The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-06

faith their agreement to shut the non-union mines out of competition with the central competitive mines.
 Conspiracy Is Charged.
 All of which is set up and charged as being a conspiracy in restraint of trade and in violation of the federal anti trust law. The operators on the one hand agreed to collect the funds and money for the union through the 'check-off and the union agreed to utilize these funds to hamper, ha- rass and put out of business the oper- ators who desired to preserve the integrity and independence of their management and the Individual lib- critics of their employees by making individual contract with them. rather than the contract with the union. which neither the operator nor the employe desired.
 Tt is apparent that the charges in the blll of complaint were substan- tiated by sufficient and competent evidence In that the writ of injunc- tion was Issued against the parties defendant to the bill
 For Strike Purposes.
 Tt should be understood, however the writ as presently issued only covers the operators within the juris- diction of the federal court at Indian apolis (the state of Indiana) together with the national officials and dis trict officials of the United Mine Workers. However, the injunction may affect all other operators under union contract. although not made specific parties to the bill in this case, as a gneat majority of the cen tial competitive operators are charged by federal indictment with a con spiracy with officials of the United Mine Workers in furthering the strike beginning November 1, 1919, in that the operators collected or checked-otf dues and assessments for the union and paid the same over to the union for strike purposes and knowing that the same would be used for such pur- poses. Therefore, in this case, al- though these operators are not di- rect parties to the Injunction pro- ceedings. yet if they continue to col lect dues and pay the same over un- der their contract with the union. they may be chargeable with aid ing and abetting violation of the anti-trust law. also aiding the union officials in violating and defying the order of the court and the writ of injunction; and, thereby become lia- ble for contempt and subject for pun ishment. This may be the case par ticularly if the union officials should. in defiance of the order of court, use the funds so collected for and re- ceived by them to continue their ef- forts to harass and injure the non union operators or to organize their employees.
 Alabama Affected.
 'It was shown in the Coronado Coal company case vs. United Mine Work CTS of America at Fort Smith. Ark. wherein the operators whose mines were destroyed and the employees murdered through the attempt of the union to unionize the mines. recov-' cred judgment for approximately conspiracy existed with respect to Alabama and all other nonunion coal producing districts in the United States.
 .srhat this conspiracy still ex-
 fsts with respect to Alabama Is
 evidenced by the enormous
 amount of money spent by the
 union in their effort to throttle
 the coal mines and freeze the con-
 stunning public during the 1920
 21 strike, in this district, not to
 mention the loss of life, blood
 shed, destruction of property,
 etc., occasioned thereby.
 "All for the purpose of shackling the coal industry of Alabama and the people engaged therein with the union domination to the end that they will be unable to compete in the ter ritory tributary to Alabama mines with the unionized coal fields enjoy ing more favorable natural working condition"