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Show F Kill SIS Ij State Seeks Injunction to Prevent Pre-vent Howatt Calling Strike of Miners PITTSBURG. Kas., April 27. The law which created thc Kansas court of Industrial relations was put to a test in tho Kansas judicial machinery today. Opponents of the law, centered center-ed around Alcxandec Howat, chieftain chief-tain of the Kansas union miners, this morning attacked it as unconstitutional unconstitu-tional when tho Injunction hearing in the case instituted by the state to prevent pre-vent the calling of a mine strike came up before Judgo Andrew J. Curran in tho Crawford county district court. On March 30 Judge Curran granted an order restraining Howat and other union officials from calling a strike The following week the Industrial court convened to Investigate tho mining industry. Howat and other officials Ignored subpoenas and tho order of Judge Curran for them to appear as witnesses. Judgo Outran found them guilty of contempt of court and sent Howat and three other j officials to Jail. After a week of con- finment tho officials gavo bond and now aro at liberty ponding an appeal to the Kansas supremo court. Counsel for tho miners announced yestorday that they would mako a complete- attack on tho new law al-i al-i leglng it is unconstitutional, so as to j sond tho law to a test as speedily as possible. They deny allegations of a . conspiracy crcado by the state, j Tho Kansas miners walked out j when Howat was sent to jail and the J production of coal for the period from i April 10 to tho present has been prac-j prac-j tically nothing. Yesterday four fifths I of the mines reported working. Fowler Fow-ler mines aro Working today. |