The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-11

N..' ~ 40 ' ~ 'N''N' ~
Canoeing Strike Is Ap-->
proved by Court and Is
Being Mailed Today,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov.
1.-THE coal strike has ieen
called Oft. With the approval
by Judge A. B. Anderson in
the United States district
court of the text of the recall
orders su b m itted by the
United Mine Workers, the Ito.
up of mines which began No.
/ vemtef !; was Officially ended.
After declaring that the can.
collation. of the strike sum-
mons is made in good faith,
Henry Warrum. chief counsel
for the miners officials, read
a statement to Dan W. Slmms,
special district attorney. cali
ing upon the operators and
the government to get to-
gether with the miners TO
formulate a new wage scale.
AIsr voting 70 recall the trike
order a, the end # an all n&sh, scs-
son, the miners leaders today sub
emitted Il, recall summons 10 the
court, and on the heels Of It's ap-
Nrnval the miners counsel read is
,'ltomen, requesting immcd ate ncgo-
'auons The statement reads:
Demand Arbitration. :.
"Ihe oner-'or, have repeatedly de-
dared that the@ ARE rcrdy - enter
( .r.o n@go,.a'.or, with 'he miners il
f'- ,'rlr urdc- vcta. withdfawn.
( Tie govrrrm,nr hl taken the posi-
it'on 7SSAn the y.uiica,ion OF 10
own supremacy the strike must be
Ni,hdrlwn before cy would take any
steps to compel the rcSump,ion OF
such negotiations The issue has
been submitted to tire court and in
compliance With the courts ruling the
strike order has been cancelled and
Withdrawn i seems 10 me thl, good
, ia'h ON TIC rart o' Tie operators re-
qure' them 10 mrc' The miners repr
cnta'lNIs ~ once inr the purpose
ci nrrWl'n. sc,,lcment o' the
Vac contro'c, and that good faith
on he part Of the government re-
qu'-"S il 20 see that such rcsuna-
,j4n oi f-suia,iors is had at once
and -onc'n'cd without delay
Delegates Bitter.
"a majority of the delegates came
10 this meeting smar,lng under the
bitterness OF the governments ae-
ton" Acting Prcsider, Lewis OF the
J miners. told the International News
Service today, They were loyal
American citizens They are CON
,nccd that the action ,akcn was the
thing TO do The recall order has
gone forth. can Mt say how many
men will return 20 work. don't
know What action VIII b. ,-lcn ~
the immediate future ! refuse TO e'en
hazard guess"
The miners OF America arc
patriotic citizens. VIA, ! aid lat
. nigh, ! reiterate nov N viii obey
implicitly the mandate o' the con-t.
We are Americans. We can nr fght
our government" dr,arrd Lewis. n
Mr.. Lewis said the members Of NJ
conf sence had remained in lnhsN.
apolis TO attend 4 policy meeting to ~
called this afternoon 1, s understood
the future program ot the mine work.
ers will be worked ou, at this meet
/ ing
The order 10 resciud wa, presented
TO ,he cour, hy Henry Warrum. In
dnnlpollS attorney for the minera
Ailcr the cour, proceedings Mr.. Wass
rum q. l. Grant, Fort Smith, Ark
and +. C. Huebner. Albia. Iowa. as
sociiicd counsel. then iS,ncd a sta,e-
mcnt in the presence Of the govern.
mcnt attorneys in which the position
Of the mine worker, was stated. f
Court Approves Order.
United States District Judge A. b.
Anderson at 10 o'clock this morning
approved the order OF the officials
OF the United Mine Workers Of
America, resembling the strike order
OF October IS Attorneys for the MIN.
ers promised to try TO have /, IN the
mails by 3 o'clock this evening. lhis
action was taken following ,ession
OF the general committee oi the mir
ets which decided early today to com.
ply with the mandate Of The court is-
sued last Saturday.
Judge Anderson characterized the
order as good faith cifor," to eoEu,
plv with his mandate, ~
The general committee had bStn r
ses on since shortly after 10 o'cio6
yesterday morning. taking only bEtCQ
recesses for lunch and dinner. ~
, proceedings were interrupted 6Wta
: Me Afternoon session by the apre0b