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t'J WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy and cooler to-da- y and to- morrow; fresh west winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 70; lowest, 57. Detailed weather reports on editorial page. -- - OIj. LXXXVII. NO. 02. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919. Copyright, 1919, bV fne Sun Irlntlng ami rublUMng AuociaUon. PRICE TWO CENTS. INERS STRIKE DESPITE INJUNCTION BY U. S.: COURT TO PROTECT ALL WHO WISH TO WORK; TROOPS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT FIELDS; HOUSE SOLIDL Y BA CKS STAND OF PRESIDENT IUSTICE WEEKS J(D GRAND JURY EET1B SECRET fyster.v in Confab With Swann by Probers of Hy- - lan Intcrboro Charge. JTARTS QUESTION FLOOD f'OvcrshndowIng Crime\ Hint Is Given, but. Men Who. Know Keep Silent. Persons fond of mysteries found one that Mtumped them In the Criminal tourts Building yesterday. Why did enifesjaof the Extraordinary Grand ury with which District Attornoy Ewann has been nt odds over the in vestigation of the Mayor's Interbor- - pugh strike conspiracy charges ask Ir. Swann If he would testify and hIvp immunity? What was on tho Ind of tho jury that caused It twice consult Justice Bartow S. Weeks In eetings from which every one but the stice, tho jurymen and the District ttorney and his staff were of neces-t- y excluded? What Is the nature of 10 John Doe Inquiry which the Grand ury is meditating? Who may be ailed besides Mr. Swann? Tho Justice, the District Attorney nnd tho Jury know the answers, but e bound by the law of secrecy which otects tho Grand .Jury not to reveal em. The Grand Jury met for the first time ten days. Gov, Smith having In the lian, Raymond F. Almlrall. that a spc-i- al prosecutor be appointed to help de- termine whether there had been a crime oversnaaowing me. Jiajur a ciimgcs w. lonaplracy. Before the session started ome of the members approached Mr. iwann, who had gone to the Grand Jury loom with his chief asslsiant, Alfred J. Hey One of the Jurors asked Mr. Swann If e would be a witness Jn a John Doc ivestlgation of a certain crime. He re- - led t \Do you mean the 'overshadow- - ,ng .crime?'\ The answer was, \Yes. Inquire Ffrat ns Individuals. The District Attorney then inquired if Ms questioners were speaking as the rand Jury or as individuals. They ' Id, '\As individuals,\ and asked him irther If he would waive Immunity. he District Attorney replied: \I will answer a question llko tlint unless f f- - is asked by the Grand Jury.\ an Almlrall convened the Jury and the t 'oors were closed. ,,' A few \minutes later the Grand Jury, it ';aded by Mr. Almlrall, went to the f ipreme Court trial room. While his ' 'isoclates waited there Mr. Almlrall en-e- -l Justice Weekc's chambers. After Uen minutes Mr. Swann and Mr. him. The talk with the l5 lasted an hour. Then the Grand y went to luncheon, with Instructions return at 2:30 I'. M. At S o'clock, when the Justice took 1 Seat In the trial room, there were embled the Grand Jury, Mr. Swann . ' . . ' ; - If i T rrniA lour HeSIBLiUlLO V.ll cu ,1. \lander I. Rorke. Robert M. John-- , ie and William C. Petty; court offl- - n and attendants, fourteen newspaper , and a few villagers. Justice Weeks bilskly: rhe Grand Jury has requested cer- - t Information from the court In re-ir- d to the conduct of their business, hd this Is a private session of the rand Jury- All those other than mem- bra of the Grand Jury, the Grand Jury enographer and the District Attorney id his staff will leave the court room.\ Mr. Swann turned to the bench, say- - g: \If your Honor pleases, I believe i'je Grand Jury has filed Into open trt \ \Mr District Attorney,\ said the Jus-r- e, \I have stated what this hearing \Very well,\ said Mr. Swann. Heavy Sllencr After Confab. So everybody not entitled to attend a and Jury meeting .walked out. Includ-- g the Supreme Court stenographer, and William Penny, clerk of ie court. Once more the public record l a blank. The secret session lasted n hour and a half. Nothing could ba Ivulged at the close except that the rand Jury would meet ugaln on Mon-y- . Justice Weeks explained that the court id taken a recess as soon as the room cleared, and that the further pro- - fBeamgs were a private Grand Jury 'latter, He said the Grand Jury had to be Instructed on the law In a 'at it was Investigating and ha could iot legally expose anything the Jury uCiad raid. -- J ''What is the Grand Jury Invcstlgat-,- t tg now annrchy, trie price of milk or ' ie sunway strike?