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Attorney General Palmer Issues Solemn Warning to Labor Unions' SAYS DISREGARD OF THE LAW IS REBELLION Strike is Plain Violation of Fed eral Law and Government Will Not Permit It . Washington, Nov. 10.?Solemn warning was given the United Mine Workers of America tonigh by At torney General Palmer that resolu tions of conventions and orders of officers of organizations are not above the law. Formal and final declaration of the government's policy of dealing with the coal strike was announced by the attorney general, while officers of the miners' organization at Indianapolis were struggling with the question how to answer the court's blunt and peremptory command to rescind the strike order. . . : v Inscribing- the strike as a plain vi olation of a federal statute. Mr. Pal mer, speaking with full authority of the government, announced that all the power of the United States would be exerted to enforce the mandate of the court. * Although no reference was made in the attorney general's statement to the pronouncement of organized la bor, supporting the miners and de manding withdrawal of injunction proceedings, it v/?s evident that Mi. .Palmer had that document in mind and official Washington accepted his declaration to mean that refusal of .the miners to cancel their strike or der would mean a fight to the bitter end. The statement of the attorney gen eral, which was construed as a reply ,to the position of organized labor as set forth last night by the American Federation of Labor's executive coun cil, follows: "The coal strike is a plain viola tion of a federal statute. This has rbeen the* government's position from the start. The president declared it to be unlawful and the court, after full hearing, has now declaired it to be unlawful. "AI? I can say is that the law will he enforced. This same law has been enforced many times and the depart ment of justice has other cases now pending which were brought under it. The merits of the controversy be tween the operators and the miners are not involved in the court proceed ings at Indianapolis, neither is the right to strike. Nothing that the gov ernment has done is intended or de signed to have any effect upon the recognized right of labor to or ganize, to bargain collectively through its unions, and under ordinary indus trial conditions to walk out by con cerned action. **The proposal by the president of a peaceful settlement of the matters at issue between the operators and the i miners, through negotiation or arbi- j tration. was rejected and the govern ment, therefore, faced the alternative J of submitting to the demands of a j single group to the irreparable injury of the whole people, or of challenging the assertion by that group of power greater than that of the government itself. , "Confronted with such a choice, the government's duty was perfectly clear; it refused to surrender to the dictation of a group and it proposes to assert its power to protect itself and the people, whom it is designed to, serve. The government is no respec ter of persons in the enforcement of the law. Those who conceive that the resolution of a convention or the orders of the officers of any organiza tion in the country, whether labor or ganization or any other, are superior in authority to the law of the bind will find themselves mistaken. *T assume that the order of the court will be obeyed. The president's offer for a peaceful settlement lr- still open and I hope that the miners aad operators will now get together and EeTtle their controversy." There was no attempt in official or labor circles tonight to conceal the feeling that the situation was ex tremely grave and getting beyond the question of a coal strike. This was due to the belief that the miners ap parently were not of one mind on the question of making a quick reph to the court. All day word from the Indianapolis . meeting was waited with intens<- in terest and anxiety. Some labor lead ers had predicted that the mandatory i order would not be complied with and J that the strike order would stand un- j til passed upon by the same delegate i convention which arbitrarily fixed the j date for the nationwide walkout un- ! less specific demands were granted by November 1. The action of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor upholding the strike, pledging sup port to the strikers and denouncing the government's injunction suit, was variously interpreted. While officers of the federation refused to add one word by way of explanation or to in terpret its meaning in view of tin feeling in some quarters that it was designed to back up the strikers, it was attacked in the floor of the .?-? n ate and emphasized there that under the food control law injunctions could legally issue against strikers inter rupting the nation's food and fuel supply. Only a few reports came in from tb^ <-oal fields and these showed the situation generally unchanged, with miners waiting to see what orders they ? would get from Indianapolis. Government plans went forward as heretofore, with the fuel administra tion and the railroad administration I, hand in hand to move coal and dis- j tribute it where most needed. j. Reports that a roaring blizzard was! j No Agreement Reached at Morn ing Session of Mine I Officials WILL THEY DEFY THE ORDER OF U. S. COURT j Some of the Union Officials on Record in Favor of Defying Mandate of Court Indianapolis. Nov. 10.?No agree mon: had been reached by officials o? th?? [rallied Mine Workers of America in coulerence here today tc consider the order of the Federal Court Satur day to call off the strike of the coal miners, when they adjourned at 0 o'clock this evening. Delegates s?;i<l no votf had be-.