The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-07
INJUNCTION
STOPS WHEN
STRIKE DOES
Instant Coal Strike Ends, Gov
ernment Will Withdraw In
junction Against Union
Heads, Says Palmer.
PROCEEDINGS SECRET
(By Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-When At.
torney General Palmer left a meeting
of the presidents cabinet this morning
he reiterated that the injunction pro-
ceedings would be Withdrawn the In
slant the officials of the miners union
called off the strike. Mr.. Palmer hur-
ried to his Office where he was to have
another conference with President
Gompers.
None OF the members Of the cabinet
would say what transpired at the cab
met meeting. When approached by
correspondents. Secretary Glass of the
treasury waived his hand and said
smiling:
just an hour and a half wasted"
Secretary Wilson would not reply to
questions as to whether he had o.
| posed the decision of the government.
10 press the injunction PROCEEDINGS.
He is reported to have opposed such
action in the first place
Dlrector-General Hines and Mr. Gar
| field were with the cabinet about an
hour, but neither had anything to
say.
| Renewed efforts to bring about an
agreement with the government which
would end the strike Of halt million
bituminous coal miners were made to.
day by Samuel Gompers. president OF
the American Federation of Labor
| Mr.. Gompers and other federation
F! officials held two conferences with At
torney General Palmer and were 70 see
| him again later in the day Neither
the attorney general nor the labor
chief would say what had transpired
| Refuse Foreign Ships.
Preparations of a far reaching ma
eminent officials to safeguard the
public interest in case OF a definite
stoppage of part of the soft coal pro-
| ductlon. Among the more important
| measures were the orders to discon-
tinue the bunkering of foreign owned
ships in American ports and to curtail
! train service when it was necessary
for the public welfare Industrial
plants and the citizenship as a whole
have been called upon to economic
sharply in fuel
! From some points cries Of alarm
were heard over the low supply OF coal
and in these cases assignments of fuel
were ordered dispatched speedily. No
actual suffering was believed imminent
| but the government was convinced
that the consumption now Is far great
er than production and retrenchment
Is necessary.
| Operators claimed reports to them
showed that conditions at the mines
were improving while leaders of the
miners asserted they were holding
their own and in some instances their
ranks had been enlarged.
PREPARE FOR TRIAL
| 1NDIANAPOL1S, Nov. 7.-Govern-
ment officials, headed by c. B. Ames,
assistant attorney-general. who arriv-
ed this morning from Washington. to-
day completed their plans for the next
step in their fight in the courts to
bring about an end to the strike of
| coal miners throughout the country.
| Tomorrow the governments peti-
| tion asking that the restraining order
| directed against the officials of the
United Mine Workers of America now
in force. be made a temporary re-
straining order. will be argued In fed
eral court here. In addition the gov
ernment will ask that a mandatory
order to call of the strike be issued
The miners attorneys. on their part
will argue a motion for dismissal of
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