The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-01
JUDGE ENJOINS
 CHECK -OFF PLAN
 OF COLLECTIONS
All Unionization Efforts In Williamson Fields Are Also Forbidden In Injunction
 Issued
By Associated Press

Indianapolis. october s1.-Collee- lion of funds ot the United Mine workers of America through the eeheck-off' system, by which union membership dues are deducted from miners wages by operators through out the country, was enJoined today by Federal Judge A. E. Anderson. Further. his order enjoined all union officials and members from seeking ''by any and all means" to unionize the Williamson coal field in West VirginiR. where violence has marked the strike that began more than 6 year ago.
 Vain effort was made in court by counsel for ths union to forestall the decree placing 2 ban on the check eff" and, though officers withhold eornment on the court order, 1t wss aai6 officially to be staggering S niow st the union. After issuance of Che order reports from Knox county, one big Indiana producing center, said that 5000 miners planned mass Sneetings to determine their stand. The ordsx itself indicated tho possi- eiiity of many breaks between op- orators and miners being broken by tho baR on the "check-off."
 Joyful News
 The only comment on tho order from the miners side was a state m ent by Ellis Ssarles, editor of The official publication of the union, who asserted the injunction was certain ly joyful news for the United States Steel corporation, which, he added, was reputsd to be the largest coal land owner in the strike gone.
 Tn giving his opinion. Judge An dsrson made 1t plain that hs be- .nnEnt~aN NNg fvx viola ffnR nN hA sherman antitrust law had been shown at the hearing for the tempo rary Injunction in the suit of the Border1and Coal corporation, acting on behalf of three score other West Virginia operators.
 This conspiracy, the court said, existed between the union miners
 Operators in the central compoti-
 field, comprising Illinois, In- h, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, ~ that the closed shop" operators at other states were as involved be- Sc of the "check off" He added th the trouble in West Virginia was rga to an attempt to bring the only eqF7S petitive field into the combina- tso1.
 Cenhuyner Constantly MtIked
 How does this strike the man in ths street?" he asked. Here Is an CT 5anizaGou with enormous fundS, ail of which are collected by the op- tors through the check-off. The poor old consumer, without s friend ia the world, Is mixed constantly by s19se operators and miners. 1 am
 Ing to stop the eheck-off now. aese operators know now that they r furnishing the sinews of war for 4S struggle in West Virginia"
 4e court order as finally agreed asra after an all day discussion of ealtt and counsel as to the exact prohibited the check-off and eff sts toward unionizing the William n field, which included Mingo ee1 nty. West Virginia, and Pike nty Kentucky. It did not deny
 right Of workers to organize, or a i1 that the union was an unlawful
 zanigation It also did not hold
 'check -offs was in itself unlawl
 but was aimed at the use of
 ney obtained through 1t.
 However. the order was of a sweep
 nature, applying to every oper-
 pr in the country having agree