Republican farmer., 1919-11-14
COMPLY WITH COURT 0RDERUNDERPR0TEST
 PRES. LEWIS STATES
In Statement He Says "We Are Americans, We Cannot Fight Our Government" - Long and Heated Confer ences Precede Decis- ion.

Indianapolis, Nov. II - United States District Judge \. B. Anderson, at ten o'clock this morning approved the or der of the officials Of the Uni ted Kline Workers of America. resembling the strike order of October 15. Attorneys for the miners promised to try to have it in the mails by six o'clock this evening.
 The order to rescfnd was presented to the court by Henry Warrum, h. dianapolis, attorney for the miners After the court proceedings. Mir. War rnm, G. L. Grant, Fort Smith, Ark, and F. C. Huebner, AIbia, Iowa. as- sociated counsel, issued a statement in the presence of the government attorneys. in which the position of the mine workers was stated. I This action was taken following a session of the general committee of the miners. which decided early to- day to comply with the mandate of the court issued last Saturday. 1 Judge Anderson characterized the order as a good faith effort to com ply with his mandate. The text of ! the order follows:
 Indianapolis, Ind, November II. i1919.
 ITO the officials and members of i the United Mine Workers of America: ! Dear sirs and brothers: In obedi- ence to the mandate issued on No- vember s, by the United States Court District of Indiana. Judge A. B. An i derson presiding, the undersigned hereby advise you that the order of i October IS. directing a cessation of i operations in the bitumfnous coal fields of our jurisdiction is with drawn and cancelled.
 Yours fraternally,
 (Signed)
 William Green,
 Secretary-Treasurer. John L. Lewis, President Officials of the American Fedora i tion of Labor showed surprise but | would not comment.
 i Some administration officers said | the miners action had put the issue l squarely up to the coal operators. i Representatives of the operators here, 1 however, had no statement to make, ! explaining that any pronounceent | would come from Thomas T. Brew ster, of St. Louis. head of the scale 1 committee.
 Despite the announcement by union | leaders that the strike would be call 1 ed off. the railroad administration s
 coal distributing organization will l continue to function until a majority | of the strikers return to work" off 1 cials of the central coal committee 1 said explaining that so far as the
 work of the distribution orsaniza- l ton was concerned, the strike would ! not have ended until something like
 normal production had been restor- i ed.
 l Officials gave the first intimation | of the reserve coal stocks after hear ing of the announcement by the miners officials. Director General Hines estimated that the coal held
 under supervision of the central coal commission aggregate about 15,0O0,- coo tons.
 The general committee, composed of international officers. district presi- dents and members of the executive board and scale committee. reached | it's decision at 4:10 this morning and
 adjourned five minutes later to recon l vene at 2 o'clock this afternoon. "Gentlemen, we will comply with | the mandate of the court. We do it under protest. We are Americans We cannot fight our government. That is aIl.''
 This was the statement of John L. Lewis, acting president of the Mine | Workers, announcing the decision, and other members of the conference | apparently worn out by their long
 hours of discussion declined to add to the statement of their chief and soon
 dispersed.
 When the order, calling off the strike will be drafted could not be
 learned early today, but. under the
 order of Judge Anderson, it must be
 submitted to the court for his ap- lprova1 at 10 o'clock this morning and
 be on it's way to the membership by isix o'clock this evening. So far as
 could be learned no committee was Iappointed at the conference to write the order.
 During the day approaches to the
 entrances of the conference hall were
 carefully guarded by a sergeant-at-
 arms and during recesses a man re-
 mained on guard in the hall, but in
 the later hours of the conference the
 sergaA Ant-at-arms disappeared.
 The speeches at times were impas-
 stoned and voices from the hall rose above the hubbub of the hotel. ir
 which the conference was held, but
 only a word now and then was dis
 tinguisrable. It is understood that
 all phases of the question were iargued and the effect various actions
 might have on the organization en-
 tered into the discussion, but accord
 ing to members not a vote was taker
 on any subject until the action today
 was decided upon.
 | Shortly before the conference ad journed, President Lewis and William l Green, secretary-treasurer, held {
 long conference in the parlor of the l hotel. Developments after this con ference came rapidly
 The recall of the strike order vii
 open the way immediately for a re | sumption of the negotiations betweeI | the miners and the operators, as thu | operators have announced that the! l would be ready to consider a new wage agreement at any time the strik, order was withdrawn. It is also un !. derstood that the question of arbitra
 ion entered largely into the discus 1 sion in the final stages of the meet | ng, but the miners position on thi . i. bieet was not announced