The Weather
Rain and colder Thursday, much
colder at night with a moderate cold
wave Friday, colder and probably fair.
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i STRIKE ACTION
15 TAKEN AT RAIL
MEETING
CHIEFS
Motion
Adopted to Take Vote on
Overtime Offer of Di-
rector Hines
H4NY AMENDMENTS TO
OFFER WERE SUBMITTED
WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1919.
MEXICO WILL NOT
RELEASE JENKINS
WHOLE NUMBER 30,007.
FROMPUEBMJZ
. T All
Oppose iUTcp""e " AAWi-
traries and Allowances Ex
isting Are Eliminated
!veland, Nov. 26. No action look-
rail brotherhoods was taken to
Lv by the 500 general chairmen meet
ine here to act on Director General of
Railroad Hines' offer of time and one
Taif for slow freight service and no
vote was taken on the proposition, al
though a motion to vote on it was
adopted. The conference adjourned
late this afternoon and will meet
again tomorrow morning. Discussion
of the proposition and the request of
the firemen and train men for a gen
eral wage increase occupied this aft
ernoon's session.
Motion to Vote
The morning session adjourned at
noon ror nuicucun
brotherhood chiefs announced that a
vote on the overtime proposition had
been taken but it later developed that
this was an error and that only a mo?
tion to vote on it was adopted. .
wv,on the conference re-assemDiea
thisr afternoon the director general's
offer was again taken up. Many
amendments were offered by the dele-
i . i , . i.n to nrara oant
gates ana iunuex icnuam
to Washington for explanation of its!
workings in connectiop wltn the
elimination of arbitraries and allow
ances stipulated by : the director
general.
Way of Office
It was learned from an authoritia
tive source tonight that the delegates
are opposed to accept the proposition
if all the arbitraries and allowances
existing in many schedules at present
are eliminated, figuring- that the loss
these arbitraries and allowance Is
nearly equal to the amount gained by
. k overtime offer.
'jv deieeates claim the meraourli
i of the four railroad brotherhoods have
I been discriminated against, It was
d in the" recent granting of In-
lerMsiei Tvaees to uincr inm wu cnx-
Ipioyes. The general cnairiuan aim
chief executives of the firemen, con
ductors and trainmen were in session
tonight working on figures to show
how the time and one-half for over
time in slow freight service with the
discrimination of arbitraries and spec
ial allowances will affect their members.
Object of Conference
"The conference was called to dis
cuss the overtime offer of the director
general but it was learned tonight the
whole question of the relation of rail
roaders' wages to the cost of living:
and to the wages of other railway
workers has been thoroughly debated
during the two days' meeting. Many
of the delegates take the stand that
the government ought to adjuat the
pay of all railroad employes so that
the same differentials will be preserv
ed which were in effect at the time
the railroads were taken over by the
government.
Thousands of railroad workers who
were getting lower wages than cer
tain classes of employes in the oper
ating service at the beginning of the
war are now getting more, it is claim
ed, and speakers in the meetings are
said to be insisting that the .old dif
ferentials be restored before the rail
roads are returned to private owner
ship. 1 !
The demand fnr n (rAnfira.1 wage In-
crease by the brotherhoods of firemen
and trainmen which, it is understood,
is approved by the conductors' organ
ization were under discussion today.
The firemen are asking an increase of
approximately 50 per cent and the
trainmen 40 per cent. The engineers
have not made any request for an increase.
ueciares Wo Way Se XMeet
Demand of Uniterftates
Government
Mexico Cit Nov. 26. Declaring
there is "no legal foundation or prin
ciple of international law" upon which
the United States bases its demand
for the immediate release of William
O. Jenkins, U. S. consular agent at
Puebla, the Mexican government
through Hilario Medina, under secre
tary of foreign refations tonight stat
ed it waa impossible to accede to the
request of the American state depart
ment. It is asserted that the executive de
partment cannot under Mexican law
intervene at this moment in an affair
which is strictly in the hands of state
courts. It is declared the imprison
ment of Mr. Jenkins was neither un
justified . nor arbitrary and that Mr.
