THE 3IOKNIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, i, .919. 3-. GOMPERS PREDICTS SPREAD OF STRIKE Injunction Likely to Force New Issues, Says Chief. OPERATORS ARE BLAMED History of Case Is Reviewed in Statement That Says Living Cost Is Basis of Trouble. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. Samuel Gompera, speaking tonight for organ ized labor, declared the injunction In the coal strike case "can only result in creating new and more disturbing issues which may not be confined solely to the miners." The statement issued jointly by Mr. Gompera, Vice-President Woll and Secretary Morrison of the federation, after they- had protested to Attorney General Palmer the action of the fed eral district of Indianapolis, follows: "Throughout the period of the war and during the nation's time of stress the miners of America labored pa tiently, patriotically and arduously in order that the principles of freedom and democracy might triumph over the forces of arbitrary authority, dic tatorship and despotism. "When armed hostilities ceased last November the miners found them selves in the paradoxical position where their intensive labor was being used to enrich further the owners of coal mines and merchants dealing in coal, by the immediate reduction of the mining of the coal. Of course, the mind owners readily conceived that an overabundance of mined coal would seriously disturb the high prices of coal and endanger their large margin of profits. Limit Is Hearhed. "On the other "hand, the miners found that with the constantly rising cost of necessities of life and with their income reduced more than 50 per cent because of idleness they had reached the limit of human endurance. Orderly and improved processes were invoked to negotiate a new under standing with the mine owners and which would enable the miners to work at least five days during each week throughout the entire year and allow them a wage sufficient to en able them to live in decency and free from many of the pressing uncertain ties of life. "In attempting to negotiate this new understanding and relation, the miners found that their plea for con tinuous employment would destroy the mine owners' arrangements to curtail the mining of coal so as to continue exploiting the public with high and exorbitant prices. "The mine owners very cleverly met the issue by appearing willing and anxious to negotiate, but only if the miners would first throw aside the only power at their command to gain a respectful hearing and fair consideration the decision to strike whenever it was demonstrated fair dealings did not prevail. U. S. Course Criticised. "We are now faced with a coal strike of vast magnitude. The gov ernment now proposes to intervene because of a possible coal shortage. Apparently the government is not concerned with the manipulation by the mine owners "which has made for present coal shortage and undue un employment of the miners for the past 11 months. Instead of dealing with those responsible for this grave men ace to the public welfare it now pro poses to punish those who by force tims of the coal barons' exploitations. The miners are now told the war is not over and that all war legislation is still in effect and if reports re ceived here are correct the govern ment intends to apply existing war measures, not against the owners of the coal mines, but against the coal miners. The government has taken steps to enforce war measures by an injunction and it has restrained the officials of the United Mine Workers from counseling, aiding or in any way assisting the members of this organi zation for relief against grievous con ditions of life and employment. Oppression la C'hargrd. "It is almost inconceivable that a government which is proud of its par ticipation in a great war to liberate suppressed peoples should now under take to suppress the legitimate aims, hopes and aspirations of a group of its own people. It is still more strange that a nation which may justly be proud of its Abraham Lincoln should now reverse the application of the great truth he enunciated when he said that as between capital and labor, labor should receive first and fore most consideration. "The injunction against the United Mine Workers bodes for ill. An in junction of this nature will not pre vent the strike it will not fill the empty stomachs of the miners it may restrain sane leadership, but will give added strength to unwise coun sel and increase bitterness and fric tion. "This injunction can only result in creating new and more disturbing is sues which may not be confined solely to the miners. These views were pre sented to Attorney-General Palmer in a conference this afternoon lasting nearly two hours by President Gomp ers. Secretary Morrison and Vice President Won of the American Fed eration of Labor." HITCHCOCK BLOCKS ACTION (Continued Fropi First pa ge. ) is the one which will probably be adopted. This plan would close all debate on November 12 after which voting would begin without further discussion and proceed until all amendments and reservations are out of the way. This would mean a final vote on the treaty about November 15 or 20. Washington opinion is divided on the question of whether there will be a coal strike. Some officials say that the violent statement issued by Presi dent Lewis of the mine workers, was only the swan song of a dying cause, but others say it had fight In it and that there will be no putting down of the strike without using the full pow ers of the government. Labor Belabors Wilson. The bitter attack of Lewis on the president was being re-echoed in Washington today by radicals of all types who have heretofore