The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-11-07
HOPE FOR BREAK
IN NINE STRIKE
CONFIDENTIAL REPoRTS TO
WASHINGTON SHOW SOME
WOULD CALL IT OFF
WILL KEEP AGITAT0RS OUT
With All Strike Benefits Eliminated,
Officials Believe Men Will Go Back
to Work If They Are Not
lnterTered With

Washington. Nov. s. Immediate
steps for assembling at Washington an
| Industrial commission to deal broadly
with present turbulent industrial con.
| ditiOns was suggested yesterday by
the advisory board Of the Brotherhood
| of Locomotive Engineers.
Deploring attempt Ut government
by injunction" as means Of settling
| the coal strike, the board. speaking
for 5000 members, declared the in
junction proceeding would make con.
dttions worse and defer, If not de-
feat, u peaceful settlement"
| The board stood out for an indus
trial commission that would "recog-
nize all citizens and not be pledged 10
oppose collective bargaining Its
statement, the only formal one bear
! ing on the strike. issued here yester-
day, was prepared after full and care
full consideration Of all questions
leading up to the break between opera.
tors and mine workers.
The governments next movement
in the effort to keep the country sup
piled with fuel will depend on what
happens today.
Attorney General Palmer and his
associates We're cheered yesterday by
confidential reports which We're said
to show a tendency in some districts
to call off the strike.
In general way the confidential
al he limos n
press dispatches. showing that the
union miners. almost to Il man. had
quit. while in the nOn-union mines
work Went on without Interruption.
Attorney General Palmer'S instruc-
tons to district attorneys to watch for
the first evidences of conspiracy to
restrict the output of coal or prof
!, iteering. was taken to mean that the
department of Justice was preparing
, to open war on agitaturs who might
, invade the mine fields and attempt
to keep out miners willing to return
to their old jobs.
Strike Benefits Cut Out.
With all strike benefits cut off b,
or a large number Of them. will sc
back to work. provided they are not
urged tn stay our and are not sWayed
by agitators.
The department of justice is just as
determined to prosecute to the Limit
coal dealers who take advantage ot
. the critical times To profiteer as it i.
to deal with representatives OF til,
radical element who try to stir III
trouble among the miners.
This determination was reflected il
. correspondence made public yesterda,
: in which Attorney General Palmer al
ministered Il sharp rebuke to W. \
, Marshall. president of the Wholesale
:. Coal Trade association of New York
!. who protested against amy in,erfer
;, ence hy the government with Goa
prices or supplies. Mr.. Palmer de
clared the government was actint
solely for the benefit Of the public an'
that the coal dealers ought to be will
!, ing tn cooperate in such 4 nationa
= emergency, "eren to the extent of sac
rificiny profits
j. Some officials said last night tina
il might not be possible tn size up til
situation for several days. hut III
general belief was that the next +
> mines" tendency openly contirmin
the confidential reports.