The Forrest City times., 1894-07-06
STRIKERS ENJOiNED.


 gers Association Full of Fight.
 CmcAGo, 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 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 Mlchrist, in accordance with instructions from Washington. was busily engaged in preparing a bill cov- ering the entire situation. and when completed it filled no less that forty pages of typewriter legal cap Im- 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 Attorney-General 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- ation, interference with trains carry ing the United States mails should form a 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 Cross 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 its 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:
 E.. V. Debs, George W. Howard, w. Rogers and the American Railway Union; Sylvester K. Eller, Lloyd Hotchkins, A. Piaobos H. El- fine, James Hannin, John Mastebrook, Will liam Smith, Charles Nailor. John Dufin Will liam McMullen E. Shelby, Fred ketcham John Doyle, and all other persons combining and conspiring with them, and all othnr persons whonsoever, 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 erty 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 freght: 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 a veritable dragnet, completely covering any dem: onstration of violence or interference whatever with trains, on the grounds that such interference would be hin- drance of United States mails and z violation of privileges granted rail- roads under the interstate commerce laws Every road entering the city and affected by the strilze-a total of twenty-three-are specifically named, and the employees thereof are specific ally entoined.
 It enjoins all strikers. their friends. sylapathizers 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 trattie, either passenger or freight. Those arrested for violation of the or derwin be brought before the court and acquired to show Cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court
 THE PARKWAY 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 coelcive measures the managers of the railways mean that they will simply decline to do anything. That they will not ac- sept freight of any description and that with the withdra wal of passenger