The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-01
Injunction Prevents Use
Of Funds in Support
ing Strikers
ORDER MEN BACK;
TALK BUSINESS
Believes Agreement Be
Easily Reached When
Miners Demand Dis
cussed

indianapolis, Ind. Oct sl.--Wfth
the approach OF the zero hour
midnight--if was clear nothing
could be done 20 avert the nation
wide coal strike going into effect
A .rectndirg order might be issued
bur IL would never reach the miners
befors they quit work. Indeed re.
ports tonight showed practically all
the miners had laid down their tools
hours before the time when the
strike went officially into effect
The battle. which OF necessity In
wolves every individual in the United
States has its central fighting f1eld
In this cry.
AS tho clocks licked away the
last hours of the day. grimness be-
came the single characteristics evt-
Dent In The camps OF the opposing
leaders Ofifcers of the United
Mine Workers OF America watched
the advance OF the hour hand with
ms set and faces tense. Three
blocks away in the federal building
officers Of the Usited States received
reports from operatives, made no.
tations, discussed telegrams--wait-
Cd.
NJ The coming OF tomorrow morning
viii ffsyti hituMsiuCus sninAS In tWen-
~ states emptied Of workers. Onion
ctficerT here insist the strike will
prevail until the coal operators have
Laen beaten to their knees and
agree to yield AT least something to
the miners demands.
The federal men also admit the
strike Ia assured OF beginning.
KuY they expressed the hope that
the sorccs OF the strikers have been
so wakaned by the action taken In
the United States district court to-
day that within n short period the
demonstration Of the workers viii
weaken TO the point Of collapse.
DIPLOMATIC STROKE,
This action was in the nation OF
pre-war diplomatic stroke BY
s obtaining writ restraining the
taninh otaE5ais from further carrying
on strike direction work, the United
States government has made i'm
possible establishment Of lines OF
communication between the strik-
Ing unitA And. most important OF
OF all, the strikers now remain with
OUT a general leadership.
II is true that this restraint only
holds good under the present order
until November S, when argument
Will be had before Federal Judge
A 3. Anderson. on the question OF
assuring n temporary Injunction. II
tho temporary injunction is granted,
then a permanent one viii be asked,
this is TO specify not only an order
against aiding the strike but actual
" directing the executive board TO
recind he strike proclamation and
call the workers back to their jobs.
The restraining order was antic-
ipated. Shortly before the deputy
and his armful of napers arrived,
President Lewis had sent away his
last instructions he may give his
IaGslienanta. In 1he~ field while the
the court edict is in effect. To all
OF his district presidents he sent
this message:
Our position remains unchanged
Strike order issued, October Is be-
comes effective at midnight in all
it's provisions. We enter this great
industrial. contest serene in the
knowledge that our cause is Just and
in conformity with our rights, guar
anteed by the constitution and laws
of the United States
Chicago, Oct. 3i.-Coal mining op-
erations In the great fields OF Illi-
nois Indiana and Ohio ceased to-
night, according TO reports from tAc
chief mining centcrs. While the
strike aid not become effective Of
fcially until midnight there were
few men below ground attn o'clock
tonight.
That the tie-up would be complete
in spite OF the governments order
was the opinion generally. expressed
tonight.
Every miner will respond to the
strike order" said Andrew T. MUIR
ply, published OF Black Diamond.
and for thirty-five years an author
fty on the coal mine situation in the
middle West. X am satisfied from
what / know OF the situation that
not one Of the 100000 miners will be
at work tomorrow
MURPHY's PREDICTION.
Mr.. Murphy predicted the strike
would be OF short duration.
The Injunction directed against
the United Mine Workers officials at
Indianapolis will bring the strike to
= head very soon. In my opinion" he
said. "As I understand Il the In
junction ties up the funds OF the
unton and they cannot carry on the
l1ght long without money
~. Murphy said no believed tho
maine organisation cosnultteo would
rn9clnA a. atFike oe1Ar w1kAtn the
n1z1Ss SI9 sx tnsaae slay IN
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