Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-09-08
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Gets INJUNCTION
Railway Workers Are Restrained
From Interference With
Operation.
DAUGHERTY GOES TO CHICAGO
Judge Wil<erson's Sweeping lnJunc-
ton Apparently Tic3 Hands Of the
Union OfficiaIs-Is Aimed
at B. M Jewell.

Chicago, Sept. 4.-The United States
government has assumed first place
in the nationwide railroad strike.
Harry NJ Daugherty, attorney gen.
eral of the United States, won an
injunction In Federal court restrain
ing the railway employees department
of the American liberation Of Labor
from interference with operation OF
the roads of the country.
Mr.. Daugherty came to Chicago I'M
heralded He appeared before Judge
James H. Wilkerson in Federal court
at ten o'clock to demand what is
claimed to be the most sweeping In
junction against labor ever attempted
in this country.
Judge Wlkerson granted a temp
orary injunction. The defendants were
notified that they may appear in court
September IL and show cause why 1t
should not be made permanent
B. M Jewell, president of the rail-
way employees department Of the
American Federation of Labor, is the
chief individual named in the inJunc-
tion. But scores of other union Off
Gals are named.
Immediately after the injunction
was granted scores of deputy United
States marshals hurried away to serve
the processes. They will be carried
to every part of the country.
Here are the high points in what
the injunction prohibits the strikers
from doing:
Issuing interviews or statements.
Using their funds to carry on the
strike
Picketing.
Holding parades.
Urging friends to quit the service
Of the roads.
Judge Wilkerson in granting the
injunction, said Mr.. Daugherty's peti-
ton involved the fundamental prin-
ciples of the government of the
United States"
The "open shop"-the right Of every
man to accept employment - was
stressed by the attorney general.
Tomorrow it will be said by some
persons, more malicious than truthful,
that this proceeding is intended as a
death blow to the unions" he said,
."and inasmuch as falsehood travels
twice as fast as truth, let me today
start the truth on it's way in advance
that in my Judgment this movement
lis necessary for the protection and
preservation of the unions themselves.
1.-THE government Of the United
States is not opposed to labor unions
if they perform such functions as can
be performed in lawful America.
"Never while the labor unions limit
activities to legitimate acts and law
full pursuits not injurious to society,
at least while I speak and to the ex-
tent that I can speak for the govern
ment of the United States, shall a
blow be struck at them.
"But it may be understood that SO
long as to the extent that / can speak
for the government of the United
States, I will use the power Of the
government of the United States with
in my control to prevent the labor
unions of the country from destroying
the open shop.
when a man in this country is not
permitted to engage lis lawful toll,
whether he belongs to a unior or not,
with full protection and without in
terruption, the death knell of liberty
will be sounded and anarchy will
supersede organized government"
In high labor circles the view was
taken that organized workers of the
country are face to face with the
most gigantic movement ever under
taken to curb their power. That the
government expects support from I'M
organized workers was indicated In
this paragraph of Mr.. Daugherty's
statement:
mo union, or combination Of unions,
can, under our laws, dictate to the
American Union. When the unions
claim the right to dictate to the gov
eminent and to dominate the Ameri-
can people and deprive the American
people of the necessities of life, then
the government will destroy the
unions, for the government of the
United States is supreme and must
live.
"No labor leader, or capitalfstic
leader, nor organization nor associa-
ton of any kind or kinds, or COM
bination of the same, will be permitted
by the government of the United
States to laugh in the frozen faces
of a furnishing people without prompt
prosecution and proper punishment"