The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-25
Kansas Union Men Plan Trip
to Columbus Monday.
State Secretary Says Enormous
Crowd VIII Be There.
WORD GOES To 800 LOCALS
To Hear Charges Against Head
of Miners Union.
Presiding Judge of Industrial
Court Called as Witness.

Responses from the call sent out by
w. E. Freeman, president of the Kan
sas State Federation of Labor. for a
rally of union men from all parts of
the state at Columbus, Kan, next
Monday, indicate there will be an
enormous crowd there, w. M. Howe,
state secretary, reports. The event is
to be a tribute to, Alexander Howat
and August Dorchy, president and
vice president Of the Kansas miners.
who are to be placed on trial at CO.
lumbus, Monday, on the charge of vio-
lating the state industrial court law
by calling a strike of miners in Cher
okee county.
Call to 500 Locals.
1.-THE call went out to about 500 To-
Gals in the state, and responses indi-
cate that many of them will send del
egations," said Secretary Howe. LAS
to the exact number that plan to go,
we have no way of telling at this time.
A committee of Cherokee and Craw-
ford county men have charge of the
preparations and are making adequate
plans for entertaining the crowd. it
being conceded that only compara-
lively a few will be able to attend the
trial because of the limited capacity
| of the court room. A feature OF the
days program will be barbecue"
| Miners union officials have an
nounced intentions to carry out the
custom of calling holiday in the coal
fields on Monday, it being customary
, to lay off when a union official is on
| trial. Thousands of the miners are
expected to go to Columbus. There
are approximately 10000 at work In
the southeast Kansas field.
: Judge Huggins to Testify.
| There is considerable speculation on
part of the state officials named on
the list Of witnesses given out by the
legal department of the Miners union
| at Pittsburg as to what they will be
| officials are to be tried under a pro-
vision of the Industrial court, and
| heading the list of witnesses named
| by the miners attorneys is Judge w
/ L. Huggins of the industrial court ?
Haven't the slightest idea WHY
| Howat wants me as witness, sal :
Judge Higgins, Unless other judges
of the industrial court are subpoenaeo
Judge Higgins will be the only rep
representative of the court at the
trial. Connection other state of
ficials on the list Of witnesses
named by the defense have had with
former Howat prosecutions and the
enactment of the industrial court pre-
sumably explains why they are want.
ed Justice Burch of the supr me
court wrote the recent decision, af
firming the sentence of a year in jai
given Howat and five other miners
union officials. w. P. Lambertson o,
Fairview, former speaker of the Kan
sas house of representatives; J. r
I Anspaugh of Topeka and Burlington
secretary of the Kansas State Bank
ers association: F. G. Bergen of Man
haitian, A. o. Delaney of Leona. ant
J. w. Montee of Fort Scott and Girard
all were members of the special ses
sion of the legislature which enacted
the industrial court law in 1920. Mon
tee and Delaney in the senate votet
against the measure.
Freeman To Return.
President w. E. Freeman, of tn.
state federation, is in Denver at tn,
national federation, and is expected t,
return tomorrow. AS most of tn,
communications from. local union
pertaining to the Columbus rally. hav,
been addressed to him, and his mai
has been forwarded to Denver, 1t i
impossible to estimate the number o
unionmen who will join the Columbu
pilgrimage, Secretary Howe explained
The Topeka Industrial Council did no
take any action on the call. This /
one of the largest local union organ
izations in the state. Officials sail
members could scarce afford the tril
and the loss of wages it would involve
at this time, and will remain at work
AS to making Monday a holiday, tn
opinion was expressed that reports in
dicate few locals besides the miner
will order members who do not e
to Columbus, to quit work