Evening star., 1919-11-13
MINE CARETAKERS
DESERT ON ORDERS
Of UNION MINERS
Superintendents and Office
. Force Put on Job in
Illinois.
MICHIGAN MEN TO VOTE
ON GOING BACK TO WORK
Cannot Compel Men to Go Back, Is
View Taken in Penn
sylvania.

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View Taken in Penn
sylvania.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. Novem-
her 13-Union miners of West
Virginia will return to work on
Monday If the federal troops are
withdrawn from the state by that
time.
DUQUOIN. ILL.,, November 13.-Com-
plying with an order issued by local
union miners. following a mass meet
ing here of members of the United
Mine Workers, all hosting engineers,
f1remen, pump men, mule feeders and
other union men who have been per-
mitte6 to keep the mines in the
twelfth district in working order, left
their posts last night.
The mine superintendents, managers,
top foremen, assistant bosses and Of
fee clerks were Immediately called
upon to fill the places of the men who
had quit.
Text of Resolution.
The men attending the mass meet
ing, which. it developed, was held
Monday afternoon, adopted resolu-
of all local unions in Duquoin and
vicinity, declare that the Injunction
issued by Judge Anderson to be un-
fair and one-sided> that it is plainly
proven by his actions; that ne kne"
one week ahead as to what ne was
going to do.
'"Therefore be it resolved, That we,
the miners of Duquoin and vicinity;
are good, 1aw-abiding citizens ana
willing almost to do anything Tor our
government that is fair. but we are
not willing to abide by the decision
of Judge Anderson.
"And be it further resolved tnat we
the miners of Duquoin and Vlcinity, re-
fuse to abide by the decision OF Judge
Anderson, and that every memoeL OF
Tuesday, November II, 1913, until we
have an agreement to work by.
Unanimously Endorsed at mass
ISIgned) CoMMIIiEE.
Other Caretakers Quit.
sPR1NGFgELD. Ill.,. November 1s.-
Information. received here by opera
tors today said union men left in two
mines at Benton to care for company
properly, under the terms OF the strike
order had deserted their; posts To-Day,
following similar action at Duquoln.
The walk-out was said to be pro.
test against obedience of international
oficials to the federal court mandate
to call OF the strike.
Maryland Men Ordered Back.
CUMBERLAND, Md. November 13.
The miners of United Mine Workers
district No. 16, which embraces the
Georges Creek and Upper Potomac
coal fields, today were ordered to re-
turn Monday by their union leaders.
here of the policy committee OF the
district, which voted to accept the
mandate of the federal court at In
dianapolis. About 5000 men IN this
district obeyed the strike order In
these fields.
Michigan Men to Vote on Return.
SAGINAW. Mich, November IA
William H. Stevenson. Michigan dls-
trict president of the United Mine
workers, today issued call for three
mass meetings of miners in the Sag1-
nav valley to decide whether they
will return to work Immediately.
Predict Resumption Next Week.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, November 1S.-I
District officers OF the United Mine
the union mines in western and cen
trail Pennsylvania would be in opera
ton early next week, perhaps on
Monday.
"The men have not yet had time to
recover from the shock of the de-
cision," was the way they put it. but
when they do they will go back"
"They received in the mails last
night and today the official ordei sent
out from international headquarters
calling Off the strike. and already a
number of local unions have called
meetings for tonight.
"The order, which was approved by
Judge Anderson. calls off the strike.
There is nothing in It compelling the
men to resume work, and some Of
them may want to remain idle until
after the new agreement has been
made with the operators. While we
have no definite information here. it
looks as though many of the men will
soon be back in the mines"
1900 Work In Kanawha Field.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. November
sa-Out of q normal working force of
12 900 miners in, the Kanawha coal
field not more than 1900 were in the
mines today.
Illinois Men ignore Order.
SPRINGFIELD. I'LL, November 13.-
Today was expected to be a test as to
whether soft coal miners In Illinois
will return to work in obedience to the
order of Acting President John l..
Lewis and his associates of the United
Mine Workers of America, calling off
the strike. Early reports failed to
show any disposition on the part of
the miners to go back to their jobs
nendine adjustment of scale differences
At conferences called for tomorrow at
Washington.
Few Ohio Men Back in Mines.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. November 10
Although practically all locals of the
United Mine Workers had received Of
ficial notice of the recall Of the ma
tion-wide strike order, few of the 10000
union coal miners in Ohio returned to
work today, according to operators and
headouarters of the United Mine Work
ers here.
Mems Refusal to Go Back
Not to Be Recognized
by Department of Labor
The Department of Labor will take
no official cognizance of refusal OF
members of the miners union to re-
turn to work following cancellation of
the strike order and will go on with
the mediation conference tomorrow
regardless of the fact that some min