The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1919-11-06
Federal Judge l,sIes TempOr-
ary Injunction against the
Miners Officials.
% SERVED WITH WRlTS
Forbidden to Send Out More Orders-
Encourage Strikers to Oisburse
Funds-Right Of Labor to
Strike Not Involved.

indianapolis. Ind.-The strike OF
the bituminOus miners went into ef-
feet with the national headquarters
here of the United Mine Workers of
America Silenced by a restraining or
der issued by Judge A. r. Anderson,
of the federal district court.
No last word" or other message to
the members of the union could be
issued by the executive board of Off
GERS of the organization, and they only
smiled grimly when this fact was
brought to their attention.
While the strike order was effective
at midnight, most of the men who
were following ii quit work with The
ending of the day shift. Ii was stated
several days ago AT union headquart-
eIts that midnight of October 81 was
selected for the official hour merely
because it marked the beginning of
November l, on which date The Cleve-
land convention of the union had de-
creed that the wartime wage agree
ment of the miners should terminate
At that time also it WAS pointed out
that comparatively few mines have
Oeen running night shifts.
Deputies of Mark Storen United
States marshal of Indiana, were busy
serving notice of the restraining or
der on union officials who had been
missed in the general roundup at
noon. when the meeting of the union \
executive board was invaded by the
process servers Twenty-three of the
union leaders We're served. The visit
made effective the order which G.. 3.
AmeS, assistant attorney general, had
presented to the federal court, and
which restrained the defendants from
issuing any messages, oral or written,
that the strike is to be enforced as
previously announced, from issuing
any further strike orders or messages
Of announcement or exhortation and
from distributing any strike benefits.
The order was so sweeping that
Judge Amcs explained, after its issu-
ance, that it would prevent any of
the men named in the bill from adj
dressing mass meetings.
The petition by the government up-
on which the order was based charg-
ed that the union men were conSpiring
TO limit the facilities for the produc-
tion of coal and to restrict the supply
and distribution of the fuel. The
writ accordingly commanded them TO
refrain from continuing the alleged
conspiracy
The petition emphasized that the
suit was based upon a wartime act
by which the government was given
control of the fuel and food supplies
of the country, and also pointed out
that the strike would cause cessation
of transportation and thus throw back
upon the public treasury the burden
OF paying the guaranteed incomes
which the government contracted to
pay the railroads when it took con-
troll of them.
1t was brought out that the act in
question specifically provided that II
was to continue in force until the
end Of the state Of war had been pro-
claimed by the president.
Altogether, eighty-four leaders of
the big coal miners union were nam
ed i'm the restraining order They
include all the national officers.
In addition the order named all
other executive board members. dis
trict presidents and secretaries Of the
various districts, including officials Of
anthracite and Canadian districts. IN
affected by the strike. It was stated
by i. Ert Slack, United States dis
trict attorney for Indiana. that fo
reach the men resident outside the In
diana federal district, it would he
necessary to bring auxiliary proceed
ings .n ihc various Jurisdictions