The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-10
JUDGE JENKINS ON TRIAL.
Peculiar Case Now on at Milwaukee
Wis.

Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis, April 9-The spec
tacle of United States judge on trial
before a congressional commission is
being presented in Milwaukee.
At o'clock this evening, Congress-
man Boatner, of Louisiana, Terry, of
Arkansas, and w. A. Stone, of Penn
sylvania, composing a subcommittee
of the judiciary committee of the
House of Representatives began the
investigation of Judge Jenkins famous
Northern Pacific strike injunction.
During the afternoon, E. E. Clark, rep
resenting the. Order of Railway Con-
ductors, and T. P. Sargent, represent
ing the Order of Railway Trainmen,
were sworn.
Attorney Harper, representing a rail-
way employees organization. Attorney
Curtis, of New York, representing the
receivers and Attorney Milter, of this
city. who assisted him were present.
Receivers Payne and Oaken and ex-
Senator ]. c. Spooner were also inter
ested spectators.
MeSsrs. Arthur, Ramsey, Wilkinson
and Clarke are chiefs of the various
brotherhoods of railway employees.
Chairman Boatner opened the ses-
sion by giving a simple outline of what
the committee had been instructed to
do. its authority. etc. He said the
committee wished especially to ascer-
tain how far and in what respect the
order had oppressed employees and
lust how the men had construed the
order.
Grand Chief Clark was sworn He
said his organization provided that a
committee representative of all conduc-
tors in a particular district shall look
into a grievance and report to him He
also looks into it, and if he thinks the
facts warrant what action the commit
tee may decide to take gives his sane
ton. Without this sanction, the strike
would be illegal. The committee went
to st. Paul on December II and arrang-
ed for a meeting on the 18th. On that
date, the committee was informed by
/ General Manager Kendrick that things
were not then in shape for a confer
ence. but would be the 21st.
December 10 is the date upon which
the injunction was granted, is it not?
said Mr.. Boatner.
Eyes, the first injunction. On Decem-
Der q the committee called at Ken
bricks Office and a conference was
held"
"And is it not fact" put in At
torney Harper. that a secret injunc-
! ton was issued the day before?''
mo, a supplemental injunction was
granted Dec. %. At the conference held
! Dec. q, however, the representatives
| of the road held the answer until Dec.
&C.
Then before the answer was given
asked Mr.. Boatner, this supplemental
! injunction was issued?"
yes, sir"
! Mr.. Clark said the road had given
the employees notice some time before
! it was proposed to reduce wages that
such action had been taken He had
not been served with the injunction.
although a United States marshal had
hunted for him.
Mr. Clark felt bound by the order,
| however, and would not have sane
toned strike under any circumstan-
ces; he also felt bound by She order
not to quit the employ of the road and
could not strike.
! In regard to wages, he said the men
were in one sense working on a scale
agreed upon and in another sense they
were not.
Mr. Clark said he did not think the
| injunction had done any harm, so far
as the Northern Pacific employees wer,
I concerned, but that it had been harm
| full in a general way to workingmen,
as he believed it was an abridgement
of their constitutional rights and
established a precedent which would
have been followed by all the courts
| had not Congress been called upon to
investigate.
Mr.. Sargents testimony was prac-
tically TO the same effect
| Mr.. Ramsey and Aurthur will be or
the stand tomorrow.