New Britain herald., 1919-11-11
MINERS VOTE TO
 CALL OFF STRIKE
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Continued from First Page) strike, when apparently all the mem bers of the union were behind the Walkout which was being conducted without any form Of violence or dam ! age to property
 Labor in general, as represented by I~the executive committee of the Amer acRn Federation Of Labor had offered it's runqualified support to the miners @indtheir strike while obedience or dis obedience of a federal court order ! hung in the balance.. and this fact gave miners representatives, who fav- ored holding out an arg'lm ent which weighed heavily with some of their l. colleagues.
 Strong For .amcricaniSfst
 On the other hand, the presidents desianation of the strike as unlawful placed the coal workers in the post lion of tlefying the government of the United States if they refused to call off the strike and, aside from the consequences attaching to dsobedi- ~encc of the federal court order, many wera adverse to considering any thing which could be construed as lack or Am merlcan1Sm.
 There was no limit on the debate in the conference and many of the delegates snoke at length and some more than 6nce on various subjects
 The Original Demands.
 @S The original demands of the United Mine Workers, which brought about the strike Of approximately 425, ,000 bituminous coal miners of the United States, were drafted by the scale committee of the Cleveland conven- tion Of the organization, held last Septemb Der which also adopted the following resolutions
 We recommend that in event q satisfa actory wage agreement is not secured for the central competitive field Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Western PennsylvaniO, before No vember 1, 1919, to replace the one now in effect. the nterna tional off cers be authorized and are hereby in- /structed to call a general strike of all bitumi ouS miners and mine workers throughout the United States, the same to become effective November i, 1919."
 Seek 60 Per Cent. Raise.
 The main points of'the miners de- mands included a so per cent. in crease in wages a SiX-hour day from bank to bank a fNc~daN week, and limo and a half for overtime. and on Sundays and legal holidays The joint wage conference of operators and mine workers met in Philadel- ] phia, October 9, and adjourned Octo- Der | failing to reach an agreement The call for the strike at midnight October 31 was issued from the inter 1 national Headquarters of the union here October | D. Then followed un- successful efforts Of Secretary of La Dor Wilson to bring about a sci tlc- meni Of the controversy and later the statemeut of President Wilson that the strike was unlawful Tie strike call remained tr effect and general committee of the mine workers or ficials--thc same which this morning agreed 10 comply with the mandate Of Judge Anderson and rescind the strike order refused 10 withdraw it so.
 435,0 Men Affected,
 On tho same day, October 31, the | government took a hand in the con troversy and obtained an order from U. :. Dist. Judge Anderson restrain l ins officials of the miners from direct ing the strike which automatically night and was responded to by ar- proximatey 425,000 union miners.