sung Mr. Wilson's praises, in season and out. as the friend of labor. Why these per sons expressed so much bitterness to ward Mr. Wilson was not apparent be cause in the same breath they ac cused him of absolute mental irre sponsibility and declared that the ringing challenge to the mine work ers' leaders last Saturday night was written by Franklin K. Lane, secre tary oi the interior, and that the pres ident never saw it. Another slurring remark was that Secretary Tumulty wrote the veto message of Monday on the prohibition bill without consult ing his chief. But one thing is sure. Whoever is holding the reins of the government today, whether it -be Mr. Wilson, Sec retary Lane, Attorney-General Palm er or Joe Tumulty, he is hold'ng them tp.ut. He is neither halting nor turn ing to the side of the road. All of the machinery of the government with public opinion behind it is moving and moving more rapidly than anyone knows, to stop this strike. There is lus'le and hurrying in all the executive branches of the govern ment as if Uncle Sam were rolling up his sleeves for a new war, and the old man, it cannot be questioned, means business. General Pershing's testimony be fore the senate and house joint com mittees on military affairs today was a. hard jolt to Secretary Baker and the chief-of-staff. It was unex pected. Some said there was politics in it, but admitted that it was good politics. The surprise wa3 that General Pershing should turn against his I chiefs in the war department, who I picked him for the one great big j honor overseas and indorse the plan originated by Theodore Roosevelt and since advocated by General Leonard Wood, Senator Chamberlain and Representative Julius Kahn. As other press dispatches show, he dis approved the war department bill calling for an army of 567,000 men, favoring instead an army of 275 to 300,000 supported by a system of uni versal military training. He said spe cifically in answer' to questions from Senator Chamberlain that he favored universal military training as the safest and surest method of defense and the least militaristic of all na tional defense plans, DAKOTHTOThELO UP MIXERS GET ORDERS AT LATE HOUR TO STAV OS JOBS. Operation by State Discussed; Man Other Cities Report Thousands of Men Walking Out. BISMARCK, N. D., Oct. 11. Within a few hours of midnight, the time set for the strike of bituminous miners, every union locaj in North Dakota tonight received instructions to re main at work until further orders. Official explanation of this action was lacking. The order came from Henry Drennan, district president of the United Mine Workeis of America, and was considered here to mean that the miners were willing to dis cuss with Governor Frazier his pro posal that the state operate the mines by arrangement with the men during the strike. Irving Matthias, secretary of the local union at Wilton, the biggest coal town in the state, said tonight that he had been unable to obtain any explanation of the order, but that the men there would remain at work. MUSKOGEE, Okla., Oct. 31. Orders were telegraphed tonight from head Quarters of District No. 21, United Mine Workers of America here, call ing upon all miners in Oklahoma, Ar kansas and Texas to obey the strike call at midnight. PADUCAH, Ky Oct. 31. Coal mine operators in this city tonight declared that the strike of bituminous coal miners set for midnight would in no way affect the West Kentucky fields. Officials of the St. Charles mines, offices in Paducah, said ttiat the operators had signed an agreement with the miners six weeks ago which forbids them to participate in the present strike. BELLEVILT.R Til . ;i a proximately ll.Onn minora omnln.,.. oj 70 collieries in this sub-district. m"-i. 1 mmeni. i nere is no sur plus of coal supply for public use at any of the mines here, it was said. 4 0,000 EXPECTED TO STRIKE Head of Ohio Miners Announces Writ Will Se Ignored. COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 31. Approxi mately 40,000 soft toal miners in Ohio will go out on strike tomorrow de spite the injunction issued against the strike at Indianapolis today by Fed eral Judge Anderson, according to President John Moore of the United Mine Workers of Ohio. Mr. Moore said he had received a telegram from John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, saying that the strike order issued October 15. will become efective at midnight tonight. He declared that state officials of the union have no power to call off a strike called by the national head quarters. Many miners in the east ern Ohio coal fields, nuit work today. Reports stated that at Bellaire more than 500 miners quit work and that 100 or more had lert the mines near St. Clairsville. President Moore and other officials of the miners declare that as the Ohio fields are 100 per cent organized, the miners' strike will absolutely stop the production of coal in Ohio. They indicated that the strike will be the most gigantic contest between capital and labor ever staged in Ohio and that it will be a fight to the finish. "Instead of 80 per cent foreigners, Ohio miners are more than 80 per cent naturalized Americans," said one of ficial. Injunction Is Defied. CHICAGO, Oct. 31. District No. 14 of the United Mine Workers of America, with a membership of ap proximately 13,000 in Kansas and part of Missouri, will be tied up 100 per cent by tomorrow morning, ac cording to a message received today by Alexander Howat, president of the district, from August Dorchy, vice-president with headquarters at Pittsburg, Kan. "They say America is a democracy," asserted Mr. Howat. "Now is the time for a showdown. The govern ment's injunction does not alarm