Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-18
INJtNCTIONS AND INDUSTRIAL
COURTS CANNOT PROHIBIT
STRIKES.
Mine WORKERS ARRESTED
Men Enier Plea of Not Guilty and Are
Released on Bond: IIownt IL
Very Bitter ln Ills
Attack.

ny Associated Fftts.
PiTTSBURG. Kan. Feb i7.-Alcxan.
,dcr iIowat. president. and August Dor.
chy. vice president, respectively. ~ the
Kansas district Of tho United Mine
Workers. were arrested here late today
ON warrants issued In Cherokee county.
charging them crimlnally with violating
the Kansas indus,rIai court law In con.
ncc,ion with the calling of the Mackle
strike.
Tho arrest ~ lIowat and Dorchy In
the firrt under tho criminal sections
az the industrial court law IN the Kan.
sas mine field. Both were sentenced to
Jail last April for contempt OF court.
and again yesterday for contempt.
II held for trial on the criminal
charges lIUwat and Dorchy will face
the Cherokee county district court at
Columbus Imprisonment IN the pcnItcn.
iiary for not less than one year upon
conviction is provided.
ilowui and Dorchy were taken In
custody at the union headquarters.
Mine ". "f the Macklc Company. ir
near Scammon. IN Cherokee county.
Mine j. the other one Involved In the
strike, which began February 3, and
which developed from a controversy
over the wage of miner. ls In the
Crawford county court.
Tho complaint alleges that iTownt and
Dorchy. using their power and influ
.ncc ms union officials induced miners
~ Mine II to quit work. thereby sus.
pending the operations of the mine,
which was producing coal for use as
fuel and domestic. manufacturing and
transportation purposes.
In . statement, iiownt said:
AS have said on previous occasions.
neither injunctlons nor the industrial
court cen stop strikes. II In true that
they. through the instrumcntnlltlcs ~
the injunction process and the indus.
trial law together they may BE- sue.
ccssful In putting few men In prison
because they dare exercise their rights
aS union men and their constitutional
rights as frcc American citizens. but
even though men may bc put In prison,
that VII, not put an end 60 strikes,
The fact that there's "a strike In
this district at the present time dem.
onstratcs clearly that neither injunc'
iions nor the industrial court can stop
strikes In this state.
we don't believe any injunction OF
Industrial court law that In intended "a
destroy the organized labor movement
and chain men to their Jobs like slaves
can stand the test IN this great coun'
try ~ ours that is called free Amer
4@.
II suppose the Injunction process and
industrial court law Of Kansas are sam
pies ~ the democracy that the youne
men of pur own country gave their
lives for on the battleficls Of France.
we intend. however. to continu'
fighting To try and establish some real
democracy Tor men and women who
toll, and the organized workers Of Kan
sas have decided that the fight shat
go on rnd an until the principles oi
free men and women are again rccog
nlzcd and rc.cstabllshcd In this state.
I'm my opinion. the legislative bodies
which make the laws. and the courts
which interpret the laws and the Rrg,
corporations OF the country. are work
Ing hand IN hand and have Joined to
gcth-r in chain men tO their jobs and
crush the life cut of organized labor
and to establish the open shop every
"a hsr,.