Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES CASE
The House Committee Favor Inyestigat-
ing Judge Jenkins.
A Report to That Eject Will BE Pre-
scented at the House Session
Tomorrow.

The House committee on judiciary today
voted in favor Of reporting to the House a
resolution for an investigation into the
course Of United States District Judge
Jenkins in restraining employees Of tie
Northern Pacific railroad from quitting
work. The vote was close-7 to 8. Senator
Villas of Wisconsin appeared before the
committee and urged that the question was
of such Importance that it should not be
voted on until counsel had been heard
In accordance with this suggestion a mo-
ton was made to postpone the vote until
next Monday, and in the meantime hear
counsel. This was voted down by to 6,
and the resolution was then agreed on, to
be reported at once. Had the proposition
10 hear counsel prevailed. Col. Robert In
gersoll would probably have appeared for
the labor interests, and several prominent
lawyers for the other side. The resolution
reported is a substitute for the one intro
duced by Representative Mccain, but diff
1ers little from that originally presented 1t
authorizes the Judiciary committee to carry
course.
The Resolution Adopted.
The substitute for the Mccain resolution
is as follows:
Resolved. That the committee on the
judiciary of the House be authorized and
directed to speedily investigate and INQUIRE
INTO all the circumstances connected with
the issuance of the writ Of Injunction in
the case or the Farmers' Loan and Trust
Co. against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, and the several matters and
things referred to in the said resolution.
and report to this House whether or not
IN any OF said matters the Hon. j. G. Jen-
kins, Judge of the United States circuit
court Tor the seventh circuit. has exceeded
his authority, abused the POWERS or pro-
cess OF said court or oppressively exer-
clsed the same, or has used his Office to
intimidate or wrongfully restrain the en-
ployes Of the Northern Pacific railway or
the officers Of the labor organizations with
which said employees or any of them We're
afflliated. In the exercise of their rights
and privileges under the laws of the United
States, and. IL so, what action in their
Judgment. should be taken by the House.
and TO further report what action. If any,
should be taken by Congress"
In addition the committee is authorized
to send for persons and papers. to conduct
the investigation by a subcommittee or by
full committee and to report to the House
at any time.
Reported Tomorrow.
Representative Boatner will present the
resolution to the House tomorrow. accom-
panied by formal report, that on examina-
ton of the petition and afidavits presented
to Judge Jenkins and of the writ of in
junction, 1t deems the matter of sufficient
Importance to demand investigation.
This substitute was practically the one re-
ported by the subcommittee, Representa-
tives Boatner, Terry and Stone, but a clause
OF their original draft stating that the &C
ton was taken to avoid such wrongs IN the
future was stricken out. 1t was thought
best by the subcommittee to present a sub
stitute for the McGann resolution, because
that resolution in it's preamble seemed TO
them to assume that Judge Jenkins action
had been wrongful.
For the same reason the committee did
not want to take sides in advance of the in
vestigation; the substitute and the report to
be made on it are carefully worded The
members of the subcommittee were agreed
that an investigation would be desirable