New-York tribune., 1919-11-13
Miners to HoId-UD
Injunction Appeal
Attorneys Say No Action
Viii Be Taken Pending
Result of Conference

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12.-The United
Mine Workers Of America. contrary to
previous announcement. have decided
to withhold their appeal on the ruling
of the Federal court in injunction pro-
ceedings which resulted in the calling
off of the strike Of coal miners yester-
day.
1t had been generally believed that
regardless of developments in the stu
alton the miners would fight their case
in the courts to the last ditch and at
torneys for the coal -~orkers announced
yesterday their appeal would be filed
within two or three days. However,
Henry Warrum, chief counsel for the
mine workers organization. tonight
stated the outcome of the conference
of miners representatives and coal
operators with Secretary of Labor Will
son in Washington Friday would de-
termine to a large extent whether the
case is carried further. The mine
workers counsel have thirty days in
which to file their appeal
The decision of the miners is taken
to indicate they have accepted the
governments assurance that the suit
against the miners was not an attack
against the right to strike, but was
solely to prevent violation of the law,
in this case the Lever act.
StGT Correspondence
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12.---When the
soft coal miners strike went into the
scrap heap yesterday, the miners de-
mand for naturalization Of the mines
went with it. Their bout with the gov
ernment and the courts has convinced
intervention there is in coal mining
the better it will be for them. They
have concluded they much prefer deal
ing with private companies to dealing
with the government. To get mixed up
second hand with government in a
strike is bad enough. A strike initi-
ated against the government because Of
its ownership Of the mines would be
tantamount to rebellion--and in the
words of John L. Lewis, Eve are Amer
leans. We can't fight against our gov
ernment."
The fact is the real inner judgment
of the responsible leaders has been
against government ownership ever
since they experienced an extreme form
OF governmental supervision during the
war. The coal administration grew
unpopular with the miners as the war
progressed in proportion to its increas-
ing popularity with the operators.
Ownership Idea Not Fixed
Nevertheless, the Cleveland conven-
tion in September indorsed the nation
alization idea, but it is explained that,
like many convention platform planks,
it was more for decoration than for
guidance. A number of the miners
leaders are of Scotch, Welsh and Eng
lish origin, and are prone to follow the
fancies and ,fads of British laborites.
After this national conventions of
miners are going to be much more
careful about even decorative planks
1t is realized that there was altogether
too much decoration in the last con-
vention. The declarations in favor of
a six-hour day and q fiveday week,
also adopted largely because of the
ters, were taken seriously by the
public, and thereby contributed not q
little to the general disfavor in which
the miners found Themselves They
lost their trading stock value in con-
sequence. The miners will insist on
shorter hours in the negotiations that
are to begin in Washington on Fri
day, but they will not insist on the
thirty hour week.
Somewhat more than 100 Of the
miners officers will represent them at
Washington, and many of them began
leaving for the Capital to-day. Presi-