The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-08
GOVERNMENT
SEES CHANCE
TO AID PEACE
Daugherty viii Not Interfere
With Meeting Of Shopmen S
Policy Committee In Chi
cago on Monday.
WANTS STRIKE ENDED
CBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Sept S.--Adminis-
tration leaders who have kept in es-
pecially close touch with the indus
trial situation declared today that
settlement of the shopmen's strike on
a number of railroads was probable"
as result of conferences in Chicago.
According to these sources several
railroad executives were represented
in an informal conference at Chicago
today which they said was called
largely through the efforts of Daniel
Willard of the B. and o.
The assurance said to have been
given by Attorney General that no ef-
fort would be made to interfere with
the meeting of the shopmen's policy
committee Monday was explained as
being with a view to furthering the
peace negotiations.
Technical Violation
While the shopmen's meeting is re-
garded by the department of Justice
as a technical violation of the tenn
porary injunction in the interest of
the peace negotiation reported to be
in progress it was said the government
had decided not to invoke the injunc-
tion against the shopmen's conference.
Labor leaders here were awaiting
the outcome of their first legal move
against the Injunction obtained by
the government in Chicago last Friday
against the striking railway shop
crafs-the suit of the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
one of the striking organizations, to
prevent the federal authorities from
enforcing locally the provisions of the
Chicago order
The suit, filed in the District of Co
lumbia supreme court yesterday and
set for hearing tomorrow, assailed the
legality of the Chicago injunction
questioned the jurisdiction of the Chi
cago court, and denied that the plain
tiffs had been guilty of any Illegal
acts before or since" July 1.
Acted for Themselves
The electrical workers were said tc
have acted without reference to the
other six organizations on strike in
filing the petition, but officials of the
union said they expected both the
temporary order, which they hoped
would issue tomorrow and the perma
nent writ also sought would have q
nationwide scope.
Department of Justice officials whily
declining to comment for publication
on the union suit, expressed the opin
ion unofficially that if the district
supreme court should grant the TEN
porary restraining order 1t would lear
to wide possibilities of injunctious anG
restraining orders granted by tha1
court under the Sherman and ClsytoT
Acts being upset by courts of othel
| jurisdictions.
May Modify Action
Meanwhile it appeared certain to
| day that administration conference:
| had led to the conclusions thai pro
visions of the Chicago Injunction
which hav been interpreted as tending
/ to interfere with free speech, nigh
| be modified in the permanent iniunc
! tion when granted without sacrifcins
/ the broad purposes of the suit
| Just how far governmnt representa-
tives might go in agreeing to a modi
| fication was not indicated, but thos'
/ in close touch with the administration
! believed Attorney General DaugEert.
and his advisors had concluded tina
the temporary order went unnecessar
| lily far in its restrictions.