The Washington times., 1919-11-06
NEW THREAT
HAS NOTE Of
|. CIVIL STRIFE
FOR COUNTRY

John I. Lewis and the ether o9I-
cials OF the United Nins Wogksrs
win refuse to obey any court nnn-
date that the strike order Be rssctnA-
I'd, according to labor leaAsrs In this
city. r4
Lewis and hts cos43u1sss azs 60
tirely prepared TO 90 tq jaz1 II nsoss-
sary. Should AssistzAt Attnrnev
General Ames ssk for sscA sn or6w
next Saturday ana shosld yuAp.
Anderson grant IT, ths oevsrnmaut,
viii be met With . f1ax doclinaf3Gu
to put il into eject
Lsck Authsrify.
The United Nzne workers o6noousp
are entirely without authorfty 70 -.
scind the strike order undef conlif5soD
which have been outlined BY the D. !.
partment Of Justfce" said en- laSuR
leader today. ~They have auehsr1ov
to ca1l the strike o6 oa1y vhou naw0~.
tiations with IL eperUaaeo hwVs 49,
entere1 tnto. 81 snly vhaa aasur
ances Of . convronkos tAax Win ~.
least meet their dema111 hn1f-Wuy
ofnctals on the An.se4e~u ySxern4ses
OF Labor believe that unless the pBuut-
dent tntervsnea the Departmeaf sf
Justice win mandamus the strfks
leaders In their efforts to bring Q tor~
nina tion to the strike. They forenea
that such action win brfne abeus sn
upheavai In labor rama t4
eff Lewis and his feIlcw -ofAc&oss
are put into tsil,s the labor sstuation
in this country viii be beyond ear
control is the statement Of one man.
The Government ought to be told
that at once. II win be a move of
the utmost danger"
Csbi.e1 Nay DeesAe.
The Governments future course IN
the coal strike may be determined 1T
the meeting OF the Presidents Casi-
net tomorrow.
LAbor's plea that the injunction
proceedings be vacated will be dts
cussed. and Cabinet members who
have visited the coal Districts this
week viii be prepared to act In the
light Of frst-hand information
Samuel GomperA president of the
American Federation of Labor. and
other labor leaders may carry their
appeal direct to President Wilson.
The injunction II the single re-
naming obstacle In the way of q
speedy strike settlement labor lead
ers hold They believe they can con
vert Administration heads TO thu
view.
Seeks Increased ostput.
Increased output OF the coal mines
that are in operation, as . means of
further offsetting the fuel shortage
threatened by the strike, was sought
today by DR.. Harry A Garfield, IN
conference with j. d. A. Morrow, rep
resentstivs of the operators.
Through Mr. Morrow, DR.. Garfield
will attempt to devise ways and
means of keeping in operation the
mines not affected, for a. many
hours q day as possible.
The total production this week viii
not, exceed 4.ooo. 900 tons, operators
estimate. Last weeks production was
13 900 loooo tons.
Advices reaching washington to-
day were that in the competitive
field, only In isolated instances ars
the miners returning to work
NsshA.g In wsy - arrsey.
Answering the claims of labor
leaders that the Injunction IL celay-
ing a settlement. the Department Of
Justice today held that nothing what
ever stands in the way of the miners
and operators getting together and
settling the strike.
There is nothing in the Injunction.
officials hold, tying the bands OF
either operators or miners. In so tar
as reaching an agreement between
| themselves is concerned.
Should such ar greement be reach
| ed-the strike being no longer In ex-
/ istence-the injunction proceedings
In Indiana auto .naticslly would cease.
Local representatives of the United
Mine Workers OF America announced
! that a motion to vacste the injunc-
tion against the officials OF the mine
workers would be filed today In Fed
ersl court in indianapolis
With railroads operating on reduced
schedules, and many industries tenn
porarily closed, due to fuel shortage.
grave concren was felt ~ officials
here today over the effect a fue,
shortage will have on mIIlions OF
pounds OF food In cold storage
| The hret serious effect OF shortage
| of coal will be felt by packing and
storage companies. Large Quantities
of food will spoil within the next few
days unless coal is procured, II 70
said.
DR.. Garfield has received telegram,
4 Sy0rn foAA sdrps N st srrs o. nNE- v