Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
HEAD OF ILLINOIS
Miners AND OTHER
LEADERS ARRESTED
$40 Also Enjoined-Union
Men Return at Two Points,
;: Agree to at Another.

The arrest of Frank Harrington.
president of the United Mine Workers
Of Ilhnois.- and of thirteen members Of
the miners unions at Clinton. Ind.
the issuance of a temporary restrain
ing order against $50 miners officials
and members of mine committees in
West Virginia, the return to work of
, uRipn miners at two points, the decision
Of STRIKERS, in the Lee county fields of
Virginia to return to work Monday,
the. reopening- OF two mines at an
other place and steps generally to
ceRhat, the fuel shortage were the
developments in the coal situation
yesterday.
- ChsrEed with Contempt.
harrington was arrested at his
homie IN Springfield. H., by. United
States Marshal Vincent T. Dallman on
chafgfs of contempt of court for vio
lating the strike Injunction. The min
ers officials at Clinton, Ind. were
taken on a similar charge -..,.-.-,
Ap0og thoaevnamed in the.restrain-
ing order in West Virginia are two
members of the International board
Of the-Bnftcd Mines-&Nerhers of
America, B. S. Scott. district II, and
Lss 9nisr RS sSssf .si ssss. 81 d de
fesdssts snassAll; ether persons from
SoihbAiiHSs,
agreeing or arranging to keep the
strike order in effect. Hearing on the
application has been set for Decem-
Der - $780,.
Hrsaks. Mt Two Points.
The breaks in the miners ranks
came at M6ARester. Okla, and Cum
berland. Nd AT McAlester the union
mines in rdsSknse to an uItimatum de-
! livered by Gov. Robertson. The men
live ins,1Eo mPany houses and 5. Gov.
RobertDacoFSfered them to return to
work or vacate the houses and make
room s50r, S3RAEvolunteers now at work
in tbSs1eel $50 sOfficials of the Davis
Coal ana Coke Company at Cumber-
an1sADass0ssRat $50 union men had
gkRe % EoHh in the Upper Potomac
s$ctioryeS& 6istnct No. 10. These men
ale arklnkyA.Aenr and Thomas and
aye able to produce about 1900 tons
, slearns an31Baren Fork. Witty
; COUNTY, ky-.npder a new wage scale
Howeyer strike is reported in
many 4af&kamed work.
s.oSgs,l4sa4tine If Men Refuse.
in the central Pennsylvania bitumi-
nous felf y Barnesboro. Pa. have
! a6reed u At&mpt resumption of min
ing toufEtoR. The companies repre-
s4nt an annual output of 100000
tenstSEhA officers. directors and super
: i4tendents have offered to dig coal if
: tHe men refuse.
Tennessee officials served notice on
nfneFs and operators yesterday that,
upless its strike was ended within
rye days, all resources of the state
WOULD be employed to increase the
PRODUCTION of coal Striking miners
who do not resume work will be
forced to yacate houses owned by
Gal mining companies.
VIII Resume Ohio Farley.
Gov. Cox of Ohio will resume nego-
tiations tomorrow morning with repre-
sehtatives Of the miners and operators
in, an effort to end the strike as it af-
fects, that state. In case the negotia-
1dns come to naught, state officials say
sirastic measures will have to be taken
to forestar1 actual suffering: 1t is said
that more than 10000 men and women
will be out of work in Cleveland within
Il week unless the situation is relieved
"A Suspension of operations tomor-
row by j. score of Michigan industries
Isl predicted Well over a quarter of
a million will be thrown into idleness
in the state early in the week. it is esti-
mated
DR.. F. c.. Honnold. secretary of the
Illinois Coal Operators Association in
denying runor said last night that
there would be no Independent settle
1nent made between Illinois miners and
operators at an advance over the stipu-
lated IA per cent wage increase