The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02

,een definitely learned that the in- sed union officials to regard dicon- ing the existing wage agreement.
 The telegram, signed by President John l.. Lewis. Vice President PhiI- lip Murray md Secretary. William Green, said,
 "Any abrogntion or setting aside of any part or section of this agree rent, including the section providing ger Inc checking off of dues and as- seaaa ts, cannot he regarded ms sarf them violation of the nRree- lNept and shenId be treated accord- iaRiv As tho d'striet officers and ieeai sh ea.n
 Whic no coersc # conduct for unio7 officials aas aeiined by the telesr&u it Fas sI ritativeiy that the f1tsrnatonst aeIsers re- garded the -ikC 'as be rg only weapon to enforce eaatl he telegram was ant gs ffs 16 states. where .aa aHa tsaf vision obtains and where s 4aa the $50, ,0U, union miners HHiais AiS
 Text Of TeIegra
 The tevt of the telegram ef5HN
 As >a result of the disagt between the United Mine Worke. America and the coal operators the fall of 1919 1t wars suggested by the government of the United States that the miners and the oper- ators submit all their differences to commission appointed by the presi- dent of the United States. said con- mission to have full authority It rem der an award covering every propo- sitlon involves.
 "The United Mine Workers agreed to this programme, and the commis- sion in due time rendered an a~afd which it was decided must be writ ten into the form of an agreement by and between the coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America to be in full force and effect until March 3t 1929. Following the rendi- tion of this award by the United states bituminous coal commissions functionng under governmental T thority, the President of the Unit States, in a letter addressed 10 coal operators and the United M Workers of America. comman both sides to meet in joint conf ence and duly execute such agf ment as directed bysthe bitumiH coal commission. This was done l the agreement das duly signed New York city on March sl- iase. is, therefore. obvious that said agreement honoraply entered and executed in due form under direction of the government of United States cannot be modifis changed in any of it's provisions til the date of it's expiration Nj 31, 1922. Any abrogation or set aside of any part or section of agreement including the section viding for the checking off of lnioH dues and assessments, cannot be rel gafded as other than violahtion of the agreement. and should be treated accordingly by the district offiserb and local unions within your iurisL diction."
 The states Into which the message was sent were Pennsylvania. Ohip, West Virginia, Illinois. Indiana. Mis- souri, Kentucky. Michigan, Iowp. Kansas, oklahoma. Arkansas Texas. Wyoming, Montana and Washington. The message did not go to officials of the three anthracite districts in Pennsylvania or to partially orsakl- ized bituminous districts because the check off" Is not used there.
 To Await Declaration
 Dispatch of the message culminaqe series of conferences between unN chiefs and counsel that extend throughout the day. However. thd was no indication that any acti would be taken at union headquartc to precipitate strike until afi Judge Anderson had declared that order was not yet effective couf agreed that sl ,000 bond was suffieisa to bind the complainant for any fs billty.
 Previously counsel for both oael ators and the union had agreed hasten an appeal with the hope e averting any considerable wall<o. f workers. and at that time 1t learned that operators had assurante that the international officers would seek to prevent closing of the mines.
 While preparations for the appeal were being made. reports from The Indiana coal fields were that five mines we're idle in protest against the injunction, and union officials at Terre Haute were considering the formal issuance of a strike order. More than 1,500 men were employed at the Indiana mines that were closed, and employees elsewhere in the coal fields were planning meetings to decide on course of action.
 Counsel for the union and the coal operators will appear tomorrow be- fore Judge Anderson for formal sye- tion, appealing his decision. No com ment on whether d strike would be regarded as contempt of the order was obtainable from officials. but counsel in the case pointed out that the order was aimed only at pre- venting the operators from paying the check -off and stopping union efforts to organize the Williamson coal fields in West Virginia
 The policy of silence on the part of President Lewis and other union officials continued even after ths dispatch of their message, and efforts to get any statement eiucidating 1t we're met with refusals