Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-13
men ON DUTY
Walk OUT AS
Order COMES

Only Miners in Smaller
Fields Are Disposed to
Return to Work.
Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-Om-
cials OF the Springfield sub-district,
United Mine Workers Of America,
today in q telegram to Chicago
newspaper, declared 'the mine
workers will stand pat for a living
wage, six hour-day and five-day
week." and expressed the opinion
that Federal Judge Anderson, who
ordered the strike called of,
should be Immediately deported
to Germany and be presented with
the dethroned kaiser's crown"
The telegram, which was a pro-
test against q newspaper story sug-
gesting that Illinois miners swers
disposed to go back to work in re-
sponse to the direction of officials,
was signed by Freeman Thompson,
president, and John Watt, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Springfield
sub-district, stronghold Of the in
surgent element.
Springfield, ILL.,, Nov: 13.-Head-
quarters Of the Illinois mine work
,ers professed today to be without
Information Of the reported deser-
tion Of engineers. pumpmen, mule
tenders and other union men at
coal mines in Benton and DuQuoin.
In the absence of officials, at
taches of the Office expressed the
opinion that such action would be
a violation OF the letter and spirit
Of the strike order Of Nov. 1, later
rescinded at the behest of the fed
eral court In Indianapolis, which
provided that enough union men
be left in the mines to protect COM
pany property.
No one In the Offices would COM
ment- ON the probable violation Of
the strike Injunction.
From operators It was learned
that the men charged with the care
lot the mines At Duquoin had left
their posts following . mass meet.
ing ct which international miners
omcials were denounced and res.
olutions pasted asserting the de-
termination Of the miners to con.
tinue the strike.
The operators further announced
the spread OF the Duquoin infection
today to two mines at Benton. !,
After Mass Meeting.
Duquoin, ILL.,. Nov. 13.-Comply.
!, ing with an order isshed by local
union miners, following a mass
meeting here late yesterday, all
hoistfng engineers, firemen, pump.
men, mule feeders and other union
men who have been permitted tc
keep the mines at Duquoin in the
18th district in working order, left
their posts last night.
The mine superintendent, man
layers. top foremen, assistant bosses
and Office clerks were Immediately
called upon to fill the places Of thu
men who had quit.
May Violate Injunction.
Whether this is a violation o
the injunction granted the govern
lment by Federal Judge Anderson
! at Indianapolis, was not generall!
known among either operators ol
miners, owing to the fact that tn,
call was made at a mass meeting
and not directly Py officials of Du
Quoin miners.
Defy the Court.
The men attending the mass meet
ing which was held last Monda!
afternoon, adopted resolutions
stating that I'VE, the members O
all local unions in Duquoin and vi
cinity, declare that the injunction
issued by Judge Anderson to be un
fair and one-sided, that it is plain
I ly proven by his actions that h,
knew one week ahead as to wha
he was going To do.
Therefore, be it resolved, tina
we, the miners of Duquoin and vi
cinity, are good Law abiding citi
zens- and willing almost to d,
anything for our government tha
is fair. but we are not willing t,
/. abide by the decision of Judge An
dersOn.
"And be it resolved that we, tn,
miners of Duquoin and vicinity re
fuse to abide by the decision o
Judge Anderson, and that ever,
member Of our union stay at hom
on and after Tuesday, Nov. II
1919, until we have an agreemea
to work on. N
Unanimously endorsed at mas
meeting.
(Signed) COMMITTEE"
While union leaders admit tha
the mass meeting was held and tn
resolution adopted. none would as
sumo responsibility for the resolu
ton today.
i At Work in Small Fields.
Chicago, Ill, Nov. 13.-Bitumin
Gus coal miners today were expect
ed to return to work In increasin,
numbers in many Of the country
lesser fields but what they swoul,
do in the great Pennsylvania an,
Illinois areas, and the Indiana an,
| Kansas mines remained uncertain
The workers generally shpwed dis
position to await formal ratifca
tion by their immediate union Off
GERS Of the strike recall messag
sent out by John L. Lewis. actin
president Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America, in response, to
federal court order.
Leaders Predict No. Break.
I While the recall order had bee
treceiTed in Illinois. Frank FArrins
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