The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21

| Of ssven states and the commerce q
the whole country passing over thi(
railway would have boon suspended for ~
indefinite time All these hardships and incon.
venienccs It fs said must be submitted TO thst
certain Of these men, discontcnted with the con-
ditions OF their SERVICE may combine and con
spiro with the object and intent OF crpplng the
property, to suddenly cease the performance Of
their duties II is said that to rcstrpin them
from so doing is abridgmenS Of liberty and In
fringcment OF constitutional right do not &c
apprehend the law. freely conccde the right
Of the individual to abandon service ut o proper
time and In n decent manner. I concede the
right OF ail the employees of this road, acting in
concert to abandon their service at proper
time and in n decent manner, but do not con.
cede their right to abandon such service sud
denly without reasonable notice.
strikers bitterly Condemned.
1.-THE second branch OF tho action hns refer
ence to the writ OF injunction issued upon the
supplemental petition OF the receivers re-
strainng any combination or conspiracy
from having for its purpose the inagu
ration OF strike upon the lines OF
tho railway operated by the receivers and
from ordering, advising or approving by COM
munication or instruction or otherwise the en-
ployes Of the receivers to join in strike. This
part OF the motion presents tho issue wheth o
strike Is lawful. Tho answer must largely de-
pend upon the proper definition Of the term"
The judge then cited the various def
nitions of the work strike and dwelt
upon strikes in general He said he
knew of no peaceful strike, and that
no strike was ever heard of that was or
could be successful unaccompanied by
intimidation or violence. He continuedi
"a strike without violence would equal the
representation OF tho tragedy Of Hamlet with
the part of Hamlet omitted. The moment that
violence becomes an essential part of u scheme,
n n
of combination, that moment the COM
bination otherwise legal becomes illegal.
All combinations 10 interfere with peN
feet freedom in the proper management and
control or ones lawful business, TO dictate the
terms upon which such business shall be coz
Quoted, by means of threats or by Interference
with property or traffic or with the lawful en-
ployment OF others, are within the condemna-
tion of the law"
Makes a Slight NJ odihcation.
Judge Jenkins then, referring to the
clause in the supplemental injunction,
which enjoins any one from ordering,
recommending, approving, or advising
others to quit the service of the North
ern Pacific railway and which <has
been characterized as wholly un-
warranted, said the clause was
inserted out of abundant eau
ton, that the meaning of the
court might be clear, that there
would be no unwarrantable interfer-
ence with the property, no intimida-
ton, no violence, no strike. Since this
language of the writ in this respect had
been misconstrued and the restraint in
tended was in his Judgment compre-
hended within the other provisions Of
the writ the motion in that respect
would be granted and the clause
stricken from the writ. In all other
respects the motion would be denied.