Jenkins is preventing his own freedom
by refusing to give bail for which
reason, it is said, "he cannot be con
sidered a victim of molestation."
AUTO SMASH-UP
HAS FATAL END
One Killed and Four Are
Injured
Ashburn, Ga., Nov. 26. An automo
bile, that skidded on the roadway and
turned over 12 miles north of here
late today, brought death to one man
and injury to four others. Henry
Roberts of Canton was killed. The
injured are: J. G. Lewis, Kennesaw,
crushed ribs, believed to be fatally
injured; G. F. Lewis, Kennsaw; J. S.
Ellison, Montezuma, and a man named
Blackwell of. Atlanta.
AGENTS OF MEXICO
SND WILD REPORTS
OF UNREST IN U.S.
Making Their People Believe
This Country Is Qn Verge
Of Revolution
ATTITUDE JENKINS CASE
IS ONE OF ANTAGONISM
GERMAN OPERETTA IS
PREVENTED PERFORMING
Action Is Taken By Members of
American Legion
New Yorky Nov. 26. Presentation
of a German operatta by the North
German Socie'ty of Queens was pre
vented here tonight by 'members of
Astoria Post, American Legion, after
attempts to obtain an injunction had
failed.
Special policemen were stationed at
the meeting places and 150 former
soldiers with. their .wives and sweet
hearts gathered: outside, while two
representatives of tl.e legion visited
the hall and by argument obtained the
consent of the officials to eliminate
the operetta from the entertainment
program.
SEVERAL, HURT IN TORNADO.
Polarville, Miss., Nov. 26. Several
persons were slightly injured and a
number of houses practically destroy
ed by a tornado here today.
Already Strained Relations Be
tween Two Nations Is Be
coming .More So
Washington, Nov. 26. Some officials
expressed belief today that the Mexi
can government's delay in replying to
the American note sent more than a
week ago, demanding the release of
William O. Jenkins, consular agent at
Puebla, was part of a deliberate plan
to still further antagonize the United
States.
This belief was based largely upon
information from Mexico City that of
ficials there were endeavoring to
spread the report that this country
was on the verge of a revolution and
by holding up the reply Mexicans could
offer substantial aid to' ''the "revolu
tionists." Mexican agents in the United States,
the advices said. had been sending
home highly colored and wildly exag
gerated reports concerning domestic
conditions, the steel and coal strikes
being cited as against glaring evidence
of industrial unrest.
There was no report from the em
bassy at the Mexican capital to add
anything to those received heretofore1
all of which showed that Jenkins was
still held in the penitentiary on
charges of having been implicated
with the bandits who took $150,000
from him after hehad been kidnapped.
One dispatch from Mexico City said
the Mexican senate had decided to ask
President Carranza for full informa
tion on the Jenkins' case, and this was
taken to mean that no reply might
be expected until the senate had given
it consideration. . .
The principal effect here of Mexico's
failure to answer promptly the Amer
ican demands has been to make the
already strained Relations little more
strained.
D-ANNUNZIO PLANNING
TO RETURN TO ZARA
After Which Will Attack City
Of Spalato
Paris, Nov. 26. Jugo-Slav head
quarter in Paris learns from Spalato
by way of Belgrade, tha't D'Annunzio
proposes to return to Zara with
strong forces and proceed thence to
Sebcnicp, after which he will attack
Spalato.
The Italian admiral, Millo, is said
to have given his word of honor
that all Dalmatia w.uld be occupied
by D'Annunzio's volunteers and be
come Wholly Italian under the King
of Italy. Recalcitrants, it is -added,
are to be starved into submission and
Jugo-Slav functionaries wno refuse
the oath of allegiance to the King of
Italy will be expelled.
The Italian squadrons at Genoa and
Smyrna, it is reported, have placed
themselves: under the orders of
D'Annunzio and Millo for the opera
tions in Dalmatia.
