Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-20
OBLIGATIONS OF THAINMEN.
Remarks by Judge Kicks of the United
States Circuit Court.

Remarks by Judge Kicks of the United
States Circuit Court.
Eight locomotive engineers of the Wheeling
and Lake Erie road who had in disobedience
of Judge Kicks order refused to take out
trains bearing freight of the Ann Arbor road
were brought before the judge at Toledo on
Saturday afternoon. Judge Kicks then adj
dressed them as follows on the obligations OF
railway employees:
The order of the court was made in this case
after due consideration, with full knowledge OF
its scope and possible consequences. and with
the firm purpose to enforce ii in its letter and
spirit without unnecessary hardship. hut with
such promptness and vigor as might become
necessary to give full protection 20 all CON
cerned- You are now before the court under
an order based upon afidavits to show cause
why you should not be attached for contempt
for refusing to obev the orders OF the court a
copy OF which has duly been brought to Your
attention, TO suggest to You shat you should not
overlook the nature and Importance of your
employment. You are engaged in Il service OF
public character. ard the public is not only in
, terested III the manner III which you perform
your duties while you continue in that service.
but IS quite rs much interested in the time and
circumstances under which you quit that en-
ployment
''You can't always choose your own time and
place for terminating the relations. If you
were permitted to do 50 you might quit your
work at time and place and under circum-
stances which would involve irreparable damage
to your employer and ieopardize the lives OF
the travelling public
Your employers owe high duty to the pub
lie which they are compelled to perform under
severe penalty. and they have in turn a higher
! claim upon YOU and your service than that due
from the ordinary employee
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pei YOU to continue your service TO your emf loy-
ers against your will. but il does undertake to
compel you to perform yOur whole duty while
such relations continue, and does further claim,
for the purposes of ascertainng whether its Or
ders have been violated the right to determine
when your relation to vour employer legally
terminated and when your Obligations to OBJ
serve this order cease.
1t may in the meantime be important for
You to reflect and consider whether you can
safely proceed to continue in your employer :
! service with the purpose to quit at a moment
when some duty may be required of you which
is In violation OF some supposed promise or OBJ
legation you owe another not your employers. "
THE BOYCOTT MUST GO.
A supplementary order was issued in the in
junction case against Chief Arthur by Judge
Kicks Saturday afternoon.
II commands Mr.. Arthur to cause to be pub
lished or ordered IN the same way in which be
usually gives orders to tine Brotherhood OF
Engineers that the Law. bylaw. rule or regu-
laton requiring the members to refuse to
handle cars OF nOn-union or boycotted roads is
not hereafter III force effect. 1t also orders
NJ. Arthur and Jasper NJ. Watson. chairman of
the Lake shore grievance committee, to file in
the United States court for inspection a copy
of the rule or regulation governing the action
of the members of the brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. The order Is set for bearing on
March q.