palmer announced d to- to to day Ho lie said th the gov govern m J not abandon its Us position a tJ was In violation of ot law I 4 Judge Ames issued the fo to statement The strike is a violation of law As long as it continues we are arc ro going going going go go- ing to proceed in the courts The dispute between the and workers is an entirely different question that they can settle in inI their own way The government I cannot tolerate continued violation of the law such as this strike con con- Refusal of ot the go government nt to the tho Injunction means a long song tight fight In Inthe Inthe the coal fields while Its withdrawal would have haYe opened the way for tor settlement settlement settle settle- settlement ment of ot the strike within forty eight hours according to Edgar Wallace legislative representative of Vh th the United Mine lIne Workers of ot America GOMPERS' GOMPERS STATEMENT Charging that the Injunction was wu a a grave gram wrong and gross groan blunder Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Gompers la last t night said If It It were J JI vacated and miners and operators in ln voted to further conference by tho the department department department de de- de- de of ot labor he had an abidin faith that a mutually honorable tads ad adJustment dl be negotiated and f- f whereby the coal strike can tit be w brought to an end Mr Dir Gompers' Gompers statement was issued after atter his return here from New York Tort and in response to numerous for tor an expression as to chances GI l bringing the tho strike to a speedy end crid The Tho statement follows TO NEWSPAPERS Representatives es of ot newspapers M lids asked me for tor a statement cj j the tho coal strike and the situation T TIn In the first Instance it should o n known that the tho demand of ot the miti miners t. t re which upon the surface s seem m so 80 leal teal and far tar reaching are by no me meals hn so For several years the miners hanot ha not had more than a a. half haIr years year's work wont their working days averaging from to days per year intermittent byda's by tj days das and by wet weeks weeks employment ks employment anti anO then unemployment The miners simply simply sim aim ply ask Cpr a regulation of ot the work work- workIng Ing lag time so 80 that coal production as and M employment nt may be regular rather than Intermittent nt CUT COAL PRICE If U the miners were ere permitted by bythe b the operators to work full time th the supply of ot coal thus mined would spon n force torce down Iown the tho price of ot coal on market and this the operators arc are aF not to permit The mir case cue might better be stated by their demanding at lea least t five rive days das of ot fix It Ix hours' hours work per week which is la really realty more than they are permitted to work at the present time An understanding understand understand- ing of ot these conditions clearly shows who are responsible for the present situation and the cause When in 1914 the miners rs received ed an increase of ot 20 ct cents per ton the theo o operators raised th the selling price U it per ton Surely the conditions and the tb standards of ot life lite of ot the miners have havo deteriorated by reason BOn of ot there being no practical advance in n their w wages gea and their earning power while the cost of ot living has soared higher and higher AUTHORIZED STRIKE The mandate of ot the officers of ot the United Mine Workers of ot America wa Wit wail direct from the representatives of ot themen the men who at the recent convention con decided that unless a substantial improvement im im- provement pro in wages and a regulation of ot the working time were vere granted the tho 1 Continued on page 2 2 l I l I I I INJUN INJUNCTION TION Continued from page I 1 1 strike order shou should d' d 6 be issued to take effect November 1 1 I President Lewis and his associates therefore had no alternative particularly when the nUne owners left tho the conference leaving leavIng leaving leav leav- ing the representatives of the miners alone The injunction secured by the at attorney attorney at at- torney general could not prevent the strike for It was Issued after th the strike notice had already gone forth The injunction was not riot only a grave wrong but a gross blunder It at ac- ac takes away the constructive Influence In Influence Influence In- In fluence of the officers of ot the organization tion and indeed bars them from at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to end the strike Instead of ot conservative leadership prevailing It places the whole movement in in the hands of ot local men who may mayIe vIe Ie with each other and be at variance with each other If It the injunction were vacated and the department of labor Invite the operators and the representatives representatives taUves of ot the United Mine Workers yorkers to a further conference I have an abiding faith ralth that a mutually honorable honorable honorable honor honor- able adjustment c can n be negotiated and nd effected whereby th the coal strike can be brought to an end 1 |