D'ANNUNZIO HAS
EYES ON TRIESTE
Aim to Establish Mili-
tarist Government
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AVami tr.A J.-U - .,rw.vn
., ay w H.I US Lilts guvcnui6v
. at Gabriele D'Annunzio is prepar-
Abandoned his original intention of
meeting a landing at Ancona, but
ecently sern emissaries to sound lo
fn ?fflcers at Trieste, giving ground
0r belief that the poet is aiming at
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Chicago Judge Will
Not Release Leader
Of "Murder Clique"
Sa2iCv,ag0' Nov" 26. udge Joseph
ath today refused to release lead
rrir th(1 CWcaS "murder clique" on
, t habeas corpus.
t ine a Ume like tnis wnen men are
our v ?hot 'down and murdered on
the ciT lantly Wghted streets, when
by 0 y of Chicago Is being swamped
inurfv"1 and criminals I refuse to
bv th behalf of any man held
Juri, P'ice in at least Ave murders,"
lease' 'ih''th said In declining to re
Devi'i m"el Cardipella, alias "The
lr. , . 18 charged with being
eadfer f the gang.
NEW ORLEANS ONCE AGAIN
REVELS IN OPEN SALOONS
Federal Judge Foster Rules Wartime Prohibition Is at End Bar-
rooms Thrown Open and Crowds Jam Them Until Closing
Hour, Willingly Paying High Prices
ANGELES EXECUTED
AFTER CUNYICTION
OF BEING A TRAITOR
Firing Squad Carries Out Sen
tence of Court-Martial At
Chihuahua City
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 26. Gen Felipe
Angeles, Mexican revolutionary leader
an enemy of the Carranza government
declared a patriot by his followers
and friends, was. executed as a traitor
to the Mexican government by a fir
ing squad at Chihuahua City, Me., at
6:35 a. m. today. He had never recog
nized the present government as
rightfully representing Mexico.
The specific charge against Angeles
was rebellion. He was found guilty
by four Carranza generals sitting as
courtmartial at Chihuahua City at
10:45 o'clock last night after a session
that had lasted almost continuously
from approximately 8$ hours.
Was Military Genius. v
Angeles throughout the world was
known as a military genius. He was
the reputed friend of Americans and
during his trial lauded this country
and its citizens. He was the man who
brought about the 75 millimetre gun
to the perfection that gave it fame as
the world's most effective piece of
artillery. Fir his work for France he
was made a ehavalier of the French
Legion of Honor.
Angeles came out of Mexico in 1916
and bought a dairy farm near El Paso.
Later he went to work for the French
government inspecting munitions.
Intellectual Leader.
Five days after the world war end
ed with the signing of the armistice,
Angeles returned to Mexico as the in
tellectual leader of the Villa move
ment. It was said Villa promised out
rages against foreigners and natives
would Se stopped if Angeles would
join him. VlUa proclaimed Angeles
provisional president of Mexico.
Angeles had been quoted as saying
he believed a day of accounting be
tween the United States and Mexico
had been postponed by the great war
and that he wished to save his people
from this by "calling the people to
repentance" and welding them into a
single mass for the uplift of all. When
he went across the line to join Villa
he said:
"I am going back to lift my country
out o9 the depths of lawlessness to
which she has fallen or else to die
for her."
GARFIELD PROPOSES NEW SCALE;
MINERS DECLARE IT "INSULTING"
GALFIELD'S ST A TEMENT TO
MINERS AND OPERATORS
FABULOUS PROFITS
MADE IN 1917 BY
COAL OPERATORS
Secretary Glass Issues Statement
Based on Figures Internal
Revenue Experts
TWO PRECEDING YEARS
OWNERS LOSE MONEY
New Orleans, Nov. 26. Whiskey, 4
percent beers, cordials, in short, com
plete barroom assortments Of liquor
were purchased freely in New prleans
tonight following the granting of an
injunction today by Federal Judge
Foster which' in effect held the war
time prohibition acts unconstitutional.
Less than an hour after Judge Pos
ter had enjoined federal authorities
from interferrlng with the sale of
bonded whiskey in compliance with
the petition of the Herman Leiser
Liquor, Co., barrooms were serving
liquor in steadily varied assortments.
Mixed drinks were unobtainable be
cause of the rush for straight liqdors.
