El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-21
Colorado Coal
Strike off By
Courts order
Miners Head Asks Opera
tors Also Be Asked to
Obey Court Mandates.

Denver. Colo. Nov 2l-George O.
Johnson. district president United
Mine workers OF America, early to-
5sv announced that the strike Of the
bituminous coal miners in Colorado.
which had been ordered for Friday
midnight, had been called off in &C
cordance with the Injunction issued
last night by district judge Clarence
J. Morley, Of Denver.
The temporary injunction Issued oy
Judge Morley held that the strlAe
~s1ied nv Johnson was in direct Nlo-
lation OF the state industrial com
mission law. which provided that no
E+-iIze should be called on any ac-
count without 80 days notice thereof
being filed with the commission IN
order that the merits OF the contro-
versy might be investigated
Order Holds Until Nov. =.
The restraining order, which was
issued upon peuLlon OF altoIIlss $50
eral Keyes. Of Colorado, holds untlL
next Tuesday morning. November %,
at which time judge Morley VIII re-
view the attorney generals motion
70 make Il permanent me attorney
general accompanied his petition for
a temporary Injunction with set OF
affidavits alleging that the state IN
dustrial law had been violated and
also setting forth the fact that the
commission had assumed jurisdiction
over the controversy between the
miners and the operators
Judge Morley's order also tied Up
the strike fund OF the miners Or
ganization IN this state.
/ President Johnson, who mad at
tended an all night conference OF
] union representatives., with United
I States district attorney Tedrow, ".
2 HHrT #=H
mission, and attorney Fred Farrar,
representing the Colorado Fuel and
{ Iron company. issued the following
{ statement this morning IN connection
with his order canceling the strike
johnson Issues Statement.
Il have complied with the court
orders. have entrusted our case
| 70 United States district attorney
| Tedrow with the hope that he VIII
| compel the coal operators to Ike
wise obey the mandates Of the United
States and district courts OF Colo
{ rado.
@This attitude IS taken because It
/ IS our belief that the law should be
lived up TO by all concerned ] have
: sent a telegram recalling the strike
/ order TO all local unions in Colorado
7 believe that the United States
] court order at Indianapolis, recalling
d
I datory on part Of the operators TO
I reemploy all men who went out on
! strike. The order commands all mem
/ bers Of the United Mine Workers Of
America to return TO work, and II
/ the operators comply with the spirit
I OF the mandate. they must give en-
I ployment 20 all men who were at
Z work at the time the strike order
/ went into effect"
5000 Miners Affected.
| The strike order. which was issued
/ last week, affected 5000 miners in
I this state. and was the result Of
I changes made by the union leaders
/ 20 the effect that number OF the
! operators, particularly the Colorado
Euel and Iron company was showing
I discrimination in the matter OF re-
/ employing men after the nationwide
I strike order had been rescinded. The
| charges Of discrimination were de-
/ MED by the operators. and IL was said
/ that the trouble arose over the fact
l that the companies had refused to
I reemploy a dozen men who were
I charged with being radicals.