The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-11
Palmer To Hold Laws
OF Land Superior To
EdicfS On Union
In Official Circles Situation Is
Regarded as Extremely Grave
and Getting Beyond Question
of Coal Strike.

Washington, Nov. 10.-Reiterating
that the soft coal miners strike is
in violation of law Attorney General
Palmer in a statement tonight declar-
ed in emphatic terms that the law
will be enforced. He said those who
conceive that resolutions of the con-
vention or orders of officers of any
organization in the country, whether
labor or any other, are superior to
the law of the land will find them
selves mistaken"
The statement which is construed as
a reply to that OF organized labor
last night said the merits of the con-
troversy of miners, and operators is
not at stake nor had the government
done anything to affect the right of
strike, but that the coal strike was
illegal and the government would en-
force the law.
Official Washington accepted Palm
er's statement to mean refusal of
miners to cancel the strike order to
mean fight to the end. There was
no attempt in official or labor circles
tonight to conceal feelings that the
situation is extremely grave and get
ting beyond the question of the coal
strike. Reports that roaring biz
added to uneasiness.
Abjuring loyalty to a temporary
administration which violates the
principles of democracy, Samuel Com
pers speaking for American labor at
a dinner given tonight for delegates
to the International Federation of
Trade Unions, declared I'VE are tied
TO no administration but we are free
men and propose to exercise the free
dom of our judgement" He said he
did not believe a true understanding
of the coal miners strike had reached
the president because of his illness.
Responding to the address Leon
Jouhaux, leader of the French labor
delegation to the international labor
conference, declared if workers of
the United States need the assistance
of workers of other countries they will
get it. The frontiers cannot separate
the interests of workers and private
interests cannot separate the work
erS.
Indianapolis. Nov. 10.-No agree
ment was reached by officials of the
united mine workers regarding the
federal district courts order to call
off the strike of soft coal miners,
when it adjourned at $50. They
at 1880 and hours later
delegates intercepted in the corridors
said the general committee expected
to stay in session until some decision
was reached. One man predicted this
would not be before a. m. 1t was
said, however, should delegates agree
announcement is not likely until to-
morrow.
Officials have until 1925 tomorrow
to report to the court with regards to
the cancelling the strike.
The American Federation o. Labor
stood today before the cou/t as an
endorsers of tho strike of
soft coal miners and as bitterly op-
posed to the action of the government
in attempting to end the strike
through injunction proceedings which
action it characterized as $50 auto
cratic as to stagger the human mind"
Endorsement of the strike was an
last night in statement is
sued by the executive council of the
which pledged to the strik-
ers the full support of organized la
Dor and appealed to the citizenship
of the country to give like 'indorse-
ment and aid to the men engaged in
this momentous struggle"
After going into the history of
events leading up. to the strike and
since, the statement declared the
course of the government in securing
a court order at Indianapolis Sat
urday directing officials of the min
ers' organization to call off the strike
by tomorrow night an invasion of
G. of r. r. and L. & n. r. r. Co., set
for trial November II