us." Ohio Men Go Out. BRIDGEPORT, O., Oct. 31. That more than 3000 eastern Ohio miners did not work today is indicated by reports of the larger companies to night. One mine in Barton, which nor mally loads 900 tons daily, only mined 50 tons, it is reported. Catholics Celebrate Today. "Feast of All Saints," a holy day of obligation, will be observed by the Catholic church today. At St. Mary's pro-Cathedral masses will be held at the following hours 7:15, 8:30 and 9:45 o'clock in the morning - and a special low mass at 12:30 o'clock this noon to enable working persons to attend. Teachers needed. Good salaries. En roll free. Rocky Mt. Teachers' Agencv 1314 N. W. Bank bldg.. Portlan d. Adv.' A fs-vs U Movies "WhoIesome-aeansing-Refreshing Wiisn Your Eyes Heed Sara MINERS SILENCED BY RESTRAINING ER Executive Board Unable to Issue Final Message. 18 LEADERS ARE SERVED Order of Court So Sweeping as to Prevent Men Named From Addressing Meetings. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 31. The strike of bituminous miners went into effect tonight with the national head quarters here of the United Mine Workers of America silenced by a re straining order issued today by Judge A. B. Anderson of the federal district court. No "last word" or other mes sages to the members of the union could be issued by the executive board or officers of the organization and they only smiled grimly when this fact was brought to their attention. While the strike order was effective at midnight, most of the men who were following it quit work with the ending of the day shift. Midnight was selected for the official hour merely because it marked the begin ning of November l,xn which date the Cleveland convention had decreed that the war-time wage agreement of the miners should terminate. Deputies of Mark Storem, United States marshal of Indiana, were busy all afternoon serving notice of the restraining order on union officials who had been missed in the general roundup at noon when the meeting of the unions' executive board was in vaded. 18 Leaders Served. Eighteen of the union leaders were served. The writs made effective the order which C. B. Ames, assistant attorney-general, had presented to the federal court and which restrained the defendants from issuing any mes sages, oral or written, that the strike is to be enforced as previously an nounced; from issuing any further strike orders or messages of encour agement or exhortation and from dis tributing any strike benefits. The order was so sweeping that Judge Ames explained that it would prevent any of the men named in the bill from addressing mass meet ings. The petition by the government, upon which tbe order was based, charged that the union men were conspiring to limit the facilities for the production of coal and to restrict the supply and distribution of the fuel. The writ accordingly command ed them to refrain from continuing the elleged conspiracy. War Act Still In Force. The petition emphasized that the suit was based upon a wartime act under which the government took over control of the fuel and food supplies and also pointed out that the strike would cause cessation of trans portation and thus throw back upon the public treasury the burden of paying the guaranteed incomes which the government contracted to pay the railroads when It took control of them. It was also brought out that the act in question specifically pro vided tnat it was to continue in force until the end of the state of war had been proclaimed by the president. AiLUKCLiier leaaers or tne big coal miners' union were named in the restraining order. Federal marshals here had names of 25 men to serve in Indianapolis and reached 18. The names of the 18 follow: John L. Lewis, acting president; William Green, secretary-treasurer; Percy Tetlow, statistician; Ellis Searles, editor of the Mine Workers' Journal; John Wilkinson, district president of district No. 21. Mukoi Okla., and the following members of tne executive board : John O'Leary, Pittsburg: A. R. Watkins, Yorkvllle, O.; J. M. Ferry, Hazelton, Pa.; Lawrence Bramlet! Diamond. Ind.; J. J. Mates, Williams town, Pa.; W. D. Van Horn. Terre Haute, jnd.; Samuel Ballantyne, Boone, la.: Frank Walters, Jellico, Tenn.; William Dalrymple, McAIester, Okla.; Hugh McLeod, Acme, Wyo.; George Baker, Central City, Ky.; Andrew Steele, Novinger, Mo., and G L. Peck. Pittsburgh, Kan. All Presidents Affected. In addition to these men the order named all other executive board mem bers, district presidents and secre taries of the various districts, includ ing officials of anthracite and Cana dian districts. unaffected by the strike. It was stated by L. E. Slack, United States district attorney for Indiana, that to reach the men resi dent outside the Indiana federal dis trict, it would be necessary to hrlnir ancillary proceedings in the various jurisdictions. Mr. Slack was left in charge of the government's case shortly after it be came evident that the union would make no immediate move in resist ance to It. Judge Amen left for Wash Sample Ballot for Special STUB TO BE TORN OFF BY THE Special Municipal Election, City of Portland, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1919 r, . , , . .:- -77,.. . , PRECINCT NO. 217 Mark Cross (X) Between the Number and Answer Voted For. Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Council. AMENDMENT to the Charter authorizing an annual tax levy not to exceed three mills in addition to the eight mills now authorized to pay the' general expenses of the City, discontinuing one mill hereto fore authorized during war emergency, and authorizing th City each year to borrow sufficient funds for current expenses of the City pending collection of the taxes. (The reason for said additional three-mill tax. is the increased cost of personal service and materials caused by conditions brought about by the war, and the depletion of revenue from various causes.) Shall the Charter be so amended? 