The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-09-04
ATTORNEY GENERAL
PREPARES CASE
Officials of Government Collecting
Complaints of Alleged Disorders
to Be Used in Asking For Per-
manent Injunction. Men Coming
Back, Says Executives.

Back, Says Executives.
Chicago, Sept. 3-The beginning
of the tenth week of the country
wide strike of the railway shopmen
found $500 United States marshals
mobolized to uphold the drastic tenn
porary injunction obtained by the
government on Friday to prevent law
less violence and keep the nations
transportation machine running.
From Chicago, as a center of rail-
road activities, was directed the work
of enforcing the injunction, pending
the hearing to make it permanent on
September II. A mass of complaints
and allegations of conspiracy and at
tempts to ruin property and jeop-
ardize life were being collected today
for the use of Attorney General
Daugherty in support Of his applica-
ton to make the injunction perma-
nent. 1t will not be alleged that the
strikers are guilty in most of the out
breaks of violence reported, but the
government, it was said, will main
tain that actions of the strikers and
strike leaders caused the violence.
Extra forces of deputies have been
sworn in by United States Marshal
Robert r. Levy and are being dis
patched to railroad shops and ter
minals to watch for acts forbidden by
the order handed down by Federal
Judge Wilkerson. A thousand writs
were prepared in the federal build
ing and sent to all parts of the coun-
try for service on the labor leaders
named in the injunction. B. M. jew
ell, head of the shopmen, could not
be found and it was reported he was
in the East. John Scott, secretary
of the shopmen, remained at his
desk at the union headquarters.
"I haven't violated any law" he
said. "This organization never did
sanction violence. But we are 60
ing to carry on the work of the
union without fear or tremor, and l
don't believe the injunction is intend
ed to restrain US from so doing"
Meanwhile three different pictures
of conditions in railroads were
painted by Western executives, gov
lernment officials and union leaders.
eve are moving the business; our
men are coming back to work in in
creasing numbers, general conditions
are steadily improving and the strike
is broken" was the consensus of
opinion of the executives.
Federal officials engaged compiling
the lists of acts of violence for the
hearing on making permanent the
injunction, pointed to the petition
presented in court by the attorney
general, in which he declared that
half the locomotives in the country
had been tampered with and that
more than 1000 mail trains had been
cancelled.
! Union officials reiterated previous
statements that if the strike continu,
ed the railways would be paralyzed
within 80 days.
In connection with the appoint
ment during the past two days OF
marshals and deputies, the following
statute was cited by officials of the
department of justice, being Section
Number 1888:
"The marshals and their deputies
shall have in each state the same
, power in executing the laws of the
United States as sheriffs and theil
| deputies in such state may have by
law in executing the laws thereof.
Still further explaining the power
of the chitf executive, federal of
fcials quoted a decision by the su
preme court, as follows:
$50 if the president or the attor
ney General is advised that the mails
of the United States, possibly car
5 rying treasure, are liable to be rob
bed and the mail carriers ASSAULTED
{ and murdered in any particular re
r;on ;f tbo ro,,ntry who can dOub