Evening star., 1919-11-10
General Committee
and Officers in
Conference.
RECALL
OF STRIKE ORDER
Refuse to Predict Out
come Before Going
Into Session.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, November
1O.-The general committee OF the
United Mine Workers of America.
which met here today to take ac-
tion ON. the mandatory Injunction
of Federal Judge A. b. Anderson
demanding that the strike order be
rescinded before @ PIN. tomorrow,
was still in session at 1 o'clock
this afternoon and no intimation
of what the action of the commit
tee would be wns given out.
The meeting place of the COM
mfttee, which includes internatiOn-
nj ohicials. district presidents and
members of the executive board
and scale committee, representing
425,OOO striking bftuminous coal
miners, was kept secret until just
n few minutes before the confer
ence convened.
A aerEeant-nt.arm was sta.
toned at the entrance to the hall
and only delegates were permitted
to approach within twenty feet of
the entrance.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, November 10
ALI the members of the general com
mittee Of the mine workers. including
international officers, district presi-
dents and members of the executive
board and scale committee, were pres
assembled in the Lincoln Hotel short
1y before II o'clock to discuss the
court mandate that the strike order to
the bituminous coal miners must be
rescinded.
1t was found the executive board
commodate sthe fun membership OF
the general committee, and the meet
ing was transferred to the hotel as
semply room.
Gail Of Today's Meeting.
Today's meeting was called follow
ing the issuance of Judge Anderaofi'e q
order. The call sent out by the union
heads was directed to all district
presidents, members of the executive
board of the organization and the en-
Members of the general
committee would not comment on the
strike situation.
The majority of the miners officials
seemed to take their cue from the
statement issued last night by Johr
mine workers, in which he said
Statements to the effect that I shall
or shall not comply with the man.
datory proceeding of the injunction
writ are unauthorized and premature. u
While 1t was believed in some cir
cles that an order resembling the strike
order issued October Is would be ap-
proved by the miners committee and
sent on its way to the coal fields be-
fore pm. tomorrow. the time limi,
set by Judge Anderson. its reception
by the coal diggers was regarded az
problematical. In some districts. II
was asserted, there was no question
that the miners would return to work
Immediately on receipt of the WORD
from headquarters calling off the
strike, but in others the action of the
men was considered doubtful.
Reports From Fields.
Reports from the various coal fields
since the strike was called indicate
that many union men contend that
the general committee Of the miners
have no authority to rescind the or
der for the strike. which. they as
sert, was decided upon by the regu-
lar convention of the United Mine
w VI hSi iSSlih6 III III
September.
In case the recall order should be
issued by the miners general COM
mittee and some of the individual
members of the union refused to
recognize the authority of the order
and remain idle any action contem-
plated by the government could not
be learned this morning.
A hint, however. was given during
the proceedings in the United States
district court Saturday. when Judge
nderson said 1.-THE Lever act makes
it an unlawful conspiracy for two or
more persons to arrange to limit the
production Of coal. That is perfectly
apparent to me. Everybody knows
that"
No action. it was said, is planned by
the government until after the time
limit set by Judge Anderson for the
issuance of the strike reeall order.
Meanwhile attorneys for the union
were said to be busy preparing their
case for an appeal to the United
States circuit court Of appeals in Chi
CaRO,