State ex rel. Court of Industrial Relations v. Howat

*425The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On April 9, 1920, Alexander Howat and three others were adjudged guilty of contempt in failing to obey an order of the district court requiring them to appear as witnesses before the court of industrial relations, in an investigation to be conducted by it relating to the conditions existing in the mining industry in Cherokee and Crawford counties. They were committed to jail until they should submit to be sworn and testify in such proceeding. They appeal.

The investigation originated in complaints of miners who were members of a labor union of…