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Show ' Color ado Reports Miners Reluming to Work 1 I jii ACCEPT jD Palmer Advises Labor Leaders of Government's Position; Cabinet Considering the Coal Situation; Situa-tion; Gompers of Opinion That Strike Stettle-: Stettle-: ment Cannot Be Reached If Legal Measures I Are Enforced; Colorado Districts Report 71 Per Cent of Miners Working. I WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. The strike of bituminous f coal miners in particular and the industrial situation in general were discussed by President Wilson's cabinet today at a special I meeting called by Secretary Lansing of the state department. 1 Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director-General Hines of the L railroad administration, were present. Before the cabinet assembled administration spokesmen reiterated that the government was unalterably opposed to the proposal of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed- cntion of Labor, that the injunction suit against the United Mine Workers of America be withdrawn as a preliminary to n negotiation of a new agreement between the miners and v operators. Officers said that the government's offer to arbitrate the j controversy was open and that unless it was accepted and the ) strike ended there was no course for the government except g to press the injunction suit. Before Attorney-Genera! Palmer went to the cabinet meeting. Samuc) Gompers, president; Matthew Woll, vice-president vice-president and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation Fed-eration of Labcr, called on him and were informed that the government had not altered its decision to press injunction proceedings pro-ceedings unless the strike order was withdrawn. Mr. Gompers expressed the opinion that a settlement of the strike could not be reached if the government enforced legal measures against the 3trike. He also again called attention atten-tion to what he said would be the effect of government by in-f in-f junction upen organized labor generally. Officials in direct touch with the strike situation apparently ap-parently were preparing for a prolonged shutdown of the mines. While the railroad administration's central committee 1 would not divulge details of its work, members admitted that arrangements were being made for full conservation of fuel thou'd the strike become "a bitter end" fight. In quarters the belief prevailed that the strike on the exchanges ex-changes of the solid union districts was losing its force. The opinion was expressed that the walkout in such areas was j largely one of sympathy and a gradual defection of those miners from the union ranks was predicted. I COLORADO MINES RUNNING. DENVER, Colo, :o 7. Further jjcrpap, s in the lumber ol men return . to mm.-- m southern Colorado J' Pori.-.l tod . . b; the ' arg op r ,8ors in that district The Colorado ai,l I,,,,, , onin;i nv, he largt it I Pwiur-.-r in ih.-- - reported 7 pet m ff Its September average force hi I LJer fT i 2?.i nu-i. oris at and t try m ol the i oloredo ITu 1 ad f 1h'n ,ull'n. ,i ,Vi,.s ted rrom Z ' l,f "1" p:tp!.!...i ru Lhal i om KJJ- (,f this numbt i 158 vi re dig; 3' wnik, the rr,, n::n ..,!, 54 1 J,m of the SrpiiP,h,., average Itrt. Charpf' 01 "" ''" Da the rlnT',fif'ld lu- bf,,'n ,urnp'1 '" f.m.I , h Mcf,"nniir, commanding kttS f the mlll'aO' forces, with E?n erR at Trnidad. Governor tP :,r-'-'in-d u.,U,: Withdrawal Etrelinn PUfarfKm,'n bc' at ho dis- prnnorsald0l,jnPl "cr"- nt?C,,Wf'rr' nn disturbances re-wriar re-wriar .h any ' lho nTatinp mines E ho thi- . past 2' hours Strll K fdio resist eviction from Company houses in the Trinidad and Walsenburg districts, are reported to be moving out quietl |