The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17

70 f. FlhHesry Gives Impressive
1a.iag u Hen VIE Are
virAfing Ral1rsaA Company.

s.6ee Louis TitsHenry, in the
49, states court at Peoria, last
SsSay. ii passing judgment upon
sn eilvis railroad shopmen aft
AT pleas Of guilty to violation
. ~ Injunction issued on applica-
- Il the Rock Island road
1920 picketing, gave an interest
~ fIaoertation on respect for law
~ ~ orders Of the courts. Judge
Ti,ilnry said:
81 aDpears to the court that
49, = q good deal Of bad advice
srrshting around Rock Island. It
{ lpoarent that the strikers there
s.Grl TO think that they can engage
4 ny picketing that they see fit,
= the public highways or any 9TH
= place so long as they are not on
a company's property. That is
81 the law. They have no right
4 intercept a man or do anything
= say anything to him, the natur-
q effect Of which would be to make
4 appear dangerous for him to
eontinue in his employment or to
y the work he is doing.
I'm this case, if there had been
= acts of violence, no attempt at
pesemptory instructions or peremp-
fory directions to this man, as to
THAT he should do, and what he
should not do, the court would feel
entirely differently about this case
But it looks to the court as though
Inc privilege granted to the strik-
ers by the order of this court in the
decree granting the preliminary
Injunction, that they might have
one peaceful observer at the usual
place OF ingress and egress to the
plant, had been abused, and that
the peaceful observer is simply be.
ing used for the purpose of accost
ing men while the intimidatins
crowd congregates and administer:
: Its DEGREES.
Some of the defendants her,
have said that they thought the,
had the right to meet an employ
Of the company on the street an,
ask him if they could talk to him
and II he consented, they coul,
talk to him. Now, that is what yol
were attempting to do with thi
man, but you didn't stop witt
peaceful persuasion, and you wer
there in numbers, too. Two peace
iul persuaders would be a violatio
CT the injunction; that would be
crowd, they would be pickets an
that is what is absolutely prohibit
ed by this injunction. And it is
thing that will not happen an
more in Rock Island.
Misinterpreting Law.
There seems to be a misintel
pretation as to the law, so in Of
der to impress the other striker
up there who are still doing pickle
duty that they are misinterpretin
the law, II is going to be necessar
for the court to enter. a judgmer
here that will advise them of tn;
fact. If the Judgment of the coul
is wrong. the record is perfect an
you may take an appeal.
This affair on this afternou
seems to have been the setting fe
the delivery of the message to M
Falkner by Mr.. Nelson. Nelso
was the leader who never read th
Injunction and who didn't kno'
what his rights were. So l wi
give Nelson 60 days in the Peor
county Jail.
"Cerra and Thomer, by their al
tivities, were connected, in til
Judgment of the court, in some wa
with the violence there. Someho
or other they had a compile
change of heart after the marsha
had been called to the cOmmunil
by Mr.. Falkner, who then unlockt
the door and came out. They We
little more aggressive than Il
others and they will be given {
days each.
in the case of Ball and Schulz
the court will hold their cases Vi
der advisement and their sentence
or their fines or both will deper
upon their future conduct. The
names will be given to the marsh
In charge at Silvis and any activ
ties on their part that even sma'
OF violation of this injuncti,
will be the cause of their ARE!
and we will bring them into cou
and without any further trial, Sc
tence will be administered.
There is a bad situation at 81
Wis, situation that does the stri
ers more harm than good. tt
purpose of this line of conduct
OF course, to deny the Rock Islal
railroad the free injoyment of
property that Is guaranteed to
oy the Constitution of the Unit
States and given to it by the &
cree Of this court.
Vfnlnunn Ay1oUnd