The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-16
H0WAT'S MINERS
STILL IN CHARGE
Move by Lewis to Drive
Out Insurgents Doomed
to Failure
MEETING BROKEN UP
Howat Men Pack" Gathering
Of Conservatives" Prevent
ing Chance for Speaking

rITTSHURG, Kan, oct. i5-
Aloxandor Howai's ]bolligoront forrrs
continued 10 hold tho FORT 200 tho
Kansas coal fields today. John
Fleming placed in charge OF thv
district uaou Uouat began hls nIl
term ZOO defiance OF the KAus3g in.
du5tr'al court remained DO puWgo7-
sion uD union headquarters and the
voluntary strike of tho 1900 min
era Ir tho district. which began
when Uowat "ntotvi tho Columbus
Jan, was sim ON.
Lewis Move n Failure.
John T.. Lewis move 90 drive tho
striking miners hack TO work by
Huspending Howat ana his sdminiH-
%trntlon in tho Kansas district and
placing the district under the lead
crship Of George Pock M prcsidont
and Thomas Harvey ms secretary
treasurer, seemed doomed TO failure
today.
Last night at n mass meeting 81
miners held IN Franklin, resolutions
were passed UNFOLDING Howat, and
refusing 70 recognize Peck or obey
hts order for the men to return 20
work.
a email meeting held Mt Scam
mon by "conscryativc9' ended In
III W. q - nRF NhiA AAAa' MVN AA'
wat men packed the meeting and
refused TO permit the speakers to
explain tho intcrnatiOnnls position
on the Hownt suspension.
Fight Against Court.
Today John Fleming ordered all
miners OF the district who are work
ing In Missouri mines, Gro the
Kansas line, To return TO work. Tho
fight, Fleming pointed out, was
agsinot the Kansas industrial court
and members Of the district working
II seemed probable today that the
entire district, refusing to recognize
Peck's appointment as president,
would turn outlaw" and continue
the fight under Howat as n separate
organization, seeking support from
the Illinois district and from organ-
NED labor in Kansas.
The first real test will rome Mon
day morning when the mine whistles
In Missouri mines were not affected.
will blow for the mon to return 10
work.
"The suspension, OF district u,
United Mine Workers OF America.
by John l.. Lewis, International
president. ~ the most oowardly and
outrageous abuse OF authority ever
exhibited by any labor official In
the annals of the American labor
movement" the members OF the de-
posed district board declared In a
formal statement issued here this
afternoon.
The official statement Ia intended.
according to the deposcd officials,
TO set forth the position Of Howat
and his followers IN the controversy
which has led 10 the suspension OF
the district by the international or
ON RtEaftnn InUuig a. hiIfaTIN do.
nounccd and accused OF making n
false statement about the ause OF
the strikers of men Mt the Dean and
Reliance mines, the strikes which
caused the break between the dis
trlet and international o%rganiza-
lions.
The statement declares that It
was the understanding that the
Dean and Reliance miners were to
return TO work under tho old condi-
tons and customs and not under new
conditions and that Lowis has or
dered the men TO work under new
conditions,
''The action OF the convention"
the statement says, ibid not mean
that the workers at the mines
should return to work under new
conditions, for should such an in
depreciation be placed upon the In
ternational conventions action II
would bo destructive OF the very
cornerstone OF the United Mine
Workers OF America
An agreement between Gov.
Henry j, Allen. President Lewis
and the operators association Ia
alleged in the statement.
'Fhe Industrial court Of Kansas"
the statement continues. "ls standing
on its last leg and that leg is John
L. Lcwis-ho ~ its last hope and
refuge. II the industrial court is
saved in this decisive struggle, Il
will only be by treachcry OF Lewis
TO the labor CAUSE"