The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-30
THE CENTRAL
LABOR COUNCIL
Wednesday, Sept. %, 1921.
Puyallup Fair Unfair

Wednesday, Sept. %, 1921.
Puyallup Fair Unfair
A communication was received
from President Short of the State
Federation of Labor telling of the
unfair conditions under which the
Western Washington Fair of Pu-
yallup did all it's mechanical work
necessary to put the grounds in
shape for this years exhibition.
The management of that institu-
tion employed only scab labor, vio-
lating it's promises to be fair made
representatives of the unions inter
ested The Council placed the Pu-
yallup Fair on the eve don't pat
ronize list"
Didn't Get Injunction
Judge Griffiths' Decision on Appli-
cation of Pacific Coast Coal
Company for Injunction to Res
train Striking Miners from Pick
citing.
Gentlemen. this case on both
sides has been carefully prepared
and ably presented. | doubt if any
facts or any law relating to the
subject matter of this particular
branch of the case has been omit
ted, any fact or point of law in the
minds of counsel bearing upon the
particular issue before the court.
A number of months ago a case was
before mel have forgotten the
title of tit may be on appeal
very much similarity between that
case and this-that was strike
case involving some business plant
on the water front of this city,
and it was argued after submission
of it, upon affidavits, but it was
not argued, it wasn't presented so
thoroughly as this case. And | have
listened very attentively to both
affidavits and arguments and cita-
tions, thinking that probably |
ought to distinguish this case
from that, and | listened very
carefully because of the Importance
of the matter at issue not only to
the miners and to the operators but
to the general public, of which Of
course the court is a part, and also
because of the gravity of the sit
uation up there and the gravity
that is likely to attend any strike
of any magnitude. In that case
to which | refer | was unable to
find a sufficient showing to war
rant the court in issuing tenn
porary injunction, | am unable,
gentlemen, to see any essential diff
ference on the facts between that
case and this one l think the
showing here is insufficient to en-
title the plaintiff to writ of in
junction. 1t seems to me the in
junction ought not to issue with
out clear showing of intimidation,
coercion, violence or breech of the
peace Now L recall the facts
in thi:ey ,hambeg .se are practically
only two n RI = of violence, one
instance, as + q Sall, is where one
of the affiants . Suck a striker, and
another striker struck the affiant
and the affiant says that deputy
sheriff restored order, and the other
instance is where a deputy sheriff
himself struck striker or strike
sympathizer Those are the only
two clear instances or exhibitions
of real violence 1t is true that
men may strike. and it is likewise
titled to work, but strikers must
know that that strike, if at all, de-
plorable as it is, must be carried
Oil without resort to intimidation,
coercion, violence, or breech of the
peace, and that if it is not carried
on without recourse to these eX-
tremes, the courts will vigorously
enforce the law to maintain order
and to preserve the peace and to
protect employers as against any
act of a striker or strikers tending
to a breech of the peace or consti-
tuting violence or intimidation or
coercion
81 do not see from the facts dis
closed that the sheriff's office is
not able to control the situation up
there and maintain order There
is nothing so far shown, it seems
to me, to warrant the arm of the
court of equity being extended
there for or on account of the in
ability of the ordinary law of the
land to protect the rights of both
parties to this controversy l think
a court of equity ought to be re-
luctant to supercede the ordinary
law of the land. l think there
ought to be some showing that
there is not or cannot be afforded
the protection that all citizens are
entitled to whether they are in
business or not, whether they are
operators or miners. / think l am
warranted in holding the showing
for the time being is insufficient
to warrant the issuance of the