\ the Justice was '.ea eacn of these questions having Cn entrusted to the Jury. Justice Jljeks smiled and said: \I believe they all three.\ Almlrall was asked If he Id furnlah any enlightenment, but he oofl? his head and said that unfortu-atfl- y It was a secret session and the 'Jtttce had enjoined silence. mill ii i nnwiii n m BRITISH TREATY WITH JAPAN MAY WOT BE RENEWED Paris Hears England Is Jealous of Tokio Invasion in Far East Trade. AUSTRALIA, TOO, OBJECTS Explains Admiral Jcllicoe's rinn of Sending Bigger Fleet te the Pacific. Ilr lAUnENCr. HILLS. Staff Cftrretnonrteni nf Tn r Sr-f- . Copyright. ll, all rigIll mined. Pakis, Oct. 31. It would cause great surprise In the American mission here If Japan succeeded In renewing the Anglo-Japane- agreement, which Is about to expire. Reports that have reached Paris that Japan Is about to begin negotiations to this end are not doubted, but certain British diplomats apparently have let It be known that it is not the Intention of Great Britain to renew the pact. One reason for tills Is that the apanese agreement is conceded to be absolutely contrary to the spirit underlying the league of Nations, which the British ataklng a leading part in promoting; another is that since tho war Japanese ships have been driving British carriers rapidly from tho seas in tho. Far East, the British now seeing In Japan a danger- ous commercial rival. Premier Hughes of Australia, It is also said, gave notice when ho was hero that a renewal of the agree- ment would result In the permanent estrangement of Australia. Refusal by Great Britain to con- tinue the agreement is believed to ex- plain the recant report made by Ad- miral Jcllicoe that a larger British naval concentration in Far Eastern waters is necessary under the Japane- se-British partnership. The renewal of the Anglo-Japane- agreement haa been regarded as a mat- ter of the highest Importance by Japan. Despatches recently received by Japa- nese papers In Honolulu from their Tokio correspondents said that the Im- perial Government, following the ratifi- cation of the peace treaty, would prees for the renewal of the agreement with Great Britain. The people of Australia and New Zealand have never liked the pact. An evidence of their feeling In the matter was shown by their Insistence that Japan should not be given a mandate tor any of the Islands, former posses- sions of Germany, that lie south of the equator. The Peace Conference sus- tained in the provisions of the peace treaty their contention by allocating only thoso former German possessions north of the equator to Japan. The repeated announcement by Japa- nese statesmen that following the ratlfl-tlo- n of the peac? treaty Japan would set a definite time for the political and military evacuation of Shantung Is be- lieved to be one of the steps the Mikado's Government was prepared to take to secure tho renewal of the Anglo-Japanes- e agreement GREEKS CALL ATTACK \ START OF TURK WAR Kemal Pasha's Forces Re- pulsed in Asia Minor Skirmish. Special Cable Detpatch to Tur. Sen from tht London Timet Service, Copyright, 19t, all rtahte reterced. Athens, Oct. 31. Commenting on a repulsed attack tn Asia Minor on the Greek lines by Kemal Pasha's Irregu- lars the Athens press considers the at- tack as an unofficial declaration of war by Turkey. The newspapers recommended urgent military measures, expressing confidence In the Greek army If given a free hand In the occupied area. COIN CRISIS ENDS IN PARIS. Five Kprcnlatnra In Snmll Chnnie Are Arrested. By tht A nodal ed Prett. Paws, Oct. 30 (delayed). With the arrest of live speculators In silver coin the small change crisis In Paris seems to have passed. Tho police locked up five men who were found purchasing silver coins from street oar and auto bus conductors, waiters and other per- sons. The trail led to a bank where tits silver was mcltod. One silver bar weighing fifty pounds, still bearing the marks of one and two frano pieces, was found. The Minister nf Finance has opened a bureau for distributing nickels. The bureau was crowded with persons de- siring small change. Italy nruinblllara Ilapldly. Rome, Oct. 30 (delayed). Premier Nlttl announced y that during the last two months Italy has demobilized more than 1,000,000 men. Judge Well Known to Labor Lawbreakers Special' Detpatch to Tan Sex JNDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 31. Judge Albert B. Anderson, who granted the injunction in favor of tho United States