St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-24

'Otco tHdt tucy WOulQ SIrIko or leaVo
the service of said railway company,
and that In pursuance of such vote, said
employees did on or about said time
leave the service of said railway com.
panies freely and voluntarily of their
own accord, without any orders, direc-
tlon or control on the part of said Amer
lean hallway union, its officers or di-
rectors. or these defendants, or any of
them. Upon information anu belief the
defendants deny that said employees so
leaving the service of said railway COM
panies as aforesaid, dId so for the pur-
pose of hinderlng, preventing and de-
laying said railway companies In the
operation of trains engaged in the
transportation of the United States
mails and interstate commerce on the
respective roads of said companies.
DEFENDANTS ADMIT
that said order or writ OF Injunction
was published in the daily papers of the
city of Chicago as alleged in said in.
formation, and that copies thereof were
served upon the defendants as in said
information alleged. Defendants admit
that prior to the said second day of July
many local unions of the said American
Railway union were OrganiZed upon
railroads located in The Northwest or
extending from the city of Chicago
westward to California, and including
substantially all the railroads to the
Pacific coast. They admit that the
American Railway union had prior to
the second day of July organized many
local unions upon railroads in the North
west, and was engaged In organizing To-
cal unions upon the main lines of road
extending from the city of Chicago to
the Atlantic coast, and admit that after
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persons upon said systems of roads met
together and organized themselves into
local unions of tbs SAID American Rail.
way union, and duly applied to said
American Railway union for admission
to membership therein, and such per-
sons so organizing themselves and so
applying were received and admitted
as members of said American Railway
union. but deny that after the service
of said injunction they or either of
them carried on the work of organiza.
ton other than by generally advising
railroad employees to become members
of such union, and receiving to mem.
bershlp persons SO applying therefor,
as aforesaid.
THEY EXPRESSLY DENY
that the organization OF said unioni
upon said roads or any of them was in.
tended to confer or did confer upon said
American Railway union, its officers OF
directors. or upon these defendants or
either OF them, the power and authority
to order strikes upon said roads as
alleged in said information. or other
wise, but on the contrary allege that
strikes could only be ordered upon said
road by the employees of said road them
selves, aud that such employees were in
no manner subject to the authority or
control of said American Railway union,
its officers, or OF these defendants or
either OF them III that regard. They de-
ny that orders TO strike were at any time,
or III any manner communicated by said
American Railway union, its officers or
directors, or these defendants or either
of them, to said local unions or any Of
them, as alleged in said information or
otherwise. The defendants deny that
any one OF the kilograms set forth i'll
SAID Information was sent or caused to
be sent by them OF any. of them, or thai
they authorized or approved the same OF
any of them excepta certain telegram
dated July. q. 1894, in the words and
figures following:
1--WE have assurance that within
fortY-eight hours every labor organiza-
tion i'll the country will come to our
rescue. The fight Is on, and our men
are acQuiting themselves like heroes,
Here and there one Weakens, but our
cause Is strengthened by a oozen GO
ing out in his place. Every true man
must quit now and remain out until the
tight is won. There can be 10 half way
ground. Men must be for us or against
US. Our cause is gaining ground daily,
aud our success Is only a question of a
few days. Don't falter in this hour.
Stand firm and proclaim your manhood.
Labor must win now or never. Our
victory will be positive and complete.
Whatever happens do not give credence
to rumors or newspaper reports"
Which said telegram defendants ad.
nit was sent or caused to be sent
by defendant DebS. as in said informa.
tlon alleged. but save as hereinbefore ad-
mitted, defendants aIlege that they had
no knowledge or notice whatever of The
sending of said kilograms or of the con-
tents thereof until the filing of said ins
formation. They deny that any other
telegrams similar in form and character
to those III said Information sent out
were sent out by the defendant Deos, or
any OF the defendants, with the knoWl-
edge, authority or approval of any of
said other defendants at any time after
the service of the said writ of Injunction
upon said defendants, and deny that
any employees of any OF the railroad
named in said Injunction
were induced by reason of any telegram
sent or caused to be sent by the defend
ants, or any of them. by threats, intim-
ldation. force or violence, TO leave the
service OF said railroad companies, or
that said transportation of the United
States mails aud interstate commerce
were thereby in any way hindered or
delayed or prevented.
THE DEFENDANTS ADMIT
that upon some of said lines OF railway
there was exercised upon the part OF
some persons to the defendants uu-
Known, violence against persons and
They deny that they or any
of them have any knowledge or in
formation sufficient TO form a belief as
to the commission of the specific acts OF
violence i'll SAID information set forth,
or any therein, or upon any information
and belief they deny that any member
OF said American Railway union, any
manner participated in said acts of Vio-
lence, or any OF them. They deny that
in violation OF the order OF OF the court
they daily and continuously, or at al
issued any orders or directions for the
of said railway companies, or
any of them, to lerve such service in a
body as alleged in said information or
otherwise. They deny that at said
time, or at any time they knew that
violence and unlawful conduct neceS-
sarily followed from strikes of the kind
in said information, and deny
that such is the fact, but on the con-
trary allege that so far as said American
union, or the members thereof
are concerned, said strike, and all
strikes OF similar character, contem-
plate nothing more than the quiet,
peaceful and lawful cessation of work
by such members, when, and for such
purposes as they shall for themselves
determine.
DEFENDANTS EXPRESSLY DENY
that they or any of them did, al
the times mentioned in the said
information, or at any other time, order,
direct. advise or recommend ur approve
the acts of violence in said information
set forth, or any of them or any violence
or unlawful acts of any kind or charac-
ter, but on the contrary allege tharIhey
did all said times counsel aud advise all
members of the said American hallway
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