The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-06

son for taking away a jurisdiction
from court that it sometimes COM
mits error-courts of appeals are
created to remedy errors. In one in
stance at least an appeal was taken
by the labor defendants and the lower
courts Injunction was modified. In
another case, in a federal court, the
Judge himself was asked to recon-
slider the form of his Injunction grant
ed ex parte, which he did, found that 1t
was in error, the injunction was modi-
fled, the strike went on and the men
won. It is said, however, that an in
junction unjustly broad may break up
lawful strike before an appeal can
be perfected. This may be true in
some instances, but II an appeal in
such a case is prosecuted to higher
court and the error corrected, inferior
courts will not again make the mis-
take.
President Roosevelt's Remedy.
Errors in the scope of restraining
orders have been committed at times
1t is said, because issued hastily at the
instance Of lawyers for the employer
and without notice to the persons to
be enj0ined. This fact was called to
the attention of president Roosevelt.
He, therefore, recommended to con-
gress, In pursuance Of the request of
the heads of some of the most con-
sentative and best conducted labor
unions in this country, that an amend
ment be adopted returning to the prac-
tice that formerly prevailed in courts
of the United States. under statute
now repealed, of issuing preliminary
injunctions only after notice to the de-
PENDANTS. This would certainly pre-
vent hasty or undue action, and at the
same time not destroy valuable
remedy for the redress of private and
public wrongs.
Mr.. Gompers Rejects the President's
Remedy.
Mr.. GOmpers and the American
Federation of Labor spurnei the
presidents recommendation, and the
Gilbert bill introduced in pursuance
of the recommendation, and demanded
from the president and congress a
complete abolition Of the injunction
in such cases. The president declined
to recommend such action an dsaid
that he would invoke the remedy of
injunction as quickly against unlaw-
full acts of workingmen as against I'M
lawful acts of capitalists. Now Mr..
Gompers is seeking to defeat Mr.. Lit
tlef1eld for taking the same view of
this matter as Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Bill I.exn!i:e. Boycotts and
Blacklisting.
The second section of the Gompers
bill provides in effect that no act in
respect to labor matters by cOmbina-
tion of two or more persons shall be
regarded as unlawful. either criminal
ly or civilly, If the same act committed
by one person is not unlawful. This
section is intended, and will have the
effect, to legalize boycotts and black
listing. The principle which this Sec
ton seeks to set aside Is that upon
which all the schemes Of organized
capital to restrain trade and establish
monOpolies are declared unlawful. Do
you wish to set aside this principle
SO far as to legalize boycotts? They
have been declared illegal by the su-
preme courts of many states of the
Union and by the supreme court of the
United States. They are oppressive
and cruel. So is blacklisting.
The Anthracite Strike Commission,
which was composed Of men selected
by agreement between the employers
and the employees. and had upon 1t
prominent and able and honorable rep
resentatives Of all classes of people,