against the United Mine Workers in In- dianapolis to-da- has long been a figure on the Middle Western bench. He has a reputation for rigorous dealings with labor law- breakers. He has been seventeen years in his present place. Judge Anderson presided at the trial of the famous cases of con- spiracy to dynamite, following the conviction of the McNamara brothers here. He presided at the trial of both the Torre Haute and the Indianapolis wholesale elec- tion fraud cases and at the trial of the libel suit by Theodore Roosevelt against the Indianap- olis News. BRITAIN PAYING LEAGUE UPKEEP American Members of Body Draw Their Compensation From London. MUCH MYSTERY IN MOVE Large Part of Outlay for Labor Conference Also Borne by Monarchy. By a Staff Corretponitnt of Tax Sc.v. Copyright, IM, all rightt retercei. Fjuus, Oct. 31. Harrington Gilchrist, who appears to represent America on the League of Nations secretariat de- spite the fact the United States haa not yet accepted the covenant, haa ar- rived hero from London to work with the American Peace Commission. Part of his work consists of. giving matter to the foreign prcs3 regarding the International labor conference in Washington; but he is also acting as liaison officer between the Peace Com- mission and Sir Eric Drummond, Chief Secretary' tp the League of Nations, who has arrived here to arrange for the first meeting of the league council. The arrival of Mr. Gilchrist has pro- voked some surprise, as recently sev- eral Americans who had been connect- ed with the league received orders to sail Immediately to America, This Is believed duo to the present status of the treaty in the United States Senate. There is a good deal of mystery as to Just who Is paying the expenses of the league organization ; but It Is under- stood that those attached to the secre- tariat, like Mr. Gilchrist, are paid from the appropriation of $150,000 by the British Government, which thus far has borne all expenses of organization work. All Americans engaged In this work have been under orders from Col. House and were requested to say as little as posalblo about their work. In addition to paying the league expenses Great Britain, according to information here, is paying a large part of tho expenses of the Washington labor conference, having made a special appropriation when Congress refused to do so on the ground the treaty had not been ratified. GEORGIANS HOLD UP ARMENIA'S MEDICINES Action Looks at if Turks Are Behind Plans. Bpecdat Cable Detpatch to Thi Sex rom tht London Timet Service. Copyright. Wlf, all right t retened, Constantinople, Oct. 31. Not content with preventing the Importation Into Armenia of war material, the Georgian Government Is holding up consignments of medical supplies and clothing pur- chased by Armenian representatives In Paris, which are urgently needed, as great distress prevails throughout the country. The greater part of these sup. plies was last reported to be at Datum, pending the receipt of Georgian permis- sion for It to be forwarded by railroad, &nd according to all available informa- tion It is likely to remain there unless the Powers decldo to bring the neces- sary pressure on the Georgian republic. The Georgian blockade of Armenia, which alms at starving the country, es preventing It from obtaining the necessary arms and munitions, confirms the belief held In many quarters here that there Is an understanding between Georgian and Turkish Nationalists. TROOPS ARRIVE AT BREST. V. fl. Contlnirant of (1,000 to Go to Colilena, Bbbst, Oct. 31. The transport Presi- dent Grant arrived here y from New York with 6.000 American troops for the Army of Occupation on hoard. It is expected the first tralnload of troops from the transport will leave here' at 8 o'clock to.nlght for Coblenz, and another train will be- - dispatched dally for the next four or Ave days. It Is understood here that the troops are needed at Coblenz to guard Ameri- can property, which haa been sold but not yet delivered VOTES 206-- 0 TO OFFER SUPPORT IN STRIKECRISIS Thoina. Senate Resolution Upheld by Every LEWIS WITHOUT A FHIEND Madden Says President for First Time Displayed Cour- age for the People. Special Detpatch to The Sok. Washington-- , Oct. 31. Congress vir- tually io a man stands back of tho Executive departments In their efforts to enforce law and order nnd protect the public Interest In the coal miners' strike. This assurance was sent to Presi- dent Wilson to-d- when the House by a unanimous vote of 266 