The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-19
Government by lujuuction.

s According to the West Virginia news
q papers and the telcgraphic dispatches
X from Parkersburg, in that state, the in.
n junction which has been granted by
~ Judge Jackson, of the United States dis.
Z irlct court for the district court for the
q district of West Virginia, against En-
n gene ' Dcbs and his associates from
y IN amy way interfering with or moest,
Y 'hE 'h' management Of the property Of
the Monongah Coke and Coal Company
A or It's employees or trespassing upon the
property OF the company or the AZ.
prOaches thereto. or melting its en-.
ployes to strike or interfering in any
MANNER whatever, either by word or
4 Iced, in the company's affairs"
We should like to know what warrant
OF law can be found for the latter part
of this injunction?
An individual or corporation is on.
titled to legal protection against trcs.
passes upon its property. No one has
right to 90 upon farm or into coal
luine against the command o. its own
en- tn persuade his lahorers to leave their
employment But in their owl, honrs
or IN the public places, where the men
from the farm or the men from the
mine may pcaccably assemble and ren
son together by what authority can any
court forbid n citizen to advise them to
coase work, whore such cessation in.
wolves no violation to person or propertyY
In the Lennon ease the supreme court
of the United States said 1T IN not
necessary for us to decide whether an
engineer may suddenly and without no,
tlcr quit the service of railway com
pnny mt m intermediate station or be.
tween stntions, though eases NAV easily
be imagined whore the sudden abandon.
mont of tranload of passengers In an
lntrequented spot might imleril their
lives. We should find no fault with
I'M injunction which forbade melting
men to strike under snch circumstances,
But 1t is n very different thing pence.
ably to quit work In n coal mine, and
where miners take this course in order
TO promote their own welfare, whether
wisely or not, we see no reason why IN.
courts should interfere with them or
with those upon whose advice they act
New York Sun
The Sun IL right. The action Of Judge
jackson in issuing IN omnibus injunc,
hon restraining the striking miners
from holding peaccablc meetings, even
IN the public highways, is an assault on
he constitution Of the United States,
which guarantees to citizens the right
If free speech and public assemblage,
md the despot ought to bc stripped OF
lis judicial ermine by congress and
icktd out of the Office he fnstligrnccd.
The above, which we take from the
columns Of the Meridian Her.
ild meets with our heartiest approval.
The action of the court in this care isa
of authority which Is bpcom.
ng common and which shows the I'm.
'nencc OF wealth and the power of pelf
'ver the only safeguard the bulwark
4 individual right and personal free.
om 1t isa violation Of the spirit and
otter Of the constitution and an ont.
nge upon American manhood. II the
igher court does not reverse the order
this judge the courts of tho country
light as well be abolished and tho
ovcrnment turned over to the bond
older and millionaire TO be us4s, for
is own private interest.
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