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Show I U UDSE SIGHS OeDEB IllI ITliLDllMPSilS I STRIKE CALL OFF IN KETNCKY Z WASHINGTON, Oct 31 The department I of labor war advised today that the coal strike order had been rescinded in Hopkins, Vebster and Christian counties, Kentucky, comprising one-half of the western Kentucky fields. ! .J INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 31. A temporary injunc- tion restraining all strike activities of the United Mine Workers obth of America vas issued in the federal district court here today on application of the United States government. Judge A. B. Fthjt Anderson signed the order on the showing set forth by C. B. JfcJ Ames, assistant attorney-genera!, that a national disaster was ill jrt impending ?nd on the broad general grounds that the govern-y"1 govern-y"1 ment has the right to enforce its laws and protect its people la rife from calamity. The order enjoins the officials from starling or encourag-3B encourag-3B a ing the strike cn the broad general grounds that a disaster threatens the country and the strike would tie up the trans-rrtDni trans-rrtDni portation systems of the nation. The order was directed against Frank G. Hayes, the in-I in-I capacitated president of the union; John L. Levis, acting IruM president; William Green, secretary-treasurer, and "all other t officials of the organization." It took effect when served and wit 'will continue in force until after the formal hearing which l "f Judge Anderson set for November 8. 5tJr: In presenting the petition Judge Ames made it clear that stf the case will not involve the general right of workmen to or- ganize or quit work. He said it would have no bearing on fa'lJ oteT industries an "merely involves the right of labor during the ar to restrict or destroy the supply of food and fuel." uM "It rests," he added, "on the broad general powers of the government to enforce laws and to protect its people against disaster." In an official order th union officials are commanded to withdraw strike orders already issued and are forbidden to send H out any other orders, written or oral, tending to promote the IS strike or in any way make it effective. 1 They are restrained f from sending any "messages of encouragement or exhortation" exhorta-tion" or from disbursing any union funds as strike benefits. I Too Late. Save Lew;,?. INDI W mm I i- Ind I : 31, A I ,:mi?rar Injunction obtained hr to. V1 l- 'Vtf - eminent cannot avert 1 ' rilo (V bituminous coal miners ' (or midnuh' imv.i i . ,.i . ordlng to I John I, - : in f)i - .-ident of the i nit,., -, in, , , , ; ),,, ru - pronouncement shortlj j ',r h h.nl h-,-n i -.i ih n wril -foppin? strike ;u in ii'cp al union ladquartr, -. here. Lewh dictated the following rtatc-, . ' 1 f 1 j). I.-- i, ,n, . n :hu injunc-''on injunc-''on ah in., musi sweeping abrogation It ,nr' rights of fit'.'.f-ns guaranteed 5 undrr the constitution :md K i mt m by I Matutory lav, that hs e.-r been i. "! by any f -drr;i court Thi In t-''rumen t will not avert the strike of I Plninous minc workers and will not , 1'tK' the ftril r ;iftoi it occur. The I Jjunctlon only complicates to a lur ! I 1 .derrfl thr problems involved in (an adjustment of the controversy." I no p-ovrrnraent forces moved Swift. lri'.0jCO fhIr mobilisation was rem wVy 1,10 Arrlvnl -'ud Ames rom a?hln-ton. He went to the of-1 : Krf SliiClr- Jlsirict attorney, that official and his as.-isf anis t c'lvamiT31"11" llu,c"' V"0rcnn was in! B bPrs tn. ,lt,p, n.n an(J proc ,.s server? were in readiness to take the documents i" union headquarter Fudge tones niadc it plain thai the a Lit a was .i government affair, taken 'at the direction of the attorney pen-oral pen-oral as B measure to carry out. the policy of the country during a state of war The petition averred that the dc-J Fendanta had entered into conspire rv to tcstrict the supply and dtalribu-Hon dtalribu-Hon of bituminous eoal and to rstrn t the operation of tho railroads by re-1 strietinp or destroins the supply of i necessary fuel. The petition brought out that the appllcaUon for Uie temporarj injunc-nun injunc-nun waa based upon the art of August 10. 