Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — Miners Sentenced to Jail. [ARTICLE]

Miners Sentenced to Jail.

Fort Smith, Ark. —Seven miners, including Peter R. Stewart, former president of the Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas district of the U. M. W. of A., were found guilty of contempt of court at Fort Smith and sentenced to serve from thirty days to four months in jail. The men were charged with being implicated in riots in the coal fields several months ago, after the operators had obtained an injunction to prevent their interference with ths operation of the mines.