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Show Mine Workers Obey Government Mandate and Recall Strike I Action Taken Under Protest But Committee Decides De-cides American Unions Cannot Fight Government Govern-ment Order Rescinding Strike to Be Sent Out to All Local District and Sab-District Or-' Or-' ganizations Committees Hold All-Night Session and Reach Decision at 4:10 This A. M. Loyal Americanism a Deciding Factor. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 11. The United Mine h Workers of America, through its generd committee, decided early today to obey the mandate of United States District Judge Anderson, which means the recall of the order for a strike of 425,000 bituminous coal miners of the nation. I, The decision was reached at 4:10 this morning after ' more than 17 hours discussion. The conference then ad-, ad-, journed until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Acting President John L. Lewis of the mine workers, h made the following statement : "Gentlemen: We will comply with the mandate of the j court. We do it under protest. We are Americans. We I cannot fight our government. That is all." None of the other members of the general committee, 'composed of international officers, district presidents and members of the executive board and scale committee, would comment on the action, and Mr. Lewis, who appeared tired ind worn by the long discussion, declined to add anything to j his statement. No draft of the order rescidir.g the strike which, under I- Judge Anderson's order must be submitted to the court at 10 o'clock this morning for his approval and be on its way to all local, sub-district and district organizations by six o'clock this evening, had been made when the conference adjourned, it was said, and no intimation of what it would contain could be learned. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 11. Judge A. B. Anderson, Ander-son, in federal court at 10 o'clock this morning, approved the order of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of j America calling off the strike of bituminous coal miners. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. "I shall immediately call the miners and operators together to negotiate a wage agree-Lment," agree-Lment," Secretary of Labor Wilson said today after a meeting I j of President Wilson's cabinet. A II WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. President Wilson probably! fiwil telegraph both the coal operators and officials of the United Mine Workers asking them to get together and settle their differences, it was said today at the White House. At the ! same time the president probably will renew his offer of the services of the government toward mediation. RESCINDING ORDER TO BE ISSUED IN 1)1 AN iLS. rid . No 11 An IjWer calling ...if thr nation wide bl-iranilnou bl-iranilnou soal striltp was to bo issued fiwy. following the decision of the gfierol committee of the United Mine workers oi America early this niorn-I niorn-I ,0 obey the mandate of I nited I iT!'1' ",Mri" J,1(1-' A B ndei- iwn. Issued here lost Saturday The t.r, coruraktee. composed of inter IUh n?U offir?. district presidents inri mr'rnbrr lj 'he executive board I phi BCalG conjmittee reached its do-to?, do-to?, ,al:1 morning and ad-IJei ad-IJei d flve m'- Inter to ren- .7p a 2 o'clock this aftftnoon Gentlemen we will comply with r I the mandate of the court. We do it I under protest. We are Americans. e annot fight our goverument That g all ' That was the statement of John L. I Lewis, acting president of the mine workers, announcing the decision and oth r members of the conference, ap- j parent ly worn out by their long hours of discussion, declined to add to the statement of their chief and soon dis persed. When the order calling off the strike will l drafted could not be learend early today, but under the order of' Judge Anderson il must be submitted I to the court for his approval at 1 0 I o'clock this morning and be on its I way to the membership by 6 o'clock this evening. So far as could be learned no committee was appointed at fhe conference to write the order The general committee had been in session since shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, taking only brief recesses for lunch and dinner. The proceedings were interrupted during the afternoon session by the appear ance of United States Marshal Mark ' Storen and his deputies, who B rved 33 of the officials with copies of the temporary injunction, issued Saturdaj and returnable December 1. Hall Carefully Guarded, j I mring the day approaches to the entrance of the hall were carefulb guarded by a sergeant-at-arms. and I during recesses a man remained on guard in the hall, but in the later jhcurs of the conference the sergeant-at-arms disappeared. The speeches at times were impassioned and voices in the hall rose above the hubbub of the