Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-04

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. S.-The United States government today 1 again invoked the powers of the fed | eral court in an effort to end the strike of 100000 soft coal miners of the country.
 Information charging criminal con tempt of court was filed in the United States District court here against eighty-four international and district officers of the United Mine Workers of America named in the. court in- Junction issued immediately after the strike was called, and capiases re- quiringi their appearance to answer the charges were issued late today. It is alleged that ali of the officers have conspired to keep the strike in force and thus have violated the terms of the injunction.
 Acting President John L. Lewis, Secretary Treasurer Wm. Green, Percy Tetlow, statistician and Ellis Searles, editor of the United Mine Workers Journal, the only officials of the or ganization in Indianapolis, were mo- tified of the action and agreed to re- port in court tomorrow to furnish bond, fixed at s1o,000 by Federal l Judge A. B. Anderson. Other offici- cials: in the jurisdiction of the federal court here who include Edward Stew art and William Mitch, of TelVe l Haute, officials of district No Il of the Mine Workers, will be served as 1 soon as possible, government of 1 1icials stated, and all will be required
 to appear at ten o'clock next Tues day morning, for hearing.
 Dan W. Sinnis of Lafayette, Ind, l special United States district at- torney in charge of the enforcement l of the injunction; stated today that
 the proceedings against the miners representatives wifi be pushed and that removal proceedings to obtain the 1 appearance in court of officers who reside outside of Indiana will be in stituted at once.
 In connection with issuance o
 strike benefits Mr. Simms again de.
 clared that the injunction extends tt any person whether or not miner
 who in any way encoura geS the strikt Land said that banks wiSch honoret checks drawn against strike benefi ! fund were liable to prescution.
 Mfr. Sin1ms stated that the citation
 against the men named today wet only start in the prosecution l against alleged yiolstors Of the in ; junction and that the action might b expected soon. ,-ss1
 Ut is the governments purpose, g cution as fast as evidence can b ti Mir. Sif1ln1S said TO continue prose prepared and filed with the cour
 against all officers. of every, local wh
 are couspirirlg by concerted effort | I keep the strike in force. Refusal . return to work, if q miner knows c $ tho injunction and the subsequen
 order of. the union officials resctndin
 the strike order, constitutes violatio T of the Injunction and the govern ment will proceed on this theory. re = gardless of whether officers are guilt
 of some specific act of encoura gemen
 of the strike.
 . The government waited patientl e while the conference was going on $ Washington, hoping that some pla
 for averting the impending disaste
 consequent on the shortage of fu' : would be evolved. After the con Q ference closed the government direct n ed the operators to reopen their mine . and advance wages fourteen per cen
 The government again waited patient
 ly for some action on the part of th 1, miners looking toward resumption ( - work. The officials not only failed e make any efforts to bring about a n end to the strike in numerous state
 ment has exhausted it's patience"
 sociated Press and newspapers, CT a couraged its continuance. Durin < every moment of this period of wal