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Show : Enjoin Union Fines For State Witnesses PITTSBURG, Kan., April 12. An injunction restraining officials of tho Kansas mine unions from fining members mem-bers or officials who appear as witnesses wit-nesses before th'o new Kansas industrial indus-trial relations court was Issued today by Dl3trlct Judge A. J. Curran, who last Friday sentenced Alexander SI. Howat, president of tho Kansas minors, min-ors, and three other union officials to Jail for contempt of court. At their convention here recently tho members voted to assess fines against any member who appeared oe-foro oe-foro tho tribunal. A number of union members already al-ready havo testified in tho court's investigation in-vestigation of tho Kansas coal industry indus-try and moro havo been subpoenaed. Judge Curran also issued today s;n order requiring Thomas Cunningham, traveling auditor of tho district nnlun, and John Steele, secretary of the state board of mining, to appear before the court. |