Republican farmer., 1919-11-07

4Sf5plE 4IlS 1pi LIle ISS4lSllbs <AbbOl ney General Palmer said:
 Your telegram to the President protesting against the action of the government on the ground that it is taken against your just demands for living wage is based on a misconcep- ton of the facts. The government has not taken sides either for or against the mine owners or the mine workers or their demands in the wage controversy. The law provides that noatwo persons to the proclamation @ of peace shall agree or arrange with each other to restrict the output or supply of coal The government is insisting that this law should be obeyed by both the mine owners and the mine workers. The wage coutro- versy can be settled without concert of action to stop the output of the mines and the government stands ready now, as it has steadily in the past. to do everything in it's power to facilitate an inquiry into the mer- it's of the controversy, but in the meantime the law must be enforced and commissions to stop production cannot be tolerated.
 Chicago, Nov. 3.-Developments to- day in the strike of more than 425, 600 soft coal miners throughout the coun- try were expected to cIarify the sit uatior to the extent of determining g whether production was to be stopped definitely in a large part of the bit sE EFinous zone or whether any con- H ElerabIe number of workers were Slling to return to work.
 10 plans have been made for open
 any of the mines with imported Ibor, and old men who return to work Ire to be treated as if they had never . laid down their tools according to Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the Coal Operators Scale Committee. No miner will be discriminated against, he said.
 Reports from most of the large mining centers indicated that while a large number of the mines would be in shape for the miners to resume work, the operators did not expect many union men to re-enter the workings today.
 While operators admitted that the figures given out by union leaders as to the number of men on strike were approximately correct, they pointed out that close to 150 900 non- union men were at work in the Penn sylvania and West Virginia fields, anc that nearly 1000 union miners were " "OIhIlIS III fAGuluChS uHCGf CtulIdClS signed recently.
 Federal troops today were in the mining regions of West Virginia, Ten. nessee, Wyoming and New Mexico under orders to preserve the peace 1T . case disorders arise in connection witt the strike. One company of the 32d Infantry also was on its way iron San Diego, California, to Utah fol duty in the coal fields of that state.
 
 Oklahoma have already been sent tC the coal districts of those states ant several companies of state troop: have mobilized at Birmingham, Ala bama, in case their services arc needed quickly to queu disturbance. around the mines there.
 Federal troops have been ordered to be held in readineSs in every de. partment of the army for servic' whenever state auth ask for as sistance in keeping down disorders.
 Indianapolis, Nov 3-The govern ments program for enforcing the re straining order against the coal min CTS officials was expected to take def mite shape with the arrival here to day of Special Assistant [. s. Attor ney General Daniel W. Simms, of La fayette, Ind, who will have direc charge of the governments case. At torneys for the miners also have bee, busy preparing for the hearing on tn governments petition for a temper ary injunction. which was set b. Judge Anderson for next Saturday. I was reported today that William G McAdoo, former secretatry of tn treasury, might be retained by tn miners in addition to Henry Warrum a local attorney.