The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-04
THE MAYORS PROCLAMATION
Strikers Must Not COngregate
About the Union Tracks.
Big Four Has Trouble on Two Divisions
Belt Men Still 0ut-Strikers'
Claims as to Numbers.

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Judge Woods. of the United States Cir
cult Court, placed his official signature to
a restraining order which it is believed
will practically bind the hands of the
American Railway Union. The order is
somewhat similar to the injunction granted
the Chicago railway managers. The Off
cial act on the part of the court was the
outcome of a conference held yesterday
morning in the Office of the United States
district attorney There were present at
the conference Judge Woods, of the United
States Circuit Court; John r. Dye gen.
eral counsel of the Big Four system;
Baker &c Daniels. counsel for the Indian
apolis Union railway; S. o. Pickins, at
torney for the Pennsylvania Company; A.
A. Zion, superintendent OF the Union Rail-
way Company; District Attorney Burke
and Noble C. Butler, clerk of the United
States Court. Superintendent Zion COM
planned that the business of the Indianap-
oils Union railway has been practically
paralyzed by the action of the strikers,
and the attorneys of the other roads made
be necessary for the government to take
decisive action in this city.
1t was suggested that the proceedings
might be taken under Section 647 of the
federal statutes which was passed to pro-
tect trade and commerce against unlawful
restraints and monopolies 1t provides
that every contract, combination in the
form of trust or otherwise, or company, in
restraint of trade or commerce among
the several States or with foreign ma
tions is declared to be illegal. Another
section invests the Circuit Court of the
United States with the power to prevent
and restrain vOlators of the act. 1t was
under this statute that the federal court
at Chicago acted few days ago, and the
attorneys present advised the action yes
terday on the part of Judge Woods. Moth
ing definite accomplished during the
morning. but in the afternoon the district
attorney put himself in communication
with Attorney-general Olney. Several mes
sages passed between the officials and at
o'clock yesterday Judge Woods was re-
quested to prepare the order The docu-
ment was completed by O'Clock and the
United States clerk placed it in the hands
of United States Marshal Hawkins
The restraining order is issued in the
name Of the United States of America
Eugene V. Debs and George Howard,
president and vice president of the Amer
lean Railway Union. with forty-six other
persons are made defendants and subject
to service. The document pears the sigma
ture Of Melville w. Fuller. Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States
1t is considered by attorneys to be the
most vigorous legal edict ever issued in
the United States Court. The United States
marshal was instructed to begin serving
the order upon the defendants at once
After service has been obtained upon all
nj hun
ing the provisions of the order are to be
printed and posted in conspicuous places
about railway yards of the State. The
ironclad Injunction is as follows:
ITO Eugene V. Debs, George Hodward
the American Railway Union and TO all
other persons combining and conspiring
with them, and to all other persons whom
soever: You are hereby restrained, COM
manded and enjoined absolutely TO desist
and refrain from in any way or manner
interfering with, hindering, obstructing or
stopping any of the business of any of the
following railroads:
''Pittsburg, Cincinnati. Chicago & St.
Louis railroad, Pennsylvania Railway Com
pany, Terre HaUte & indianapolis, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, Chicago q ST. Louis
Louisville New Albany & Chicago. Gin
cinnati, Hamilton q Indianapolis. Evans
vile & Terre Haute, Terre Haute & Lo-
garsport Wabash railway. Lake Shore &
cago & Erie, Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern, Indianapolis Union railway, Belt rail-
way and ,Stockyards, Grand Rapids & In
diana railroad, New York Chicago & St
Louis, Chicago & Eastern Illinois In
diapapolis. Decatur & Western, Baltimore.
Ohio & Chicago, as common carriers OF
passengers and freight between and among
any States of the United States, and from
in any way interfering, hindering, obstruct-
ing or stopping any mail train or express,
whether freight or passenger, engaged in
interstate commerce, or carrying passen-
gers or freight between or among the
States, and from in any way interfering,
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mail, and from in any manner interfering
with, or hindering, or stopping any engine.
companies engaged in interstate COM
merce or in connection with the carriage
of passengers or freight between the
States; and from in any way interfering
with. injuring or destroying any property
of said roads engaged in the carriage of
the mails of the United States. or the
between or among the States; and from
entering upon the grounds or premises of
any of these roads for the purpose of inter-
fering with, obstructing or stopping mail
trains or passenger and freight trains
engaged in interstate commerce or the
tranSporta ton of passengers and freight
between any of the States; and from injur-
ing or destroying any part of the tracks.
roadbed or road. or permanent structures
of said roads; from interfering in any way
with the signals, or switches Of any of
these roads. and from spiking or locking
any fastening on any of the switches; from
unccupling or In any way hampering or
obstructing the control by any of said rail-
roads or cars, trains or parts of trains
engaged in the transportation OF passen-
gers, freight or mail; and from compelling
or inducing. or attempting to compel, or
induce by threat, intimidation, persuasion.
force or violence any Of the employees of
said road 10 refuse or fail TO perform any
of the duties employees OF any of said
roads in connection with the interstate
commerce. business, or the carriage of
mails; or from compelling or attempting
TO induce by threats intimidation or vio-
lence any of the employees of said roads
TO leave their services and from preventing
any person by threat, intimidation or vio-
lence from entering the service OF the
same: and from doing any act Whatever