Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-03
HOLD W0RkmEn ARE
IN 0mTEmPT FOR
VIOLATION OF WRIT
Indianapolis, Dec. 3.-Citations for contempt
of court, directed against members of the United
Mine Workers union and general officers Of that
iBy the Associated Press y

q general officers OF that
organization were to be
served before the close
of the day, according to
reliable information obtained here
this afternoon by the Associated
Press. This. it was said. is the gov
ernment's next step in its efforts to
bring about an end of the strike of
bitumin0us miners.
1t became known yesterday that a
mass of evidence against alleged vic.
lators of the injunction against the
strike issued by Judge Anderson has
been collected by agents OF the de-
partment of justice and that pro.
ceedngs will be instituted immediate-
ly
Government attorneys take the pO-
sition that statements made by indi-
vidual miners which might be viewed
as encouragement of the strike or
agreement by any two members to
refrain from work constitute viola
ton OF the injunction.
INDUSTRY UiSrupteo.
Chicago. Dec Further disrup-
ton OF national industry because Of
the fuel shortage brought about by
the miners strike was in prospect to-
day. Regional directors of railroads
had authority to annul passenger
trains where the public would be least
inconvenienced and many additional
manufacturing plants throughout the
country faced shutdUwns, either thru
exhaustion Of the coal supplies or
! the strict rationing decreed by the
federal fuel administration
Cutting off of electric advertising
and other non-essential use Of power
and fuel. with the added prospect Of
further curtailment of industry
brought to the general public rather
gloomy outlook. II was estimated
that with reductions of working Stats
already made or threatened should the
strike not be broken Immediately. the
number of employees thrown out OF
work soon would surpass several
times over the approximately 100000
mine workers involved in the walk.
out .llM
Eleven Strip Mines Working.
i'tSbuiS. MIL IfPt. g. T<icNtu
strip mines in the Kansas coal fields
will be in operation by the state this
afternoon. Governor Allen announced
| today. The first car load went from
/ Fit ttsburg late Yesterday and was con-
signeu to ColdWater, Kan. Eight or
ten cars Of coal will be shipped out
of the field by night ..4ss
Operators In Session. = t*s
II, fl.t ngrrtt n
from all parts of the country gathered
| here today to work out details OF the
IT per cent wage increase as suggest
ed by the government for btumlnous
coal miners Representative from all
sections were on hand to gather facts
on which TO base their own adjust
! menta. 1t va. said the findings of the
central field committee probably
would be given to Mr. Garfield tor
ratification. but several days would
| be needed to Work out programs pre-
scented.
Optimism marked the meeting, al
| tho production figures showed no In"
! crease in daily output, Operators rep
sentirg Alabama, West Virginia, Ken
/ tucky Tennessee and central PennSYl-
! vana fields were confident their out
! puts would soon be back to normal.
/ In the central district however, hard
| ly a pound of coal is being produced
except in wagon and a few strip
mines.
Mayors Meet at Springfield,
Springfield, ill.,, Dec, D. Mayors.
, public utilities officials from many
southern and central Illinois cities
mot here today at the call Of the state
public utilities commission for con-
ference on the fuel proposition in the
state.
Conservation of fuel will be the
principal topic at the conference ac-
cordng to members OF the state COM
mission. Public officials from Lin
coin, East 81. Louis, Quincy, Belle
ville Peoria, Bloomington Cairo, Dan
Vile Decatur, Galesburg, Jacksonville.
Urbana and Champaign are expected
to attend TIE conference.
At another conference tonight call
ed By Or. c. ST. Clair Drake state al
rector of public health, the division
chiefs of the health department Will
discuss problems growing out OF the
fuel shortage Sanitary regulations
will be formulated which must obtain
in the event that 1t becomes neces-
sary 20 house people in central quar-
tprs such as schools, churches and
public halls
A Ray Of Hope.
Washington, Dec. with reports
coming in from scattered points OF
miners returning to work in large