The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-20

Now, what is an injuncton?" some one asks. When it becomes known that the trust leaders plan to have their sluggers waylay other workmen and assault them, or picket and spit on and insult or attack American citizens go- ing to or coming from work. or plan to destroy some machinery, blow up a factory, mine workman's home or do any other act of violence or crime, the courts established by the people and for their protection can issue restraining order" or Injunction" or dering these men not to do the acts they intend, until the court can have time to inquire into the rights in the case.
 Every man with his mind set on re- venge or violence. and every single inmate of every penitentiary in this country hates court injunction like a mad dog hates water.
 What does the man who fears an injunction have in his mind? Do you believe he is seeking peace? No citizen who was at home or on the street on peaceful. lawful mission has ever been troubled by court order to prevent men from attcking property or persons. It has been common for Labor leaders CD and a few politi- clans to say that courts have abused" the right to issue injunctions in labor
 
 records Hon. Charles E. Littlefeld made open request of President Roose- welt to cite one single injunction wherein peace intending citizens had been harmed and our estimable Presi- dent was put in the embarrassing posi- tion of having stated that abuses had arisen because some interested per sons had so told him. but on demand for the cases, they could not be pro- duced
 5000 Reward. I now again offer $10O0.00 in cash for evidence of a single case in the past five years in labor disputes where court injunctions to protect persons and property have been opposed to the public good No person can produce one Why therefore should the Labor Trust leaders so strenuously demand that the courts be stripped of the right to issue injunctions to protect people and property?
 These leaders want to be free to order the sluggers to proceed with their work and their dynamiters to blow up homes or property before the courts can inter- 1 vene to protect That's exactly what is meant by the proposal to prevent any i court from issuing a restraining order without five to seven days notice. That would give time to the intending criminals to do their work and get into hiding before the courts can protect those whom the sluggers intend to harm. The independent workingman's home could thus be blown up and he taught the dan ger of dsobedence of "orders' of the Ia- bor Trust.
 It's pitiable condition, that of work ingmen, both union and non-union when they dare disobey any Labor Trust mana gers order however impudent or tyrann- ous.
 Shall we nourish the further growth of such power centered in the hands of a few misnamed Labor leaders" now seek ing to tell Union men that they must vote for the party pledged to enact any law these trust leaders ask looking to more power if they will deliver the labor vote.''
 Trade on Labor Vote.
 That trade was a humiliating insult to every liberty-loving workman in America and they are quite justified in the gen. eral resentment against it.
 The political managers of both great parties wish Post would keep stiIl'' He talks too plain" He don't know any more about politics than rabbit" But amidst all the word twisting, pre- tense, cowardice, side stepping. and boot licking of politics before a National cam paign it is refreshing to take few long deep Dreaths, wipe the cObwebS out of ones eyes and take a good, keen, close look at exact facts.
 Post as President of the National Citizens Industrial Association has a duty to perform without fear or favor of any political party or class organization either of Capital or Labor, and when these facts are placed before the 20 to 30 million readers of this article and they realize the danger to their properties and per- sonal liberties by voting for class legis- lation and privilege, that duty will have been done It may interest you to know that Post was lately elected an Honorary member of one of the highest grade Trade Unions in America, the National Associa- tion of Stationary Engineers in recogn- tion of his services in trying to stamp out the criminal and tyrannous control of affairs by the present misnamed Labor Leaders CD and to bring the labor move ment to a moro peaceful and lawful man. agement and therefore back to the respect and esteem of the public and wipe from the sacred name of Labor the odium and disgrace these trust leaders have smeared upon it. A better time is coming and every honest American can do his part. to bring it about.
 There's a Reason. ~ C. w. POST, Battle Creek. Mich.