Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
ALEXANDER H0WAT HELD
BY INDIANAPOLIS COURT
L. >. District Judge Declines to Ac-
Ccpt $4,000 Check in Lieu
of Bond.
DENouNCEs KANsAN's .ATTlrUDl.
Hearing OF Contempt Case Against
President of District Number ti
Is Set for Monday Aftcrnoo !.
Failed to End Local Strike.

lNDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22.-.LeSandcr
ifowat, president Of the Kansas dis
;rict tNo 10. OF the United Mine
Workers o. America, tonight is in Jail
here awaiting hearing on charge OF
ton of the Federal Court Injunction
against furthcrancc OF the strike o.
coal miners. Hearing has been Set for
next Monday at l.. NJ.
iiowat appeared in Federal Court
this morning at the order OF United
States District Judge y. Il. Anderson.
lie was under bond OF $4,000, provided
in the form % check on Il Kansas
bHnk. Judge Anderson disapprovcd
81 this form OF bond and, Immediately
began At o'clock, rcmandcd the min
crs official TO Jail until he reached n
decision as 10 the amount, and kind
OF bond which would be acceptable.
Dcnomnccs IIowaC. Attitude
Jude Anderson this morning de-
nounced Howat for his attitude in con
against the strike. and declared:
Either | have TO vindicatc the law
or abdicate IN favor Of MIR. Iiowat.''
with response by Henry warr1m.
Workers OF America. in which the
Keeping III force a local strike Of 1000
miners in the Kansas district, which
was called last July. did not violate
the injunction against furthcrancc of
inc general strike, bui complied with
!n.tructions of the miners general
coHm!ttee IN that operation OF mines
~ Kansas was resumed on the same
basis As obtained on October 81. the
date the general strike became cffcc-
tive.
Dan W. Simms, special assistant dis
trict attorney. representing the gov
ernmcnt. followed with an outline OF
the evidence against lIowat. lie de-
issued several statements or given
news paper interviews in violation OF
the ipjpnciion. and asse ga tirat the
iocas strike was merged with the gen,
crai strike on October 81, and there
atter was affected by any action which
War ' ,iensnrrs Mn tne s,iI SGneTnl IA Gd., E,ri,
N reviewing the miners casc. Judge
and"rson declared that the Lever, act.
wnueF s which the action was brought,
United States supreme Court decision
on on tnH wartime prohibition act
"s os Paraiiei case, upholdins the the
cn.ctiNc lie said he had defined the
law on November s. and that the min
"a ;oinciais had knowledge OF that
This defendant" lie declared. ..ac.
a0TdinE aon i,iS, TO The statements in the vcri-
here on December 3. violated Ills
order (thc courts injunctionJ and the
Lever '',w N every hour since that time
Now, the question is What
shai do. 1t is perfectly plain that
TINS man has not in good fnitb n,H
.,ssHptcd to comply with the order OF
,hls s court IT is quite apparent that
tncrc is ample ground for the grand
jury TO bring a bill against him for
a felonY. What should do unior
lne circumSiances? Why. hold him of
course. That is what | have 10 do
.IoW nave continued this case to n
.,Ihe when he could get counsel AZ H..
wants, and the government can get lis
M!'lcSScs here To prove as to whct bnr
ne mas been contumacious. and in tba
n;c;tn iihe am So!n" to hold this man
.,Snt mere under the Jurisdiction or
thiS court" y!
IGa strikes in ThirIy-Thrcr M,p,b~
nurinG the outline OF the govern
mcntS ease by MIR Simms II vas d.
hhtttltu 'hat during thirty three months
"c OF. 'scembcr 81, 1918. there were
~ ~ strlkcS IN the. Kansas held under
.nt icaderShip of lIowat II was stntcJ
t,i, e,i"t iioWIt probably did not call ali
% me strikeS, hut that he was rcsnon
IroiG fh' ior ne organization which made
t.hen possible and that he was feared
, ~ nom operators and business mon in
me Kansas district as welding 4 poyyrr
'o1 great Tor them To combat
uuSe Anderson asserted that he con
SiucFed the situation in tho lEonsos
helds as intolerablc and said that How
iowopG - SpTid naTS to change his attitude
expected to secure his liberty. He de-
cihrco that liowat had "breathcd den-
ahce rieht here in indianapolis and
tnat nc was going 10 show him that
'here Is government in this country