adopted the' resolution of Senator Thomas (Col.), approved by the Senate yester- day, which pledges the country's and unqualified support ,of Congress to the Government in upholding the majesty of tho law and In averting suffering and distress throughout the country that would follow a strike. Tho Housebote was taken by a roll call, with several Representatives who hold union cards voting In favor of it. Tho leaders of both parties in anhour's debate Joined in vigorously denouncing th'o union officials for calling the strike. Not one Representative rose to defend the action of John L. Lewis, head of the miners, In calling the strike. Ileply u I.rvMa Excluded. The House was so hostile to the miners that It excluded from the Con- gressional Itcoorrl a statement of Lewis In reply to President Wilson's appeal for the rescinding of the strike order. Representative Rucker (Mo.) said such \vile calumny upon the President should not to be placed in the .Record.\ \Such men as that man Lewis are responsible for the condition that con- fronts us Rucker continued, \and I hope that the legal department of this nation will be able to haul him Into a court of jilstlce where he will be dealt with as his crime requires him to be dealt with.\ Republican Leader Mondell (Wyo.) called up the resolution, and with Rep- resentatives Madden, Cannon and King (111.), Longworth (Ohio), Towner (la.), Piatt (N. V.), Wood (Ind.), Kltchln (N. C), Clark (Mo.), Garrett (Tenn.) and Connally (Tex.) urged the adoption of the resolution. 'The Congress of the United States stands united In Its determination to uphold the constituted authorities of the land In the enforcement of law and order,\ Mr. Mondell said. Representative Clark said the time had come for the public to rise up and protect Its Interests, organizing If nec- essary. \There are three parties to all these controversies.\ Mr. Clark said, \the capitalists, the labor unions and the consumers. There are about 4,000,000 laboring union men, as I understand It. I have helped them since I have been here In every reasonable and legitimate thing they asked and I am going to con- tinue It to the end. Conanmrra Will Control. \The laborer Is worthy of his hire. Capital Is entitled to a fair return on Its Investment. The consumers are en- titled to be justly treated, not to be gouged or Imposed upon or abused by anybody. The capitalists are organized. The laboring men are organized, but the consumers are not organized, nut they can be organized. They will exer- cise supreme power In this land. They are beginning to be afraid that they are going to bn ground between the two millstones.\ , \The American people have reached the conclusion that the time Is here when a few men In any walk of life shall not longer dictate the policy of the Government.\ said Representative Mad- den. \\And they are not going to sub- mit quietly to any determination on the part of any organization, no matter what It Is. to declare against the Inter- ests of the whole American people. '\I am glad the President had the courage for once to make the statement. It la the first time the President has displayed any courage In behalf of the American people. I am gla'd to be here to help sustain him In the enforce- ment of the law,\ \Doth great political parties from time to time have exhibited a great desire to command the vote of people who In my Judgment are not loyal,\ said Representative Cannon. \That ap- plies to some of the leaders who called this strike; It does not apply to the groat mass of the people who labor.\ 3faKtetrnte Home Stricken. Magistrate Frederick B. House col- lapsed yesterday while hearing cases n Traffic Court and was taken to his home, 413 West 146th street, where Dr. J. H. Storer attended him. The attack was the sixth he has suf- fered during the year, and Is attributed by Dr. Storer to nervous breakdown from overwork. Magistrate House haa been hearing about 150 cases a day. Chief Magistrate McAdoo took over his duties. - . .....! rrrtVrr ' A ' NEARLY 500,000 MINERS GO OUT, DEFYINGCOURT Injunction Restrains Leath- ers and Ties Up $15,000,-OO- O Strike Fund. UNION WILL FIGHT BACK Lewis Asserts Order Is Viola- tion of Constitution and Engages Counsel.