THE - BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919.
UNCLE SAM DONS
FIGHTING TOGS
AGAINST MINERS
Takes Every Precaution to
Eliminate Possibility of Peo-'
pie Suffering During Strike
That Starts Saturday.
(Continue From Faff On.) ,
ing. as very few miners in this field
. wero employed at night.
Prominent in the circular sent to
the officers of locals was a para
graph which called their attention to
the "provisions' of our district
agreement to permit a sufficient
number of men to remilin at jwotk
o insure proper care and protection
of all mining property. It is abso
lutely necessary that you comply
with the instructions of your inter
national and district officers in this
respect."
This order, officers of the union
said, insured protection for valuable
mining machinery and would insure
the operation of pumps to prevent
the flooding of mines.
It was explained, however, that
the officers of the local organiza
tions "will not permit the operators
to take any undue advantage" of this
part of the district agreement.
Baker Won't Talk.
Washington, Oct 30. Officials
here refused to say whether the
sending of a provisional battalion
of troops from Camp Taylor, Ken
tucky, to the West Virginia fields
wai the first of similar troops move
ment. It generally had been as
serted that troops would be used in
the strike only as a last resort.
Secretary Baker was asked during
the day regarding the use of troops,
but replied that was a matter "on
which I can say nothing at this
time."
Sending a battalion from Camp
Taylor was by order of Major Gen
eral Wood, commander of the Cen
tral department, officials explained.
General Wood sending out troops
at this time, it was said, undoubted
ly would have to be approved by the
War department, but in individual
cases recent orders have provided
that tht! department commanders
may act without referring the mat
ter to Washington.
Putt on Fighting Togs.
The government put on, its fight
ing clothes today to meet the coal
strike due to start Saturday.
While order after order popped
out with startling wartime swift
ness, the long arm of the law
reached out to protect the public
and those miners willing to remain
at work in the face of union com
mands to quit.
Most drastic of all moves during
the day was the order of the railroad
administration for seizure of coal in
transit for roads requiring it, with
rationing of stocks on hand to es
sential industries.
So far as the government is able
to prevent there will be no profiteer
ing while the grim spectre of win
ter, with coal bins dangerously low
or bare, looms big and close at hand.
Almost the first step today was
drafting of an order, formally is
sued tonight, fixing a maximum
price for all grades of coal. Re-es-
tabiishment of the priorities list will
put coal where it is most needed,
and if it comes to that the govern
ment will curtail consumption.
Wilson Approves.
Breaking down the barriers which
had kept members of the cabinet
away from his sick room, President
Wilson took a hand in the fight to
day and personally approved every
detail in the general plan of dealing
with conditions likely to arise with
the walkout of the soft coal miners.
For 20 minutes the president,
propped in bed, went over with At
torney General Palmer the various
stepe, heard what orders had been
issued and was put in intimate touch
with all arrangements. The presi
dent, it was said, was especially
gratified to learn of protective meas
ures, both for the homes and the
mines.
The coal strike took precedence
over the peace treaty in the senate,
which for four hours debated and
then adopted a resolution pledging
its support to the government in
maintaining order during the present
industrial emergency. . Efforts to
have the house take similar action
failed because of opposition by re
publican leaders.
In and out of congress, however,
sentiment seemed to turn through
one groove, and there were expres
sions of general approval of the gov
ernment's determination to keep the
mines in full operation.
Protection of Miners.
While the only statement given
out after the special meeting of the
cabinet dealt with issuance of an
order relating to the fitng of a
maximum coal price, the members
were understood to have considered
seriously means of protecting
miners who will not strike. Reports
received fronv confidential sources
during the past few days, officials
said, indicated that a considerable
number would keep on turning out
coal if afforded protection, and this,
officials added, would be given in
abundant measure.
State and city police and regula
tion constabulary forces will be
pressed into service first, and troops
will be called only as a last resort,
aljfcording to those familiar with the
program. Secretary Daniels an
nounced today that sailors and
marines will be shifted to land duty
and attached .to military organiza
tions if their services are demanded
by the president. There has been no
statement, however, a to the policy
or determination of usingV troops.
Much will depend on what happens
after the mines shut down tomorrow
night.
Old Order Obtains.
