The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-24
DECISION WOULD
 BE DEATHB ID
 UN|ONS-R|CHbERG
Attorney Will Appeal to Higher Courts in Rail Injunction CaSe-Form of Order
 to Be Argued
RyAssoe,ated Pres.

Chicago, September 23.-Holding the railway shopmen's strike a con- spiracy in restraint of trade, in in- terference of interstate commerce and carriage of the mails. because where minds meet together on such a purpose. a conspiracy exists with out even word being spoken. .' Judge James c. wiIkerson in United States district court today sustained the governments plea for a coun- try-wids temporary injunction against striking railroad crafts.
 The decision was hailed as one of the most significant for law and or- der ever read into the records of the judiciary by Attorney General Daugherty and Assistant Attorney Mclaughlin. who presented the gov ernment's case. Donald R. Richberg of counsel for the shopmen said he would take an appeal at once from the ruling.
 While the decision was interpreted as holding in effect that the strik- CTS were accountable. for acts of vio- lence, whether these acts were com mitted by the strikers or not, its exact form will be argued before Judge Wilkerson next Monday, pend- ing which he continued in effect the present restraining order.
 Prohibitions Enumerated
 The restraining order prohibited the shopmen and the injunction is expected to prohibit them from:
 Interfering with operation, re- pairs and employment on the roads.
 Conspiring tC interfere.
 Lettering or trespassing on rail- way property.
 Attempting to Induce road em- ployes to quit or to prevent persons from seeking employment with the roads.
 Picketing.
 Harming employees or would be employees or visiting their homes.
 Hindering transportation.
 Encouraging or directing employees (union members or others) to stop work or others to refrain from seek ing work.
 Issuing instructions or public statements which might have the above effect.
 Using union funds for purposes to be enjoined above.
 In . statement tonight A1r. Hieh-
 berg said he interpreted the dec1-
 sion as . death blow to all big
 unions because 1t will render
 them powerIess nationally, if 1t is
 upheld by the higher courts.
 seTvhe decision, as I interpret 1t,
 means that the unions will be
 liable for any unlawful act com-
 mitted in connection with .
 union strike, regardless of who
 commits it.
 Can Be No National Strike
 That means there can be no na- tional strike. When there Is na- tional strike with thousands of men involved there are bound to be some acts which technically would be in violation of the injunction. Since the unions would be held responsible for these acts they could not call a strike without eventually having all their leaders ip jail"
 MT. Richberg said that an appeal would be taken, regardless of the technical form the temporary injunc- tion to be issued Monday takes, and asserted his intention of calling E. NJ. Jewell, shopcrafts leader, and other strikers officials in an effort to prove that the shop crafts organi- zation had no connection with any acts.
 s. M. Belton, head of the western division of the Association of Rail- way Executives, said that while he had not carefully read the decision as yet, he believed 1t to. be quite right and just" Other railroad executives refused to comment on the decision. declaring if to be a matter between the government and the shopcrafts union in whi,h the railroads were not directly concerned.