Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
THAT LAST RESORT.
The Attempt Of Fulton to Drag
the NJ. w. A. into the
Federal Courts.
TEMPORARY ORDER Ii RECEIVED

restraining order of Judge
jenkins in the case of the Fult0nttes
against the order Of Modern Wood
men Of America, was received by
Hon. William jackson this afternoon.
The order is that the officers and d.
rectors shall not attempt to carry
out the order of the proposed change
In the articles of association Of the N.
w. A. by removal of any of the prop |
erty from Fulton to Rock Island
until Sept. 20. at 10 q. m. The order |
was brought to Chicago last night, |
and Deputy Marshal Logan started
for Fulton and Rock Island to serve |
the writ upon the defendants. The
com plainant in the bill is William A.
Penn, of Clinton, Iowa, . member Of
the order, who asserts that the con-
stitution Of the organization was
violated at the Springfield convention
of the head camp in 1890 by the
change of the laws without submit
ting the changes to the membership.
and that ever since the head camp
has been an illegal body, and the
old directors at Fulton have been the
legal head of the order. The chief
point in the controversy is the
change Of the headquarters from Full
ton to Rock Island.
The charge is made in the bill that
Circuit Judges Ramsey at Fulton, and
Gest, of Rock Island, have been pref
udiced in their judicial actions upon
the controversy.
1t is quite q noteworthy omission
that in the charges that have been
made as to judicial action no reference
should have been made to Master in
Chanoery McPherrsn, the ever ready
Whiteside official, or is it intended
that the allusion to Judge Ramsay
should apply to him? Be that a. it
may, it is quite refreshing to know
that the people OF Whiteside county
have at last found occasion to de-
clare in court that there is someone
in that county who is not an angel.
From . class of people who have
openly ridlcaled and boosted Of their
defiance of Judge Gets writ, moth
ing higher than the allegation as to
him could have been anticipated.
The case could have been simplified
had the complainant applied for
writs of some kind to enable q
master in chancery, 30 kindly and
yet 20 naturally shielded, to ride
over . judge.
There Are Others.
The Fulton Journal. Fred Bas-
tian's paper, speaking Of Judge
Costs disposition of the fourth mas
ter in chancery Injunction says:
80 it is dissolved, but No. 5 is en-.
looming and others are ready" There
could be no palmer statement Of the
lextent to which the Fulton obstruc-
tionists rely upon the Whiteside mas.
ter in chancery to come to their re-
lief. The Sterling Standard con-
lcluding AN article of some
length, in which it says Judge
Gest is greatly incensed over
Master in Chancery McPherrsn's
actions, voices the following;
at is claimed by many tina,
Costs bill, enjoiniDg the Fulton peo-
pie from reference. cannot hold
while others are Of the opinion thai
it will. Mr.. McPherran left this
morning for Philadelphia, Pa, called
there by the serious illness of sis.
ter. There is now but one in juno
ton left and this is liable to be dis
solved ere Mr.. McPherran's return
next week. Should this happen the
result is likely to be trouble for tn,
fulton people. The latter feel thai
they have been unjustly treated
throughout the deal; all they ask is
fair trial in court, which the Rocl
Island people seem to be afraid Il
grant"
A. to the force of Judge Gest's in
junction, it will probably be show
when the time comes, and in White
side county at that. Notwithstanding
that the local master in CHANGER,
has been held up there as an Office
whose writs are more worthy Of re
spect than that of . Judge. Tn
Rock Island people have no fear of
fair trial in court, but they objec
to being drawn into court BY
pref udiced tfficial, when . judg
says there 10 no ground for action
The supreme court has fully I'd
Indicated oil the points raised BY tn
Fulton people. and has held tina
upon but one single point the pre-
vious proceedings on the part Of Ful
ton we're proper. That single poin
90 plainly indicated by the suprem
court has now been remedied, by n
less an authority than the angus
body. which lays down and define
the laws-the Legislature. All
u now, as far as the Woodmen orde
h and Rock leland are concerned, i
accord with the supreme courts d.
. GREE. There 10 no cause for action
& and outside of Whiteside county q
. duplication will probably be recog
nized. Delay. the qualification of
. vindictive nature, 10 all Fulton
n working for.