The order re-establishing the old
maximum coal prices of the fuel
administration was completed to
night at a conference of Dr. H. A.
n-ffllr1 anil railrnnd Administration
officials. It was taken immediately
to the White House for President
V51nn' ciffnatiirc. Vint tti nresident
had gone to sleep after his arduous
day and it was deemed madvisaDie
To Heal a Cough
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to wake him. Accordingly -the order
will not become effective until to
morrow. Dr. Grayson had given per
mission to put it before, the presi
dent without delay. j
Dr. Garfield said that the plant
contemplated that all questions of
allocating coal would be left to Di
rector General Hines for settlement.
The former, as fuel administrator,
will give his authority to Mr. Hines'
orders, but will not remain in Wash
ington to undertake supervision of
the work.
Adjust Disputes.
Indianapolis, Oct. 30. After dis
patching to Washington a telegram
to Secretary of Labor Wilson, in
which the president's position on the
coal strike was characterized as that
of an usurper, the executive board
of the United Mine Workers of
America today turned to routine
business. Although the actual
strike was less than 36 hours away,
the governing body of the union de
voted the afternoon to adjusting dis
putes between locals and individual
members and at the end of their ses
sion said there was "nothing of
public interest" in the proceedings.
Union headquarters was frankly
interested in the arrival here tomor
row of C. B. Ames, assistant to the
attorney general, in charge of suits
brought under the anti-trust and fuel
and food control laws. The union
leaders learned with apparent equa
nimity that there had been unusual
activity among local agents of the
Department of. Justice and pro
fessed faith that their every act had
been under'warrant of constitutional
rights, which no statute could abro
gate. No Announcement Made.
At the office of the United States
district attorney there was no an
nouncement as to what proceedings
might be instituted in regard to the
strike. L. Ert Slack," district attor
ney, was said to be in Chicago, but
members of his staff would not ad
mit that his trip there had anything
to do with the strike situation. They
said he was expected back at nis
desk here tomorrow.
The union officials said the mine
owner? and public could rest as
sured that no act of the organiza
tion would be allowes" to work phys
ical damage to the coal diggings.
They pointed out that the strike or
der provided that local unions must
allow sufficient "men to remain at
work to insure the proper care and
protection of all mining 'properties
in conformity with the provisions of
the district agreements in the sev
eral fields."
Taft Calls Strike Unlawful.
Maiden,' Mass., Oct. 30. Former
President William H. Taft speak
ing' at a political rally here, de
clared that the bituminous coal
miners, in calling a strike, were "en
gaged in an unlawful conspiracy,"
and that congress had full power
,'to condemn such a cruel con
spiracy as an offense.
"The sacredness of their individual
right to labor on such terms as they
choose and to leave their employ
ment when they will, does not pro
tect or justify them in such a con
spiracy," he said.
Willing to Negotiate.
Kansas City, Oct. 30. F. W.
Lukins, president of the Southwest
Interstate Coal Miners' association,
announced here that his organiza
tion is willing to negotiate a new
contract and wage scale, independ
ent of action in other fields, with
miners in the Missouri and Arkan
sas fields, and that a portion of
Oklahoma included in the district
on the same basis offered Kansas
miners in a telegram he had sent to
GoVernOr Allen of Kansas namely,
that the miners remain at work
while the scale is being worked out.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, according to
an Indianapolis dispatch, character
ized as "unacceptable" the proposi
tion advanced through Governor
Allen of Kansas.
Operators to Meet
Cleveland, Oct. 30. Coal opera
tors of the central competitive field
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and
Illinois will meet here tomorrow to
discuss the policy of the operators
during the nation-wide strike of soft
coal miners scheduled for Friday
midnight.
Cleveland delegates to the meet
ing have' no hope that the conference
will avert the strike.
Wher asked if it were possible
that ove'rtures to the miners would
be made by the operators' confer
ence, C. E. Maurer, one of the Cleve
land representatives, said: "The
strike is in the hands of the govern
ment. We are to meet and consider
problems raisins from the threat
ened strike."
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Modern Omar's Wife Says
He's Not Like Persian Poet
n Divorce Suit She Declares Omaha Chef Has Re
fused to Buy Her Even a Loaf of Bread, Jug of
" Wine or Other Necessities.
