Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-15
Noted Socialist Leader Finds
That Little Justice Prevails
in Administration of City
and State,
KISSED AND CHEERED
BY PEOPLE PRESENT
Hearing Is Before Federal In
duStriaI Relations Commits
sion Inquiring Into Labor
Conditions,


Los Angeles. Calf. Sept. i4.-Job
Hartman, an attorney employed in
the defense OF the Mcnamara broth
ers. took the witness stand amid a
storm of Kisses and applause at the
federaI industrial relations commission
hearing today and told why he thinks
working men Of Los Angeles have not
obtained legal justice In the last four
years. Chief among the assertions
made by Mr.. Hartman We're these:
Employers forced the anti-pickcting
ordinance through the city council
during a strike In 1910 and citizens la
ter were refused their legal rights to
vote II out Of existence
Local DO Ice are the tools of capital
who frequently have perJured them
selves to obtain convictions In cases
involving labor troubles
The Jury system which permits onl.
taxpayers to serve Is rigldly enforced
when strikes are on. making It diff
cult for working men to obtain Justice
Court officials are on familiar terms
with venremen who are called fire.
quently
Condemns Injunctions.
The power Of injunction has been
used to hinder union men from using
legitimate means. such as talking to
non-union workers. 10 win their con-
tentions.
"rhe personnel OF the local police
force Is no worse than that of any
other city, Mr.. Hartman said. but
they must take orders and obey them
else other officers would"
He dealt at length with riot which /
took place in public PARK here last
Christmas at a meeting to devise |
means, he said. for obtaining work for !
the unemployed. One man was shot
and killed by an officer and scores
were injured in the trouble. which !
started when the police charged the !
crowd. Thirty men were arrested and
ten who were convicted still are in |
jail. The man who did the shooting
was not detained.
Must Convict Somebody.
I'VE have to convict some Of those |
men," Mr.. Hartman quoted a juror !
as telling him. We must support tho i
police. They protect our property"
The anti-picketing ordinance came
during the strike of the metal trades |
and the brewers, as did also q restrain
ing order issued against several hun
dred striking men by Judge Walter /
Bordwell Many were restrained un- /
der the names of Richard Doe" and |
John Doe according to copy of
the order which Mr. Hartman read. |
OF the 467 men arrested under the |
anti-pieketing ordinance only six or
seven we're convicted
Violation of the -picketlng law
carried fine of only 500. but as con- |
spring to violate law carried fine |
of $1,000 and possible sentence of |
two years Imprisonment. many work
ers were arrested on this charge. the I
witness asserted. In order to be able
to identify prisoners arrested on this |
charge Mr.. Hartman said officers
would call the men from their cells
by their names daily until their faces
became familiar. A hung jury result
ed in these cases.
Tells of Itientifications.
Identification by the local officers
Is a farce, Mr.. Hartman insisted. lie |
said ON one occasion he substituted |
Tor several days in the prisoners dock
a man not under arrest. but he was
promptly identified by the police. Po-
lice sometimes recognize men who had |
been here only few days as boy
hood acquaintance, the witness
maintained.
Testimony tending to show that the
Employing Printing Trades alliance,
which embraces the principal non
union printing shops here. has insti-
tuted fight on candidates for public I
office who have campaign literature
bearing the union label, was given by
II. W. bennett. an international Ty-
biographical union member.
Mr. bennett also declared his belief
that the Merchants d Manufactu rers'
association had instituted a virtual
boycott on friends Of the union move
ment here
irwin K. Rice and J. r. Francis also
testified today. The western tour OF
the commission will close tomorrow,
me Denver meeting having been post
nopoJ