Later, however, it was possible to ob
tain all of the widely known mixed
drinks, for many years peculiar to
New Orleans. French restaurants
served claret with dinners.
Rutins of Court.
Judge Foster in his decision to grant
the , injunction, ruled that the world
war came to an official end when
congress adjourned recently without
rejecting the peace treaty with Ger
many. He' maintained that when Pres
ident Wilson vetoed the Volstead war
time prohibition enforcement bill Oc
tober 28, 1919, the president declared
the army and navy forces demobilized.
Through the Injunction, Frank M.
Miller, United States marshal, and his
deputies, Superintendent Forrest Pen
dleton of the department of justice
and his aides, Rufust Fontenot inter
nal revenue collector and his assistants
and Henry Mooney U. S. district at
torney are barred from "interferrlng
with the Herman Leiser Liquor Co.,
or any other liquor dealer in the sale
of intoxicating liquors In New Or
leans." Judge Foster formerly held that
2.75 percent beer was intoxicating.
Ardor Somewhat Dampened.
Above the enthusiasm of liquor
dealers, however, loomed the warning
of the United States district attorney
and the internal revenue collector
that a strict record was being kept of
liquor selling and that should the
supreme court of , the United States
declare the wartime prohibition acts
constitutional prosecutions would be
instituted.
District Attorney Mooney, upon
learning of reports that saloon-keepers
haji agreed to make a flat charge
of 50c per drink for whiskey announc
er that should they combine to
charge high prices for drinks thev
-would be rosebuted for profiteering.
wnisKey sola in most places at 25
cents for 7a drink, about half the size
formerly sold. Higher grade whisk
ies served in old style glasses sold
from 35 to 50 cents. Bottled whiskies,
bonded were to be had at an average
of ?6 a quart, some places, however,
being without other than the cheaper
grades. Wines were procurable at an
average of about 25 per cent over for
mer, prices.
Saloons Crowded.
At all downtown saloons crowds re
mained until closing time. Ta,xicab
companies reported an xold time rush
of customers to the roadhouses and
cafes at the lake resorts. Stocks suf
ficient to last until January 16, should
the supreme court rule that wartime
prohibition was uneonstitutional, were
reported by wholesalers. Practically
none of the liquor in warehouses here
was exported.
Brewers had not decided tonight
whether their stooks of beer contain
ing a higher percentage of alcohol
than one-half of one percent could be
increased by resumption of the man
ufacture of former content.
In Complete Unofficial Figures
For 1919 Show Profits Less
Than 1918
Washington, Nov. 26. Bituminous
coal mines east of the Mississippi
river in 1917 made "what might be
termed fabulous profits" the general
average being 100 to 150 percent on
invested capital according to a state
ment issued tonight by Secretary
Glass, based on data furnished by ex
perts of the internal revenue bureau.
"Coal operators generally in the
United States in the year 1914 and 1915
lpst money when, normal depletion and
depreciation are taken into considera
tion" the statement said: "What is
meant by this is that proper item in
fixing cost, is depreciation of plant
and depletion of the cost or value of
coal in the ground.
"In the latter part of 1916 all coal
companies in the United States save
those in the extreme west, began mak
ing money with the result that the
operations for the year 1916 general
ly show a profit of from 10 to 35 per
cent on capital invested.
"In 1917 all bituminous coal mines
east of the Mississippi river made
what might be termed fabulous prof
its,' the general average being from
100 to 150 percent on invested capital,
the range being from 15 to 800 per
cent.
"In 1918 conditions -were not so good
in the , Appalachian and central com
petitive districts, profits generally be
ing reduced 36 to '30 percent less than
for the preceding year, the range be
ing from 15 to '300 per cent on invest
ed capital. In the west conditions in
1918 were better than in 1917, the
profits in . .the . Rocky Mountain dis
tricts ranging as high as 400 percent
on invested- oapital.
"Unofficial figures for 1919, incom
plete, of course, indicate that profits
of the operators are less than for
1918, some of the operators claiming
to have actually lost money."