-n taken. The union heads, who include inter national officers, district president? and i members of the executive board and scale committee, resumed their delib erations at 7:30 tonight, but it was the general belief that no formal ac tion would be taken before tomorrow. I In view of the provision of the court order, instructing the miners' chiefs to present to the court for approval their order withdrawing the strike call of Oct. 15 within 72 hours it was pre dicted tonight tr-at no announcement would be made by the miners before the expiration of the same. The court order was signed at 12:25 p. m. Sat urday, therefore the union officials must report to 'he court by that time tomorrow. Although today's meeting was clos ed and extraordinary measures w^re taken to prevent the proceedings from becoming public, it was ascertained from disconnected remarks dropped by delegates as they left the hall for lunch and dinners that the discussion brought out wide divergence of opin ? ion as to what course the coal workers should pursue v/ith regard to the or der of the court. Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas district, remarked to Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois district, as they passed newspaper men: "That was a good speech you made Frank. I agree with it fully." Mr. Howat. before leaving Kansas for the conference here, gave out a statement in which he declared that "regardless of injunction, prisons and judges,", he intended to fight. "It isn't a question of going to jail. These;, men have no fear of that. What they are debatinw is the welfare of the United Mine Workers as affected by the court order requiring the strike order io be rescinded. They are de bating, tqo. whether they should take a position that would he a stand against the attitude of the federal gov ernment." John L. Lewis, acting president of the niine workers, at the close of the session today, said: "We haven't a thing to give out\at this time." Other officials and delegates adopt ed the same attitude. There was every indication that the majority of the mine workers are de termined to weigh carefully all phases of the issue before taking any steps toward disobedience of the strike or der. Most of the delegates are men past middle age and their demeanor in passing to and fro from the conven tion hall indicated that, they were giv ing careful consideration to the argu ment. The only action of *.he government: today in conection with the strike i was the serving of 2>> copies of the: temporary injunction issued Saturday. Those served were men whom federal! agents failed to reach with the origi- j nal restraining order. The writs served are returnable December 1, in stead of^ November 20, the date on which the original orders are return able. At 10:20 o'clock tonight delegates intercepted in the corridors adjoining the convention hall said that thej miners' general committee expected to! stay in continuous session until some'? decision was reached and one man j predicted that this would not occur j before 2 a. m. It was stated, however, j that should the delegates agree it was j not liKely any statement would be; made before tomorrow. MUST SHARE THE BURDENS j Balfour Speaks on League of ; Nations I I London.<?v. 11.? Former Foreign Minister Balfour in opening the I League of Nations campaign today j declared the future of the League I would be dark unless all powers. \ particularlv Great Britain, were pre- ! pared to take equal share in burd us the League east upon them. Tampa. Fla., Nov. 11.?The annual: Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy opened today. < Delegates from all parts of the coun try arc attending the meeting. sweeping out of the Northwest was a ' disquieting bit of news received during' the day. officials realizing that a week of cool weather would cut deeply into reserve coal stocks and make condi tions critical unless the men ? return j immediately to work. The executive council was in s"s- j sion today, but no statement was giv- : en out after adjournment. There was a report that the council had decided to issue a call, probably tomorrow, for union mass meetings in various, cities, and when Frank Morrison, sec-h retary of the Federation of Labor was asked about it he said: "I cannot confirm it." CELEBRATION OF President Wilson, Secretary Ba ker and General Pershing ' Issue Statements A GREAT DAY IN HIS TORY OF COUNTRY Some of the-Reasons Why Pco pie of America Should Observe ; the Day Washington; Nov. 10.?President Wilson. General Pershing and Secre tary linker today issued statements to the American people on the occasion of the first anniversary of the sign ing of the armistice. The President said to Americans the reflections of Armistice Day would be filled with solemn pride in the he roism of those who died in the coun try's service and with gratitude for the victory both because of "the thing from which it