The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-30
GOmperS Declares 1t Would Be
Worse Than No LegisIa
ton at All.
FIGHT is UP TO CANNON.
THE SPEAKER is SAID TO BE
PUSHING THE MEASURE AS
AMENDED-PRoGR is OUT
LINED.

Washington, Dec. 29.-(Spl.-The
indications are that Newton w. Gil
bert, of Indiana, will not go down in
history as the author of a law TO
refrain the power of federal courts in
issuing injunctions.
During the last few days the divis-
ion in the ranks of labor with re-
ference to the propriety of accertine
the Gilbert bill, as the congressional
leaders propose to amend it, has u4sap-
peared. The labor leaders have got
together and have determined to take
firm and aggressive stand against
the movement to pass the Gilbert bill,
which they call bunco game, pure
and simple. When the men who con-
troll the policy of congress return to
Washington they will be surprised by
the determination manifested by the
OPPOSITION of labor, who have turned
on the identical individuals who are
pretending to offer them relief.
Interest in the situation was in
creased today when President Com
pers of the American Federation of
Labor gave an interview to The Star
correspondent, in which he declared
with all the emphasis at his COM
mand that there is no good motive
behind the movement to enact the Gil
bert bill
Gompers is Emphatic.
From the standpaint of the labor
ing people," said he, 1.-The Gilbert bill
whether amended or not, would be far
worse than no legislation at all. There
is now no law on the statute books
authorizing the insurance of injunc
tions. If the Gilbert bill is past this
pernicious practice will receive the
sanction of law
While the statesmen are at home
enjoying the festivities of Christmas
week, the men who speak and act for
the organized labor of the country
are getting their heads together and
making plans to knock out the Gilbert
bill. There was conference in Chi
cago a few days ago which was full
of significance as bearing on this pro-
posed legislation. 1t was attended
by the chief executive of the various
brotherhoods of railroad employees.
Those present were w. S. Stone. of
Cleveland, grand chief engineer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers;
John Hannahan of Peoria, grand mas
ter of the Locomotive Firemen; A. B.
Garretson, of Cedar Rapids, grand
chief conductor of the Order of Rail-
road Conductors; p. H. Morrissey, of
Cleveland, grand master of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
and H. r. Fuller, national legislative
of all the railroad
mems brotherhoods
Stripped Of Force.
Mr.. Fuller, who has just returned
from the conference, said today:
The Gilbert bill and the proposed
to it furnished the leading
topic of discussion at the conference
1t was reported on undisputable au-
thority that the leaders of both branch
es of congress have decided to pass
the Gilbert bill, which provides for
notice before an injunction can be is
sued, after amending it SO that notice
may be waived by the judged if he
deems that there is immediate danger /.
of destruction of life or property.
1.-The general opinion expressed at
the conference was that there was less
of substance in the Gilbert bill, as
proposed, than in any other
Injunction measure that ever came be- I
fore congress and that the effort to
amend it was nothing less than an
attempt to take away from it the last 1
bit of force that it contains. 1t was
agreed that the labor leaders of the .
will not tolerate this exhibit
ton of buncombe for moment.