Dr. Garfield's statement to the joint
conference of miners and operators
follows:
"On the 24th instant I announced
that the public must not be asked to
pay more than it is now paying for
coal unless it is necessary to do so
in order to provide reasonable wages
to the mine workers and a reasonable
profit to the operators. Careful in
vestigation forces me to the conclu
sion that in accordance with this and
the other principles set forth on the
25th instant the public ought not to be
required to pay an increase in coal
prices at this time.
"The prices fixed by the government
on coal were calculated to increase
production for war purposes. Coal
was basic and the increase in produc
tion was imperative. The operators
are now in receipt of margins which
were necessary to effect an increase
of production but which are larger
than are required under present con
ditions. It was stated that the pro
duction needed for 1918 was 600,000,
000 tons and the estimate for 1919 is
500,000,000 tons.
"Applying the principles set forth in
paragraph 2 of the statement of No
vember 24 when the average increase
in wages since 1913 for the various
classes of mine workers are deducted
from the increase in the cost of living
since that time, we arrive at the
amount of additional increase in wages
justifiable at the present time.
Figures Out Increase
"I have taken the figures of the
bureau of labor statistics for both cost
of living and for weighted average of
wage increases. According to these
figures the cost of living has risen 79.8
per cent since 1913 and the amount
necessary to bring the average wages
of mine workers up to this point at
the present time is 14 per cent.
"Readjustments heretofore made
since 1913 were such as to give certain
classes of mine workers an average
increase in excess of the increase in
the cost of living and certain others
an average increase below the increasei
of the cost of living. This form of
adjustment was made in order to 'es
tablish or preserve certain relative
bases in the mining Industry. I do not
think this condition, however, ought
to result in giving to mine workers as
a whole and in consequence imposing
upon the public, a total average in
crease in excess the total average
increase in the- -osf of fiving; because
if this fcwirrt. fffe adopted, the result
would be hat .the total increased bur
den placed uin the mining industry
will be far in excess ' of the increase
in the cost of living. If this principle
were applied to industries generally it
is obvious that the resulting cost
would be passed along to the general
public, and the increased wages would
increase in a rapid spiral taking as -a
minimum the percentage of increase
in the cost of living. In the long run
burdens to the cost of living of th
entire public and would fall more in
juriously upon the working classes
Jhan upon any others.
A Reasonable Dealing
"It seems to me that the reasonable
way to deal with this situation is to
give to the industry as a whole an
average increase commensurate with
the increase in the cost of living and
then let that amount of increase be
apportioned in accordance with the
wage bases that are acceptable to the
employers and the employes.
"Control of prices by the govern
ment will be maintained for the pres
ent. "The present negotiations stand by
itself, but it is far from disposing of
the fundamental controversy between
operators and mine workers. That
controversy is bound to be a continu
ing one as matters now stand. It
evolves living condition and conditions
in the mines as well as wages and
profits, and the general relation be
tween operators and mine workers.
Therefore to aid in applying the prin
ciples which have governed us and
which should govern in reaching con
clusions in the future, it is urged that
a permanent consultative body, with
purely advisory powers be set up, con
sisting of the secretary of the inter
ior as chairman and of an equal num
ber of representatives of the opera
tors and of the mine workers chosen in
such manner as they may each deter
mine from time to time.
Provision by Congress
"In order that the data necessary
for thej consideration of this consulta
tive body may at all times be availa
ble, it is urged that the congress make
provision for collecting definite and
trustworthy information concerning
the coal and coke industry and for the
tabulation of the same in quarterly
reports showing: I
Fuel Administrator Of
fers 14 Per Cent In
crease In Pay to The
Workers.
SCALE DENOUNCE!
Union Leaders Declare
Readiness "To Go To
Their Homes and Fuk
ish Fight.'
SAYS NEGOTIATIONS
ARE NOW NEAR END
1
Washington, Nov. 26. William
Greene, secretary of the United
Mine Workers, declared tomorrow
would see the end of all negotia
tions as "the operators are opposed
to granting any increase and the
miners cannot proceed on the fig
ures given by Dr. Garfield."
