The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-03
UNORGANRED
MINERS ONLY
ONESATWO
CHIEFS CLAIM

Union officials generally claimed
today that the coal strike was 100
per cent effective"
Not a man returned 10 work. dis
patches from headquarters OF the
Mine Workers st Indianapolis said
Operators had counted on q large
number of miners returning today.
believing many who failed to report
Saturday, the FIRST day of the strike.
were observing q religious holiday.
rather than striking.
Operstsrs Are Msn,
HDt OF the operators today rsfused
to make any estimate on the num-
Der Of strikers in their respective
A sharp alignment appeared 20 be
drawn between union and non union
miners. and Indications were that all
non-union men were At work. On this
basis the number of strikers would
be close TO 100000.
No disorders have been reported
Government officials are watching
sharply for any radical tendencies on
the part of the strfkerG-
Secretary Tumulty today said Pres-
ident Wilson's offer TO srbitrate the
strike is still open
The s15.o0o. 600 strike fund Of the
United Mine Workers Of America is
effectively tied up pending q disposs-
ton of the temporary restraining or
der granted by the Federal court In
Indianapolis.
VIII Tie % otAer rssAa-
As rapidly as other strike bene6t
funds are raised. they will be proceed
ed against by injunction proceedinss
by the Department of Justice, IL was
announced today.
Officials of the miners in the rIls-
nois district have a plan to beat the
Injunction, they announce.
A $4,000 900 strike fund is now In
the treasury of the Illinois district
The officers plan TO remove the fund
to another State and hold IL available
for use in the event IL Is needed
Miners in the Kansas district threat
en- to defy the Federal injunction and
pay strike benefits 20 their 1900
striking members as long as the fund
holds out. They would receive 81 q
week
The operators and the miners will
get together soon enough 20 prevent
any Inconvenience to the public" was
the hopeful prediction today of Edgar
Wallace, Washington representative
OF the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea
Ready TO Nesfttste-
IF there is no further interference
from the Government" he declared.
this thing will work out The Gov
ernment has fixed the price of coal
and removed the incentive for the
and the miners are as ready 10 nego-
tiste now as they ever have been, ~
met on the proper basis"
Union officials and others were ven
turing q guess today as 20 when the
strike would end. II was predicted
by some officials at the American
Federation Of Labor headquarters
that the strike would end by Satur-
day OF this week
From many quarters comes the re-
port that the miners will voluntary
return to work IL Acting President
John L Lewis directs II, but that they
will not go back because Of an ordor
from the Government
Geapers In New York.
Reports that Samuel Gompers.
president OF the American Federation
OF Labor. was attempting a settlement
federation headquarters today. Presi-
dent Gompers is in New York. He
has changed his plans, and will not
return 20 Washington today.
dispatch from Springfield. H..
where acting President Lewis spent
Sunday with his family, said he re-
fused to discuss the report amopg
miners that President Gompers had
offered his good offices TO bring about
a settlement
The first move by operators 20 get
the miners to return 70 work will b.
made in Charlestown, w. Va, when
vosl operators met and publicly in
vited the striking miners to resume
worked.
knsawhs Fields Idle.
Reports today from West v1rcinis
coal mines show the Guysn and POGO
hontas mines running normally with
approximately 10000 men at work.
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