The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-07

gan reading a copy of the petition for
a restraining order. The application
was sweeping in character and sought
to prevent all interference with opera
tions Of trains or with railroad prop
erty in any way.
The application for injunction speci-
fgcally named the presidents of the
various union organizations involved
in the present strike which started on
July 1 last following wage deci-
sion of the Railroad Labor Board re-
ducing wages of railway employees
throughout the country.
EnjOins All Agents of Unions.
The suit sought to enjoin all rail
way employees, attorneys, servants,
agents, associates and members and
all persons acting in aid or in conjunc-
ton with them, primarily until final
hearing and permanently thereafter,
from in any manner interfering with,
| hindering or obstructing railway COM
panies, their agents, servants or en-
lployes in the operation of their re-
| spective railroads and systems of
transportation or the performance of
their public duties and obligations in
the transportation of passengers and
| property in interstate commerce and
| the carriage of the mails, and from in
any manner interfering with, hinder
ing or obstructing the agents, servants
and employees Of said railroad COM
panies or any Of them, engaged in in
spection, repair, operation and use of
trains, locomotives, cars and other
| equipment of said railway companies
or any of them, and from preventing
or attempting to prevent any person
or persons from freely entering into
or from continuing in the employ of
said railway companies for the pur-
pose Of inspection and repairing of
locomotives or cars or otherwise.
Would Prevent Conspiracy.
The suit also enjoined against con-
spring, c m in ing, confederating,
agreeing and arranging with each other
or with any other person or persons,
! organization or associates to interfere
with or hinder said railway companies
| in the conduct of their lawful business
of transportation Of passengers and
property in interstate commerce and
| the carriage of the mails, or to injure,
! interfere with, hinder or annoy any
employe of said railway companies in
connection with the performance OF
their duties as such employees or while
going to or returning from the prem
! Uses of said railway companies in con-
nection with their said employment,
or at any time or place by display of
force or numbers, the making OF
threats, intimidations, acts of violence,
ieers, suggestions of danger, taunts,
entreaties or other unlawful acts of
conduct towards any employe or en-
ployes or officers of said railway COM
panies or towards any persons desir-
GUS of or contemplating entering
into such employment.
The suit was directed against the
following defendants, unions and Of
ficials as named in full in the gov
ernment's application:
Railway employees department Of the
American Federation Of Labor, Bert
M. Jewell, president, J. F. McGrath,
vice president, and John Scott, secre-
tary and treasurer; the International
ers and Helpers, James W. Kline,
president; international Alliance of
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers, J.
y. Hynes, president; International
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of
America, M. F. Ryan, president; the
international Association of Machin-
lists, VIM. H. Johnston, president; E. c.
Davidson, grand secretary and treas
urer; International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, ]. P. Noonan,
president; Atlanta, Tennessee and
Northern System Federation No. 1872,
~. M. Key, president, and R. A. Sea-
bury, secretary; and 119 other system
declarations and the president and sec
rotary of each of them unnamed.
Calls 1t Administration Blunder."
(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Washington.-Le of the strik-
ing shopmen will not abate their at
tempts to make their strike effective
whatever action is taken by the court
in Chicago as result Of injunction
proceedings instituted by Atty. Gen.
Daugherty, it was said here today by
! w. H. Johnston, president of the In
ternational Association of Machinists:
one of the largest striking groups.
"The filing of this suit is just an
other blunder to be added to the large
list which the administration has al
ready made in dealing with the railroad
situation" Johnston said. 81 am sur
prised Mr.. Daugherty isn't attempting
to restrain the railroads instead of the
men. The administration had done ev-
erything it could to help the railroad
management"
Sees Collapse On Roads.
Mr.. Johnston asserted that it would
"take more than mere injunction suit
or an injunction to prevent the COM
plete collapse of some of these rail
roads in the next thirty days." and
added, eve shall continue with the
strike whatever happens. We are not
afraid of anything the courts can do.
Men still have some constitutional
| ,.;rel, - ~, ooJ ,1,o shall