The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05
Leaders Forbidden to Send IN
structions To The
Strikers
BUT MEN STRIKE
NEVERTHELESS
Union Officials May Not Make
Speeches Nor Take Part in
Meetings

L
iof bituminous miners went into effect
! tonight with the national headquar-
! tcrs here Of the United Mine Work
/. ers Of America silenced by a restrain
] ing order issued today ~ Judge A.
tB. Anderson OF the federal district
t court No last word" or other mes
sage to the members Of the union
! could be issued by the executive board
or officers Of the organization and
they only smiled grimly when this
fact was brought to their attention.
White the strike order was effec-
tive at midnight, most Of the. men
who were following it quit work with
tho .nding Of the day shift. 1t was
ST, ed several days ago at union
i headquarters that midnight Of Octob-
| er 81 was selected for the official!
| hour merely because it marked the
beginning of November ], on which
date the Cleveland convention Of the
union had decreed that the war time
wage agreement Of the miners should
terminate. AT that time also, it was
i pointed out that comparatively few
mines have been running night shifts.
Deputies of Mark Storm. United
States marshal Of Indiana, we're busy
all afternoon serving notice of the re-
straining order on union officials who
(! had been missed in the general round
up al moon when tie meeting Of the
j anion's executive board was invaded
by the process servers. Eighteen OF
visits made effective the order which
&. T. Ames. assistant. attorney gen
eral, bad presented to. the. federal
court and which restrained the de-
PENDANTS FROM issuing any messages.
cral or written. that the strike is to
he enforced as previously announced:
from issuing any further strike orders
or messages of encouragement or eX-
i,aortation and from distributing any
strike benefits.
The order was so sweeping that
JuGge Adams explained after the is
s;uance that it would prevent any OF
the men named in the bill from ad-
dressing rlass meetings.
gTho petition by the government
upon which the order was based,
charged that the union mon were con-
spring to limit the facilities for the
production of coal and TO restrict the
supply ard 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 war time 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 paving the guaranteed in
comes which the government con-
tracted to pay the railroads when it
took control of them. It was also
brought out that the act in question
specifically provided that it was to
continue in force until the end Of the
state Of war had been proclaimed By
the president.
Altogether 81 leaders of the big
coal mine union We're named in the
restraining order Federal marShal.'
here We're given names Of % men to
serve in Indianapolis and reached IS
Of them rs follows: John L. Lewis,
acting president: William Green.
secretary treasurer: Perez Tetlow,
statistician: Ellis Searles. editor Of
the Mine Workers Journal; John
Wilkinson. district president of Dis
t,'ict 21. Muakogee, Okla. and the fol-
loving members Of the executive
BOARD John H'Leary, Pittsburgh; ~.
r. Watkins Yorllvillc. Ohio; NJ. j.
Ferry. I1azelton. Pa: Lawrence
! Bramlet. Diamond Ind: ]. J. MatZ,
Nilliamstown Pa; W D. Van Horn,
Terre ETaute. Ird.: Samuel Ballan-
tyne. Boone. Iowa: Frank Walters.
.Tellico. Tenn: William Dalrymple.
NcAlester. Okla: Hugh Mcleod
Acme. Wyo.: George Baker. Central
City. Ky; Andrew Steele. Novinser
Mo.
Tn ADDITION 10 these men tho order
r:lI,:rd al othc: executive board NOM
l.r,:;. district presidents and S2t'f'-
t:,..,cs Of the vario;is districts. includ-
ING officials of anthracite and Cana
dian districts unaffected by the strike.
I, was stated hvL. L:rt Slack. United
s,tt:l"s district attorney for Indiana,
!. hat to reach the men rcsiden5 outside
t,lc Indiana federal district. II would
be necessary TO bring ancllllary pro-
coedings in the various Jurisdictions.
Mr.. Slack was left in charge OF the
governments case shortly after it be
came evident that the union would
;,.,il. no immediate move in resist
ancc to it. Judge Ames left Tor
Washington and other members of the
.aecial staff which prepared the pc
;;ion for the attorney general an
n..lnccd that theN would depart to-
morrow. The defe. pts we're sum. sum
. motion for tel ary injnncfiop.
:. : I'.''' Of tn.