Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-14
AFF FF|DAV|TS ARE
INTRODUCED To
BACK j, 8. PLEA
FOR INJUNCTION
Undeterred by RUmorS Of a
Peace Agreement the
Government Goes Ahead
With Its Case in Chicago,
UNLAWFUL ACTS BY
STRIKERS ALLEGED
Violence Is so Widespread
as to Show a Concerted
Effort to Interrupt and
Destroy Traffic,


Chicago. Sept. 3 (by the Associ-
ated Press )-Undeterred by re-
ports of peace agreement be-
tween the striking shop crafts and
a portion of the countrys railroads,
the government today continued to
introduce evidence from all parts
of the country charging violence
and intimidation by strikers, on the
strength of which it is seeking an
injunction against them.
Digging into the twenty thou
sand or more affidavits of unlawful
acts charged to the striking shop
workers and their sympathizers
Attorney General Daugherty's as
sistants worked road by road and
state by state to prove their claim
that the violence is so widespread
as to show a concerted effort to in
terrupt and destroy interstate traf-
fic.
Through the warp and the woof
OF this blanket indictment Of 400
900 men, the government traced
the threads of similar occurrences
at WluClN StRil dltl pOllll0s w hNh
attorneys for the strike leaders OBJ
jected that specific affidavits of as
sault and intimidation failed to
show any connection with the
istrike or the strikers, the prosecu-
ton pointed out that similar at
tacks, committed i'm a similar way
had been definitely traced by sworn
affidavits to men actually known
to be members OF the striking
crafts, and that in every case the
victims were non-union men or
men who had refused to quit work.
Stripped of His Clothes.
The story of an oregon Short
Line car inspector at Pocatello, Ida
no. who was taken 10 miles in the
country by seven men, stripped of
his clothes and left to make his
way back over lava rocks and
| through sage brush, attired in only
| bis neck tie, was objected to by
| tFranK" Nfurholland of Toledo attor-
ney for the defense. If 1t showed
anything, he said, 1t indicated the
man had been robbed of his clothes
by persons unknown.
Conceding the point, the govern
ment read the affidavit of another
employe of the same road in the
same town who was similarly kid
naped by men he knew to be strik-
crs, taken into the country.
stripped of his clothes, beaten with
his belt, and then forced to run
three miles across the country
ahead of a pursuing automobile.
mt Il of n
same place. against men employed
by the same road. and carried out
lin much the same manner, carried
| the conclusion, the government de-
clared, that both were the acts OF
strikers, since one victim recog
nlzed his assailants as such.
The peace settlement reported
reached on some roads will not af-
feet the governments prosecution
OF the injunction case, Mr., Daugh-
erty's spokesmen said, and one
government attorney declared
| peace on all the roads would not
alter the governments determina-
| tion to prosecute the case.
Reads n Statement.
Mr.. Richberg. attorney for the
strike leaders, read n prepared
statement to the court, declaring It
was unnecessary to introduce more
affidavits to show "there have been
many acts of lawlessness and vio-
lence accompanying the present
strike" The defense. he said,
vonveded that a suffifient num-
| ber of acts of lawlessness IN
various parts of the country
| can be proved to make it de
sirable to utilize any lawful power
Of the government In a lawful way
/ to prevent such acts"
( This he said, has been the posi-
| tion of the strike leaders from the
beginning and they have, he DE-
clared. not only not opposed any
/ inilnctions issued to prevent law
! lessness, but have welcomed ana
would cooperate with every etlorl
of the government to "prevent, re-
strain and punish lawlessness anu
violence" -.
They would not oppose, Richherg
continued, the eXertion OF the pow
or of the government in the pres
ent case to prevent such acts, II u
he assumed that the power OF the
court has been lawfully invoked
and has not been used for other un-
! lawful purposes"
{ Issues Before the Courts.
The real issues before the courts
the defense attorney said, are;
/ What powers of this court
can be lawfully invoked by the
present proceedings.
2-What proof is there OF any
conspiracy of any named defend
ants either to do an unlawful &c,
or to do a lawful act by unlawtoi
means. ,.,-
"If the government has any evi-
dence of conspiracy on the part o.
the named Defendants Richbers
continued. 1--WE suggest that II Is
time that such evidence should oe
presented" ,...,,
Judge Wilkerson interrupt
ed to point out that II the gov
crpmcnt could show that an
organization was guilty OF Ger
tain unlawful acts. members OF
leaders who had knowledge OF
C,cb o,-.It and did not repuui-