Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-07
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/ done but what might be done that
prompted the granting Of the restrain.
ling order, He said that there were
three parties to be affected BY the
railroad strike and that the diner.
ences between the corporation and
the men We're matters for them to set.
tle between themselves, but the pub.
lie was also interested, and perhaps
more vitality than either Of the others.
and that the safety Of the travelling
public was the principal matter to be
considered by the court There is
nothing more righteous and Of such
benefit to the country as honest ID
Dor. and while he did not anticipate
that the defendants contemplated
wrong-doing, yet the law was for ali
concerned, and that the Injunction
did not Of necessity apply 10 the IN
ldiyidnal. II the injunction did any
one who was restrained d wrong, ii
would be dissolved at once, but It was
merely acted as d protectorate over
the interests Of the public. II wonld
Istand for the same at least.
He was interrupted when he stated
| that referee would be appointed ta
take evidnce In the case, by the at
Itorneys for the defense. who waved
certain notifications made In the re-.
straining order. so that the men would
be at liberty IA discuss the strike Sit.
uation with the strlke.breakers, but
1.-THE Judge refused 10 modify the In.
Junction In any regard.
Attorney II. W. ID Bryan stated that
some OF the men stood high in social.
business and political circles in the
city, and that he did not think ii right
that they should be branded as GRIM
inals when they Ind not by word or
deed been guilty Of any wrong. He
thought the injunction should be mod
filed SO as to give to the men the right
to discuss the strike proposition with
the strike breakers and thought that
any man under the law and the con-
stitution had the right to persuade an
Iother to perform lawful act
/ The judge thought that in the event
THAT the injunction was modified there
might ha tendency to harass the
men and drive them out Of the service
Of the railroad company against their
wishes.
! Attorney Burkhardt gave his yer
sion and Interpretation of An unfair
man" when asked by Col. TWitchell
AS being a men who would take the
job Of another at a less rate Of wage
and Col. Twttcheil retorted; "you
make me feel the necessity of dose
OF that medicine known AZ Hoods
specific" but the austere colonel nc
doubt meant Hoods SarsapariiIa
which Is recommended for that tired
feeling" The order Of Injunction Ii
la verbatim copy Of the one issued in
| the case Of Ingre Debbs, which was
sustained by the supreme court Of the
Il United States and has been followed
4 BY all the federal courts Of the coun
try.
There were many OF those interest
Led out at the court house to listen
TO the case and they were all inteni
listeners at the trial Superintendent
of Coast Lines y. J. shepard came
into the court and listened for few
moments 70 the case and then cam,
back TO town. !
Local Strike Situation.
| There is little new In the local sit
uation and things have been yer,
quiet for the past twenty-four hours
A number OF machinists and boiler
makers have left town in the last few
days, and more are to go. but the ma.
jority Of them will return. II is un..
derstood that number OF the men
who went out have been offered their
situations back, their standing to be
the same as before the trouble started.
All Of these offers have ben refused,
SO the story goes. There were no non.
union men received last night.
Twenty.one picked men, who are
said 10 be the best mechanics avail.
able, arrived from Cleveland and Phil.
adelphia last night, The party Is d..
vided into fifteen machinists, five
boilermakers and one tInsmith. The
majority Of them are married men and
say that they will move their families
here as soon ais they can make the
proper arrangement. They say that
work has been very slack In the east
and that It will get worse as the
summer progresses.
There were also some twelve men
arrived from San Francisco and coast
points last night.