- - By a Staff Coretptniert of Tn Sk, Indianapolis, Oct. 31. Almost a half million coal miners struck at midnight, In spite of a Federal court Injunction Issued The history making move of the United States. Government In aligning Itself ns plaintiff in h Judicial action to limit the right to strike when It comes in collision with the general welfare and the particular contractural and finan- cial Interests of the Government did not forestall the strike Itself. The Administration helleves thnt by severing the bend nml cutting the nervo channels of the strike organi- zation It can beat tho strike. It will protect every mnn who wants to work. It believes that deprived of their shrewd and powerful national of- ficers and oppressed by the growing weight of public opinion they will go back to work. Though 's order .only tempo- rarily restrained the union officials from aiding the strike they have called In any way or from using their $15,000,000 fund, the bill of the Gov- ernment announced that when this temporary 'order Is returnable, on Saturday, November 8, the Attorney-Genera- l, In behalf of Jhe United States, will nsk tho court to compel the United Mine Workers actually to withdraw the strike order, which tho Government contends Is Illegal. Leaders Are laotatrd. Thus Is revealed what President Wilson meant when ho called tho strike a crime. The proceeding was characterized as unprecedented In the labor' litigation. The. untioual headquarters, of the United Mine Workers of America .I Isolated by the restraining order In Judge Anderson's United States court y from every strike activity. Every line of communica- tion between It nml the mine fields N under surveillance. N I3ut In this drastic action it H recognized that the Government has precipitated tho crisis of both trudo unionism nnd radlcnllsm in the United States. So conlldent lt the Government that it can meet such a crisis, however, thnt It Is frankly preparing for a long nnd bitter fight In which the public will be called upon to bear Its share of both tho hardship and the bitterness. John L. Lewis, acting president of the- United Mine Worker, made clear the Issue when h said y : 1 rejnrd the Issuance of this In- junction as the most sweeping abrogation of the rights of citizens guaranteed under the Constitution nnd defined by statutory law that has ever been Issued by any Fed- eral court. This Instrument will not avert the strike of bituminous mine workers nnd will not settle the strike after It occurs. The In- junction only complicates to a 'further degree the problem In- volved In an adjustment of the controversy. Harry Wnrrum of Indianapolis has been retained by tho United Mine Workers as special counsel to fight the Injunction when tho miners have their day In court The vital Impor- tance of the legal phase of the fight Is shown by their announced deter- mination to reenforco Mr. Wamim with men of national prominence. William Q. McAdoo, Edward F. Dunne, formerly Governor of Illinois, and Alton B. Parker are the men nienr tloned for the task ' ttrdrra Strike to Go On. Meanwhile from 70 to 80 per cent, of the coal production of the country w.IU be shut off. Tho Injunction failed cvon to forestall Lewis's final appeal Continued on fourth Tagi' Regular Battalion Reaches West Virginia Wood Has 10,000 Men Ready for Illinois Special Detpatch to Turn Sex fJUNTINGTON, W. Va., Oct 31. A battalion of Regulars under command of Col. W. H. Harrcll arrived here from Camp Taylor, Ky., for strike duty in the West Virginia coal fields. The first train pulled in at 6 o'clock and the second an hour and a quarter later. It was announced that Col. Harrell would at once proceed to Charles- ton with the machine gun company and establish headquarters there. No troops were allowed to leave the cars upon their arrival here and Major Charles L. Coulter, intelligence officer, said they would remain in Huntington until the receipt of further orders from Major-Ge- n. Leonard Wood, commanding the Central Department. SPRINGFIELD, 111., 'Oct. 31. Major-Ge- n. Leonard Wood, com- mander of the Central Department, U. S. A., who ordered troops last night into the West Virginia fields, conferred here ht with State officials regarding disposition of troops if it became necessary to send armed forces to the mines. Approximately 10,000 Regulars, under direction of the Central Department, were reported ready for duty on six hours notice. DENVER, Oct. 31. Three companies of State troops mobilized at Golden ht were ordered to proceed immediately to the coal fields at Frederick. Col. They are to entrain at 11 o'clock. Troops mobilized at Trinidad will proceed to the southern coal fields it was announced at tho capitol. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct 31. Major-Ge- E. M. Lewis, it was announced here has ordered three companies of Federal troops to Knoxville to be ready to enter the coal fields of east Ten- nessee or eastern Kentucky in event trouble arises following tho strike of the soft coal miners. The men are to be sent from Camp Gordon. GOMPERS SEES ILLINOIS STRIKE INJUNCTION EVIL LEADER DEFIANT Labor Chief, in Statement, Do- - Declares Injunction Is an At-fen- ds Miners, Attacks tempt to Enslave Nation's Owners. \Workers. POINTS TO PRTCE PLOTjWBIT JO INFLAME MEN Declares Operators Arbitrarily Cut Production to Inflate Quotations. Special Dttpatch to Ths St. WASHiNOTOf, Oct. 31. After a meet- ing with Attotney-Gener- al A. Mitchell Palmer, in which they protested against the Issuance of an Injunction against tho soft cqal miners by the United States Court In Indianapolis Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor; Woll and Frank Morri- son, secretary, Issued a statement, which Included this sentence In Us closing paragraph: This Injunction can only result In creating new and more disturb- ing Issues which may not be con- fined solely to the miners. The full statement reads: \Throughout the period of the war and during the nation's time of stress the miners of America labored patiently, patriotically and arduolsly tn order that tho principles of freedom and democracy might triumph over tho forces of arbi- trary authority, dictatorship and \When armed hostilities ceased last November the miners found themselves In the paradoxical position where their Intensive labors were being used to fur- ther enrich the owners of coal mines and merchants dealing in coal by the Immediate reduction of the mining of the coal. Of course the mine owners readllx conceived that an overabundance of mined coal would seriously disturb the high prices of coal and endanger their large margin of profits. \On the other hand the miners found that with the constantly rlBtng cost of rcceesltles of life and with their Income reduced over 60 per cent, because of Idleness they had reached tho limit of human endurance. Orderly and Im- proved processes were Invoked to ne- gotiate a new understanding with the mine owners and which would enable the miners to work at least five days dur- ing each week throughout the entire year and allow them a wage sufficient to enable them to live in decency and free from many of the pressing uncer- tainties of life. Accnaea Mine Onnera. \In attempting to negotiate this new understanding and relation the miners found that their plea for continuous employment would destroy the mine owners' arrangement to curtail the min- ing of coal so as to continue exploiting the public with high and exorbitant prices. 'The mine owners ery clearly met the Issue by appearing willing and anxloUB to negotiate, but only If tho miners would first throw aside the only pewer at their command to gain a hearing and fair consideration the decision to strike whenever it was demonstrated fair dealings did not pre- vail. \We are now faced with a coal strike Continued on Second Pagi. Miners Arc- Instructed to Avoid Troops by Staying From Diggings. SrniNoriELn, III.. Oct. 31. Assuming a defiant attitude toward the Govern- ment's move to stop by Injunction the threatened strike of soft coal minors, Frank Farrington, chairman of the miners' scale committee and president of the Illinois district, declared y tho \strike had developed Into some- - 'thing, more than a miners' strike,\ nnd that it was \an attempt to enslave tho working men nnd women of the coun- try.\ \T don't believe there is any power on earth that can stop the miners from going on strike Far- rington said. \The action of the Gov- ernment will only inflame them. The question Involved now Is whether working men nnd women have the right to btrlko when they think they have causa to do so.\ Branding tho act of the Government In cbtalnlng the injunction ns the \mo9t far reaching and high handed restrain- ing order ever Issued by a court In this country,\ Farrington declared Its Influ- ence to breed radicalism was unlimited. \Nothing that I know of could have a tendency to Incite Itolshovism In this countr) as this restraining order will do,\ said Farrington. \All the agents of Lenlne and Trotzky could not do as mvch.\ \We nrc going through with the strike,\ Farrington declared. \Labor la bound to fight this Injunction. If It stands It Is within tho power of any court to enslave the working man or woman any time tho court decides to do so. \It this Injunction stands, there will be a lot of us deceived as to the liber- ties we thought American citizens en-Jo- y. The restraining order Is a blow at the very heart of free Institutions of our country.