The morning call., 1894-06-30
AS CONSPIRATORS
Leaders of the Strike in Danger of
Arrest.

Arrest
United States District Attorney Garter
thinks that the railroad cannot be forced
to carry the mails on any but its regular
trains-that is, trains composed in part of
Pullman coaches. Attorney General o.
ney, who is said to bend when the railroad
blows, indorses Carriers position, which is
also indorsed at Fourth and Townsend
streets. Oiney wired Garter the following
message yesterday morning:
Act upon your view of the case, which is GER
tainly sustained by adjudicalions so far as they
have gone.
AS some one will have to be punished for
delaying the mails and the railroad is
gultess the Governments lawyer has
cast his eye on the strikers and is trying to
fiud way by which they can be reached.
Congress passed an act in 1890 designed TO
prevent the formation of trusts and II has
been held that this law applies to labor
organizations as well as to corporations OF
capitalists. The first section of this now
very important law is as follows:
Every contract combination in the form of
trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of
trade among the several States or with foreign
nations. Is hereby declared 10 be Illegal. Every
person who shall make any SUCH contract or
engage in any such combination or conspiracy
shall be deemed guilty of a mlsdemeaDor, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding $1,000. or by imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or by both said punish
mentS, in the discretion Of the court.
Assistant District Attorney knight, in
speaking of the law and the probable
course of his chief, said: "The question
comes UP In two-fold aspect-the stop
page of the mails and the infringement of
his antitrust law. think as far as the
first is concerned that it has been held by
the Attorney General that mail train is
eutitled to passage made up as it ordinarily
is, and if any combination of men restrain
part of the train from going through
that would consequently be stoppage of
the mails.
"The Southern Pacific could lot be COM
relied to pull through a special mail train
when not compelled to do so By its con-
tract
''As to the question of the alleged iu-
fringement of the antitrust act, as far as
l know there has been no criminal process
brought under the act. but there have been
a number of bills OF equity fled by the
Government in circuit courts in order TO
enjoin the wOTkingmen's associations from
interfering in the ordinary course of inter-
state trade.
Judge Putnam of Massachusetts decided
in the case of the United States against
Patterson and others, an action to restrain
the defendants from interfering in the
manufacture and sale Of a cash register.
He held that the antitrust act was not de-
signed to meet such case, but Judge Bill
limos of Toujsiana held that aot a al
as much conspiracy of working
men as of capitalists, and he enjoined the
Amalgamated Association from proceeding
with a strike that had paralyzed the busi-
ness of New Orleans, and Judge jenkins
enjoined men from striking because they
would have restrained trade and COM
merce."
The question has been raised: Coul
not the management of the railroad be held
liable under the same act?