1918, which makes it unlawful to; , onapire to limit the facilities of tr.ins- 1 portation or tho supply or distribu' ion . of food or fuel. It also directed at- tention lo section 21 which koeps the' act In operation until the end of the itaU Of war IB proclaimed b the president The petition rehearsed ine eatgb lishment of the federal fuel and tail- ; road administrations, the concluding of th Washington wage agreement between miner' and operator? on October Octo-ber fi 1917, Hnd the subsequent cx-j tension of this acreement n cover the period of the war It Sketched the, proceedings of the Cleveland conven-i O ion of last September and called at t ntion to th- recommendation of Prt ident Lewie "l the union that the VVashlngton agreement be declared void after October 31. The recommen dation of the ceai committee at CIt land for a six hour day. five da: treek and sixty per ofn' increase in wages was also set forth. "Your honor will notice " said Judgj Ames at this stage of the readint that the nev. wage agreement would apply only to the central competitive field whereas the strike has beer Called for the entire United States' Welcome Investigation , CLEVELAND, O,, Oct. 31 The ex-ecutive ex-ecutive committee of the central eom-ipetitiye eom-ipetitiye coal field in conference here i today to t?ke action on the nation rldo Btrike of miners scheduled for midnight, adopted a resolution wel ,connnc an Inyestlgatlon b a tribunal appointed by President Wilson o investigate in-vestigate the threatened Btrike. The conference then adjourned. Too Late to Act. COLUMBUS, O., Od 31. John Moore, president of (he United Mine Workers of Ohio, upon learning that the miners' union had been enjoined 'from striking tomorrow, declared that 'thousands of Ohio miners could not be ! notified In time to prevent them from striking at midnight tonisht "We hao no official notice of the j injunction and if we did it would be (impossible to notify the forty thousand .Ohio miners in time," said President Moore. Manv of the miners will read of the injunction in the newspapers, he said, but other thousands will not see a newspaper for several days. From Des Moinec. DES MOINES, Ia Oct. 31. J C, Lewis, president of the Iowa district. United Mine Workers of America, said 'he had no statement to make concern-'ing concern-'ing the situation in Iowa when told of the temporary injunction against the threatened coal miners' strike ls?ued at Indianapolis Wait Official Word. ! PUEBLO; Colo.. Oct 31. -H. C. ! Stewart, secretary of the United Mine inkers of I district 15, when informed j of the Issuing of the temporary injunction, in-junction, announced that no official i comment would be made until tier the distrirt officers had received offi M ial announcement from Acting Presi-j ident Lewis at Indianapolis. uenam Attitude. SPRINGFIELD, 111. Oct. 31. Assuming As-suming s defiant attitude toward the gov rnnient's move to stop by injunction injunc-tion the threatened strike of folt coal miners, Frank Farrington, chairman i Of the miners' scale committee and president of the Illinois district, de-Iclared de-Iclared today the "strike had developed Into something more than s miners' j strike" and thai it was "an attempt to enslave the worklngmt a unci women I of the country ; I Palmer Meets Leaders- WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 Officials of the American Federation of labor protested to Attorney General Palmer today againsl ilie action of th government govern-ment in obtaining an Injunction in the' coal strike. Samuel Gompers, president of the' federation, did not accompany the del j egation, but .in r-ngaii'mrit was made for him to ce the attorney general later. Operators Statement. ( LEVELAND, O.. Oct. 31. Shortly before noon a committee was appoint -r-d tf draft a resolution setting forth th" operators' position. After present -inc ih resoluUpn and Its adoption by i) conference, f'haimian T T. Brewster Brew-ster of the executive committee made public the resolution as follows. "We have accepted in its entirety the president's proposal of October 24! and re-arrifrm that acceptance. We welcome hp Investigation by a tribunal winch ih' president ma appoint as Suggested by him in the last paragraph; of his statement of October 26- We hold ourselves ready to comply at all timo-; with any commands which the government actinc In the interests of the whole American people, may i deem it wis- to Issue " Not Prevent Strike. DAY CITY, N J . 6ct 31 The in junction issued at Indianapolis w i not prevent a walkout of the approximately approxi-mately 2400 miner.- in Michigan dis- ! trict No U, United Mine Workers of; America, according to Frank William son, district president SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 31 Every coal miner in Washington will strike at midnight tonight. Robert H Harlin. president of District No. 10, United I Mine Workers of America, said here) today when told of the injunction granted in Indianapolis. j |
