Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-17
WANT GOVERNMENT TO
ACT AGAINST UNION
MEMBERS
FEW MEN WORKING
REPORTS FROM ALL SECTIONS
INDICATE SHAFTS ARE IDLE
AND WORKERS AWAIT ADJUST.
MENT OF WAGE SCALE

Washington, Nov II operators in
the soft coal industry today con nalder'
ed calling upon the Department Cl
Justice to enforce more vigorously the
federal court mandate against the
striking miners and to force resnmp-
tion of work in those districts where
the men walked out November !,
The government mas not done iti
full duty in merely requiring the
withdrawal of the strike order, several
operators declared. pointing out that a
general stoppage Of production OF coal
exists in many mines employing un'
ion labor.
Washington. Nov. 1.-THE confer
ence OF wage scale committees IN the
central competitive bituminous flelh
was postponed today al the request
Of the operators who were not ready
to submit counter proposal to the
demands received from the miners
Saturday.
Meantime committee OF operators
was framing a reply " was SAID the
Question OF the renewal of work by the
miners was one Of the matters TO be
brought up by the operators.
Wyoming miners and operators
have reached settlement satisfactory
to both parties and the mines VIII ne
re.opened at once according to tee
gram from p J Ouealy, president OF
the Wyoming Coal Operators aSso
citation received TODAY by Secretary
wilson. The final contract in the wv
sf.NII t., tn
agreement reached in the central com
petitive field, Mr.. Quealy said
Mines Idle
Chicago. Nov. 17.-While Orerators
and union leaders had predicted re
sumption today of mining on larsc
scale in the bituminous coal fields o
the country. where more than iW'ooo
miners have been in strike for six
teen davs, only in West Virginia were
torn sides confident that 'all th'
men" would be back at work durinI
the day.
In the other large producing tield'
the men showed a disposition in mos
cases to await further results of lh'
conference at Washing on OF operators
and union officials over a new wa%'
agreement before returning to WORK
In the meantime a threatened Goa
shortage in the middle west has cau9
ed the regional coal committees Il
consider means Of conserving tuei,
In Indiana an order prepared by IN
prhlic service commission revivir'
hghtless nights and heatleSs days o
war time Is to go into effect tonigh
as a means of preserving ccal SUI
plies. The railroad administration tc
day took off dozen local paesenge
trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee aut
st. Paul Railroad here and at Milwau
kee. II was also said by members @
the flal administration that unlet
production Is resumed on Il lHree
scale within a short time II will b'
necessary 10 en- toff coal from none
sential industries
No Work in Illinois.
Springfield. H., Nov. 7soft Goa
miners in Illinois were idle again 't
day in furtherance of their strike TO
higehr wages and shorter hours.
The third week of the strike ap9al
emily found the mine wokers in I'M
state determined to stay out until u!
sured OF satisfactory wage agree
ment despite the order of their orr
cials resembling the strike call unde
court compulsiOn
Some operators had held the opin'o
that there might be breaking ava
from the strike of few miners wit
the opening OF the present week, D'
early Indications did not bear out tht
belief.