The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-12
Mine WHISTLES
BLOW AS USUAL
Miners in Some Sections W
Receipt Of official /
Recall Order. s
ALL NORMAL BY FL y
Is Prediction From Pts: tgh.
Insurgents Activities
Feared in Illinois.
ALL NORMAL BY f.

Cleveland, O.. Nov. 12.-Whistles of
ohio's 1888 mines blew as usual,
summoning 10000 union miners idle
since Nov. l, to return to work.
Scattered reports early today indi-
Gated that In some sections the min
ers were going back to their work
and In others they were holding off.
Our mines are ready for the men. !"
D.. f. Hurd, secretary of the Pitts
burgh Vein Operators association,
said today.
I'VE have an ample supply of cars
on hand and are counting on a nor
NAL production by tomorrow"
Reports from the soft coal mining
districts indicated that while Ohio
miners generally will obey the strike
resembling order, 1t may be two or
three days before they al. re-enter
the mines. Most locals were inclined
to await receipt of the official recall
order before sending the men back to
work.
Steam Up in Michigan.
Saginaw, Mich, Nov. 12.--Although
steam was up at most of the mines
IN Michigan, district No. 4, this morn
ing. reports reaching here say pro-
duction of coal had not begun at 8
o'clock. Union officials say the men
VIII not return to work until Presi :
dent Stevenson. of the union in this
district, returns from the Indianapo-
lis conference. The order to return
TO work has not yet been received by
officials here.
All Back BY Friday.
Pittsburgh. Nov. 12.-Mining of coal
py union workers was only partially
resumed in Pennsylvania today. In
many OF the districts the order rescind-
ing the strike call had not been received
early today and the miners were wait
| ing for official notification to go back
to work. In Washington county where
10000 organized men have been out
1t was stated they will be back at
work Friday il the order comes to-
| day.
ihere was general resumption in
tne Altoona district where many of the
miners have been opposed to the strike,
Because Of Isolation.
| Pueblo. Colo. Nov. 12.-Because of
johnson. president of District is, &.
M. w. of A., said the recall Of the
soft coal strike order may not reach all
local organizations today The union
men will obey the official notice 60
| return to work however. and soft coal
|
by Thursday he predicted
! To Stand by Officials.
Springfield. H., Nov I2-None of the
10000 coal miners in the Springfield
subdistrict No. 4 returned to work to-
day in answer to the strike call order
issued from Indianapolis.
The territory officials declared the
order to return to work had not been
received in time for resumption of min
| Tbn 4;
reach the district headquarters until
| late this morning.
1t was predicted. however, the men
would be back in the mine by tomorrow
as the sentiment appears to be to
stand by the union officials"
No 100 Per Cent. Return at once.
| Columbus. o., Nov. 12.--While they
did not anticipate 100 per cent. return
to work on the part of the Ohio coal
miners. coal operators throughout the
state were confident early today most
of the workers who needed the strike
call on Nov. l would be back at their
jobs today.
| Virginia Miners Back.
Charleston. w. Va, Nov. 12.-Oficers
of District No. II, United Mine Work
ers of America, with headquarters hNe,
and of district No. 20 at Beckley, w.
Va. dispatched today to the various
locals the order of the international
union calling off the miners strike.
| Wheeling, W. Va, reported practic-
ally every soft coal mine in northern
West Virginia was operating today The
official order calling off the strike was
received last night and was at once
| communicated to the various locals A
few mines that were not prepared to
operate today were the only ones idle
There was little dissatisfaction among
| the men.
Illinois Return Extensive.
| Chlcago, Nov. 12.-Resumpton Of
WORK IN the country bituminous Goa
| mines today was expected to be exten.
siye. but not on scale that would per-
| NIT anything like normal production
| according to statement of United Mine
Workers of America leaders and Goa
| mine operators. In some sections the
| miners were expected to dispute the au.
thority of the order issued yesterday BY
John l.. Lewis. acting president of the
organization, recalling the strike order
in keeping with the direction of fed
eral court order. The statement Of
Duncan Mcdonald. president of the Illi'
nois Federation of Labor. that ''if tho
position of the government is to bt
taken as a precedent there is no sucf
| thing as freedom of contract and the en-.
tire issue might as well be fought out
now" also. was interpreted as being
| the sentiment of portion of approx.
| mately 425, 900 men who went on strike
nearl ytwo weeks ago.
insurgents May Give Trouble.
The situation in the Illinois fields wa.
complicated further by the possibility o
insurgents who caused trouble last sum.
mer renewing their activities. accord
ing to union men: In Kansas. wher,
| 10000 men normally are employed, un.
rest was said to prevail and it wa!
doubtful if that state, already feeling
fuel shortage. would see a very consid
erably resumption of production imme
| diately.
That many of the miners would return
to work was agreed. notably in the Ala
bama, Texas. Ohio and Pennsylvania
coal areas. The situation was doubtful
In Iowa. Maryland. West Virginia, In
diana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Await Friday Conference.
Athens, O., Nov. 12.--As far as coulC
be learned not single mine worker o
the Hooking district, where 10000 mer
| are idle, returned to work this morning
Many of them declare they will sta!
out until the Washington conference
starting next Friday takes action tina
will give them higher wages.
The operators did not make any eff
fort to resume work today. as the min
ers had not received official orders from
their leaders to return to work.
Preparing to Return.
Steubenville, o., Nov. 12.-Five thou
sand Jefferson county union miners di'
not return to work this morning. Tit
large mines at Dllonvale, Amsterdam
Bergholtz Bush Run. Adena. Wolf Run
and other mining centcrs are still idle.
Officials of the local unions are await
ing offcial notice to return. Heads o
the locals went to Bridgeport today L
await receipt at district headquarter
there of notice from indianapolis to e
back to work.
Preparations to resuFcs however. ar
! going forward. Th' Sgineers wer