Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-03
Commission MAY
BE- SUMMONED To
QUIET UNREST IN
INDUSTRY FIELD
B, of L, {, Advisory Board
DepLOreS "Attenpt at Gov
ernment by Injunction 10
Settle Coal Fields Strike.
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
;. ASSOCIATES CHEERFUL
s<mtS Are Said to Show a
~ nCy in Some Districts
10 ID WaIkouti many Non
union Men Are On the JoD.

Washington, Nov 2.-Immediate
steps for assembling at Washington
an Industrial commission to deal
broadly With present turbulent con-
ditions. was suggested today by the
advisory board of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
Deploring "attempt at government
by injunction" as a means of settling
the coal strike, the board. speaking
! for So, 1000 members, declared injunc-
! ton proceedings would make condi-
/ tions worse 'sand defer. If not defeat,
/ a peaceful settlement"
| The board stood ou. for an indus
| trial commission that would "recog-
/ nize the rights of all citizens and not
| be pledged to oppose collective bar
| gaining" Its statement. the only
| formal one bearing on the strike is
sued here during the day. was con-
! sidered a direct outgrowth of the
miners walkout, and was prepared
after full and careful consideration
of all questions leading IN to the
| break between operators and mine
workers.
The governments next move in the
| effort to keep the country supplied
with fuel will depend upon what hap
pens in the coal fields tomorrow
| Are Strikers Wayering?
Attorney General Palmer and his
associates were eheered today by
confidential reports which was said
| to show a tendency In some districts
| to call off the strike. Some locals
were asserted to be making efforts
to this end In other places, however,
| the miners were reported apparently
determined to stay out until their de-
mands We're granted.
In a general way the confidential
| reports were along the same lines as
press dispatches showing that the
ilri3r s&s H' frcz4 60 tllan, ffaG
quit, while in the non-union mines
work went on without apparent in
terruption.
Attorney General Palmer's instruc-
| tlons to district attorneys to watch
| sharply for the first evidence of con-
spiracy to restrict the output of coal
or profteering. was taken TO mean
that the department Of justice was
preparing to open war on agitators,
who might invade the mine fields and
attempt to keep out miners willing to
return to their old jobs
| With all strike benefits cut off by
| the court, officials believe the miners,
or a large number of them. will so
F., back to work provided they are not
urged to stay out and are not swayed
by agitators.
| No Escape for Proflteers.
The department Of justice Is Just
as determined to arrest and prosecute
to the limit coal dealers who take ad-
! vantage Of critical times to profiteer
and it Is to deal with representatives
| of the radical element who try to stir
/ up trouble among the miners
/ This determination was reflected IN
| correspondence made public today in
| which Attorney General Palmer ad-
! ministered sharp rebuke to w. A.
| Marshall. president of the Wholesale
| Coal Trades association of New YORK,
who protested against any interfer-
ence by the government with coal
| prices or supplies Mr.. Palmer de-
! clared the government was acting
solely for the benefit of the public
and that the coal dealers ought to be
| willing to cooperate in such ma
tional emergency even to the extent
of sacrificing profits"
Some officials said tonight that 1t
might not be possible to size up the
situation for several days, but the
general belief was that the next forty
eight hours would disclose back to
the mines" tendency, openly confirms
ing the confidential reports.
First Formal Statement.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief Of the
/ brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, which suggested the assembling
of an industrial commission, headed
a delegation which saw Attorney
| General Palmer few hours after the
injunction was issued at Indianapolis.
| Members of the delegation said at
| that time they merely wanted ITO Of
fer their good offices to the govern
NJ.
clined to discuss the strike, saying the
brotherhood's attitude would be made
| known later Today's statement was
the first formal one to come from
any member of the railroad delega-
tion since the conference,
The full text of the brotherhood
statement follows;
I'm view of the conditions facing
our country at this time. which in
our judgment is far more serious than
during the late war, inasmuch as iE
affects all classes Of the people, and
in consideration of the situation tho
advisory board of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, assembled at
| Washington and formulated the fol-
| lowing declaration of principles;
THE advisory board of locomotive
engineers, the undoubted American
ism of whose membership should as
| sure them recognition, not only Dy
! the government but every factor con-
tributing to the welfare of all the
people believe that:
Crisis Confronts Country.
THE industrial conditions now con-
fronting the nation. with capital and
| labor occupying militant attitude
toward each other, white the whole
country is suffering from high cost
of living caused by boarding and
! profiteering, resulting in general dis
content which tends to lower pro-
| duction, has brought about the most
serious crisis in the history of our
country.
| I'VE believe that there is no indus
| trial dispute or misunderst anding that
| cannot be adjusted u-1n basis of
/ justice and right and we further be-
/ lieve that in seeking justice. justice