The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-09-27
PLOT AGAINST TR4yE IS
CITED III COURT RULE
Saop Workers Caa1Ot D:ny
Responsibility ior LaYlesS.
ness, Judge says.

ness, Judge says.
Cricago, Sept 23.--Ho.i.a1 the
railway shopmea's strike a conspir-
acy in restraint OF trade H. lat r,er.
ence Of interstate commerce and car
riage o. the mails because where
minds meet together on such q pur-
pose, a conspiracy exists without
even word being spoken, Judge
James II. Wi!kerson. in United States
District Cour,, today sustained the
Governments plea TOR n Countrywide
temporary injunction agains. strik-
ing railroad crafts.
The decision was hailed as one Of
the most significant for lazy anI or
der ever read into the records Of the
Judiciary by Attorney General
Oauv1cr'y and Assistant Attorney
General Mclaughlin, who presented
the Governments case. Donald X.
Richbarg. Of counsel fog the shop
men. said ne would take an appeal at
once from the ruling.
To Dc Interpreted
While the decision was ln.. ,nrc,ed
as holding in effect that the strikers
were accountable for act, IF yio-
iehce, wnether these acts were com.
m;tied by the strikers or not. It's OK
atj form will ha argued before Judge
Wiiheraon next Moaday. pending
which he continued in effect the
prescat restraining order
Tie restraining order prohibited
The shopmen, and the injunction is
expected to prohibit them from:
Interfering with operation. repairs
ana employment on tls roads
Coaspiril to interfere.
Loitering or trespassiug on rail-
way property.
A',emPting to irdura ,--ae en-
I p!oyes TO quit or 70 gg-ys.. 2,,s1ns
from seeking cmployner. w..a the
roads.
Pic5olire.
Harnmg employees or rou.d-be
employees Or visiting their homes
Hindcring TRANSFORMATION.
Encouraging or ir,c,i,g employees
tunion members or Others, 10 son
wor.s. cr other 70 rairaia from SEEK
] % work
issuing instruction or pabl,e state
men's which ni< have .ay above
erect.
tst"g union funds for purposes TO
1e en o.reG os above.
!o3,o0O Nen EuGc!n~i
The crder will ar,ct about 27O
officers a4d 4GG,ooo w"mbers os the
SIX crafts tc.cngiag To the rs .lway
employee department al tao Am.ri-
can Federation of Labor
in a statement tonight Mr.. Rich
berg said he Interpreted rho tacl-
sion as Il death blow to an big unions
bec,uso It will render them power
less Nationally ii it is urhe!d Ly the
higher courts.
"i'he decision. rs 7 Interpret il,
means that the unions VIII he table
tor any unlawful act committed in
CONNECTION with union strike re-
Gardless OF who commits it, he,
said.
That means that there can bo 40
national strikes. when there is a
national strike with thousands OF
men Involved there are bound to he
some acts which technically would
be n violation nj the injunction.
S nee the unions would be held re-
sponsib.n for these acts they could
not coll a strike without eventually
having all their leaders in jail"
Appeal l. Certain
Mr.. Rlchberg said that an appeal
would be ,akeu regardless of the
technical form the temporary iniunc-
tion to be issued Monday takes. and
asserted his intention of calling h.
NJ. Jewell, shop crafts leader, and
other strike officials in an e.forl TO
prove the shop crafts organization
had no connection with any ulawful
acts.
$. NJ. Be,ton, 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 II to bc quite
right and just. Other railroad exc
cutives refused to comment on the
decision, declaring Il TO be- a matter