New Britain herald., 1919-12-22
SAYS HOWAT HAS
 DISOBEYED THE l.
Gives Him Until MondaJ Prepare Defense - M Operators May Refuse Aid Government in St Settlement.

Indianapolis. DecI 22.-Alexa| Howat, president of the Kansas trict of the United Mine Wol,I was remanded to jail by l.. $. Dls| Judge Anderson when court rcI vened this afternoon. Howat whoI charged with contempt. of court granted continuance this moi until next Monday
 This afternoons session of d last less than two minutes.
 When the judge took his seal turned to Henry Warrum, cotI for HoWat, and asked if he had thing to add to his statements of forenoon.
 Nothing, your honolS" MT. VI rum replied, except to ask VI amount would be required of MT. wat as bond for his appearance M day"
 That is 0 matter for serious sideration," the judge said.
 "I will take that up later. Marshal, put MT. Howat in jnil."
 Howat was taken to the MaI county jail There was no is1 as to when decision on->-ae am8urI bail to be required would be fol coming.
 Henry Warrun1, chief counsel the international organization of miners and Eowat were given unt o'clock this afternoon to present. the court some evidence that vii tions of the injunction chaH against the miners district official not be continued durig the int q from now until the hearing on Il Monday. Otherwise Judge Ander declared he would be forced to s Howat 10 jail
 "This man. Judge Anderson clared, has openly and defiantly obeyed the law. This court and law has boen dcfied and flouted got to stop it, if the law is to be held. Either I must do it or VIC III acknowledge that the organization which he stands is supreme to government. Thta mans violai must stop or | will put him in q and keep him there"
 Outcome or Charges.
 The case against Howat is tho growth of charges of contempt aga S4 international and district ofTic of the United Mine Workers, broJ prior to the agreement reached in dianapolis December 10. Hearinf the charges was first postponed December s, to permit the min general committee to consider presidents proposal for ending strike and again last week, cxcep to Howat.
 Opening the case for the govt ment this morning, Dan Simms, spe T.. s. district attorney, declared fo had kept in force a local strike be last July and merged with the gen, strike on October 31. In addition was charged, HoWat had openly de the court in statements end intcrri with the press to the effect that tt was no power in the country to f. the miners to return to work
 AIr. SimmS quoted from nlwspa interviews and from q purporled stl history Of the Kansas district to sl that there had been 304 strike. Crawford county. Kansas. in tho 3$ months and that while HoWat pl ably did not call all of tholn he responsible for the organization WI made this possible. MT. Simms | newspaper articles To show IIo was feared by the operators and b ness men of the I<ansuS district declared no court or other age had been found in Kansas str enough to fight Howat.
 Judge Anderson was vehemen his denunciation of conditions exist in the Kansas field and told of ha, received q number of "scurrilous't ters and editorial clippings from district denotncing him for his ac in connection with the coal str Some of the tellers, he said. were S ed and others were anonymous, practically all of them, he asser violated the United States postal h
 Pittsburgh, Kas., Dec. 22.-Dec ing that they would not return work unti1 they knew what Judge derson at Indianapolis intended tC with Alexander T1owtlt, the 2aO | CTS employed at Grove Noo 16, on the largest producers in the Kal field went on strike today, aceor, to reports to the statcareceiScrs strike occurred before tho miners heard anything from the proceed at Indianapolis.
 Chicago, Dee. 22.-Represelitat
 
 lLontinued on Tenth H1,1eA