Many of the miners said they
agreed with Alexander Howatt,
president of the Kansas miners,
who announced that "if we are
unable to receive a wage here that
will guarantee us a decent living
365 days in the year, we will go
home and fight for a while."
In explaining his statement at
the joint conference, Dr. Garfield
said that in computing the wage
advance he had accepted Secretary
Wilson's estimate of seventy-nine
percent increase in the cost of
living since 1913, which was the
highest estimate made by anybody.
"1. Production, distribution, stor
age and stocks of coal and coke;
"2. The cost of production and dis
tribution and of maintenance of suita
ble stocks and any other data con
cerning the industry deemed neces
sary; "3. The cost of living in the several
coal fields;
"4. The selling prices and profits
obtained by the operators, middle men
and retail dealers;
"5. Export requirement and the
;4otodUlons limiting them.
"The sttleroertt of the present con
troversy on the wage and price basis
above indicated must be considered in
the light of the proposal o set up thiir
permanent, consultative body. While
it will not have powers of decision will
hardly seem possible to a reasonable
man that in the light of its conclu
sions demands for exorbitant prices or
unreasonable wages, can be success
fully maintained, or that conditions
unafavorable to the American stand-
this would add many new and serious rd of "ving will be tolerated.
CLOSE TOUCH KEPT
ON FUEL ECONOMY
Railroad Administration Look
ing to See How Conserva
tion Is Being Executed
CONVERSE COLLEGE GOES
OVER TOP IN CAMPAIGN
Endowment Reached Sum of
$256,000
Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 26. The
Converse colege endowment campaign
waged in the city and county for ten
days for $200,000, went over the top
here this afternoon by $56,000.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26. Representa
tives of the railroad administration,
it was learned tonight, are keeping In
close touch with the manner in
which the various requests for fuel
conservation are being carried" out
throughout the southern region of
the railroad administration. In case
the drastic measures to save coal are
not followed voluntarily the region
al coal committee, backed by the war
time powers of the national fuel ad
ministration, is prepared to take
steps to enforce the observance of
its requests.
Closing of stores, business houses
and offices daily at 4 p. m. during the
emergency, striet conservation of
fuel by householders, limiting of pur
chases by domestic consumers and
shutting down of factories over
Thanksgiving until Monday morning
are among the requests. Only fac
tories which, by the nature of their
business, would lose heavily by shut
ting down are exempt from the four
day idleness requested.
No excursion trains will be opera
ted in the southern region during the
emergency due to the coal strike, it
was announced today. While plans
are being made to take off whatever
passenger trains can be discontinued
"without serious inconvenience to the
public" this will not be done unless
future developments make it neces
sary. FALL RIVER TEXTILE
WORKERS DISSATISFIED
May Take Strike Vote Friday
Night
Fall River, Mass., Nov. 26. A state
ment issued by James Tansey, presi
dent of the Fall River textile council,
tonight indicated that a strike vote
would be taken at a general meeting
on Friday night of all six unions af
filiated with the council.
This statement followed a meeting
of the council to consider the refusal
of the Fall River Cotton Manufactur
ers' association to grant a 25 per cent
advance in wages.
Mr. Tansey said "If three or more
unions voted in favor of a strike a
strike will be declared." There are
about 35,000 operatives in the Fall
River mills.
Washington, Nov. 26. a govern
ment plan for settling the soft coal
strike, which embodies a 14 percent
increase for miners and ihe stipula
tion that there should be no increase
in the price paid by the public, was
laid before miners and operators to
night by Fuel Administrator Garfield.
John L. Lewis, acting president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
announced the miners would not ac
cept. After a three-hour conferenoe, at
which representatives of the miners
openly declared the new scaTe was
"insulting" and sharply questioned
Dr. Garfield, the sub-scale committee,
composed of miners and operators,
met to consider the settlement plan,
and quickly adjourned. Another
meeting will be" held tomorrow.
Refusal Seema Certain.
The miners' refusal to accept, while
not announced to Dr. Garfield, was
taken by the operators to be definite.
Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the
coal operators' association, declared
the Garfield fourteen percent state
ment formally eliminated Secretary
Wilson's statement for a 31 percent
increase.
