Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
Estate STRIKE HAS
Been CALLED BY
NINE UNION "REDS"
RADICALS SEND OUT APPEAL TO
ALL ILLINOIS LOCALS TO lG
MORE ORDERS OF PRESIDENT
HARRINGTON.

Springfield, H., August 2S.--A for
nal appeal to all coal miners III Hi
nos to go on strike Immediately in
answer to the 'autocratic' mandate
OF President harrington threatened
striking locals with expulsion from the
union. was issued here this afternoon
by the state policy committee Of in
surgent miners.
The call for the strike was signed
by D. H. Singer Of Glen Carbon. sec.
rotary OF the state policy commit
tee, who said he anticipated that
practically every coal mine IN the
state will be shut down by Monday
Singer said seven of the eleven
sub-districts in the Illinois district
had been organized, and prophesiea
that the miners in southern Illinois
fields, heretofore not affected, would
respond to the appeal to go out.
Cdli Mass meetings.
Mass meetings have been arranged
in every sub-district, Singer said
and the state will be circularized he
said, 50 that every miner will be in
formed of the action OF the policy
committee.
As a result Of secret conferences
late yesterday in which Adjt. Gen.
Dickson and representatives of the
police and sheriff. office took part,
special officers were sworn in today,
and are ready to respond to emery
ency calls in the mines,
While no violence had been report
ed pickets are stationed at many
mines where conservative miners
have shown a disposition to go to
work.
Joseph Londrigan a member of the
insurgent policy committee of the
Springfield subdistrict, and two other
miners were arrested this morning by
deputy sheriffs and placed in Jail
charged with trying to stir up trou-
bic at a west end mine. No formal
accusation has been made.
Only Few at Work.
Operators said today that only
handful of miners We're at work in
the Springfield subdistriet. Meager
reports from the Belleville and Pc.
oria subdistricts said similar condi-
tions existed there
The shooting and killing Yesterday
Of the son Of an insurgent miner and
the wounding of two others in the
course of fight between pckets and
miners who tried to go to work had
the effect of complicating matters to-
day, The coroner's jury did not hold
Pleasant Jarman. the negro miner &C.
cused OF doing the shooting, and
threats are being made against the
mans life
Miners officials had not returned
early today from Chicago where they
have been meeting with the miners
state executive board
Sand Caustic Reply.
Peoria, H., August IS Requesting
Frank Harrington, state president Of
the United Mine Workers organiza-
non. TO 90 TO h and chareiug
him with having "kaiseriZed" the mi
ners of Peoria, more than 1000 local
coal miners unanimously voted this
AFTERNOON to ignore the demands OF
harrington that the striking men re.
turn to work here before August 30.
Farrngton's order, accompanied by
threat that If it were not needed
the local charter would be revoked.
was received in Peoria yesterday.
The resolution was telegraphed to
walter Nesbit, state secretary of the
miners organization at Springfield
1t read as follows
10 his royal highness Lord Far.
rinston and members OF the Imperial
Family.
Telegram warning all mine work
efs VINO are now on strike that they
must return to work before August
80, 1913, or that their charter would
be revoked has been received.
The answer to that telegram is
lhht YOU all can go 70 HI and take
me charter with you for may we not
a1FIse YOU to GET passports to Holland
ana join your friend Bill Hohouzol.
Tern for the miners will not stand for
the organization being 'Kaiserized'
any longer
lSigncd) Miners of Peoria. H."
Endorsement of the action of the
central policy committee in Spring
field which recently voted TO cali n
stdtf vide strike was voted at the
NEE ing Conferences regarding the
possibility Of legal action against
harrington were scheduled for to.
night and tomorrow.
Wanted pIeasurA proIopnAd