The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-27
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Il Hay y RULE
| FEDERAL COURT


&Tho temporary Injunction Issued
y ne federal ccurt 1t Peoria yes
tkeday " Judge Louis FitxHeary
Z aeol3Cation q ~ Rack Island
lad q n favor u the maa Who
4nnts 70 wofk anl AeAinst - man
Tho refuses 70 work. Hhe rs0efafn-
~ ordsr plainly tells the men On
3rike at Silyis that they shall not
ihtsrfefe in any manner with men
6e company may employ to take
9heir places IN the shops there. Il
= faf-reaching 81 its effect ana
6akAs Il unsafe for men on strike
= commit any act that might be-
qpustrucd q violation Of the spirit
Il the order Of the court There is
0rried specific definition OF pick
ding, the import Of which ID that
4 will be unlawful for more than
9ne man to be on duty at any OF the
Entrances to the railroad shops.
This 10 the courts Interpretation Of
ieaceful observing on the part OF
De strikers.
"The injunction process Is being
carried to the limit" H. N. Nc
easkrin, attorney for the NSilvis
1trikers, said today. strikers are
dow in the hands of the court that
itsues the injunction against them.
There Is no escape. How far this
hing Is going no one can tell. What
y meant by acting, cooperating,
Collaborating, combining. conspir-
ing, agreeing or arranging. to use
threats, intimidatiOns, force or Vi
&lence is left to the Judge that Is
Dues the injunction. One OF the
toints made by the attorneys for
he Rock Island road was that the
mayor Of Silvis is a striker and
hat he has appointed IL other
strikers as special police. Judge
fitzHenry holds that the mayor OF
Silvis and his special policemen
must refrain in any way or by
any subterfuge from violating the
injunction under color Of their Of
flcial capacities. 1t seems THAT
some Of the men employed as
guards by the railroad company
Had been arrested on some charge
ind this gave Judge FitzHenry the
belief that the mayor Of Silvis or
us police might violate the injunc-
tiou. This shows the conflict OF the
courts with other officials elected
ly the people. This injunction goes
he limit and the strikers are In
Terry grave danger Of innocently VI
dating it. 1t might even extend to
4 newspaper publishing some Of the
strike news. The Injunction Ii
temporary and the hearing to make
II permanent is set for Aug. T."
e. H. Stafford, who represented
the Rock Island road at the cour,
hearing, said: Commenting on the
affidavits which We presented
Judge FitzHenry said that In hi
entire connection with the injunc
Con in the strike In this distric
this was the first time that viola
tons of restraining order hav'
been brought to his attention, ant
; that IL proper information wer,
tled as to the violation Of the re
straining order by continuing pick
Its and like matters, the violatori
Would be prosecuted and II fount
auilty would b punished. He sail
!. that he hoped 1t was not true tina
\ Rock Island county considered /
~ vas no longer q part Of the Unitet
y States and was not amenable to tn,
law. Judge FitzHenry made
clear that picketing and such va
against the law and that all VIII,
cooperate or aid in any way il
maintaining pickets, includini
those who are conducting the pick
its mess hall at Silvis, are violat
ing the restraining order; that tn
restraining order and injunction
dearly mean that one peaceful oh
server representing the defendant
may be present at any Of the on
frances to the shops as q peaceful
observer representing each craft o
union on strike; that only one per
son representing all the shop craft
may be stationed at each entranc
Or exit of the company's premise.
and that there shall not be one OF
server for each craft"
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