Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-28

FRANK F. SARGENT. the afternoo n
would be devoted to the hearing of the in
| functions against the Lake Shore and
| twelve other lines restraining them from
| refusing to interchange traffic with the
| Ann Arbor road.
The Lawyers Put in Their Pleas.
F.. ID. Potter. for the Lake Shore, said
that in this free country every man had
| the right to do rs he pleased so long as he
| did not trench on the rights of Others. The
engineers had simply been misled as to
their rights, and in that way had stepped
on the rights OF Others Southland, for the
strikers, insisted that the men had a right
to quit work when they pleased the same
as the company had to discharge them
when it pleased. Frank Hurd said that
the court had no jurisdiction to issue an
injunction a the start; If ii had the strik-
ers had no proper notice thereof: that the
strikers had not violated the order of the
court, and that the courts action was
new departure which the defendants could
not be presumed to know.
Argument of Frank Hurd.
Hurd enlarged upon his point that the
men did not have proper notice. The rail-
way companies had notice, ne said, but the
men had not. He asked: Shall all the
10000 employees of railroads be held to
know the law sufficiently well to be con-
victed of contempt of court where they
have never been served. 1t would be
hard rule; indeed it would be an urgeE.
rule. They can go on exercising the right
they had before without being guilty of
contempt until proper judicial notice is
given each one. An engineer ready for his
work is handed the order of the court, the
meaning of which is even yet a matter of
dispute between counsel Shall engi-
neer in the rush of business he held to
understand the meaning OF thiss
No Light on the Bulletin Board.
1.-THE order was put up on bulletin
board and men came in a rush in the early
morning, and in the darkened roundhouse
were expected to read and understand the
order. In ancient Rome an emperor posted
laws so high that the people could not read
them and then took delight in Furnishing
the people for not obeying them. You may
employ an actor to act, or a singer to sing,
or an artist to paint, but how can you
make them do these thingsl
Refers TO n Rule of Gresham.
THE Lake Shore has taken the wrong
side of the question. 1t seeks to say what
the men shall do, and not what they shall
not do. l desire TO refer to decision of
Judge Gresham in the case of the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy, in which the court
held that it could not compel employees to
remain in the employ of the receiver.
Remedy of the Railway.
THE Lake Shore company has no right
to institute proceedings to compel its en-
ployes to handle Ann Arbor freight. Their
remedy is by 4 suit against them and by
proper proceedings in litigation to which
the men are parties. The men have
purged themselves of any contempt that
may have existed. They were ignorant of
the requirements of the order
Decision was reserved.
Sargent Gets Out of the Case.
In the afternoon the counsel for defend
ants showed the court that Sargent was
not a resident of this United States district
and that therefore the court had no juris-
diction in his case. The court agreed and
Sargent's name was stricken from the COM
plant and he is out of the case. Arthur's
case was then taken up and his counsel
said he was not present and wanted the
matter postponed, but the judges decided
to hear the complain ants, so as to have
their case on record.
Testimony Against Arthur.
Arthur's counsel also stated that he
denied every charge made against him.
The complainant then offered in evidence
kilograms showing that Arthur he'd order
ed the boycott ION" and again ordered it
temporarily "off." Also there was read the
agreement to submit the matter to the ar
bitration of Labor Commissioner Kirkby,
which was signed by Arthur and others.
The court then adjourned for the day.
SHE is FED THROUGH HER SKIN.