Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-01

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States district court today Judge Adj
ANS handed down decision dissolving
the injunction granted ca March 3, re-
straining the officials OF the Brother
hoods OF Firemen and Railroad Train
men and other labor ..eaders from in
fuencing In any way or ordering the
men employed on the Wabash system,
to strike. The temporary injunction
was granted by Judge Adams on the
allegations made by the officials of the
Wabash system that the defendants
were conspiring to Interfere with inter-
state trafiic.
F. N. Judson, special counsel for the
brotherhood. stated to the Associated
Press that he and Colonel Blodgett.
general solicitor of the Wabash. were
making an effort to bring all the par
ties interested together and in his opin-
inn an amicable agreement would be
arrived at and there would be no strike.
Colonel Blodgett was apparently de-
too early to say II an appeal would be
taken.
In his decision Judge Adams analyses
the bill of complaint and says the pro-
visional restraining order was made
without notice to defendants. under the
stress OF facts disclosed in the bin and
was fully authorized by the revised
statutes OF the United States and was
5imperatively demanded by the general
principals OF equity Jurisprudence rec-
ognixed and enforced in many similar
cases In the United States and England.
Many authorities warranting the pro-
visional restraining order in question,
in cases OF conspiracies to interfere
-Wi.h Interstate commerce and other
wise, are cited In support OF this last
proposition. Continuing the judge
says:
Many afiidavits and exhibits filed on
both sides of the case have been ably
and exhaustively argued by eminent
counsel. The question now is whether
upon all the proof before it the court
should award a preliminary injunction
or set aside the provisional restraining
order already made. The court, after
fully considering all proofs. finds the
statements OF the bill OF complaint to
4 the effect that the employees are salts
fed with their wages, and condi tons
of service are not supported; that tr-
respective of the question of whether
the men or a committee of brother
hoods representing them first suggest
ed an Increase of wages and change of
rules, the employees themselves, at and
for long time prior to the fling OF the
bill OF complaint were dissatisfied with
their wages and conditions of service
and real difference Of opinion existed
between the railroad and a large ma
jority of its employees. members of the
brotherhoods with respect to their
wages: that defend dants,s as officers and
committees Of the brotherhoods, were
fully authorized both by reason OF their
ofncial relation to their members and
also by direct written authority to rep-
resent them In an effort to secure high
er wages and changed conditions OF
service and that the proposed strike.
Instead Of being officiously ordered by
the defendants. was a result of the
vote Of the employees acting without
coercion and directly authorizing the
same. The court further finds after
full examination of the evidence,
that the charge Of conspiracy to inter-
1ere with the interstate commerce of
the United States, or mail service of
lhe United States is not sustained
The court finishes its opinion by
stating In conclusions with summary
OF the situa ton pertaining to the con-
troversy.