Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-06
COUNCIL!
ASKS FEDERAL.
OPERATION R RS
Resolution New York
Trades Representing
100000 Members
Also Calls for Government to
Make Terms With Striking
Shopmen - Every Trade
Unionist Asked to Assess
Self Days Wage to Help
Strikers

New York, Sept. 5-The executive
committee Of the Central Trades and
Labor Council representing 100000
members, tonight adopted a resolu-
ton to be submitted to the council
Thursday, calling upon the federal
government to take over and oper-
ate the railroads anG make terms
with the striking shopmen.
A resolution also was adopted
calling upon every trade unionist in
the greater city to assess himself one
days pay to aid the strikers.
The resolutions adopted read in
part as follows:
whereas, the terms OF the injunc-
ton issued by Federal Judge Wilker-
son of Illinois. at the request of At
torney General Daugherty, show a
plain intent on the part Of the federal
government to break just and legal
strike of the railroad shopmen
against intolerable conditions even
after they had accepted President
Harding's terms of settlement, which
terms were refused by the railroad
executives, and
Whereas. this injunction IS not only
clear violation of the provisions of
the Clayton act as applying to the
issuance of injunction in labor dis
putes, but is also plain denial of the
constitutional rights of American
| citizens and without precedent in law
and equity, and
Whereas, the constitution of the
United States guarantees to every
citizen the right of freedom of
speech, the right of free press, right
of peaceable assembly, all of which
rights have been abridged by the in
junction obtained against the rail-
| road shopmen. and
whereas, this action on the part
of United States Attorney Daugher-
t. in obtaining this injunction against
the railroad shopmen has destroyed
any further opportunity on the part
Of President Harding in acting as
mediator in bringing about an
amenicable and harmonious settle
| ment of the strike, and
Whereas, it appears that the rail-
road executives during the past six
weeks have obtained more than 1S7
injunctions against the railroad shop
| men,
Resolved, that we call upon the
government of the United States to
! Immediately take over and operate
F, the railroads of this country and
! make terms with the striking shop
men to the end that the public will
be guaranteed safe and adequate
transportation and the restoration of
peace. harmony and cooperation upon
| the railroads of the country
A statement issued with the reso-
luton said:
THE executive committee has
framed this resolution to meet an
overwhelming demand for action by
| the rank and file of our constituent
| unions. The attorney general has
made the railroad strike live issue
| in every local union in town. This
strike is now a personal matter to
hundreds Of thousands Of workers in
this district who had no real interest
| in it before"
The meeting which lasted three
! hours behind closed-doOrS was at
! tended by John Sullivan, president of
| the council, and the IA members of
the committee: Hugh Frayne, ma
tional organizer of the American
Federation of Labor, and John j.
Dowd. chairman Of the central strike
| committee for the district.