Evening star., 1920-11-25
navy SENDS MORE
AID IN CABLE CLASH

MIAMI, Fla, November % (by the
Associated Press).-Additional rein
forcements arrived here from Key
West this morning to aid the crew of
subchaser l64 In preventing employees
Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
panysfr0m connecting cable on the
causeWay across Biscayne bay. be-
tween the cities Of Miami and Miami
Beach. A second subchaser was sent
here from Key West during the night.
and the crews from the two naval
vessels are now patrolling the mil
lion-dollar causeway.
At late hour yesterday afternoon
the employees of the telegraph COM
pany, whose attempt in the morning
to connect the cable was prevented
by armed Intervention. were allowed
to. retcrn to Miami.
Play Subehaser's Lights.
All night powerful searchlights
from the subchaser 154 played on the
cable barge and the viaducts. which
were guarded by armed seamen. Sub
chaser 800 arrived during the night
and was on patrol duty off the coast.
entering the bay this morning.
Local Western Union officials decline
to make any comment on the situation
or to give any inklng as to what
may be the next move.
The Western.U Union Telegraph Com
pany yesterday complained to Justice
Stafford of the District supreme Court
that after the rule of court had been
laid on Josephus Daniels. Secretary OF
the Navy, last Monday to snow cause
Friday why he should not be enjoined
from interfering with the companys 3
cable between Miami and Miami
Beach, Fla, a detachment OF marines.
under command of a naval officer. had
boarded a barge of the company. In
Bacayne bay and had demanded tnat
the company remove a portion OF Its
cable which had been laid at one Of
the drawbridges. The naval officer
a lso threatened. it was stated. that II
the company did not remove the cable
the marines would tear 1t up. The
company asked for an Immediate in
junction.
Can't freeman of the bureau of nayi-
cation appeared in court for Secretary
Daniels and assured Justice stafford
that the order to tear up the cable had
been countermanded and that the status
quo would be maintained until q hear
{ ing is had on the rule laid against Sec
refary Daniels. When this assurance
had been made counsel for the telegraph
company withdrew its request Tor an In
junction against the Secretary OF the
NAVY until after the hearing, which is
ed that the department will ask for
reinforcement Of the hearing
Navy Gets No Word.
/. The Navy Department has had no
adyices from Miami regarding the ac-
vtion of naval forces there. 1t was
said at the department today that the
matter was entirely in the hands of
the commandant at Key West, and
that unless some unusual situation
arose in. connection with his orders
to nreyent the laying Of the cable he
would not be expected to keep the
informed of his actions.
OffIcials Of the legal department of
Ethe Navy were comforting today with
officers of the Department of Justice
in connection with the Navy Depart
tment's answer to the injunction suit
brought by the Western Union in the
District of Columbia Supreme Court to
restrain Secretary Daniels from inter-
fering with the company's attempts
to lay a cable from Miami to West
Miami Beach. Florida. The suit will
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