The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
MAY PROSECUTE
FOR CONSPIRACY
ToCurtailP reduction, Accord
ing to Department OF
Justice Plans
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright, 1919, by The Inteligencero

WASHINGTON. ID. C., Dec. ~.
If the coal operators persist IN
an attitude of obstruction and re-
fuse to accept the government $
plan for commission to arbltrate
the controversy with the miners.
and if as result OF that refusal
the miners quit work in any large
numbers, he full power Of the
! federal government will be used
! to prosecute the coal operators for
conspiracy to curtail production.
The Lever law, which has been
used to enioin the miners from
striking. would be used against
the operators.
But it is confidently hoped by the
government tina; n" surh %Ntrrm" cm.rHr ,i,,,,
; thing. however. iS that at tn" I'cpaTt-
mcnt Of Justice. 4 clear CAS-" az aEainSt INC
I operators is built up winch aIc.rH
! that if the operators maintain their atu-
ludc q frefuSal to accept coin!n;SSl"i
Of arbitration thcy would he guilty OF
having trapped thr miners into SoinE
: back 10 work ana then declining To- NV"
up 10 lhc spirit uf th'ir pledges ana
written statements.
; Operators Must Agree.
The operators declare the "onmlSSi'n
! Is too small and they have inquired
whether the government would aGrcr I
l'u "nlarE"m.n: 81 "a" Crim't'SS,r,, com, nnI su,',
) enlargement IN 2dranC" bccauS" l" 20
| so would b. To require another session
y,itb ,hr ,n;r.rs and all the difficulties
~ tIn IndiruaDoIiS meeting with tho
! miners would have 70 he faced again
! 1,hrrr ,s no objection on th" part or ih"
,,or.,,.r,r,r,, tn nm ir,rrcnSe IN personnel
! = ~, ,hrn ,,cn L,sirn9tnd on tho com
! Ss;o, choul6 agree t. such m en-
; inryn,nrnt buf m pr,scn, the opera, urS
! must agree to tn plan aS submitted 10
Tho r,iTers II - quest .1nablc wh"th"r
80 ,,;nc,.',. .-nnrrsc;ttYti,"S rn IN" com
u,i.sinn uu,lll ag-c,. 10 au increase in
,,rsnnre, hrcnu-, rr thr!r cnuviCti"n
= inrt r,.,h = mo-. w,uld unly mean in
, ,-r,.n,hl,. 5rIay
.,,,, !, !. ori,c ,ossihIa
On thH otner mum II - V"'" ~. NV.
'nAl INC tHL'f ~ r'.,, .,,l thnt
nampeF ~ %a> a>,,,S I,'H ,,cI =, ada nd
tho presiaeH| ro"'I - i,dgmnn, nr
( '.ItIr ,'o,~rr win rr,narn IN rii, nands
! nr Rsphronlt Pea. coat operator and
! sa,d 10 br orc If III" hr"HdrSl &uNE'I
! meA-. il The INDUSTRY. .l"hh 4. NHi,,; Il
| fo:nc" president OF ~" n'''d Mlnr
Workers. and T. NJ. ''"i'nS"i' 'G''l'
;Hrmh"r OF thr "hLiI"hE n,m." ,I''' c,,,'.
: OF the members "t me h,huS'rlhl @ .u''.
! mission rcccnt!y aprnLh'"u ~ tne h,,
:dent to take >Er hia'' IN ~ , ="
/ groups n lhe '&H''H' ''H' ''t"''
cuce tina; br"E" up ia i az NV
| pih Not D!sapprovo.
! Tho ,or.rnmcn, thvuuIn its SpnkCS-
nrn contends tnat the operators havo
nrcyiouSIv accepted the plan Of IL c"m-
! rr,fy,i"n tn .rhItrnto the dIsnulc and tfat
~. .,n,,t w W hacL On tha, rle6cc now.
=. g5nwnlnns that before tho attorney
! ~ ,,, 80 I,Lj,panolie no nndcaV-
! -" w.. ,nu.h ,yi,b \ w Oglr.
, |tt" ~ r-.,,,r. I'm, thc latter was
! one On. vi ~ 'r Dreh I,,tlcr crncral
| l'"l ~ .h.''.,nro.,rs "niI hc y.ruid
! C"uh"cl Tor II'e up" "p.a,ar ,nI wcmt ~
speak toi '"' ~ ,.b.r, Ibn .,t,nrrry
! .hi, 1'''', XII, nod m ir,an the ynyIrn-
! Sr',rI.a' ,'IHn The attorney general in
! 80. W., ,bc rp,ratorS said nothing ,,
,bn ,t,,'o n,.hlicly or privately ta midi
! . ,b.ir dirounrn,aI and that Il WAS
ni,I, af,cr n period of nearly '"n da $
i baS nlanqrd during wH,rh time tn"
miners were being slowly brought back
,,o-L that An uutCrN came from the
,ore ~ w.,
o., ,,-o,
@"o4AN ANA
I Few things hay" i'luSlrht"u more
I clearly TO official Washington the hiaa-
| nsr in which the public can u" ltnp0SS"
upon than the tactic pursued INST oE
| the coal miners ana thch u! .tn' "P''
! atorS 1t is the firm h"lIri "l IN" GOV
! crnmcnt for instance that M"Ss'S
Lewis and Green. urrsli'h, ana seer
/ tary rcSpCCtivci! OF IN" nlln'rS "ni"rL
. were forced by internal pOlltlcS III th'Ir
union TO call n Sirik", ana tId' Ti'!H