Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-11-07
Miners Disregard Federal Court
Injunction.
MAY TOTAL 100000
Unions Leave Sufficient Workers in
Mines to Keep Pumps
Working.

Characterization coal fields of
the nation Friday night were in the
grip of strike effective at midnight
which leaders of the union miners de-
clared already had seen more than
$4,000 of their members out of the
works to remain out until the strike
should be settled. Thousands more of
the miners, whose whole number is
roughly placed at 100000, would be
out, they said.
The men already on strike, the lead
ers reported, were those who had left
the mines Friday, taking their tools
with them. Reports from the soft
coal fields were incomplete and even
the union leaders agreed they would
await before being able to definitely
know the number of men who had
obeyed the strike call. But in almost
every instance, the miners spokes-
men asserted that the tieup of the
mines would be virtually complete,
although the unions will leave suf-
| ficient number of men in the mines
to man the pumps and keep the prop
erty in shape for resumption of work
when the strike shall be ended. Some
union leaders refused to talk on &C.
count of the restraining order issued
at Indianapolis.
Reports to the union leaders indi-
Gated that the bulk of the miners in
the great producing regions Of Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Kentucky, Colorado, Kansas,
Montana and Wyoming had left the
mines at the close of the day shift to
remain on strike.
The following table by states of men
who left the mines to obey the strike
call is based on reports, in most in
stances estimates. received by union
leaders throughout the country: Ar
kansas, 1000; Colorado, 5000; Illinois,
$4,000; Indiana, $4,000; Iowa, $4,000;
Kansas, 10000; Kentucky, 10000;
Maryland, 1900; Michigan, 24OO; Mis-
sissippi, 1000; Montana, 1000; New
Mexico, 1000; Ohio, 10000; Oklahoma,
5000; Pennsylvania, 100000; Tennes-
see, 1000; Utah, 1000; Washington,
5000; West Virginia, 10000, and Wy
oming, 5000.
While no reports were available
from Alabama and Virginia, union
leaders said there were numbers of
men on strike.
In Utah miners were quitting work
in spite of notice calling off the
strike as issued by John H. McLennan,
Utah representative of the United
Mine Workers of America. Mr.. Nc
Lehman announced that he had re-
ceived from John L. Lewis, acting
president of the organization, at In
dianapolis, a message informing him
that the strike should be called off.
Mr.. Lewis, however, repudiated the
message and no further explanation
of the mystery was found.
| Elsewhere union leaders went ahead
with their plans for the strike, some
of them defiant of the injunction is
sued in the Indianapolis federal court
restraining the national officers and
presidents and secretaries of districts
! from issuing further messages or in
structions to their members to strike.
Harrisburg, Pa.-Governor William
c. Sproul, in statement, gave formal
notice that "the full power of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
through all it's agencies, will be used
to protect those who desire to continue
to work" during the mine workers
strike
Denver, Colo.-Three companies of
state troops modified at Golden were
ordered to proceed Immediately to the
coal fields at Frederick, Colo.
Huntington, w. Va.-Four hundred
soldiers arrived from Camp Taylor
KY, for strike duty in the West Vir-
ginia coal fields. The men were not
permitted to leave the cars.
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