"The operators are ready to nego
tiate a "new wage settlement," Chair
man Brewster said, "despite Dr. Gar
field's statement that the government
will not permit an advance in the
price of coal,"
There was a sharp note of protest
from the miners over the amount of
increase which was much lower than
they had expected. Frank Farring
ton, president of the Illinois district
of miners, was cheered when he de
clared that unlon pi&n in his state
would not accept It. Answering Far
rlngton, who wanted to know If
miners refusing to work would be
classed as outlaws, Dr. Garfield said
the government could not compel
anybody to work, but that it would
provide every protection for those
willing to go into the mines id give
the country the coal It needs.
Committee to Remain
While the sub-scale committee will
give consideration to the propositicn,
the full committee, representing both
sides, will remain here to receive anv
down on the mining town of Carney- plan of settlement that might be
agreed upon.
Operators here will meet tomorrow
to decide whether to grant the In
crease, in view of Dr. Garfield's posi-
SOLDIERS COMPEL
STRUNG MINERS
RETURN TO WORK
Fifty-two Radicals Are Arrested
And Placed In Confinement
In Fort
Sheridan, Wyo., ' Nov. 26. United
States soldiers today enforced an in
terpretation of the order recently is
sued at Indianapolis to enforce strik
ing jnners in this district to return
to work. The soldiers under command
of Major Warren Dean, acting by vir
tue of a proclamation issued by Brig
adier General T'. A. Poore placing the
state" under military control, swept
ville and with bayonets fixed, sur
rounded the hall where many of the
strikers had congregated. The strik
ers were held there while other sol
diers made a house to hbuse search
for additional miners, and then Major
Dean called a meeting of the local
union.
Voted To Work
The union officials presided at the
meeting.. After it had been explained
by Major Dean that he thought the
miners, most of whom had previously
expressed a desire to return to work,
were violating the federal court's
mandamus, the union officials called
for a vote on the question of return
ing to work Friday morning. The,
men present decided unanimously to
resume work.
A list of 72 names, mainly of radi
cals among the miners in the district
had been given to Major Dean, and 52
of those named were arrested by the
15th cavalry and taken to Fort Mc
Kenzie. The troops were sent to Carneyville
after receipt of repeated reports that
radicals were preventing the conser
vative members -of the union from re
turning to work,, and at the request
of the county sheriff. The men who
were arrested were apprehended with
out warrants for application for war
rants for their arrest, according to
Prosecuting Attorney M. L. Blante.
Just what disposition would be made
of the men who were arrested could
not be learned tonight. State officials
express the opinion that there exists
no statute under which the activities
of the radicals can be prosecuted, or
by virtue of which ,the state could hold
the men longer than 24 hours. It
was considered probable they would
be released after the feonservatives
had bgun the successful operation of
the mines. The troopers returned to
LSharidaja from Carneyville tonight,
tive ani.ouneement that no increase
in the price of coal would be allowed.
Many of them shared the view ex
pressed by Phil H. Penna, of Terra
Haute, Ind., that some of the largest
companies would be forced to shut
down if that much increase warf
given. , ,
John L. Lewis, acting president of
the united Mine Workers of America,
declared when' the meeting vith Dr.
Garfield broke up that "'the miners
will not accept a 14 percent wa?e In
crease. A number ofmlners attempt
ed to jeer the new wage scale.
Alexander Howat. president of the
Kansas miners' organization, charac
terized it as an "Insult," and said,
"we are ready to go home and fight
it out."
When the joint conference with Dr. ,
Garfield adjourned late tonight the 1 -sub-scale
committee of miners and
op.rators went int;o executive session
to discuss the government's state
ments of facts."
Lewis announced the miners would
not accept just as he started into the
meeting.
TRANSPORT OFFICERS
DEMAND HIGHER PAY
Want Same Rate Effective On
Shipping Board Craft
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 26. Officers of
the U. S. transport Dix, It became
known here today, have demanded the
rate of pay in effect aboard vessels,
of the shipping board which, they
claimed, is approximately 26 percent
higher than the pay qf transport officers.