The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-31
The Keller Injunction

The exact text of 'he temporary IN
junction granted ~ W,~, Virginia in
IN. ca.e III the Gau,ey Mountain Coal
COMPANY against g. " PURCELL and
Others by judge u F KELLER of the
United States District Court j. her" "A-
hibited for general information:
THIS day TIE com plaihsn, 10 THIS suit by -
counsel presented 10 the cour 10 hu % complaint
against @ " PrncrI- " n WILSON. CSis EVANS.
Mother JOINS CaAAiSs NcNtLis FiAs CtAr
TOW and jon ozrInA. which 10 ordered to he nled
and thsreupon the said piAlntif moved the ooun
for IN injunction a. prayed for In said blu. tpon
eonsidersaios whereof u 70 adiudred. ordered and
deeresd that until the further order Of the oour
the said defendant and each Of them and their Asso
ei.,es. oonfedetstes. agents ard all persons aetins
with them ue and they are hereby Inhibited. en-
,o,ned and restrained from Threatening OF coerctns
In any manner sny ~ tue miners and einp!o3 ees or
the plaintiff. the GAlisS Mountain Goal Company'
ne-suse o. their working for ssid p.ain'ir' aud
from attempting IN any manner to indlee ~ or
through ln,imIiauon. threats, force. ooer'ion. or
eampulsion 81 any kind any Of said miners and
smploye es TO OUT the service OF aid com psny OF
10 quit xorkiug tor SA!d company and from soins
upou aid prpperty. mines or works. CT am Of them,
ard from annoying ot hsrassins or attempting N
annoy or hara>s In any manner any Of >Aid miners
ard employees Wrile at work OF whue going 10 or
rtumlng from work or vhue Ia. at or about theft
homes because ~ their being at work for said
plaintiff and from 'r,sp.ssihs uron. iniurfns or
destroying any structures. cultures or any other
property Of inc plaintf In or upon Is premises
aforesaid or In or sbou, - mines and plants or
any of them
and s,,d defendant, and ,a,a Of them and their
associates cnufeiefaies. agents and all persons
sct'ns with them Until iur,her order 81 this Cour,
are further inhibited. cnio.hed and res,talned from
Assembling n camp OF otherwise. OF marching or
causing 10 assemble tn carp " otherwise. or march
Ing any body Or oup,ny Of men on ,ae property
~ ~ d COZ pan, or at the mines Of Si company
or the residence, ~ Is employees or 70 near The
n ne, Of sd o-~prny or the residences Of t. I'm
ployec. A. To- alarm. lnilmIdate or cocfce >A.d en-.
ploS s-s ~ a, rr,ycui then from wors ns n aid
r.ns. AMI from pc ~ a par, ~ an, ,lra bod, o.
company % --r
81, IT,. U'.ueuon ,hal not iasr eject Until
the pia'nlr %. ONE ,ae for : shAI cicc.tc bond
hefs-e tue ,.rrl " iEI e,utt 10 the pensl,y OF
500 With ,- ur'y a!rrl,eI oy su,a IierS. cou
diuon-d 90 pa, AL ,.cA costs snd damages A. may
~ N-stAfnFd ~ inr ufItllhhiN " aAN OF AlFW "
1, hal hereafter - determined that this iniluctioa
ourhi no, 10 have bern awarded And upon such
,oud b.ng given tn ~ ted states Marshal TOO
sad d ,uict = aitcc,cd q addition to the ~srvinso OF
this order upou toe Defendants to pos, copies there
az 10 and abou, Nc wines and works OF the aid
paints and At such p-hrs places A. "a, plaintiff
may dlrevt
Md ne rutoH Cor permanent 'njunruonS -
eel down Tor EearHs a. ,lar"ston on N" 18Th dal
81 Novemb~r lU-
II IL proper and far To contrast the
actual contents Of this judicial order
with the following statement issued IN
i~enunClatlon of the court IN Tuesday
uisht nv President MITCHELL Of the
tinted Mine Workers Of America:
Too injunction ~ JgGsc EElLsE restrAintns
oncers 81 the JtIiei Nine WORKERS % America
from plrch,yue and d's'rh4t ~ food to West
virginia musr, 81, = gfeA, wrong ana u sustained
b, 49, higher roHrts vii destroy tr~ Nbcry Of
An-ucau ,'s'1.
There Is absolutely nothing IN the IN
junction which lustliies this description
and characterization NJ ~ by MIR Mich
ELL. There - nothing restraining the
distribution ~ iond to striking min
ers, and consequently nothing which
affords the slcndcrcst basis for the cry
that the Tinted States court il helping
to starve out the strikers.
The conclusion i not that President
Mitchell sought u excite public sym
pathy nv Incorporating the character
Of the injunction. We believe him in
capahle Of such extreme folly. What
he did was 90 accept prematrfrely n false
rpor, Of the inlunction's contents. and
n hase thereupon a hasty and exceed
irclv ~ill-advi-ed public statement.