The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-10-14
LABOR NEEDS FRIENDS
IN HALLS OF CONGRESS
Federal Legislation On Writ of Injunction Must be
Passed for Relief of Toilers-A Story of the Com
mon Sense Views of Judge Black on This Issue.

have any hesitancy if the facts are a
stated in the affidavits, because it il
the duty of the Court to prevent dis
order or riot or anything of that sort
and protect property, but when men
who made these affidavits, get on the
stand, instead of saying that they were
inundated in any way, they show
clearly to the Court that there was moi
any fear or intimidation or anything
of that sort now then, they say in
these affidavits that vile names Were
used; too vile to put in an affidavit
and vet, on the stand the very worst
that these men could say, was the term
'scabs' was used and while | suppose,
to the ordinary workingman. especially
Union men, that is as bad about as any
other name, where to the general pub
lie it simply means that they are not
true to the Union; that thy are not
Union men in principle. suppose if |
would 60 down here and was hard up
and worked at single mill while a
strike was on, would be called 'scab.
Well, if | wanted to do it. | would pro
baby do it, and | would not feel that
that was a very great term of reproach.
1t is surely not the law, that whenever
any man in this country is called some
term that is not just complimentary to
him, that the Courts will issue an in
junction. | remember a few years ago,
when a large number of citizens of this
country, among them myself were re-
ferred to in very opprobrious terms,
such as being called pops and 'anar-
chists' and various other things like
that That comes up in the heat of
controversy
Now. it is true. Mr. Brown did say:
Well. ! will do everything I can to
keep that mill from running and I'M
doubtedly Mr. Smith said: We'll, | will
do everything I can to keep it going
and undoubtedly he is doing everything
he can. which he has right to do. But.
while doing everything you can to keep
it going might mean to go down and
shoot down these shingle weavers, the
Court would not think that he ever in
tended anything of that sort. On the
other hand. the Court would not infer
that Mr. Brown meant he would go and
shoot Mr.. Smith or anybody else, when
he said he would do all he could Why.
I happen to think of letter which !
wrote a short time ago. in which | said:
why. if it is to be war, let it be war
and the rules of warefare will govern
referring to a legal controversy and dis
pute as to rights. Now, | did not mean
bloodshed or shooting or anything of
that kind, but I meant legal warfare.
If it is to be war we will abide by the
results of such litigation, and each one
take what he gets I am satisfied that
Mr.. Brown did not mean in any sense
whatever. that he would resort to riot
or bloodshed or anything of that sort.
Now. 7 would take what Mr.. Brown
said and construe it largely in connec-
ton with what was done. Now, what
was done according to the witnesses
that have been here, who have made
these affidavits. Why. in one case, men
just talked and argued and said: Here,
YOU ought not to go over there and
work and YOU ought to come back into
the Union, and they didn't use bolster
OTIS or mean language or anything OF
that sort. It was persuasion, Just
about like one mill man would go to an
other man and say Here, YOU ought
not to be making shingles when all the
rest Of us are shut down; You are un-
fair to us I am satisfied that the wit
ursses who testified here were not init
Undated iii any way, and I was anxious
to 90 to the very bottom of the bad
language that was used, and the above
Is all it amounted to. Now. the only
thing ] can see is, that occasionally,
once or twice, these men have individu
ally, in one case by two men. said
'scab' as one man went past them
down the street. Well, we know that
men yerf frequently say things of that
sort, and if this Court is to enjoin ev
erybody that don't show proper respect
to another we won't have much else to
do. They might say things that are not