New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
jewell Charges
Plot for Ruin
Of Shop Unions
Affidavit Accusing Rail
Executives Is Offered as
Main Point in Fight
10 b r C a K Injunction
Evidence Is Trimmed Out
Two Carloads Offered BY
Daugheriy May Dwindle
to a w he Ibarro ful
se.o.4l psseaseA 10 TIE Tr4Suus

! CHICAGO. Sept. ia detailed charge
that the Association of Railway Exccu-
! ives conspirod to crush the federated
hopcrafts and to stamp out labor
anions among their employees ia made
in the AFFIDAVIT of B. NJ Jeweil, psesi-
dent Of the shorcra9ts, filed IN the Fed
er&l Cour; to-day. The agidavit. It is
expected. will constitute tho main re-
lance Of the defendants in the iajuHc-
! ton case now pending.
Attorneys for Jewell and John Il.
Scott continued their attempts to thin
out the evidence introduced by the GOV
ernment in seeking al injunction
ag&;aat the s,rii1iag saop1nen, " IN the
apparent intention OF cutting dow lhc
"tso carloasls" Of docr.aents TO ~
amouat which raight easily be placed n
= wheelbarrpv.
OF the first 255 exhibits inte-uucca
practically ali were objected g or one
greun6 or another By defense atto5ne s
vao had examined them. And in pasa~
ing shey edded another dozen % the 283
affidavits Judge Wi!kerson was asked to
tlrow out because they cid &C. show
that &c persons making taem knew
they wee to be used il lawsuit and
chat perjury could therefore be pun
ished.
May C3terd Present Order
Whea the attorneys declared they
did nos xpect that they would have
tir1a to examine all the remaining af-
fdavits because they were being
rushed 20 finish their case by the date
set for the end of the hearing, Sep
te,a5or u, Judge Wikerson intimated
thac It was quite possible thai The re-
strain.nr orde: now in force mioht be
continued in order that the present
case night be completed n every de
al.
The ers. c'ass chosen for attack
from taa IS affdavits considered to-
day we thosc declared merely here
sag. Iwenty-one cf these were fol
lowed by l25. in which there were
general statements OF acts o. vo-
lcnce without definite Identification
OF the persons reSrcnSlD1e.
Next tie attorneys asked that thir
= orc be stricken out because, while
the persons responsible were identi-
tion 10 show whether or not they were
members of the striking unions.
Twenty one more were declared
value,o>s because they did ret lay
oaicer to.oro who.n tiey we're made.
Several more wcro attacked because
tiey had been mede 20 long before the
iajunction case started that they "evi-
d.ntly" had not been made for Use in
il. Another was termed merely q re-
cital Of the actions of q party OF men
identified as machinista on "a drunken
spree Still others were said TO be
based merely on opinion and belief and
"faulty." in the words OF Attorney Fred
! though they were truthful in saying
eAere had beon no violence On the part
o. strikers"
Cabinet Heads Evidence Hit
REGULATIONS certified by Postmaster
General Work, Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace and by the secretary Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission were
declared inadmissible because not fall
telling how and what tables may be
made and introduced in evidence.
4 Assistant Solicitcr General Esteriine
replied that the tables were admissible
under the act creating the Interstate
/ Commerce Commission,
The Jewell affidavit says that the
causes leading up to the strike date
back TO 1920, when the labor commit
tee of the Railway Executives Asso-
citation adopted report favoring steps
to organize regional adjustment
/ boards, as provided BY the transporta-
tion act. This report was rejected by
the association.
This action Of the Association Of
Railway Executives" Nj. Jewell said,
"was regarded By the officers of the
railway employees department. and
generally by tho employees as the be
/ ginning of campaign BY the Asso-
citation Of Railway Executives against
the raiiway employees organizations
for the purpose Of destroying the etfec-
tiveness of the organizations and dis
migrating their memberships, and
also as the beginning of concerted
effort TO destroy the effectiveness Of
the United Sttaes Railroad Labor
Board