\ Illinois soft coal miners who went on strike late y approximately 80,000, according to their State headquarters wero encouraged in circulars prepared by Ftorrlngton to pay no atten- tion to threats that troops would be used. \You should stay away from the mines, preserve order and do everything In your power In a lawful way to make the strike effective,\ tho circular said. 'Threats of placing troops In the various mining camps need have no terror for you, as their presence need be of no con- cern to' you if you stay away from tho mines.\ In a telegram late y John I Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, Farrington declared \the Anderfon Injunction only makes us that much more determined to fight to the bitter end,\ and offered I Illinois legal department's aid In com batting tho Governments restraining order aimed agalnat the strike. \Let the consequences h what they may,' said the telegram, \we feel we must now, once for all, determine whether or not the worklngman and woman can be enslaved by a writ of Injunction.\ Strike Sure to Fail, Says Palmer; Caiv't Be Won Without Direction. MINERS' OFFICERS TIEp Injunction Doesn't Affect Call of Walkout, but Union Heads' Acts. TROOPS ARE REENFORCED Rail Brotherhoods to Make No Move Now Garfield Is- sues His Orders. Special Detpatch to Tbi Scn Washington, Oct. 31. The Got-emine- fs fully prepared t\ meot any situation that may tyrlse over the coal strike' called In the bituminous fields of tne country und which be- came effective at midnight. Attorney-Genera- l Palmer, who Is di- recting tho Government's campaign to protect the American people from catastrophe, believes the power of the law ns expressed through the courts will be sufficient to meet the crisis. This Is taken to mean that the In- junction will not affect the strike call, because tho call was already Issued, but It will prevent direction of the strike by the mine leaders, leaving it to the men Individually to quit or remain at work. He made It plain nlso that Federal authority was not using the expedient of government by Injunction, citing the extraordinary circumstances as differentiating tK8 strike from nny other. Dny'a DerrTopmenta In Strike. The most significant developments in tho situation vcrc: Reaffirmation of the Govern- ment's determination to prevent violation of the Inw by making the effective. Issuance of nn order restoring maximum prices on bituminous coal. Issuance of nn order restoring war time priorities on coal dis- tribution. .Sending of reenforcements tn Major-Gen- . Leonard Wood, ' In command of tho Central Depart ineut, which covers many of the coal fields. Gen. Wood is in Im- mediate charge of the strike situa- tion nt Gary. Ind. Gen. Billiard took command of the Eastern Department, cover- ing coal fields of the Eastern legion. Submission of an offer to the Attorney-Genera- l by tho nallroad Brotherhoods to use their good of flees for a peaceable andf orderly Adjustment. Later decision by the brother hoods to mnke no move at this time. Completion of army plans to handle nny eventuality and discus- sion of the advisability of reassem v bllng ns far ns possible the rail- road units of the expeditionary forces who operated the American railroads In France. Protest lodged with Attorney-Genera- l Pulmcr by the heads of the American Federation of Labor agulnst tho using of the power of Injunction. .Recommendation to Congress by Attorney-Genera- l Palmer that tha Lever net, under which an Injunc- tion against strlko londers was se- cured In Indianapolis ba extended for a period of sir months. Purl Distribution Arranged. Plnclng of the fuel distribution In the hands of Railroad Admin- istration representatives In each of the soventecn fucyroduclng dis- tricts. Sending of a telegram by Fuel Administrator Garfield to each of the seventeen production repre- sentatives of the Fuel Administra- tion to hold themselves In readi- ness for' service. Statement- - by Jfr. Garfield that maximum prices on anthracite would not bo restored unless prices showed n tendency to move up- ward. Issuance of n statement by President Gompers, Woll and Secretary Morri son ot the American Federation of Labor declaring the Injunction bodes for ill and that It will create new nnd more disturbing a ! it ht, iry rys 1 I'll 5 I II ii ,
