Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-02
COAL PRODUCTION
At CARBON CITY
NEARING NORMAL
> q r;Il Be Operating At
CiaszS5Isssst tIes. >..'thin Few Days;
Strike ''s on Is Prac-
ticalIy Clea' d Up.

. ,SPselAL oiseAreH 10 SoaN'Ea IovRHALl
Gallup, n. NJ, Dec. 1.-The strike
situation here is practically cleared
up. The coal production Of twenty
five hundred tons daily, in normal
times, will be resumed fully within q
few days The agitators have left for
other fields or they are silent. The
federal and the state government, in
harmonious cooperation, have dealt
with the situation mildly but firmly
and effectively.
Probably it would be well 10 begin
at the beginning and tell the story as
III is told to the Journal by Captain
Edmunds, in command of The battal-
ion Of the Eighth cavalry, stationed
here, He is a gentleman of poise, of
few words, of deliberate Judgment.
He has not acted with haste at any
time, when il was matter OF making
up his mind as to what should be
done. But he has been exceedingly
prompt in action when, he had decided
what his policy shopld be. II
Capt, EeimuAdsss &tkvy,
Talking with representative OF the
Journal Captain Edmund$ story fol-
lows:
When the governor OF New Mexico
called for federal troops Captain Ed
munds came TO Gallup with about
three hundred regulars and put the
mining district under martial law
Following instructions from their ma
tional officers, the United Mine Work
ers of America declared tbs strike Off,
and about everybody returned TO
work--for two days. Then there was
another strike.
The second trouble was caused by
the fact that the Direct Line Coal
company refused to take back six or
the strikers, alleging that they hal
quit work and that their Jobs had
been filled by others, who were WILL
ing to work. s
The strike was against the proper
ties controlled by the Diamond Coal
company. the employers OF the CAL
mp- p-American company never having
quit work.
In order that the Diamond conf
pany might work to capacity Cover :
| nor Larrazolo assumed control, as
chief executive OF the state, He
| asked the cooperation of the federal
| troops and the order was iasued
! through channels from washington.
! instructing Captain Edmunds to CO.
| operate fully with the state author
| tiles.
| Meeting Prohibited. S
| Under the federal law, Captain Ed :
munds took the position that any
! action by the miners, or any one else.
tending to restrict the output of cun
would constitute conspiracy and
that violators Of his orders would be
subject to trial by military court
He issued an order prohibiting any
meetings in the district except with
his permission. Should such perriia-
sion be given representatives OF tho
military, the department Of justice
and the governor should be present.
If they so desired.
One such meeting was held. and,
while all the speeches by the miners
favored return to work, when vote
was taken it was unanimous to con-
tinue the strike.
Then eviction notices. Issued by
j the civil court, were served on be-
tween two hundred and three him
dred persons. One of the eviction
orders was imperative and was dt-
rected against twentysix families.
| Another was conditional on the men
refusing to return to work. The mo-
tices were effective November 80 at
8 o'clock in the evening.
The result was that all who were
peremptorily ordered to yacate the
companies property did so. and those
who were given the option of return
ing to work are now working t
/ Has Had Hearty Co-Operation.
Captain Edmunds says he has had
the hearty cooperation OF Adjutan,
General Baca, United states District
Attorney Summers Burkhart. and the
officials of Mckinley coae N in all
lup municipality, SO far as the com
fort of his men wasRVoficerned The
mayor of Gallup protested against
the presence of the troops in the city
as unnecessary. But he was over,
ruled. One meeting OF thu miner.
was held without the authority oi
Captain Edmunds. they alleging thai
they had permission from Mayor
Hannett..
Thirty-seven of the miners were ar.
! rested for disobeying the military or
der. They claimed that they under
stood from Mayor Hannett that Cap
tain Edmunds had given them pc
rmission to hold the meeting. MayQi
Hannett said he had merely told their
he would try to get the captains per
mission, and that they misunderstood
, him, which was probably correct. The
, men were released on the ground tha
they acted under misapprehension.
The real trouble has been with ths
!, foreign element They have secre
societies which place their organiza.
|. tions in antagonism to civil govern
. ment. Nearly all OF these men art
not citizens OF the United States ant
are not in sympathy with our form
: of government.
Why Men Remained Idle.
Now that the coal strike is practi
cally over here, the authorities Be
Ilieve they have solved the mystery o.
why the foreign-born miners qui
work and refused to re-enter tn,
= mines. even after troops arrived 81
J the scene to guard against lawlessness
The men said at the outset that the'
had no grievance and gave as thei
excuse for striking that ii was in ae
$ cordance with orders from the "fel
? lows back east" Ia
!, 1t has just become known that mos
of these foreign-born miners belong
to a Slavonic benefit society, incorpor
ated under the laws of Illinois. whiel
. among other things, provides tina
/, members of the organization who &c
, as strike breakers shall be expelie'
= from the lodge and forfeit all right
to future benefits, The clause in tn