Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-18
IOWA MINERS BALK
At RETURN ORDER
Leader Declares They win Not
Go Back to Work.
ACTION IN ILLINOIS IN DOUBT
Ohio Men Loyal to the Government
Mines Throughout the Southwest
to Reopen at onee-PennsyI-
Vania Pits Ready.

Mason City. Ia. Nov. 12.-Word
was received here that ten mines
would open at Buxton, Iowa, today
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 12--Iowa
miners will not return to work in spite
of the resembling of the strike order,
in the opinion of Joseph Morris, vice
president of District No. 10, United
Mine Workers of America, expressed
here. j. c. Lewis, district president
is expected back from Indianapolis.
The men are determined to stay
out until the strike is legally stopped"
Morris said. ''The national officers
have not the authority to call off the
strike and l feel certain that this or
der of revocation of the strike order,
issued because of force, win have no
effect on the local situation
Illinois Miners in Doubt
Joliet, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-Miners in the
Wilmington coal district south of here
stated that there was no doubt the
men would obey Lewis order to go
back to work. They were without or
ders from state or local officials, but
the individual opinions were against
resumption of work before their de-
mands had been adjusted. Miners are
ready to start work if the men decide
to resume.
Loyal to Government.
Columbus, o., Nov. 12.-Declaring
they would tear up their union cards
before they would strike in defiance
of the government, 1872 coal miners
employed at a stripping mine near
Hopedale, Jefferson county, resumed
work before news came of the min
ers' organization decision to recall the
strike order, notifying their union Of
ficials not to send any further instruc-
tons to walk out
The action followed an address to
the men by District Attorney B0lin
of Columbus, who went to HOpesdale
when informed that officials of the
miners union had given directions to
the men contrary to the restraining
order issued at Indianapolis
Express Doubt in Kansas.
Pittsburg. Kans., Nov 12-At the
Office of the district officials of the
United Mine Workers it was said that
no official word had been received re-
garding withdrawal of the strike or
der, and until such was received the
situation here was unchanged.
From miners struggling into Pitts
burg came expressions of doubt as
to the ending of the strike. In all
quarters, apparently, there was feel
ing that the miners would not return
to work.
Pennsylvania Mines Ready.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 12.-All BIZ
luminous coal mines in the Pittsburgh
district are ready for operation, and
when the men decide to return to
work they will find conditions the
same as when they took out their
tools, October 81.
"The operators are ready to run the
mines as soon as sufficient men report
for work." said a statement issued by
the Pittsburgh Coal Operators asso-
citation. 1.-THE fans have been kept go
ng, and the pumps have not stopped.
All equipment has been kept in good
working order, and there need not be
a minutes delay when the miners
come back"
Nonunion Output 100 Per Cent
Charleston, w. Va, Nov. 12.-PrO-
duction in the nonunion coal fields of
West Virginia has reached the 100
per cent mark, while in the union
fields of the state, for the most part
in the northern region. additional
mines were operating, according to
latest reports from the West Virginia
Coal association, which stated that
many union miners who quit work
when the strike went into effect were
making application for employment.
Southwestern Miners to Return.
Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 12.-All the
soft coal miners in district No. 81,
composed of Arkansas Oklahoma and
Texas will obey the mine unions or
der resembling the strike call, accord
ing to reports received here. The Ar
kansas miners are expected to return
to work Thursday morning. Pete
Stewart, district commissioner for the
southwestern operators association.
said the union leaders in the district
expected all of the miners to resume
work All of the mines. with the ex-
ception of a few employing uon-union
miners, were idle since the strike was