has freed us. and be cause of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations." The exercise by the American peo ple of practical patriotism during the war General Pershing said, was an avowal of their firm adherence to the principles of free government that will continue to have great influence upon the progressive thought through out the world. i Secretary Baker said that while mourning its dead, the nation was ; grateful for their achievement and !for that of their living brothers and ithat "in the name of both we may ihopo for an early accomplishment of the terms of peace that shall com plete their work upon the battle !fields of France." ! President Wilson's message fol I lows: iTo My Fellow Countrymen: A year ago today our enemies laid [down their arms in accordance with an armistice which rendered them I impotent to renew hostilities, and gave fto the^world an assured opportunity to reconstruct its shattered order and ito work out in peace a new and juster set of international relations. The soldiers and people of the. European Allies had fought and endured for more than four years to uphold the barrier of civilization against the ag gressions of armed force. We our selves had been in the conflict some thing more than a year and a half. I With splendid forgetfulness of mere personal concerns we remodeled our industries, concentrated our financial resources, .increased our agricultural ! output, and assembled a great army, 'so that at the last our power was a de cisive factor in the victory. We were able to bring the vast resources, ma terial and moral, of a great and free people to the assistance of our asso ciates in Europe who had suffered and sacrificed without limit in the cause for which they fought. Out of this victory there arose new possibilities of political freedom and economic concert. The war showed us the strength of great nations act ing together for high purposes, and the victory of arms foretells the en during conquests which can be made in peace when nations act justly and in furtherance of the common inter ests of men. To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the hero ism of those who died in the coun try's service, and with gratitude for the victory both because of the thing from which it has freed us. and be cause of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of nations. WOODROW WILSON. The White House, 11 November, 1919. General Pershing made this state ment: On the first anniversary of the arm- ! istice that brought fighting to an end ! on the Western Front, we recall with ' gratification the services of the army [ and the country in the war. The j great army of young manhood known ? as American Expeditionary Forces was j hurriedly raised, equipped and trained to meet a grave world crisis. Com- j posed of youth, selected for their phy- | sical and their mental fitness, it was j developed into as fine a body of men j as the world has ever seen. This I force played a decisive part in the war ' and demonstrated that, while we are j not a military nation, the American j boy has in him those qualities that go to make up a perfect soldier. The : achievements of our troops on the | battlefields of Prance have become a ! part of our1 history, and need not be again recounted here. Their patriot-1 ism prompted a spirit of self-sacrir : lice unequalled; th<-ir services have) preserved our ideals and our institu-1 t ions. Our armies have been demobilized.! and our citizen soldiers have returned i again to civil pursuits with assurance of their ability to achieve therein, the j success attained as soldiers. thus ; bringing a new asset to the nation', j With broadened visions they re- j turn not onlv ?. i t h pride m the high; standards oi American manhood, but! with a new conception <>f its rela- ; tions i" the duties of eiti:-??nship. As we pay tribute to our fighting men, we remember that solidly behind them stood the American people with all our resources and our determina- \ lion. This common service has weld-! i'd together our people. These ex- ! periences safeguard the future of j America, and enable us to look for- j ward confidently to the development oi a stronger nationality and a deeper' sense of 'bo obligations that rest upon . is. The exercise by the American ! people of practical patriotism during the war was an avowal of our firm ' tdherence to the principles of free government that will continue to have; . ;reat influence upon tin- progressive*^ hou.^ht throughout the world. These J E R Material Flooring, T 1 Brick, ceiling, JLiisxifoerhAtncr Siding, *-?W4i*WV* r-Cement, Casing. Plaster, Mouldings, Fire Brick. Framing Lumber, Firo Clay, Red Cedar Shingles, Sewer Pipe, Pine and Cypress Shingles. Stove Flue, Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra Cotta Thimbles Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains Perch Columns and Ballasters, Water Proofing Mineral. Beaver Beard. Corrugated Metal Roofing, Vallcj Tin and Ridge Roll. Asbeios and Composition R<K>fing. Locks, Hinges, Nails, Grates, Saws, Hatchets. Hammers, Door Hangers, Carpenter's Tools, Paint Brashes, Paints and Oils, Inside Decorations, Calsomines and Cold Water Paints, Hardware, Paints, Oiis WIRK FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA are things which make this day sig nificant. i John .T. Pershing. General. U. S. A. j I Secretary Baker's message was asj i follows: I A year ago the terse message came ' ! from Gcnerai Pershing: "In accord jance with th.