Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-06
Pinch Of Inadequate Supplies
Felt in Several States as
Strike Enters Upon its
Sixth Day-FueI Seized.
GOVERNMENT REFUSES
\ TO LIFT INJUNCTION
Organized Labor's Proposal
For Ending Miners WaIkout
Rejected B|untly by u. S.
Department of Justice.

Chicago. Nov. 5.-Beginning OF
curtailed railroad service and the
pinch OF inadequate supplies Of soft
coal in several states today marked
the fifth Gay OF the miners strike
SO far as the strike itself was con
cerned there was little change, al
though operators in West Virgins
and Colorado reported gains in pro.
duction.
The principal developments were
the following:
Removal of six passenger trainsS
from service of the Chicago 4
Northwestern and the Chicago, Nil.
waukee & St. Paul railroads.
Refusal of the federal Department
OF Justice to consider labor leaders
that the government in
junction against the strike Be re:
scinded.
Clothing of Federal Adniinistrato,
Garfield by President Wilson witt
full authority over prices, distribu
ton and shipment Of all fuel
Appeals for fuel made by >severa
Nebraska towns to state railwa,
commissions.
Complain Of Seizures.
Iowa fuel administrators con.
plaint against railroads seizures o.
coal while luxurious .transcon6
mental trains continued running, sen
to Washington.
California coal dealers requested
Governor Stephens to ask the fue
administrator to release coniscatef
coal to prevent a possible shortage
in that state.
Release Of coal. seized in trans
on orders of fuel administration fui
relief in some districts.
Reports of coal operators Of IN
creased production in West Vir-
ginia, where 81 union mines were
said to be in operation, and IN
Colorado.
Missouri coal dealers asked re-
vival of the state fuel adniinistra-
| ton.
| While approximately 425.000 union
miners remained idle today. there
were few indications whether the
strike we,,id be protracted
The operators and miners appar-
entlv were doing little but mark time
pending action on the governments
injunction in the federal court at
1,1diana oclis. set for SATURDAY..
There was no evidence that the
controversy would be short and
some statements were to the effect
| that the fight would be a long one.
Two local passenger trains on tlls
Chicago. Milwaukee and St, Paul
railroad were suspended, officials
announced at OttAniwa. Ia. AT Ma
son City. Ia, the Chicago and
Northwestern took off two trains
and kurtailed freight service and two
other local trains between Chicago
and Wisconsin points annulled al
though officials made no announce
ment that the latter two were re-
iimoycd because, of the strike
| Reject Proposal.
! Washington. Nov. 5.-Organize d
! labor's proposal for ending the coal
/ strike through withdrawal of in
junction proceedings against officers
of the United Nine Workers OF
America was rejected bluntiy today
by the Department of Justice.
The governments answer to the
union suggestion advanced~hy Sam
uel Gompers. president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, was given
by Assistant Attorney General
Ames. who declared the strike was
a violation of law and that as long
as it continued the only place to
i fight~it out was in court.
! Labor leaders. visibly disturbed
by this refusal. agreed with the op-
era RS that the statement of the
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