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Parkersburg, w. Va, July 26.-Judge
Jackson. in the United States district
court, yesterday held Mother Jones
and seven other organizers OF the
United Mineworkers and q number
Of Hungarian miners guilty of con-
tempt in violating his injunction order.
of June 10 and passed sentence on them
of from sixty to ninety days in Jail
with the exception of Mother" Jones
and the Hungarians.
The occasion had been anticipated
with anxiety SO that many society;
ladies rs we'll as attorneys. operators
and miners We're present. 1t was cur
re1itly reported that the house of Judge
Jackson had been guarded for several
nights, and that guards were in the
court room. It is stated that this was
done without the knowledge of the
judge. There was intense interest
shown by every one. as. Judge jackson
earnestly read his decision.
Defendants Are Surprised,
Mother" Jones was surrounded by
other defendants and Vice Presids emit
Lewis of the United Mineworkers was
with them. The defendants were sur
prised with both the decision and the
sentences, AMI expressed themselves
bitterly.
Counsel for The imprisoned miners
are preparing Cor habeas corpus pro-
ceedings in the United States court OF
appeals at Richmond, Va, alleging
Judge Jackson had no jurisdiction in
the cases of Mother" Jones and her
a Tol, of
ing and one of the counsel of the
miners will leave at once for Richmond
to present habeas corpus papers. He
said the proceedings here were brought
not by the representatives of the fuel
company but by bondholder, and for
that reason an custer will be asked.
Sentences Considered Severe.
While the sentences given are con-
sidered severe, it is anticipated that
Judge Jackson will deal firmly with
w. b. Wilson, secretary of the United
Mineworkers, who has also been held
in contempt, out who is at his home
in Detroit Attorney Blizzard filed an
affidavit stating that Secretary Wilson
violated the injunction of June 10 by
making an infiamatory speech at
Clarksburg on July S. Judge Jackson
issued an order that Wilson be arrest
ed and brought within the jurisdiction
of his court. Haggerty, who was given
ninety days, was an organizer. He
lived at Reynoldsville, Pa. Rice and
Morgan are also organizers and men,
bers of the board Of United Minework-
ers. Rice lives at Dubois, Pa, and
Morgan in Massillon, Ohio. These or
ganiZers and others We're working in
the mines Of West Virginia when
Judge Jackson issued his order The
prisoners have been distributed among
the iails of a half-dozen or more coun-
ties.
Mitchell Is Angry.
Chicago, July 26. - President John
Mitchell of the United Mineworkers,
who is in Chicago, expressed his dis
approval of the courts action. He
said that the decision was an outrage,
and that it would take away from
citizens all the rights and privileges
guaranteed by the Constitution, and
would shake the confidence of the peo-
pie in the stability of the judiciary. He
added that Judge Jackson's decision
would be laid before President Roose-:
welt at once with protests, and that
the president would be asked to in
tercede in behalf of American citizen
snip. The cases will be carried to the
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