The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03
WON'T TOLERATE
NON-PRODUCTION
COMBINATIONS!
AttOrney General Palmer Reads
Law to the Miners.
4 HsWer to Unions in Protest to
Strike Injunction.
iiARY NON UNION OPERATIONS
iutput To Be Increased Daily
in Parts of Nation.
9TH Sides Meet To End Walk
out in Wyoming.
laIONS CLAIM 100 Per CENT
- the Organized Miners Are
Out to a Man Today.
Comment on Report That
GOmpers Would Settle.
utput To Be Increased Daily
in Parts of Nation.
Jth Sides Meet To End Walk.
out in Wyoming.
lllIONS CLAIM 100 PER CENT
.t7 the Organized Miners Are
Out to a Man Today.
Comment on Report That
GOmperS Would Settle.

Washington. Nov. 3-Attorney Cen
raj Palmer today informed coal min
ers who protested against the strike
injunction that the government stood
ready to do everything in its power
to facilitate an inquiry into the merits
of the controversy but in the mean
time the law must be enforced and
com mbinations to stop production can
not be tolerated"
Mr.. Palmer's statement made in re-
ply to a telegram from the union To-
cal at Glencoe. Ohio, to President Will
son was taken to indicate that no at
empt would be made by the govern
ment to settle the wage controversy
until the strike was called off.
The miners telegram said:
We the members of local union
1858 I. M. w. A. feel justified in
resenting your action taken against
US in our just demand for a living
wage and that we are solidly behind
our international officials in their
action taken
PaImer's Answer.
Replying for the president, Attorney
General Palmer said:
Your telegram to the president
protesting against the action of the
government on the ground that it is
taken against your just demands for
living wage is based. on a. miscen- :.
csption OF the facts. The govern
ment has not taken sides either for
or against the mine owners or the
mine workers OF their demands in
the wage controversy. The law
provides that no two persons prior
to the proclamation of peace shall
agree or arrange with each other to
restrict the output or supply of coal
The government is insisting that this
law should be obeyed by both the
Il I7a
The wage controversy can be set
tied without concert of action to
stop the output of the mines, and
the government stands ready now, as
it has steadily in the past, to do
everything in its power to facilitate
an inquiry into the merits of the
controversy, but in the meantime
the law must be enforced and com
hinations to stop production cannot
q tolerated"
Pressure to Call Off Strike.
Continued pressure is being brought
bear on officials of the U. M w. a.
% call off the strike of bituminous
oal miners.
Definite assurance has been given
union officials that President Wilson
and Attorney General Palmer stand
ready to attempt an adjustment of the
controversy that led to the strike as
soon as the strike order has been re-
today by Mr.. Palmer in a telegram tC
4 local union in Ohio. At the sane
time it became known that Samue
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. had informed
John L. Lewis, president of the
miners union. of the governments at
titude and that Warren s Stone, grand
hief of the Brotherhood of Locomo
I've Engineers, had been in communi
ation with Mr.. Lewis over the Ions
stance telephone.
Don't Go Back to Work.
Chicago, Nov. S.-No movement o
en- back to the mines developed il
he early Monday reports from tn
country's bituminous mine fields.
small number of Ignite miners in tn
Burlington, y. D.. area returned t
work after being on strike one day
This was the only place where report
were received of men reporting 70
work Monday.
No attempt by operators to worl
the coal mines in the unionized terri
tory were reported. II is said tn
operators will make no effort to oper
a.e until the miners show a disposi
lion to return to work.
Unions May Retain AIcAdOo.
Indianapolis. Nov. S.-Officials O
he United Mine Workers of Americi
ut the international headquarters here
today continued their attitude of si
lence on the coal strike. which wa
forced on them last Friday by the re
straining order issued by United State
District Judge A. B. Anderson. Not
word regarding the strike could b
obtained there.
John /. Lewis, acting president O
the organization, who spent Sunday a
his home in Springfield. Ill, was no
expected at headquarters until som
time this afternoon.
The governments program for en-
forcing the restraining order agains
the miners officials was expected t
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