hotel in which the conference was held but only a word now and then I was distinguishable It is understood that all phases of ihc question were argued and the effect various actions might have on the organization entered into the discussion, but, according to members not a vote was taken on any 'subject until the action early today-was today-was decided upon Lewis and Green Confer. Shortly before the conference ad Journed President Lewis and William i Green, secretary -treasurer, held a long conference in the parlor of the hotel , ! Developments aftr this confrence came! rapidly. The recall of the strike order will i open the way Immediately for a resumption re-sumption of the negotiaiions between 'the miners and the operators as the operators have announced that they j would be ready to consider a new! wage agreement at any lime the strike order was withdrawn It Is also un j e'erstood that the question of arbitration arbitra-tion entered largely into the discu sion in the final stages of the meet-i inc. but the miners' position on this subject was not announced. The question of just how many Of the coal miners would obey the order rescinding the strike is problematical In some districts It was considered! that the resumption of work would bej general, while m others it would be i onlj partial and in some. It whs said, the return would be very slow. Most Momentous Meeting of Order. : momentous ever held l the miners' organization, if not the most weighty lever conducted by a labor organisation organisa-tion in this country for. in the view j of labor leaders, it was to determine whether an organization could be forced by governmental pressure through (he courts to discontinue a Strike, when apparently all the mem-ber8 mem-ber8 of the union wer behind the walkout, which was being conducted without any form of violence or damage dam-age to property. Labor in general, as represented bv the executive committee of the American Amer-ican Fedration of Labor, had offered I its unqualified support to the miners in their strike while obedience or disobedience of a federal court order hung in the balance and this fact gave miners' representatives, who favored holding out, an argument which weighed heavily with some of their colleagues On the other hand, the president s designation of the strike as unlawful, placed the coal workers In the posi tion of defying the government of the United States, if they refused to call off the strike and, aside from the consequences con-sequences attaching to disobedience of the federal court order, manv were adverse to considering anything which could be construed as lack of Amer Lcanlsm. WASHINGTON, Nov U Investigation Investi-gation of the strike was proposed in a resolution introduced t Senator Jones, Republican, Washington. The resolution was referred to the pin lie labor committee which will determine whether an inquiry is advisable The resolution would give the com niittee authority to suggest ;.nv meas I urcs for federal a"tiou to prevent re-' currence of similar strikes Senator Norris. Republican, of Nebraska, said the resolution also should b br ad enough to authorize investigation ol Judge Anderson's injunction order MINE WORKERS RELEASED. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Nov. 11 Luke Brennan and Thomas How-ells, How-ells, officers of the United Mine Workers ol America, were dismissed from (ustu.lv late esterdav after a hearing on information charging them with violating the state law requiring (a 30 day notice before calling a strike. I ATTORNEY ISSUES ORDER. j INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Nov 11 The 'order to rescind was presented i.j the court by Henry Warrum. Indianapolis, i attorney for the miners. After the 'court proceedings Mr. Warrum, G. L. Grant. Fori Smith. Ark., and P. C. Huebner, Albia, Iowa, associate coun-j Bel, then issued a statement in the presence of the government attorneys , in which the position of the mine workers was stated The statement of the attorneys follows fol-lows : "The operators have repeatedly de-eland de-eland that thej were ready t enter into negotiations with the miners if! the strike order were withdrawn. The' government has taken the position! that In the vindication of its own su-j premacy the strike order must be a ithdrawn, before they would take an.Vj steps to compel the resumption of such negotiations ' The issue has been submitted to the' court and in compliance with the court's ruling has been cancelled and withdrawn. It seems to me that good! faith on the part of the operatois requires re-quires them to meet the miners' rep-1 resentatlves at once for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of this wage controversy, and that good faltb on the part of the government requires it to see that such a resumption of ne-1 gotlatlons Is had at once ami concluded conclud-ed without delay. |