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Show KANSAS P.ELATI0N8 COURT IS NOW BEINO ATTACKED l'lTT.SIIl'HO,KTnT, Apr. 27. Thr Inw which crented tho Knnsns court of imlnslrinl rclnlion-t wns put to n tost in I lib stnto jttdicinl mnclilticr) tod. 0itMiticnts of the Inw, centered center-ed nmiinil Alexander 51. Hownl, chieftain uf the Knnsns union miners, this morning iillackcil it n unctinnti-ttttionnl unctinnti-ttttionnl when the injunction hcnrlng in the enso instituted liy Ilia state cfltno up lieforo Judge Andrew .). Cur-rnn Cur-rnn in the Crawford county dlstric courts On Mnrch noili.lmltfpCiirmnprniit-ed noili.lmltfpCiirmnprniit-ed an order mttrnining Hownt nnd other union officinls from cnlllnr n strike. The following week tha in-dustrint in-dustrint court convened to investigate the mining industn. Hownt nnd other oth-er officials ignored suliiocnas and the order of Judge Cur rnn for them to nppcnr as witnessed. Judgo Cur rnn found them guilty of contempt nnd sent Ho'tnt and threo other officinls to Jail. After a week of confinement the olfieinls gne bond nnd now arc at lilerl. pending an nppcnl to the stnte supremo court. Counsel for the iiiuiem announced etenlny Hint they would make a complete nttock on the new law, nl-leging nl-leging it is unconslittitionnl, mi as to send the Inw to n test as speedily as xmIiIo. They deny nllegnllons of a conspiracy made by the stnte, Kansas Kan-sas miners unlked out when Ilownt wns sent to jnll and the production of con I for tho period from April llllh to the present tins been practically practi-cally nothing. totterday four-fifths of the mines Merc rcorlcd working. |