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Show 540 OFFICIALS OF MINERS' UNIONS ARE UNDER INJUNCTION CHARLESTON", W Yj.., Dec. c.-Hve hundred and forty miners' officials and members of mine committees in districts IT and Ct of the United Mine Workers of America, which embraces nearlv all of the organized mlms of West Virginia, are rained In a temporary restraining order Issued this afternoon by Jud-C B(ni;'inin K. Keller oi Uhe United States district court. The rc-st raining- or or enjr.; ris t p d.-fendants d.-fendants and all other porsons ironi unlawfully un-lawfully consplrlnp. combining. airve-e;n or- armnifing' to keep the strike order in effect. The order was issued aft'T J.on H. Kel'.ey, f.-deral district attorney, had iV.ed a hid of "o:nphi!nt asliinjr for temporary tem-porary injunction. Hearing o: tho application ap-plication was set for Monday morning, December 22. In addition to all local officers, district officials and mine committeemen in West Virginia, the bill names two members or the international board of the union. K. S. Scott, district 17, and Lawrence" DTer, district as defendants. The bill declared that certain officers of the international union recalled ;n;d rescinded the irenerul strike oid.-r and that certain of tne miners, not rieiend.ints. resumed work of prodtiejui; coal after the federal court at Indianapolis hud issued an injunction against t'ae Uiitcl Mine AVorkers' officials. But the defendants named, the biil charged, continued to act in furtherance of the conspiracy to restrict the orodue-tion orodue-tion of bituminous coah Another" charge was that certain of the defendants, nar-ticularly nar-ticularly treasurers of various local unions, supplied funds and furnished pro-visions pro-visions to miners and their families during dur-ing the period the coal dii'ors have remained re-mained away from work. |