- terms of the Armistice, ? hostilities on the front of the Ameri can armies were suspended at 11 i o'clock this morning." We await now jthe peace that is to come as the fru jition of the work of our farspread forces. Meanwhile their number have '.dwindled and the forces which ap peared beyond the seas in numbers surprising, friends and foes alike, have! ? gone back again to their civilian [tasks. Some of their number unhap-i jpily remain in Prance, or will be borne back to America as symbols of the sacrifice that war entails. While we mourn these dead, we are grate ful for their achievement and for that of their living brothers, and in the jname of both we may hope for an [early accomplishment of the terms :of peace that shall finally complete .their work upon the battlefields of j France. NEWTON D. BAKER. I YOUNG ST?DFNT PASSES AWAY j _ iCrarles Wl Stansill Succumbs to Cerebro Spinal Meningitis } Charier-; W. Stansill, Jr.. student at |the Columbia high school, died at the1 t Columbia! hospital early yesterday af-, ! ternoon of corebro-spinal meningitis j after being ill only four days. Young i Stansiil was the son of C. W. Stansill. j now of Birmingham. Ala., hut had : ! made his home with his grandmother.; Mrs. Sarah B. Glass. 131? Bull street.' since the d- .ui of his mother several i years ago. His mother was before her! marriage. Miss Julia Glass, of Colum-j bia. His father was formerly of Co ! lumbia. j IZr Stansill was apparently in the: j best of health until last Friday after I noon when he complained of being j sick. He was carried to his home and. ?later removed to the Columbia hospi-. tal. His case was diagnosed as cere- j bro-spjnal meningitis by physicians! Sunday. i Stansill was a member of the tenth' grade at the high school and was an j apt pupil. He was a member of the1 First Baptist church and an active' worker in the Boy Scouts. He has many friends among the high school, students and throughout the city who j are grieved at his death. While attend- j ring school he continued to work forj j H. W. Brooker's filling station, whore [he had boon emp1oyed during the sum- ; Imer, doing his work in the afternoon.! He wa s i c, years of a ge. C. W. Stansill arrived in Columbia yesterday afternoon and win accom pany the rema in-; to Sum tor today, j where they will be laid to rest.?The' State. Nov. 11. ! BERGER DENIED CONGRESS SEAT; Socialist Member Declared Ineli-j gible For Ecdv * ! Washington. Nov. 1^.?Victor L. j Berger, Milwaukee, Socialist, was de- j nied his seat in the house today by j an overwhelming vdte. the house j holding lie was ineligible for mem- j bership because of his open opposi- i lion to the war. The vote to unseat , Berger was 300 to l, Representative! Voigt, Republican, Wisconsin, being, the only member to support the wis- j cousin Socialist either during debate! or on the roll call. After denying the seat to Berger s the house declared that the seat was,' vacant, holding thai Joseph P. Car- j ney. Dem od rat. who contested Bei*- j ger's election did not receive a plu- : rality in the election last year. With- U out a record vote, the house also di- ' rected Speaker Gillett to notify the P Wisconsin governor of the -vacancy in 1 the state delegation so that a special;* election may be called to choose a : new member. Milwaukee, Nov. 10.?Gov. E. V. \ Phillip, of Wisconsin when notified to- j night of Victor L. Berger's expulsion: from congress announced he would call for a special election mithin a 1 few days to till the vacancy. ? j MEETS DEATH ON FERRY BOAT Philadelphia. Nov. 11 .?Three tii'ii p wen- killed and dozen persons in jured when a tug crashed into a 1 crowded ferry boat on the Delaware pi river here today. ' - TO DEPORT RADI CALS AT ONCE Proceedings Have Been Started Against Red Leaders Washington, Nov. ]0.?Deportation [proceedings have been instituted in a number of cities to 3 id the country of the violent radicals caught in the {nation-wide raids which have been in {progress since Friday, Attorney G>u jeral Palmer announced tonight. I Instructions have gone to all de partment of Justice agents, the At torney General said to permit no de lay in instituting formal hearings pre liminary to actual deportation. As ' kuranees have been received from other government departments having |to do with deportations that action iwould be taken to expedite the cases. In the meantime the clean-up of :the country will continue. Mr. Pal 'mer announced tonight that .there must be '"no let up." The total num .ber actually held on deportation war rants had reached 39J tonight, while from some cities in which radical leaders were picked up reports had ? not reached the department. Efforts of the department represen tatives, .it was said, arc being direct ed more particularly at the Union of Russian Workers. This organiza tion, branded by the Attorney Gen eral as the most dangerous anarchis tic group in the country, was said to {have wide ramifications with the de partment agents still uncovering new evidences of activities. Opinion at the Department of Jus tice as expressed today seemed to be that the Russian union perhaps was constituting itself a