The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-10-14

respectful, they might sneer, they might
refuse to speak to a man, they might
turn their heads away from him, and
all of these things might have an in.
fiuence, but it is far from intimidation
it is far from force.
Sometimes traitor, is an honorable term
George Washington, if he had not sue
cpeded, would have been traitor but
now he is patriot. The term 'Metho
dist was a term of reproach at one time
and now is quite an honorable name.
remember, in the history of Puget
Sound, that Tacoma invented an appro
brous term as to Seattle, and referred
to their mosquito fleet and today we
are trying to build wharves, or not
build wharves, in order to protect, OF
not protect, our mosquito fleet Sc
these terms do not mean much after
all to sensible man. 'Scab' means, as
I understand it, at any rate, some man
working in opposition to Union princi-
pies. While | do not think that it Is
wise and proper to use that term, be-
cause it is a term of reproach, yet for
the occasional use of it this Court is
not going to enjoin a whole crowd of
people. when it don't amount to intimi
dation. | don't consider the other
affidavits very much, because they
show on the face, that they have been
drawn up and signed as stock affida-
Wits. These two boys testified before
me, and | am satisfied meant to tell
the truth in their affidavits. / am
satisfied they thought they Were tell
ing the truth when they signed the AT
fidavits, and vet their affidavits are alb
solutely contradicted, emphatically, by
their own testimony, as emphatically as
they could be. The affidavits are not
at all like their testimony. So, l am
satisfied that the matter was presented
to them and explained in a way that
they did not really know the true con-
tents of the affidavits, and thus signed
them, believing them to be the truth,
but which was not near the truth. Yet,
| am satisfied the boys intended to be
er stock affidavits are affidavits like
these. On the testimony that is in evil
dence here, testimony that I can hear
and believe, The Court ought not to
issue an injunction if there is Nothing
more going on than mere persuasion.
That is a right every man has. When /
go out and advocate some public qucs-
ton that is against the good sense OF
the community, they have right to
show their Indignation at my views
and my opinion, and if l cannot stand
under it, the probabilities are that |
am wrong. At tiny rate, if | am sat
sfied that l am right, | will probably
wear it out. The facts as they are
shown to me, and as | believe them to
be. and as | can see them from what
has occurred here in Court, do not
present anything which would authorize
this Court to use the strong arm of
the law-the extraordinary remedy of
Injunction. On the other hand, if the
facts were as alleged, the Court would
not hesitate at all, because it is the
duty of the Court to protect men in
their property and in their liberties,
and. so far as this Court is concerned,
it will do that without any reference to
whom the parties are, nor how strong,
nor how weak they may be, because
good order must be maintained. I do
not have any hesitancy about enforc-
ing the law, whatever that may be, no
difference whom it hits; l don't care
about that, but ] don't understand the
facts in this case to show anything that
seems like intimidation. The creating
of sentiment, and trying to make men
believe that they ought to be true
Union men, and all that sort of thing
that is right, just as mill men have a
right to make brother mill men believe
that they ought to be true to one an
other when they shut down. l know
there is feeling in this town against
those mill men who don't shut down
when the others do, and | do not know
but | would feel the same way il | was
in the mill business, the mere fact that
there is feeling; the mere fact that they
say, oh, you are not true to us the
fact that they use pretty hot language
in discussing the matter with one an
other, would not make me en- Join mill
men to protect the other mill man who
is running and / think the same rules
apply to labor that apply to capital,
and the same to capital that apply to
labor. Men have right w. strike, If
they do it peaeeably, and mills have
right to shut down if they think best.
The men who want to work have a right
to work, and if they go to work, the
Court will protect them. That is, their
capital and their labor, and if l want
to 90 and work in the min without JON
ing the Union, / have a right to do that
under the law and the Court will re,
as far as it can, that such men are pro-
teeted. but there must be some real
act IN mata Court think that there