Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-07
.G0MPERS' INTEREST
Said to Contemplate Coming to
Investigate Injunction
SAYS IT'S "BACK TO SLAVERY"
Labor Leader 10 Expected In City
When Hearing On Injunction
Which Stopped the Car
Strike 10 Held.

Des Moines.-President Samuel p
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, is likely to be in Des
Moines with his attorneys to fight the
street car injunction which stopped
the recent strike.
General Manager Harrigan, OF the
City Railway, says that the case
would be fought out in the courts fol
lowing fair week.
He is of the opinion that the in
junction will lot hold water" But
he admitted that it was q fine way
10 stop strike.
There is no one in the country
that knows more about injunctions
involving labor than does Samuel p
Gompers," said Superintendent w. f.
Rolston of the City Railway, BACK
to Slavery" he said as soon as he
read of the courts order He grasp
ed the deeper meaning of the pro
ceedings Immediately.
III there is any possible chance
for the Injunction to stand 1t is prob
able that Gompers and all of the best
lawyers in the employ of organized
labor will be here to fight such a
contingency. In case that happens
Des Moines will be the scene of q
hearing which will be OF vast i'm
portance.
IF this injunction holds, 1t will az
feet labor and capital all over the ma
ton. Railroads will be interested
and their millions of employees. II Il
does not stand the local situation
will be just where it was before the
trouble started.
Newspapers all over the country
are taking great interest in this
case. The Chicago Inter-Ocean has
just printed an editorial on the case
1t states that il will be a shame Il
the case is never tried out so tina
something may be learned of wha
authority was exercised by Judge d.
Graft in issuing such an Injunction.
Governor Issuea Proclamation
Commendable custom as well q
our statutes designate the first Mon
day in each September as day to
be set aside and devoted to the OBJ
seryance in honor of labor. It is
only necessary to remind the people
of Iowa that the foundation of oul
country's prosperity and progress
rests upon the stability of honest
labor, that harmonious relations be
tween the employee and employer are
essential to the welfare Of our com
merce and trade, and that the con
dition of our wage-earning classes
determines the integrity and solidar
ity of our government.
With the ultimate idea of peace
full adjustment of labor difficulties
of the upbuilding Of our industrial
system, and Of the maintenance OF
the present high grade of labor con
ditions, / deem 1t wise to bring to
the attention of our people the true
significance of the day.
Therefore, l, b. F. Carroll, govern
or Of the state of Iowa, in keeping
with custom and in conformity to
law, do hereby proclaim Monday. Sep
TENDER 4, 1911, as Labor Day, which
under the laws Of our state is a le
gal holiday, and urgently recommend
that employees and employers unite
in observances appropriate to the oc
casion. / urge that, insofar as DOS
sible. upon the day so designated ouI
stores and, shops. mines and factor
les be closed. that all business be
suspended and the day spent in hon
or OF that great body of our citizen
ship who labor in the diversified
fields of industry within our com.
monwealth.