The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-01-05
considerable body OF his people and give to the private

considerable body Of his people and give to the private
ownership of othersl
And we have the record of this Supreme Iniquity
avelling in privategift coach of railway compai
nant from Cleveland to Toledo-holdng sessions in
the offices Of the railway company-and decreeing $50
fine or imprisonment to the engineers Of railway who
quit the railways employ at will And we see the.same
performance on q larger scale at New Orleans.
We behold q monarchical council debating public
processes and creating statutory functions lex egons
unto ITSELF The very atmosphere OF the courts is
smell-a nosome perfume -permeating the history OF
thirty years!-into which enter such men Judge
Woods the dorsey Mule consprator against the bal
lot box of the nation.
And now, clothed in the appropriate black dress
which robed the victims of Lucreta Borga comes
this sepuchra vestry of public treason lese maeste
and says-before the act-that men who decide to
change their employment and their masters are gull
ty Of crime against against-whom, for Gods sake?
Against whom is it crime for American slaves to
change masters, by delegated authority? Is it crime
against the laws? Oh Is it crime against legiti
mate law makers? Certainly not. Who then? Why, q
crime against the Dignity of this band OF conspira
tional hoodoos, who with dagger in hand and black
masques their bodies, attempt to slay the law!
Out upon the heather Moloch! Let Baal be sum-
moned, and Mammon be rechristened. The times are
out of oint-there is disease in the body polite.
Reason has lost her coorng-and the seventh vial OF
Gods wrath has been tipped over the battements OF
hell, and struck the earth.
If to encourage if to solicit if to order, if to
Gil, if to assist the employees of the Northern Pacific
Railway to strike be contempt of the Supreme and
Circuit Courts of the United States then in
tempt For hereby publicly adjure, entreat order
Solicit request and counsel the employees of that road
to quit work in mass; and if they will do will be
party thereto by paying OF substance such moety
of our income and property spare sufficient
to come within the purview OF legal defiance. And
now let the satraps move our Notifications.
Sargent's request or order is misden.eanor, our
order or request is al a misdemeanor. For the men
are not compelled to obey either of u.s. They act at
will!
We should like to see the application of 'con-
Tempt case to or citizens neither in court nor
under summons
Citizens OF this republic cyour peril draws nigh
to you. How long will ye stand this approach of des
potism without moving?
A discussion has arisen between men occasionally
to whether the order of Injunction really did make
quitting work in body by twos and threes a
contempt" of the contemplate court
On this matter quote the Chicago Times reply
to the Chicago Tribune:
commenting upon the Injunction obtained by the
receivers of the Northern Pacific railroad against the
employees OF that road the Tribune asserts that is
an Injunction against strike. 1t says that the court
is not attempting to stop man from quitting work or
to compel him to work; that told that they
must not strike that they must leave the employ
OF the road, but must keep working matter what
the wages are With emphasis and reiteration the
Tribune declares that it is not strike that is enjoned
but merely violent interference with other in the
event that strike should occur malicious mutia-
tion of the property OF the road 'This order says
the Tribune forces to remain in the employ of
the Northern Pacific. Every of them give no
tce today OF his intention to quit when the new wage
scale goes into force and court will moest him. If
that alone constitutes strike then the court has not
Sr1ohi ic
not infrequently the case with the opinions of that
paper, it radically wrong quotation from the
der OF the court will show how completely the Tribune
has misstated the facts.
Judge Jenkins issued an iniunctiona order restrain
ing all men 'from combining and conspring to quit
with without notice the service of said receivers with
the object and intent OF crppng the property in their
custody or embarrassing the operation of said rail
road and from quitting the service of the said re-
cevers with without notice AS to cripple the proper
ty to prevent hinder the operation of said rail
road, and generally from interfering with the officers
and agents OF said receivers their employees in any
manner by actual violence by intimidation, threats
or otherwise in the full and complete possession and
management OF the said railroad etc.
Moreover, the supplemental Injunction addressed to
the mems labor unions ordered them refrain from
directing melting the to stop work Under the
order OF the court swtchman who, upon receiving
word OF the reduction OF his should to two
or three of his fellow wOrkmen, Let stand this
let quit work, becomes guilty OF contempt OF COURT
and may be punished accordingly. If three men 800
men simultaneously leave the service OF the company
they may be punished any colusion united action
on their part can be shown.
This clearly amounts to enioinng strike, to order
ing to remain in the. service of corporation
whether they like it not Il violates the freedom Of
q contract between the laborer and the employer; it
leaves him in the event Of injustice and OPP
preston. With railroad management in private hands
as it is today such order is distinct invasion of
the liberty of the American citizen"
WHAT WILL THE EFFECT BE?
We cannot tell The hard times keeps the strike
feeling subdued. But have the following despatch
from Chief Sargent breathes defiance. Certainly
the American people mass Of condensed cowardce