The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-04-16

issued the bitterness with which that
contest has. been fought, the feeling OF
sis,teuxa xtaihlt.
ed and mani fested orS sttllnalil ated llas
been greater than in any other con-
test Of labor where that element has
not been brought in to 1t. The injunc-
tion has been taken to mean the inter-
position Of the strong arm of the gov
ernment on the side of the man of
wealth and power as against the wage
Garner, who has nothing but his power
to labor and his personality and his
better growing conception of his
rights and his manhood.
Ordinary Criminal Laws Will Suffice.
Injunctions do not reach lawbreak-
ers. I called your attention to- those
whom I do know they do reach. The
rioter and lawbreaker can be reached
b ythe ordinary criminal law. The
executive officers of an organization
usually have, not only great influence
with other fellow members, but in
many cases they have the veto power
to veto strike. There is no officer
Of any important organization of la
Dor that has the power to order a
oSA INT. <Ao / ooy, IACS AAcIFC AuI sc ILL
fluence in preventing one, and in some
instances have the power to veto a
strike.
You will observe, gentlemen, that in
these injunctions, when a man is pun
ished for the violation of it's terms, he
is not punished for having committed
a crime; he is punished because he has
not faithfully abided by the restraints
in the restraining order.
You, gentlemen, constituting the
Judiciary Committee of this House,
and, necessarily being all members OF
the legal profession, know that when
applications for injunctions are made,
practically the judge sitting in court is
not in a position to hear any argument
upon an application for an injunction
or to have the time to read the appli-
cation itself; that taking the word OF
the attorney and the petitioners, who
put up bond for the purpose Of car
rying uot, or indemnifying the defend
ants, the judge upon ex pater state
ment directs that the temporary in
junction be issued, and usually made
returnable, as I said, long time after
| the issuance. Now, the men are served
with these injunctions, and while some
! crimes are alleged, the allegations
taper off until they reach the most in
| offensive person an dthe most inoffen-
| sive acts.
The men necessarily are compelled
! to either violate or evade the terms
of the injunction; and, when they are
arrested and brought before the court
charged, not with committing any
crime or any offense against the laws
but that they have violated the in
functions. There is no confronting the
| defendant with any one who alleges
any crime, no jury of his peers to hear
and determine guilt or innocence Of al
legged unlawful conduct; but the judge
| who, without the full knowledge Of the
contents and the purport of the petit
ton for an injunction, issued upon e1
| parte statements, signs the order en-
| joining certain things and because
these things, however innocent: they
may be, have been violated, the man
is necessarily guilty OF the violation
of the terms of the injunction, and is
punished, fined, or imprisoned, as the
case may be- contend, z gentlemen
THAT the language Of the injnnctions
I.alls OF them, are more %. less. to5 alarg:
Iers lesser degree, inpositio ionss por
1.-the court d.