The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

present turbulent conditions V visory board of the Brotherhoo
 DepIoring "attempts at government the coal strike, the board, speaking f. proceedings would only make condi peaceful settlement.
 The board stood out for an indust the rights of all citizens and not be Its statement, the only formal one be the day, was considered a direct oute prepared after full and careful consi the break between operators and mil ( The governments next move in the effort to keep the country supplied with fuel will depend upon what happens In the coal fields tomorrow.
 Attorney General Palmer and his as- sociates were cheered today by contiden- tial reports, which were said to show a tendency in some districts to call off the strike Some locals were asserted to be making efforts to this end Tn other places. however. the miners were report ed apparently determined to stay out until their demands were granted.
 In general way confidential reports were along the same lines as press dis patches showing that union miners, all most to a man, had quit while in the non-union mines work went on without apparent interruption
 PALMER IS CHEERFUL
 Attorney General Palmers instructions to district attorneys to. watch sharply for the first evidence of conspiracy to re- strict the output of coal CT profiteeriug, was termed to mean 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 go back to work. provided they are not urged to stay out and swayed by agitators
 The department of justice is jtsa as determined to arrest and prosecute to the limit coal deale.s who take advantage of critical times to proietter as 1t is to .)leal with representatives of the radical 'slement who try to stir ID trouble among the miners.
 PALMER REBUKES MARSHALL
 This determination was reflected in correspondence made public today in which Attorney General Palmer ad- rninistered sharp rebuke to w. A. Mar shall. president of the wholesale coal trade association of New York who pro tested against any interference by the government with coal prices or supplies. MT Palmer declared the government was acting solely for the benefit of the public and that the coal dealers ought 10 be willing to cooperate in such 3 national emergency-"e even to the extent of sacrificing profits
 Goyne officials said tonight that IL might not be possible to size up the situation for several days, but the gen ,rai belief was that the next 4S hours would disclose back to the mines tendency openly confirming the confiden- tial reports Warren s. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, which suggested the assenbl- ing of an industrial commission, headed q delegation which saw Attorney Gen eral Palmer a few hours after the m junction was issued at 1ndianapolls- Nen,bers of the delegation said at that fine thev merely wanted ito offer their sood offices to the government and MT. stone personally declined to discuss ~the strike. saving the brotherhood's attitude would be made known later Iodas ; statement was the first formal one 10 come from any member or the raiiroau delegation since the conference.
 TEXT OF STATEMENT
 The full text of the Brotherhood state ment follows:
 n aIn view of the conditions facing our 1~country at this tirre. which in our 1udg- m.rt is far more serious than during the J,te war, ina .lll eh as it affects all classes of the reople, and in considera- ion of the s!tua:ion. the advisory board If fife Ere therh ood of Locomotive Engi- neers. assembled at Washington, formu- latcs the following declaration of prin- ciples:
 ..The advisory board of locomotive engi- neers, the unGoubted Americamsm or whose membership should assure them recognition. rot only by the government, hut every factor contributing to the well fare of all the people, believe that: ..The industrial conditions now con frontinc the nation with capital and labor occupy,rg militant attitude to- ward each other, while the whole country ,s suffering from high cost of living caused t7y boarding and profteerng, re- sulting in general discontent which tends to lower rrcduction, has brought about the most serious crisis in the history of our country.
 eve believe that there is no industrial dispute or misunderstanding that cannot he adiusted upon a basis of justice and right and We further believe that in seek ing Justice, justice should be practiced by all concerned.
 we believe m the laws and institutions pgof our country, which guarantee that all [fthe people shall have equal opportunity l and a fair and impartial hearing before being condemned We deplore the action of the feoeral government in its present attempt at government by injunction, be, lieving such action will only tend to make conditions worse and defer if not defeat | a peaceful settlement.
 EXPRESS SENTIMENT OF ALL ..The advisory board has null ass0r- ance that 1t expresses the unanimous sentiment of the $500 members of oui organization that the principle of collec. tive bargaining is of vital importance to them and cannot be construed as harmful 1 to any interest which desires to be jus ! and fair. As a remedy for the present turbulent conditions we suggest that inn ' ,,,adiafa stems he taken lfo asserr, hla a.