The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-25
NOT ABUSED BY COURTS
Judge Jackson Defines Power
of the Writ.
"Mother' Jones Not Sent to Jail,
But Is Warned to Cease He
Agitations Lest She Be
Incarcerated.

Parkersburg. w. Va, July 24-In the
Mother" Jones contempt case today,
Judge Jackson rendered a decision that
all of the defendants had violated the in
junction prohibiting the union men from
trying to persuade the West Virginia
Miners to cease work.
In Mother" Jones case he suspended
judgment, stating that she had been
found guilty of contempt. but as she was
posing as a martyr. he would not send her
to Jail or allow her to force her way into
jail He said he would hold conviction
injunction he would sentence her heavily.
Thomas Haggerty got ninety days and
five others got sixty days each in the
Parkersburg jail. The Hungarians claim
ing they had not understood the injunc-
ton. were released upon the promise
not to violate 1t again.
Wilson in Contempt.
Counsel for the imprisoned miners are
preparing for habeas corpus proceedings
in the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at Richmond. Va, alleging that
Judge Jackson had no Jurisdiction in the
case Of Mother Jones and her associ-
ates. 1t is anticipated that Judge Jack
son 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 Indianap-
oils. District Attorney Blizzard today
AlAN affidavit haf
Wilson violated the restraining order of
June 10. by making an inflammatory
speech at Clarksburg. July 7. and anoth-
err at Fairmont. July g. and asked the
court for his arrest Judge jackson made
the order that Wilson be arrested and
brought within the Jurisdiction of his
court.
Judge Jackson In his decision, defined
the scope and power of an injunction
stating 1t was the most efficient, If not
the only remedy, to stay irreparable in
jury and to punish those who disobey the
order of court granting the writ.
TT is mistaken idea" he maintained
ito suppose that the courts of this coun-
try abuse this writ
Rights of Contestants.
Continuing. he said: II do not ques-
ton 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 between them and the employer,
which should control their right to quit.
At the same time do not recognize the
right of an employer to coerce the en-
ployes to continue their work when they
desire to quit.
While l recognize the right of all Ia
borers to combine for the purpose of pro-
tecting all their lawful rights. 1 do not
recognize the right of laborers to con-
spire together to compel employees, who
are not dissatisfied with their work in
the mines. to lay down their picks and
shovels and to quit their work without
just or proper reason therefor, merely
to crafty a professional set of agitators,
organizers and walking delegates who
roam all over the country as agents for
some combinationi who are vampires
that live and fatten on the honest labor
of the coal miners of the country, and
who are busybodies, creating dissatis-
faction among a class of people who are
quiet. well disposed and who do not want
to be disturbed by the unceasing agita-
ton Of this class of people
I'm the case we have under considera-
ton, these defendants are known as pro-
seasonal agitators, organizers and walk
ing delegates. They have nothing in
common with the people who are employ
ed in the mines of the Clarksburg Fuel
Company.
The Walking Delegates.
1.-THE strong arm of the court of equity
is invoked in this case, not to suppress
the right of free speech, but to restrain
and inhibit these defendants whose only
purpose Is to bring about strikes by try
ing to cOerce people who are not dissatis-
fled with the terms of their employment,
which results in infiicting injury and
damage to their employers as we'll as the
employees.
THE right of a citizen to labor for
wages that he is satisfied with is right
protected by law, and Is entitled to the
game protection as free speech and should
be better protected than the abuse of
free speech in which the organizers and
agltators indulge in trying to produce
strikes"
The court then referred to Mother"
Joness speech near the Kinninnikick
mines, saying her utterances were the
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 was a duty to urge the men at
work to lay down their tools. and advise
the men to strike; that the judge was a
hireling of the coal company and the
coal operators were all robbers. She
said in her speech to pay no attention
to Judge jackson or to the court, but TO
lust make the miners lay down their
tools and come out.