New-York tribune., 1902-07-25
AGITATORS IN CONTEMPT.
MUST GO TO PRIsON-JUDGE JACKSON
DEFINES THE INJUNCTION.

the Injunction and guilty OF contempt OF
court. Sentence in the case of Mother Jones
was deferred as were the cases of the four for
eigners who cannot speak English. Thomas Hag-
gerty was sentenced to ninety days in Jail, and
the other five defendants to sixty days each The
opinion supported the right of the courts to use
Injunction and the right Of laborers TO work
when they wish TO do so without interference
Judge Jackson, in his decision, said:
What IS an injunction? Is it the exercise Of an
is it power that mas been recognized from tt HgIs
ca rly date of the branches OF admlnlstr
The ordinary use of the writ Of injunction is to
prevent wrongs and injuries to persons m anG to
their property wnen they have been deprived OF H. H.
stay irreparable injury and TO punish those who
dsObey the order of court granting the VIII. WI
hptofy II toe ahd resftGfory ut 5he text
the roman Empre re and has always been in use
England from the foundation of the common law
ganization OF the government.
IL Is mistaken idea to suppose that the eco courts @
perience on the bench cannot recall a single oc-
ever abused it in what known strike ques-
lions IT is true that our courts have oeeh erb III
use of it, and have denounced the courts for gov
viously unjust TO the that it is unnecessary
TO enter into defence of them. .-.-,--- -.
this company to quit work at any time they de de,
between them and the employer, which should con-
troll their right quit. At the same time do not
employees TO continue their work when they desire
20 qult- While recognize the right of all labor;
ers TO combine for the purpose of protecting all
their lawful rights. do not recognize the right of
who are not dissatisfied with their work in the
mines to lay down their picks and quit their
merely TO crafty professional set OF "agitators
over the country as agents for some combination
who are vampires that live and fatten on the hon;
who are busybodies; creating dissatisfaction among
class OF people who are quiet well disposed, and
who do not want to he disturbed by the unceasing
agitation Of this class of people.
orGsnSers and wking deierstes Tbex have noth
In the mines of the Clarksburg Fuel Company;
The strong arm of the court of equity = invoked
in this case, not TO suppress the right of free
speech, but to restrain and inhibit these de-
strikes by trying TO coerce People who are not dis
results in infiicting injury and damage to their
employers TI 1d, as wen ;s. as the empl9ye ....
he is satisfied with is right protected by law. and
and should be better protected than the abuse OF
free speech in which the organizers and agitators
indulge in trying TO produce strikes.
The court then referred to Mother" Joness
speech near the Kinnickkinnick mines. saying
that her utterances were the cutgrowth of the
sentiments Of those who believe in communism
and anarchy.
The evidence showed that Mother" Jones had
called the miners slaves; said she did not care
anything for injunctions; that IL a duty
10 urge the men at work to lay down their tools
and advise the men TO strike; that the judge
hireling of the coal company, and that
the coal operators were all robbers. She said
in her speech to pay attention TO Judge Jack
20 the court but just make the miners
lay down their tools and come out.
''It is true" says the court. that Mother
Jores denied some Of the statements OF the wit
nesses. but her denial was not positive, but
eQuivocal"
The court. after reciting other acts in viola
tol Of the injunction. concluded:
H. 5oFa, t,
this case who served with notice of this in
junction have violated it, and have treated with
contempt the order OF this court.
Judge Jackson in suspending judgment in the
case of Mother" Jones, said that she had been
found guilty of contempt, but she posing
as a martyr he would not send her TO Jail
allow her TO force her way into Jail" He said
he would hold conviction over her. and If she
again violated the injunction he would sentence
her heavily.
It is anticipated that Judge Jackson will deal
firmly with W. B. Wilson, secretary of the
United Mine Workers. who has also been held
in contempt, but who is at his headquarters in
Indianapolis District Attorney Blizzard to-day
fled affidavit that Secretary W. B. Wilson
had violated the restraining order Of June 19
by making an inhammatory speech at Clarks
burg July T. and another at Fairmount
July S, and asked the court for his arrest. Judge
Jackson made the order that Wilson be arrest
ed and brought within the jurisdiction Of his
court
CASE WILL BE APPEALED.
Chicago, July 24-Presdent John Mitchell of
the United Mine Workers Of America said to-
day that Judge Jacksons decision would be
laid before President Roosevelt at once with
protests. and that the President would be asked
TO intercede in behalf of American citizenship.
The cases will be carried to the United States
Supreme Court.
President Mitchell said: THE decision i'm
peris the rights of all Americans in the courts"
ANTHRACITE GOES TO EIGHT DOLLARS
OPERATORS AND DEALERS DENY THAT
LARGE STOCKS HAVE BEEN HELD UP.
The retail price OF anthracite coal advanced
20 IS a ton yesterday in accordance with
schedule adopted by the Retail Coal Dealers Asso-
citation. This is advance of 50 the
II this price they cannot undertake furnish n
thracite except in small lots 10 their regular
toners.
The stories OF large stocks OF anthracite being
held up by dealers secuted yesterday by both
operators and dealers. prominent official Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal and Coke Company, No.
II Broadway. said:
Even the stocks Of anthracite seized by the coal
carrying companies at the beginning of the strike
Tor their own needs would not last twenty days il
Il were not for the fact that some of them made
arge purchases Of soft coal TO mix with the hard
eoal saw IN paper some days ago that there
is that there has not been a pound of hard coal
stored there for years Some small dealers have
coal they had for winter in order get big prices
for IT. They will buy again in the fall when the
strike is over
MICHIGAN SCALE REFUSED.
MINE WORKERS DECIDE THAT THEY WILL