The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-06

ton whether capital and employer have
any rights that labor organizations are
bound TO respect
The crowd listened quietly, but broke
into a great laugh during one of the COLO
quies between Judge Barrett and Colonel
Johnson. when the Judge said. reply ing TO
the lawyers averment that the cutters left
the hrm OF Senshelmer n Levinsohn be-
cause the hrm persisted in empioyin ing q
nonuDion cutter. land your clients re-
venged themselves by dischsrglng the en-
tire union.u
After a brief recess. Judge Barrett an
nounced that he did not deem it necessary
nor advisable to protract the discussion on
the motion before the court further. as the
point made by the defense was clear; that
the action conld not be maintained by
more than one individual plaintiff. There
was no such thing as o combination or
plaintiffs. There had been no Joint circular
Issued against a Joint number or manufac-
tnrers. There was no principle OF law or
brought in such q combined form.
Ii seemed to him that the plaintiffs
were fundamentally wrong in their form
OF action. There was a combination on
both sides. I'VE ave what amounts To
substantially a mercantile warfare" said
the Judge. I'VE find q number OF men
with immense capital on one eide. and q
number of men with no capital OH tbs
other. Each side seems able TO take care
of itself. The court of equity should keep
it's hands OF. Both parties are Just in that
position that they must keep within the
law. They are evidently at arms length.
and II one comes into court and asks TO
have the other restrained. 1t looks AS
though one party was sfrikiDg below the
belt. Both sides are armed and confeder-
ate. The only thing charged against the
defendants Is that they issued q circular.
and 10 Is u verv close question whether they
possible fair means TO further and protect
their own interests. The temporary IN
junction Is, therefore. dissolved. and the
motion for q permanent one dismissed
Lawyer johnson said that he should ar
range to bring individual actions against
the defendants.
An Appeal to Socialists.
NEW YORK, April 5.-Ths following,
under the head of 1.-The Die Is Cast" il q
translation of an editorial on the Ricks de-
c~ision, printed in the New Yorker VolKs
Zeitung. the organ of the Socialists of the
United States:
The result which has been expected by every
one has been reached. Judge Kicks, of the fed
eral court OF Toledo, has passed his sentence,
and IL is against the wage workers.
Once more the p0werof government in this So
called free Republic has shown by this slavish
decision that 1t is a power whose so-called laws
are framed exclusively In the interest OF the cap
1talistic class.
Again. the American workingmen, as a class,
have received uDmistakable evidence OF the fact
that the sO-called equality of all free-b0rn citi-
zens of this country Is nothing but a humbug. 1t
Ia nothing but a gigantic and Infamous lie in the
face OF laws. the carrying out Of which makes
the workingmen the abiect slaves OF capital.
Again the governmental power of capital has
shown itself without the mask generally placed
before its grim face about election time. Again
o dose of medicine that they were forced TO
swallow In 1886 has been given to them.
Will the working people be cured this time Of
the foolish hope OF gaining the smallest advan-
tage from the capitalistic organization of
aOciafy2 VIII thav understand that fhev nuaf
trample upon laws which rrample upon their
class interestsi Will they understand that they
must Join hands for the coming struggle against
the common enemy, for a m%erciless war to bring
the power of government into the hands OF the
working class and finally to overthrow the
socialism.
II, in consequence OF the decision OF Judge
Kicks, the American workingmen will under
stand this, we will be glad that this decision has
been rendered, for then we shall have at least
against the expioirins class. The Judge has
spoken. Now, workingmen, 1t lis your time to act.
closing Respect for the Law"
PHILADELPHIA, April 5.-The decisions
of Judges Kicks aud Taft in the w estern
railroad troubles have led to considerable
criticism on the part of local
labor leaders. John w. Hayes, gen.
eral secretary of the Knights OF
Labor. said: people are beginning
to lose respect for the law when they see il
is all in favor of the capitalist. The de-
| cisions will not prevent the occurrence of
strikes nor the boycott. The decisions will
not affect labor organizations."
Z. j. McGuire. general secretary of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners in the United States, said that ii
the workingmen felt they had no pro-
lection under the law they will be tempted
to take matters into their own hands. and
that the trend of judicial decisions recent
ly has been inimical to the interests OF
| labor.