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...similar appeal from Alexander Howat was the last business before the convention. In the Spring of 1920, Howat???as President of District 14 (Pittsburgh, Kan.) and vicinity?was temporarily restrained from calling a strike, but 2,000 miners struck "volun-tarily," according to Howat. He and other officials were ordered to appear before the District court, but refused, saying: "We do not recognize the court's authority or existence. Judges do not know the coal mining business. We refuse to answer questions." He was jailed for contempt of court. Given permission by the sheriff to speak from the balcony...
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