self-appointed deader of all organizations which are preaching overthrow of the govern ment. Literature seized was said to show that the organization accepts support from almost any source so long as it was working to defeat au thority and 'destroy private property rights. Officials said they had evi dence showing that leaders of the union had made overtures to other and lesser groups of radicals to join their organization, holding out prom ises of rewards when State and so ciety are overthrown. Because th'-y are considered the most dangerous radical types, those arrested in tin- recent raids are be ing held in $10,000 bail, officials said, Peter Bianki and Adolph Schnabel, both former secretaries of the Union of Russian "Workers, have been held in bail of $15.000. The following list given out by the Department of Justice shows the num ber of persons held on deportation warrants in the various cities: New- j ark. 32; Baltimore. 9: Akron, 32; j Monessen, Pa.. 20; Pittsburgh, 5; Cleveland. IS; Buffalo, 14; Philadel phia. 2i>: Trenton, 1; Hartford. 14f>; Now York, 39; Chicago, 7; Detroit, 59. STOCK MARKET LOOKS BRIGHTER Calling Off of Strike Has Good Effect on Stocks New York. Nov. 11?Rescinding the coal strike order imparted a bouyant tone to stocks at the opening of to day's stock market. Gains of two \o six points were made by the leading stocks, notably steels, equipments, oils and motors. Bails and shipping and J numerous miscellaneous issues shared in the advance. j TO REOPEN NEGOTIATIONS I Mine Owners Are Ready to j Treat With Miners I Indianapolis. Nov. 11.?The recall strike order will open the way immed ately for a resumption of negotiations ?etweon the miners and operators, as he operators have announced that hey are ready to consider a new wage i igreement any time after strike orderj tvas withdrawn. RIOTS IN IRELAND IYoops and Civilians Fight in j I Streets of Cork j; Cork. Nov. 21.?Constant collisions j between military and civilians culmi- - aated in serious rioting last nigh* vhen the soldiers, enraged on account ->;' the frequent attacks on them, broke, through the police lines and came, nto conflict with the crowd. The po-j1 lice eventually dispersed the crowd.]?> \oito was seriously injured. 'i FACTIONS MUST GET TOGETHER - President Wilson Will Call on Miners and Operators to Settle Differences Washington, Nov. 11.?President I Wilson will probably telegraph both i the miners' union officials and coal [operators asking them to get together 'and settle their differences, it was said [ today at the White House. At the j same time the President will prob ! ably renew his offer of the services of the government toward mediation. While plainly showing their relief, I administration officials said the ac I lion of the officers in-voting to obey the court mandate was'expected. Officials of the American Federation of Labor refused to comment on the situation. OHIO AGAINST PROHIBITION Majority Against Ratifying Federal Amendment ? Columbus, O., Nov. ll.^-Ohio last Tuesday voted against ratifying the Federal prohibition amendment by a majority of (HI, according to the com plete official returns received by the Secretary- of State. Wk PRINCE ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON Prince of Wales Will Spend Three Days in Capital j Washington, Nov. 11.?The Prince of Wales arrived in Washington to day for a three day visit. SMALL POWERS ARE RECOGNIZED Paris, Nov. 11.?Representatives of j the small powers are to be included in j the mixed tribunal.; appointed to ! judge persons guilty of offt ses under the common law as provided in the German peace treaty, the Supreme Council decided today. PLOT AGAINST TURK SULTAN Berlin. Nov. 11.?A plot to depose Hie Sultan of Turkey has been dis covered, says a Constantinople dis patch dated Monday, which reached here today. SIN FEINERS ARE ARRESTED Dublin, Nov. 11.?Sinn Fein Parla ment was raided today by the au thorities and nine members of it were arrested. ARMISTICE DAY. Pursuant to Mayor Jennings' proc Imiatio.'-. issued Monday aftern ? ?n. business was practically suspended in ;:. s city Tuesday, ner.r'v all the storrs and business offices being closed throughout the day. Owing to the short notice and the further fact that no preliminary arrangements had been made for the observance of the day, there was some confusion and ;i number of stores were opened at the usual hour in Lhe morning, but withi'v a short time the merchants fell into line and their businesses wore closed. There was no concerted attempt to commemorate the anniversary of the cessation of fighting in Europe, but the people as a whole have observed the day as one of quiet and thanksgiv ing and rejoicing that the world is no longer oppressed and ravaged with ihr struggle of great armies. The day was one of particular sad ness for a very large number of the citizens of this city and county, for Loday at Stateburg was held the Cu ural services of Major Harrison ?'aunders. who bravely did his part in he great struggle overseas, and then lost his life in an airplane accident ,vhi;e <>n duty with thr> aviation serv ce at Fort Sill. Oklahoma. Special services will be held this ?venin:' at Trinity Methodist church, notice of which is given elsewhere rhe public is invited to attend these ?ervices which are held in commem oration of the day.