Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-06
LABOR 5 PLAN To
END WALKOUT BY
STOPPING COURT
ACTION REFUSED
Strike Held to Be a Violation
of the Law Request That
Injunction Be Withdrawn Is
I = RIuntIY Rejected.
~ OF AN IMMEDIATE
'2%S.TTLEMENT VANISHES
Inter- Now CenterS in the
Hearing Which Is Scheduled
to Take Place at Indianap-
OIisl Indn Saturday.

10y MORNING Jc9RhN- SPECIAL LEASED WiRGl
Washington, Nov. 5.-organized la
bors' proposal for ending the coal
strike through withdrawal Of injunc-
ton proceedings against officers OF
the United Mine Workers OF America
was rejected bluntly today by the de-
partment of justice.
The governments answer to the
union suggestion advanced by Samuel
Gompers, president ot the American
Federation of Labor, was given by
Assistant Attorney General Ames, who
declared the strike was violation of
law and that as long as it continued
the only place to fight il out was in
court.
Labor leaders, visibly disturbed by.
this refusal, and with the operators,
that the statement of the govern
ment's position swept away all hope OF
immediate settlement of the strike in
volving more than 400, 600 soft coal
miners in twenty eight states.
To Ask for Dismissal.
The restraining order issued by Fed
eral Judge Anderson at Indianapolis
last week was made returnable Sat-
urday. The miners counsel will go
into court then and ask for dismissal
of all proceedings. One or two things
will happen:
The court, according to officials,
either will grant the plea of the
miners or continue the temporary in
junction until a later date for a final
hearing and put into effect manda-
tory order to John l.. Lewis, acting
president OF the miners organization,
to call off the strike,
Whatever the court does, 1t is ex-
pected to be the. next important move
bearing on the question of settling the
strike.
Miners representatives and other
labor leaders emphasized today that
withdrawal of court proceedings would
bring peace to the coal fields within
forty eight hours. Lewis statement
that the miners would be willing ne
goiate new wage scale without res
ervations' meant, they said, that the
slate would be wiped clean and de-
mands for a five-day week and a six
hour day, to gether with 60 per cent
wage increase, withdrawn. But labor
leaders declared there was no hope of
miners returning to work in a body
until the new agreement had been
ratified.
President Wilson, sick in bed, is
sued orders giving Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield authority to regulate
price, distribution and shipment of all
fuel including anthracite. This ac-
ton restored all powers vested in DIR.
Garfield during the war. The fuel
administrator was in conference con-
tinually today, checking up on the
coal supply and arranging with Direc-
tor General Hines OF the railroad ad-
for its distribution where
most needed
Situation Unchanged.
There were few reports from de-
partment of justice agents in the field
and generally the strike situation was
described as unchanged Reports to
the operators headquarters here from
agents in West Virginia said that
thirty-one union mines had resumed
operations in that state, most of these
having opened today.
With colder weather over most OF
the country and the big decrease in
production, a few disquieting reports
came from different sections where
available coal stock was limited. The
fuel administrator of Iowa sounded an
alarm in a telegram TO Director Gem
eral Hines in which he contended that
the people of his state should have
coal for their homes ahead of that as
signed to locomotives hauling 'luxur-
ious trains across the continent
In some cities local authorities mads
their own rules for distribution OF
coal and in some instances the rail-
road administration released big ship
ments for local use. The questions OF
curtailment of train service and plac'
ing embargoes on freight shipmena
were discussed but no reduction OF
service will be made until conditions
reach the point where it cannot be
helped.