The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29
ALL THE DEFENDANTS HAVE
VIOLATED THE INJUNCTION
JUDGE JACKSON'S OPINION
All Guilty of Contempt of Court and
sentence6-'Mother" Jones Has Not
Received Her Sentence Yet-The
Judge Opinion NettIes President
Mitchell, Who VIII Refer il to
ROoseyeIt-He Says it ImperiIs the
Rights OF all Americana in the
Courts.

Parkersburg, w. Va. July 24.-Judge
Jackson rendered mis- decision in his
Mother Jones contempt case this
morning. The conclusion reached was
that all the defendants had violated the
injunction and were guilty of contempt
of court. Sentence in case OF Mother"
Jones was postponed, also in the cases
of the four foreigners VINO cannot
speak English. Thomas Haggerty was
given ninety days in Jail and the other
five defendants sixty days imprison-
ment. Opinion supported the right of
the urts to use injunction and the
right of laborers to work when they
wish to do so without interference
from organized labor or any other
source.
Judge Jackson, in his decision, said:
What is an injunction? Is it the ex-
ercise of an arbitrary power by the
courts of the country or is it a power
that has been recognized from a very
early date as one of the branches or adj
ministrative justice? l answer this
question by affirming that the ordinary
use OIL the VIII u IIJlAICLIOI11 IL " pic
vent wrongs and injuries to persons and
their property, or to reinstate the rights
have been deprived of it 1t is the most
efficient, if not the only remedy, to stay
irreparable injury and to punish those
who disobey the order Of a court grant
ing the writ.
cit is a mistaken idea to suppose
that the courts of this country abuse
this writ. In my long experience on the
1-zI .-11% -o1aD N cfno10 nnRnC fnn
when any court, either federal or state,
ever abused it in what is known as
strike questions.
81 do not question the right of the
employees of this company to quit work
at any time they desire to do so, unless
there is a contract relation etWeen
them and the employer which should
control the right to quit. At the same
time / do not recognize the right OF an
employer to coerce the employees TO
continue their work whTn they desire to
quit.
81 recognize the right for all laborers
to combine for the purpos of protect
ing their lawful rights, L do not recog-
nize the right of laborerS 20 conspire
together to compel employees who are
not dissatisfied with their work in the
mines to lay down their picks and quit
their work without a just or proper rea-
son InerGIOTy merely III SIdo , d PAO-
fessional set of '~agitatOrS, organizers
and walking delegates who roam all
over the country as agents for some
combination, who are That i've
and fatten en- the ZONES labor of the
coal miners of the country and VINO are
busy-bodies creating dissatisfaction
among a class of people who are quiet,
weIl-dispCsed. and who do lot want to
be disturbed by the ~unceasinS agitation
of this class of people.
THE strong arm of the court of
equity is invoked in this case, not to
suppress the right of free speech, out to
restrain and inEibit these defendants,
whose only purpose is to bring about
strikes by trying to cceTce People VINO
are not dissatisfied with the terms OF
their employment, which results In in
hicting injury and damage 10 their en-
blowers as we'll as the employ ees.
aThe right of a citizen to labor for
wages that he is satisfied with is q right
protected by law and is entitled to the
same protection as free srescn ana
should be better protected than the
abuse Of free speech in which the organ
izers and agitators indulge in trying to
produce strikes"
The court then referred to Mother
Jones speech near the Kinnickklnn1ck
Mines. saying her utterances were the
outgrowth of the sentiment OF those
Who believe in ana anarchy:
1.-The evidence show ed that Mother
Jones had called the miners slaves;
said she did not care anything for IN
functions, that it was a 1uty to urge the
men at work 20 lay down their tools,
and advise the men to strike; that the
Judge was a hireling o the coal COM
pany and the coal operators were all
robbers. h said in her speech 10 pay
no attention to Judge Jackson or TO the
court but just maxi The miners lay
down their tools and come out.
ut is true" says the court, that
Jones denied some OF the state
ments of the witnesses but her denlal
was not possitive, but eq~uivocal.'
The court, after reciting other acts In
violation of the injunction
IT reach the conclusion thar the oe-
PENDANTS in this case Who were served
with notice of this injunction have Vlo-
lated it and have treated with contempt
the order of this court. |
Chicago, July 24.-President john
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers OF
America, said today that Judge jack
decision would be laid before Pres
ident Roosevelt at once with protesls
and thai the president would De asked
to intercede in behalf OF American clu-
zens. The case will be carried 10 une
United States supreme court Presl-
dent Mitchell said:
saThe decision imperils the rights Oh
all Americans in the courts.