Republican farmer., 1919-11-07
GOVERNMENT GETS
 RESTRAINING ORDER
 ON STRIKE ACTIVITIES
Order Directed Against All Officials Of United Mine Workers Case Does Net Involve Right of Men to Or ganize or Quit Work.

Indianapolis. Oct. 3l-A temporary injunction restrain ing all strike activities of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica was issued in the federal district court here today on ap- plication of the United States government.
 Judge A. B. Anderson signed the
 order on the showing set forth by
 C. B. Anaes, assistant attorney gen
 eral. that a national disaster was i'm .
 pending and on the broad general
 grounds that the government has the right to enforce it's laws and protect
 its people from calamity.
 The order was directed against
 Frank c. Hayes, the tncapa citated
 president of the union; John L. Lew is, acting president: William Green. secretary reasGrcr, and all other of ffcials of the organization. It took effect when served and will continue in force until after the formal hear i ing which Judge Anderson set for November s.
 Indianapolis. Oct. 31-Servfce was had on Lewis, Green and several oth-
 CT union officials and members of
 
 ! quarters a few minutes before noon. l This was a little more than an hour after Judge Anderson signed the or der.
 In presenting the petition Judga 4Arnes made it clear that the case will not involve the general right of work mon to organize or quit work. Fe said it would have nc bearing on other industries and merely involves the right Of labor during the war to ! restrict or destroy the supply of food and fuel''
 Tt rests" he added, lon the broa q general powers of the government 10 enforce it's laws and to protect it's people against disaster. Under the order, the Union o1fcia Is are commended to withdraw strike orders already issued and are forbid Een to send out any other orders written or oral, tending to promote the strike or in any way make t ef- fectiye. They are restrained from sending any message of encOura ge- ment or elaboration or from dis1urs- ing any union funds as strike Uesne- fits.
 Columbus, Oct. 31-John Moore. president of the United Mine workers of Ohio, upon learning that the miners union had been enjoined from 1 striking tomorrow, declared that ! thousands of Ohio miners could not l be notified in time to prevent them 1 from striking at midnight tonight. ''We have no official notice of the 1 injunction and if we did have 1t. ii 1 would be impossible to notify the 4O,- 1 GOO Ohio miners in time i said President Moore. Many of the l miners will read of the injunction in
 
 1 thousands will not see a newspaper ] for several days.
 By an overwhelming vote the House today adopted the Senate reso- lution pledging support to the Ma tional administration and all others in uthority," in their efforts to meet 1 ''the present industrial emergency Springfield. Ills, Oct 31-Determin- ation of the nations soft coal miners to strike has reached a point where it IS beyond the power of any force to prevent the cessation of work at midnight tonight, according to Frank Harrington, chairman of the miners international scale committee. Harrington made no other comment concerning the issuance Of the injunc- ton against the strike at Indianapolis this morning.
 Indianapolis. Ind. Oct 31-The gov ernment forces moved swiftly. once their mobilization was completed by the arrival of Judge Ames from Was shington.
 Judge Ames made it plain at the outset of the brief proceedings that the action was a government affair taken at the direction of the attorney general as q measure to carry out the policy of the country during a state of war.