The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
GOVERNMENT HEADS
OP T|M|ST|C OVER
STRIKE SITUATION
MORE FEDERAL AND STATE
TROOPS M0FE INTO VARIOUS
COAL FIELDS-THOUSANDS or
CARLOADS OF FUEL IN TRANSIT
CONFlSCATED BY RAIL ADMIN.
ISTRATION

C0NFISCATED BY RAI. ADMIN.
ISTRATION
Washington, Nov. Efforts to reach
basis for possible settlement OF the
strike of bitumnous coal miners were
made today at conference here be.
tween Federal Fuel Administrator Gar
field and j. y. A. Morrow. president
Of the National Coal Association, an
organization Of the leading coal oper.
ators of the country.
DR.. Garfield returned early TODAY
from a visit to Kentucky and soon AZ
terward went into conference with Mr.
Morrow who was an official of tho fuel
administration during the war. What
proposals the fuel administrator had
to make were not disclosed in advance
. OF the conference.
Attorney General Palmer was oft M
the city today but other Officially in
touch with the situation were more
I hopeful than ever that there would bc a
! speedy ending OF the strike
The statement Of John L Lewis act.
ing president Of the United Mine Worl,
'rs of America, that the joint system
OF bargaining in the mining industry
still was intact was regarded as nm.
other encouraging sign. Officials reu.
/ Grated, however that the strike Would
have to be called Off before the govern
ment could offer it's good offices TO ar.
mlrate the differences between miners
and operators.
Officials Of the railroad administra.
| tion and the shipping board discussed
| the question of supplying sufficient coal
to foreign ships calling at Atlantic
ports for fuel
Chicago Nov. Am the face Of vlr
tually an unbroken front of approx
mately 425OOO striking coal miners
whose wakout throughout the nation
/ at midnight Friday night has caused
almost complete paralysis Of the produc.
ton of bituminous coal. this morning
found government officials and coal
mine operators in an optimistic mood
Additional movements of federal and
state troops into various coal fields
were reported overnight and thousands
Of carloads of fuel in transit were con.
llscated by the federal railroad admin.
lstratlon, diminishing the supply of pri.
Vate industries ana municipalities some
OF which already have felt the stoppage
of production Officials OF the United
Mine Workers of America. whose lips
officially were sealed by the federal
court injunction issued at indianapolis
last week, remained silent.
Attorneys for the miners continued
preparation today of their side of the
case preparatory to the hearing next
saturday in federal court of the injunc.
ton proceedings and Washington of.
ficials We're of the opinion that the
broad powers of the restraining order
prohibiting use of the strike funds
would compel miners to resume work
Martial Law Extended
Mckinley and CoraX counties. New
Mexico, today were added to the dis
tricts under military control by a mar.
ital law proclamation of Governor Lar.
J. razola. Federal soldiers took charge
as the strike became complete in ain
mines OF the state except those OF the
Gallup American Company Mt Gallup.
Additional troops for possible duty in
the extensive Pennsylvania fields were
, under orders today to be ready TO en-.
train at two hours notice They were
the 23rd and Ninth regiments Of infant.
! ry at Camp Travis, san Antonio, Texas
The 35th infantry will start tomor.
row for Camp Lewis. Wash, for strike
duty an announcement from Camp Ira.
Wis said
For duty in Wyoming coal fields n
company Of the 21st infantry today was
en- route from Spokane, Wash. Militia.
Try control was established yesterday in
all the northern Wyoming coal camps.
but'it was announced that civil officers
would continue 10 function.
| Additional state troops were sent in
to the Colorado fields yesterday. their
activities centering northwest Of Trim.
idad.
ID West Virginia Mines Resume
Fifteen union mines in the northern
fields Of West Virginia today had re-
sumed production, according to a state
ment by the West Virginia Coal Asso.
citation, which asserted that was the
first definite break in the miners ranks.
Coal production in that large producing
state was well over so ~er cent. the
operators said.
Ncn-union miners in Pennsylvania TO-
day continued on their jobs getting out
an appreciable amount of fuel. with the
amount brought to the surface swelled
by the work of nearly all mines in east.
ern Kentucky, five Ohio strip pits. and
the return to work after a one.day lay.
off of the Ignite miners in North Da.
kota.
In Alabama operators asserted that
some Of the larger mines We're running
practically on full schedule. Claims Of
union leaders in the South's largest
production field that $4,000 or % .O0O
men employed in the industry were idle
were disputed by the operators, who
said possibly one.half the workers had
gone out
Remarkably Free OF Violence
So far the strike has been remark
ably free Of violence. No instance OF
threatened damage to property, except
in the case of miner arrested in Col
orado, has been reported At some OF
the mines union skeleton forces of mer