Decker v. Kentucky Coke Company

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

The appellant in the winter of 1922-1923 was an employee of the appellee in its coal mines at Echols, Kentucky. As he frankly admits in his testimony, he and certain other members of the miners ’ union, of which he was a member, were very much dissatisfied with their mine superintendent, W. E. Hicks, and during this time they were doing everything in their power through their union to have him removed as such superintendent. About this time there was also some disorder about the mines. One of the mine employees was shot at by an unknown person;…