Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-29
ALL POINTS FAIL.
Fulton's Latest Attempt to Oh
struct Woodmen.
TIE PROCEEDINGS AT NoRRIsoB,

Jedge Carver Net Daspeooa - Rseusf
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In respc nse to the notice served
last week on the attorneys and OIL
GERS Of the Modern Woodmen, the
parties aad attorneys In the in iune-
tion suit met yesterday at Morrison
before Judge Carver at the court
house. Attorneys McCalmont. Of
Morrison. and Mahon. OF Fulton,
representing bastian and the other
compliments for Fulton. presented
the decision OF the supreme court
and asked for . decree vacasing the
decree entered BY Judge Shaw and
substituting . decree perpetually en-
joining the removal Of the head
Office. 1t appeared to he the pur-
pose OF the complainants' attorneys
to get from the court . decree that
would compel the order to come into
court and ask for . modification of
the decree before 1t could move
the head Office under any cireun-
stances. Judge Carver did not favor
such decree. holding that the only
decree he could enter was to epioin
the order from moving the Office only
under the proceedings taken Ut Oma-
ha and Madison. The Judge held
that in that suit he had no authority
to consider any action that might be
taken BY virtue Of any subsequent
proceeding at any other head camp.
A decree conforming to Judge Gar
ver's views was signed and filed in
the court. The evident purpose Of
the complainants' attorneys was 10
commit the court to the position
that the order could not take any
action under tho Dubuque proceed
ings until the injunction decree was
modified. This view, II maintained,
would mean delay of 0 serious char.
acter, and would be very much in
the interest Of Bastian and his core
sistants.
Sought Undue Advantages.
The good sense and justice of the
court prevented the evident advan.
tsge that was sought. Failing in this
point the Bastian attorneys presented
an afhdavit to the court in which
they attempted to inform the court
that the Woodmen officers had vio-
lated the Injunction and were going
to do so again, aud because of this
they wanted the court to cite the
officers into co urt to answer for con-
tempt. Bastian's attorneys~ ad-
mittsd that the situation was strange
to them. and that they were st
sea ~ 10 the proper course
to take, and they were anxious
that Judge Carver should help them
to determine their course. The
judge very promptly held that their
afihavit sho we'd no occasion for con-
tempt proceedings; that more was
necessaryn tina was set forth and
held that it was no use to file such
IN affidavit.s Tho attorneys did not
attempt to convince the court that
he was wrong. but rather to assure
the court that the situation was 90
new to them that they could not
com bat the courts opiuion. So the
affidavit was returned to the coat
pocket of the lawyer. and all parties
left the presence Of the Judge feel
ing that the latest attempt Of the OBJ
tructisnists was worse than Q water
haul.
One great point made In the affi-
davit was that the officers had pur.
chased property in Rock Island and
were going to build . head office
building.
The Woodmen were represented BY
General Attorney j. G. johnson and
Within JaCklon. of thia CITY