The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-09-01

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my way with the operation of
the railroads and their property.
CHICAGO, Sept. Suit for an
injunction against all striking en-
ployees of the United States and
their union officials was filed in
district court today by Attorney
General Daugherty. The suit was
filed shortly after the arrival of
Attorney General Daugherty this
morning.
The injunction named the rail
way department of the Federation
of Labor the six striking shop
crafts and the 120 system fedora
tions. The suit seeks to restrain
all strikers from interfering with
the operations of the railroads.
1t was filed before U. S. Judge
Wilkerson. Soon after the arrival
of Attorney General Daugherty,
Blackburn Easterline, assistant At
torney General appeared before
district Judge Wilkerson and be-
gan reading copy of the petition
for a restraining order.
The order was far embracing in
character and sought to prevent
all interference with the opera
tions of trains or with railroad
property in any way. The appli-
cation named the presidents of the
various strike organizations which
started July 1 following the deci-
sion of the Railway Labor Board
reducing the wages of the railroad
men throughout the country.
The order seeks to restrain all
attorneys, associates, and all per
sons acting in aid or conjunction
primarily until final hearing and
thereafter, in any manner from in
terfering, hindering, or obstructing
railroad companies, their agents,
servants, or employees in their re-
spective railroads or systems of
transportation in the performance
of their public duty or in the
transportation of public property,
or in the carriage of the nails.
WASHINGTON, Sept. lead
ers of the striking shopmen will
not abate their attempt to make
the strike effective whatever action
is taken by the court in charge as
a result of injunction proceedings
instituted by Attorney General
Daugherty, it was said by w. II.
Johnston, president of the Inter
national Association of Machinists,
one of the largest striking groups:
1.-The filing of this suit is just
another blunder to be added to
the large list which the administra-
ton has already made in dealing
with the railway situation" Mr..
Johnston said, 81 am surprised
Mr. n"uoherty isn't attempting to
restrain the railroads instead of
the men. The administration has
uone everything it could to help
the railroad management"
Mr.. Johnston asserted it would
take more than a mere injunction
suit or an injunction to prevent
the complete collapse of some of
the railroads in the next 80 days.
and added, ave shall continue
WIFI IHc SlTlke Whatever happens.
We are not afraid of anything the
courts can do. Men still have some
constitutional rights in America"
At the department of justice
officials would make no comment
on the injunction proceedings
President Gompers of the Am
crican Federation of Labor asked
for all the details about the Chica-
go proceedings before he was will
ing to comment but he indicated
that the federation would set be-
fore the public its opinion of the
use of the injunction in connection
with a strike of the magnitude {
that now in progress. The shoL-
men according to the labor view
are not engaged in unlawful action
and cannot be forced by injunction
to 20 back to work Word of
the action had a bombshell effect
among labor leaders generally
and there were many expressions
OF surprise among government Off
cials themselves.