500 YES. 501 ' NO. Published by authority of Section 131 of the City Charter. GEO: R. FUNK, . r Auditor of the City of Portland. ington and other members of the spe- cial staff which prepared the petl- tion for the attorney-general an- I nounced they would depart tomor row. The defendants were summoned j to appear November 8, when a motion i for a temporary injunction id to be argued. While the executive board of the union was effectually restrained from strike activities it took occasion to clear up a number of routine cases which were awaiting its decisions. The afternoon session was postponed until late in the cay and it was understood, but not announced, that plans for combatting the govern ment's injunction suits v -re discussed then also. PALMER AT CONFERENCE RAILROAD UAIOXS DO XOT PROTEST ANTI-STRIKE EDICT. Attorney-General Holds Injunction Is Aimed Not at Workingmen but at Walkout Organizers. WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. Railroad union officials conferring late today with Attorney-General Palmer en tered no protest against the injunc tion issued In Indianapolis today against the calling of the coal strike and tendered the good offices of their organizations in attempting to ar range a settlement of the strike. The attorney-general told the rail road union chiefs as well as Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, with whom he conferred after the meeting with the railroad men. that he did not believe it would be necessary to use any other power than the courts "to pro tect the government." Mr. Palmer said he told the union men that they were at liberty to say to either fide in the strike that the president was ready to act immedi ately to have the controversy settled amicably whenever the strike was called off. President Gompers and other offi cials of the American Federation of Labor were said, however, to have urged their views on the matter of the injunction in their conference with the attorney-general. "I explained the necessity for the action," Mr. Palmer said, "and the manner in which this case must be differentiated on its facts from all other cases in which injunctions have been used. 1 have been opposed and the administration has been opposed to government by injunction whereby employers might use the processes of the courts on an ex-parte hearing to force their employes into submission. "This i3 the government itself, using its own courts to protect itself from paralysis." "It is not an injunction obtained by employers," Mr. Palmer said, "not for the benefit of the employers, not to settle the controversy, but to save the people of the entire country from disaster. It doesn't affect the right of a man to work when he pleases." In this connection he explained that the petition for Injunction as prepared by the government seeks to restrain the officers of the United Mine Workers from doing anything In furtherance of the strike order. "If the injunction is obeyed," Mr. Palmer said, "and it goes without saying that the law must be obeyed, it will take away the direction of the strike from above and leaves to the men perfect freedom to work or not as they see fit. No strike can go on without direction." If the injunction Is disobeyed the court can act on its own initiative to punish the violators or on applica tion of the government. Mr. Palmer declared the next step depends on what happened. Representatives of the four railroad brotherhoods, including Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, and L. E. Sheppard, president of the conductors, accompanied the delega tion. Their presence was taken as in dicating that although not affiliated with the federation, the brotherhoods would give their powerful support to any action union labor might take. Wholesale Arrests Not Intended. The attorney-general's careful ex planation that the injunction proceed ings was directed against the un'on officers, and not against any of the men who actually mine the coal, leav ing them "in fact "free to work or not," as they individually pleased, re flected previous statements by ad ministration officials that the strike lacked support of the rank and file. It was made plain that the govern ment intended to seek to avert disas ter by preventing, legally, the activ ities of the men believed responsible for the disaster, rather than by whole, sale arrests. "I didn't argue the question of an injunction," Mr. Palmer said, in speak ing of his conference with the rail road men. "but treated the situation as a crisis needing the good offices of all good citizens." Mr. Palmer la Reticent. Mr. Palmer was more reticent con cerning his conference with Mr. Gom pers, which apparenty was not so har monious as the first. Mr. Palmer told Mr. Gompers the rairoad administration had outstand ing contracts-calling for 330,000 tons daily and that roads would be par alyzed if the supply could not be ob tained. "It must be that the government can protect itself from such a calam- Municipal Election to Be Held TO BE. TORN CHAIRMAN I iP! Elixir of Quartet Caroline , 1,1 r Sahara Nobody Mandy ki u Gem. r- 3 9 New ity." the attorney-general declared In discussing the conference. "1 think this is a strong government, support ed by the people. I am -confident that it will be unnecessary to use any other power than the courts to pro tect itself." 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