Republican farmer., 1919-11-07
[ETHARGy PREVAILS
 Al HEADQUARTERS OF
 UNITED MINE WORKERS
Restraining Order Has Apparently B e e n Obeyed to Letter Miners Secure Ser vices of Attorneys May Get Alton E. Parker.

Indianapolis, Nov. 1-From the scene of greatest activity in
 connection with the strike of approximately 100000 bitumi- nous coal miners, headquart-
 CTS of the United Mine Work
 CTS of America here has been
 transformed in the last 24 hours to perhaps the most lethargic.
 This is the result of the sweeping
 provisions of the restraining order is-
 sued yesterday by U. s. District Judge
 A. B. Anderson. compelling the
 miners officials to refrain from taking
 any part in conducting Or encoura ging
 the strike of miners, which, according
 to dispatches, has been carried out
 almost to a man among the unions of the coal workers of the country.
 Miners leaders at headquarters
 thus far, apparently have obeyed the
 restraining order to the letter. They
 not only decline to give out state
 ments and reports concerning the
 strike but will not discuss their plans
 for combating the action of the gov ernment in the courts, and unless the restraining order is violated by some
 of those against whom it is directed, miners headquarters probably will remain quiet, at least until the gov
 ernment's injunction proceedings i again come up in the federal court Nov. s.
 The restraining order secured yes ! terday is the first step in the govern ment's plan to render the strike in effective. On November a tempor- ary injunction will be asked, govern ment officials pointing out that the first order was merely an emergency m easure intended, not to prevent in- dividual miners from quitting work but to prevent organized direction of the tieup. The order will leave the
 miners free to exercise their own
 Judgment in quitting or remaining al work and also will give the miners leaders time to prepare to present their side of the case to the court If the temporary injunction is grant ed, the government later will ask that 1t be made permanent.
 The only known step the miners have taken toward fighting the gov ernmept in the courts is the retention of Henry Warrun, an Indianapolis attorney. It was said that Alton B, Parker of New York, probably would be engaged to assist with the mine
 workers case.
 MaGisonvil1e, Ky, Nov. 1 - Ken lucky today was within the grasp of a nationwide strike of soft coal miners went into effect last midnight. Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. l - Three 1 additional companies of federal troops are enroute here today to re- { inforce 500 regulars already here for ! possible duty in the coal regions of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. i Union officials claimed 1S,90O men would answer the call for a walkout i in this district. This statement was i vigorously challenged by the opera 1 tors.
 Fargo, N. D., Nov. 1-Lignite coa'
 miners in North Dakota did not waIkout today. orders received just l before midnight last night from Henry 1 brennan, president of District No. i 27, United Mine Workers, counter
 manding previous strike orders. 1 Pittsburgh, Kas., Nov. 1-Reports
 to miners headquarters here this
 morning showed that not a mine 1T l the Kansas coal fields was in opera ] ton. Thirteen thousand miners are | idle.
 l Springfield, Ills, Nov. 1-Soft coa i miners of Illinois 5000 of them are 1 100 per cent idle today in response
 to the strike call effective at mid
 night last night, according to Frank Harrington, President of the Illinois i district.