Huntsville gazette., 1894-07-07

4 ence with Trains Issued by United states
Judges-Neither Government Mail Nor
Interstate Freight Passenger Trains
| Must be Interfered Wlth-The Mama
| gers Association Full of Fight.
CHICAGO, July 2.-The striking rail-
way employees within the jurisdiction
of the United States court for this cir
cult, which includes Illinois and the
greater part of Indiana and Wisconsin,
are confronted tonight by the strong
arm of the law in the shape of the
most sweeping injunction that has
ever issued from a federal court under
similar conditions Compared with it,
according to the views expressed by
corporation attorneys of long exper
fence, the now celebrated injun ction of
Judges Jenkins and Dundy were but
mere verbiage.
| All last night United States District
Attorney Milchrist, in accordance with
| instructions from Washington, was
busily engaged in preparing bill COW
ering the entire situation, and when
completed it filed no less that forty
pages of typewriter legal cap. I'M
mediately upon their arrival in this
| city Judges Wood ond Grosscup re-
paired to the government building, and
| the bill was submitted for their con-
sideration.
| In the meantime Edwin Walker, who
on Sunday had been commissioned by
AttorneyGeneral Olney as special
| counsel for the government, had also
reached town, and was on hand to take
part in the conference. When the bill
had been roughly reviewed he raised
the objection that it was drawn en-
tirely upon the grounds of violation OF
| the interstate commerce act; whereas,
| according to his own views of the situ-
alton, interference with trains carry
| ing the United States mails should
form salient feature of the complaint.
The judges were inclined to take the
same view, and so the bill was returned
to the lawyers for amendment.
In the running decision, Judge Gross
cup expressed himself as somewhat op-
| posed to federal interference until the
state resources for protecting life and
property and maintaining order had
been exhausted, and Judge Wood,
while believing that the time had ar
rived when the federal power sh ould
show it's hand, was determined that
the injunction should be carefully
| drawn.
| When the attorneys again returned
the amended result of their labors it
proved accep table, and the restraining
order was promptly issued. In part
it reads as follows:
/ " ard r.
| and the American Railway Union: Sylvester
| K. Eller, Lloyd HotcnkinS A. Piaobok, II. Ell
| fine, James Hannin. John Mastebrook, Will
| liam Smith. Charles Nailor, John Dufln. Will
| liam McMullen. Z. Shelby Fred Ketcham
| John Doyle, and all other persons combining
and conspiring with them, and all
other persons whomsoever, are en-
| joined absolutely to refrain from interfering
| with or stopping any of the business of
| railroads entering Chicago engaged as common
| carriers Of passengers and freights from diff
| ferent states and interfering with mail trains,
| whether freight or passenger, engaged in inter-
| state commerce and from destroying property;
| from entering their grounds for the purpose OF
| stopping their trains or interfering with prop
| ertv Compelling or inducing by
| persuasion or violence Of any Of the employees
OF said roads, to refuse fail to perform any Of
| their duties as employees OF such road in con-
| nection with interstate commerce OF such rail-
| roads or the carrying of mails, passengers or
| freight: or attempting to induce by threats or
| intimidation any of the employees OF such roads
| engaged in interstate business or operation Of
mail trains to leave the service OF such roads
| or preventing any persons from entering the
| service of such roads.
The order goes on at some length in
such wording as to prove veritable
dragnet, completely covering any dems
onstration of violence or interference
| whatever with trains, on the grounds
that such interference would be him
| drance of United States mails and
violation of privileges granted rail
roads under the interstate commerce
laws. Every road entering the city
and affected by the strike-a total of
| twenty-three-are specifically named,
and the employees thereof are specific
ally enjoined.
1t enjoins all strikers their friends,
sympathizers and those whom they
may incite from interfering in any way
in the United States court district of
| northern Illinois, with the United
States mails, and with any interstate
| traffic, either passenger or freight.
Those arrested for violation of the or
der will be brought before the court
and required to show cause why they
should not be punished for contempt
| of court.
| THE RAILWAY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
FILL OF FIGHT.
From now on the railroad officials
| will adopt coercive measures, for the
strike situation tonight is worse than
at any previous time. BY coercive
measures the managers of the railways
mean that they will simply decline to
do anything. That they will not ac-
cept freight Of any description and
that with the withdrawal of passenger
trains, they will simply force the
United States government to interfere
and afford them protection, as soon as
they can get train hands 70 take
the places of the strikers. This line
of policy, mapped out in the general
managers meeting to-day, is being
steadily followed with the idea of fore
ing a wall from the travelling public,