The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-01-05

respectfully refef you TO lhe one ISSUED
recently by Judge Wright of the circuit
court of the eastern district of Illinois
against the striking railroad shopmen.
Several hundred men are named specific
ally and that none might escape the
order reads and to all other persons
affiliated or acting with them" Presi-
dent Ryan of the carmen and President
Franklin of the boiIermakers were cited
last week to appear and show cause
why they should not be punished for
contempt for violating the injunction,
Contempt? No man who isn't white
livered could READ this outrageous
judicial mandate without feeling con
tempt for the corporation lickspittle that
issued it. Don't tell us there is no
sense nor reason in the demand for the
right to recall our judges.
Read this restraining order:
Restraining Order.
TO each of the above named defendants,
respectively, and to all other persons
affiliated or acting with them:
"Whereas, in the above named cause
it has been made to appear on bill of
complaint filed herein, which was this
day presented to the Hon. Francis NJ.
Wright, one of the Judges of this court,
that restraining order preliminary to
a hearing upon a preliminary injunction
is proper, and that prima facie the com
plainant is entitled to restraining or
der restraining the defendants herein
and those acting or affiliated with them
from doing the acts complained of and
threatening to be committed.
Now, therefore, on motion of the
complainant. it is ordered that the de
PENDANTS appear before the circuit court
of the United States for the eastern
district of Illinois, at a session to be held
in the court room in the city of Dan
vile, in said district upon the 23d day
of October, \. d. 1911, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, and then and
there show cause, if any there be, or
they may have, why the preliminary in
junction therein prayed for should not
issue, and it appearing to the court that
there is danger of irreparable injury be-
ing caused to the complainant before
the hearing of said application for the
preliminary writ can be heard unless the
said defendants are pending such hearing
restrained as hereinafter set forth, and
the said complainant's application for a
restraining order having been granted by
the court, and the complainant having
executed a bond approved by the clerk
of this court in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars ($5,000). securing the
said defendants against all loss or dam
age which may result from the issue of
said order, if it should be finally de-
termined that the same was improperly
issued, or that may be awarded to them
by reason of the granting of said order.
"Now, therefore, it is ordered that you,
and each of you, defendants nercIh
named, and all other persons combining
and conspiring with you or affiliating
with you in the prosecution of the un-
lawful acts alleged in the complainant 5
bill be restrained from in any manner
interfering with, hindering, obstructing
or stopping the business of the said
complainant company, or its agents, ser
wants or employees, in the maintenance,
conduct or operation of its business;
from compelling or inducing or attempt
ing to compel or induce, by threats, in
Limitations, force or violence any of the
said complainant company's employees to
fail or refuse to work for it or leave its
service; from preventing or attempting
to prevent any person or persons by
threats, intimidations, force or violence
from freely entering into or continuing
in the said company's service; from il
any manner agreeing or combining OF
conspiring together to injure or destroy
hinder or interfere with or obstruct tn,
business of the said company, its off
GERS, agents or employees; from compell
ing or inducing or attempting to com
pei or induce by the use of threats, in
foundations, violence, fraud or deeep-
tion any person now in the employ OF
the complainant company to leave said
employment, or to fail or refuse to enter
or to continue therein; from command
ing or ordering or permitting any per
SON under the control of the said de-
fendants to prevent other persons by
threats, intimidations, fraud or violence
to enter into or continue in the employ
of the complainant; from eongregatine
on or about the complainant company
premises, yards, shops, roadbed, tracks
or waylands, or the streets, approaches
and places adjacent to or leading to said
premises, grounds, yards, shops, road
bed, tracks or waylands, for the purpos,
of threatening or intimidating its ser
wants or employees, or in any manner
preventing or hindering them from full
filling their duties as such servants o.
employees, or for the purpose of in an,
manner inducing or coercing by threats