New-York tribune., 1919-11-01

the government has its way at the hear
ing to be held in Indianapolis on No
vember 8, will be succeeded by tenn
porary injunction enjoining the miners
as set forth in the restraining order
and further from permitting said
strike order to remain in effect and
commanding them to dcsst from aid
Ing said strike by permitting said strike
order to remain in effect, and COM
manding them to issue withdrawal
and cancellation of said strike order"
SubpGnas Returnable November 20
Upon the final hearing of the suit
subp@nas, for which were issued to all
the defendants returnable November 20
! tho court is pctitioned to tissue its
permanent injunction against the de-
PENDANTS and all persons unlawfully
conspiring, combining, agreeing and
arranging with them as hercinbcfore
alleged In all respects as specified"
This is said TO be the first time in
the history of American courts in which
court has been called upon to order
officers Of organized labor to rescind Il
strike order. The government seeks
not only to prevent and nullify the
effects Of the strike but purposes to
enforce the calling off of the strike.
The officials of the United Mine
Workers, while expecting that some
sort of an injunction against them
would be issued, were amazed by the
sweeping nature of the governments
course. One of them said if the order
in1 +o ipliyiIrol l,or Of 40
unions 1t was fortunate for the gov
ernment that it had retained the mill
tary cantonments, impl wing that they
would be needed to house the vast
numbers of men who would be punish
able for contempt of court.
Blow at Unions Charged
Some of the men served with the
straining order declared it showed that
rhe government of the United States
had undertaken to destroy the United
Mine Workers of America. had attacked
the right OF labor TO strike and had
preciptated the final struggle between
all organized labor and those who
would destroy It..
<he executive board Of the miners
was in session when United States
deputy marshals walked into the as
sembly room at national headquarters
at 1880 o'clock this morning to serve
Lip pIQSI anu ll!c SuupNfHdS DSPubJ
Marshal Ream nervously told President
Lewis he had some papers to serve and
was nonchalently told to go ahead
With trembling hands he peeled off
document after document from tho
bundle he carried, and as each mans S
name was called he came forward and
took the fateful mandate. In all eigh-
teen of the twenty-five members Of the
executive board were served.
, Leaders Careful of Conduct
r Agents of the Department Of Justice
were dispatched to various sections Of
the country TO serve officers not pres
ent in Indianapolis. All the men
served with the restraining order to-
day evinced intentions of scrupulously
obeying it. Ellis Searles, editor of
The Mine Workers. Journal" was SO
3 fearful he might violate the iniunc-
1 ton that he Immediately refused to
1 give out any more copies Of the cur
rent issue for fear that editorials and
neVs articles therein might render
y him subject to charge Of violation
8 Of the courts order
. Later in the day, after The board
had adjourned, President Lewis and
= Secretary Green went into consulta-
\ ton with Henry y. Warrun, a local
1 attorney, regarding the course 10 be
pursued in view Of the restraining or
; der and it's sequences. It was SAID
y the United Mine. Workers might retain
+ William Gibbs McAdoo, Judge Alton
. B. Parker and former Governor Ed
: ward f. Dunno of Illinois as add tion-
al counsel.
I Denies Strike Right Is involved
The bill of complaint was read to
Judge Anderson in chambers this
morning by Judge G. B. Ames, Assist
t ant United States Attorney General
in charge of antitrust law and
protteering prosecutions, who ex-
3 planned after the reading the action
+ pctitioned for did not in any way al
o feet the rights of workers to form
unions or to strike, but involved sole
{ ~ the right of the government to en-
G force certain laws and protect itself
and the people against a threatened
national calamity.