"A book of verses underneath the bough.
A Jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou
Besliie me singing- In the wilderness,
Oh wilderness, were paradise enow,"
sang Omar Khayam in ancient Per
sia. But Omar Derycker of Omaha
evidently has different sentiments
and ideals, according to the petition
of his wife, Mabel, for a divorce
filed in district court yesterday.
Omar Derycker is a chef at the
Omaha Field club and he earns
$42.50 a week, his wife says. In
spite of this, says Mrs. Omar, he re
fuses to buy her a loaf of bread and
jug of wine, or the other necessities
of life.
She says she herself worked and
earned money and bought a Buick
which she fears Omar will now try
to take from her. She says he has
represented himself as a single man
named Omar Deprez and that he has
been seen with her younger sister
and with other women.
Instead of sitting philosophically
under any bough in a wilderness,
Mrs. Omar says that her husband
has treated her rough ever since
their wedding in 1914 and that on
one occasion he smote her in. the
left eye, blacking it.
She says Omar and his sister now
have possession of a brass bed,
dresser, ice box, two chairs, wash
ing machine and tub which belong
to her.
He wante the automobile in the shad
The dresser, wash machine and the brass
bed.
This modern Omer here, of Omar-ha;
At leait that'a what bis Mrs. Omar said.
There are no little Omars, but
Mrs. Omar asks for "the care, cus
tody and control of the Buick au
tomobile" and she asks the court
for an order restraining Omar from
taking the Buick from her. She
asks also that the brass , bed, bed
ding, dresser, ice box, two rocking
RECORD CROWDS
ENJOY NIGHT AT
PURE FOOD SHOW
Retailers Present Loving
Cup to Prima Donna
Vyho Entertained Dur-
ing Week.
Another record breaker in attend
ance was registered at the food show
last night when over 7,000 people
were filled with food samples and
music and mirth and entertainment.
The crowning event of the evening
was the presentation speech of L. H.
Henderson as he bestowed upon
Miss Clara Williams a beautiful
chairs, washing machine and tub be
giwen to her as part of her alimony
and that the court ordrr Omar to
pay her cash alimony also and pay
her attorney $200. .
She wants to be freed of the
name of her husband and be . re
stored to her maiden name, Cratty
silver loving cup given by member!
of the Omaha association as a mark
of esteem. The prima donna re
sponded in a short speech, and sang
"Mother Machree" in answer to tho
applause.
The, country store was the busy
place all evening and strings of
tilled baskets were carried away by
the lucky ones.
This afternoon the ' South Side
High will attend in a body, and to
night has been set aside as South
Side night, which is expected to
break all attendance records.
Manager J. J. Cameron is already
receiving requests for booths for the
1920 show, several exhibitors asking
for the same booths occupied this
year. . ,', . ,
Will Ask Germany to Sign
Another Pact Protocol
Paris, Oct. 30. (Havas.) Before
Ihe peace treaty becomes effective .
the German representatives will be
required, it is expected here, to sign
an additional protocol binding Ger
many to carry out armistice clauses
which were notincorporated in the
treaty of Versailles. The supreme
council today considered the text of
the proposed instrument.
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These are made of Lonsdale jean in an at
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In the Houscrvear Section Basement
BLANKETS
you'll want at
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Plaid wool nap blan
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Friday, $7 a pair.
Second Floor
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Remnants
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Fine flannels for blouses,
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Friday, $1.50 a yard.
Second Floor
An exceptionally fine corset for its price
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Style number 1201 is a real value.
Priced, $9
A well-fitted bandeaux brassiere, of a
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is offered as an Anniversary Special
Friday, for 59c ,
Corset Dept. Second Floor.
? Shoe Sale
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Velvetina, the very best
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In shades of navy, Cope
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$3.65 a yard.
Fancy lining silks, sold
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Friday, $1.89 a yard.
f Black messaline,. $2.50
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H Pure dye black taffeta,
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Fancy silks for blouses
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$2.19 a yard.
All-wool poplin of the
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Toilet Articles
Lower in price
Palmolive soap, Friday,
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Hughes' Ideal hair
brushes (waterproof),
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fl Brown art linen (3,6
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IfLongcloth by the b
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If 65c Turkish towels,
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