The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-23
State Men Obey Unions
Orders, Remain Away
From Shafts.
TROOPS STILL ON DUTY
Situation, However, is
Orderly at All Points
in Indiana.

More than 5000 Indiana
miners today began an order
ly strike in compliance with
the national strike call issued
by the United Mine Workers
of America.
Contracts with mine owners ex-
pired last night at midnight. Mean
while, the striking Indiana miners
await word from Washington on the
prospect of further negotiations
with the operators.
Approximately 5000 other Indiana
miners have not been employed for
several months.
Clinton, Sullivan, Princeton and
the Terre Haute area reported no
disturbances.
The only men who went down in
the cages today were maintenance
men and crews in several non-union
strip mines. One hundred fifty
union mines in the state were af-
fected by the strike order issued by
Frank Barnhart, president of Dis
trict IL.
Troops Still on Duty
Postponed four times through the
Intervention of President Roosevelt,
the strike brought no increase In
National Guardsmen in Sullivan
and Vigo Counties, now under mar
tial law.
In the Sullivan area 5000 miners,
employees of 10 union mines, quit
work. The Starburn mine, original
ly the cause of placing of martial
law in Sullivan County, is now oper-
ating under United Mine Workers
and the pitmen of that mine walked
out today with other mine crews.
Only 1900 of the miners in the
Sullivan area have been working at
one time but work weeks have been
split to give the quota Of miners in
the area pay-days.
Clinton Shafts Idle
The seven union mines near Clin-
ton, with a working force of APP
proximately $50 men, were idle.
Union officials as we'll as civil au-
thorities reported quiet near the
mine-tipples with no disturbances
or gathering of radical elements.
Approximately 1000 men were out
of jobs in the Princeton field with
only two nonuniOn small strip mines
operating in the vicinity of Oakland
City. Two mines at Francisco and
four mines near Oakland City we're
idle with engineers and maintenance
men the only workers.
Hope that quick settlement
would be made on the wage con-
tract was expressed by union Of
ficials as we'll as operators.
Miners spointed out the fact that
company guards had not been in
creased and expressed the belief
that failure to increase the guards
showed that operators were optimistic
for a settlement and were holding
out merely for their pound flesh"
Leaders in Washington
The fact that the contract arbi-
tration and the strike falls during
the busy season for the coal indus
try also was seen as aiding in
bringing about peace terms in short
order.
Mr.. Barnhart and Charles Fon-
cannon, vice president of the dis
trict, are both in Washington aid
ing in the ironing out of difficult
ties leaving John H. Settle, district
secretary, in charge of strike de-
velopments at Terre Haute.
Mr.. Barnhart's strike order, mod
elled after the order issued by John
L. Lewis, international president of
the union, says:
1--WE are inStructing our member
ship to suspend operation at this
time except for such maintenance
men as are necessary to protect
and safeguard the mines in Dis
trict No. IL.
Orderly procedure must be fol-
lowed at all times.
There must be no violation of
law or disturbance of public peace"
he concluded.