Milford chronicle., 1922-08-25
DELAWARE'S ANTI
STRIKE LAW SEVERE
FINE AND IMPRISONMENT FOR ENCIN-
EERS WHO DESERT TRAINS OUT
SIDE TERMINALS.
NON-STRIKERS PROTECTED
PENALTY IS MORE SEVERE THAN ORDT-
NARY BREACH OF PEACE CASES
OR DlSORDERLY CONDUCT.

Although many arrests have been
made here on charges of assault and
battery and breach of the peace as
railroad strike aftermath no one has
been arrested under the provisions of
the Delaware anti-strike law.
Under the provisions of this act the
penalties in case of conviction, are
more severe than the penalties for
ordinary breach of peace cases or for
that of disorderly conduct.
Inducing of employees to cease work
by offer of recOmprOmise, in case Of
conviction, is punishable by a fine of
not less than $500 nor more than
$1,000 and Imprisonment for not more
than one year, under the law, which
has been on the books for many years
The general provisions respecting
the act, known as the police, rail-
roads and wage BILL" page 1913, re-
vised code reads in part as follows:
"Sec. so. If any locomotive en-
gineer, upon any railroad within this
State, who shall, at any time, be en-
gagged in any strike, or with a view
to incite others to strike or to further
ance of any combination of precOn-
certed arrangement with any other
person or persons to bring about or
produce such strike, shall abandon the
locomotive engine in his charge, when
attached either to a passenger or
freight train, at any place other than
the schedule or otherwise appointed
destination of such train, or shall re-
fuse or neglect to proceed with said
train to the place of destination, as
n ofnTsnCoid Nff
ing, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanOr, and shall, upon conviction
thereof by Indictment be fined not less
than $100, nor more than $500 and
may be imprisoned for a term not ex-
ceeding six months, at the discretion
of the court"
The section of the law relating to
the interference with railroad en-
ployes who refuse to leave their work !
reads in part as follows: eff any
person in aid of furtherance of the |
objects of any strike upon any rail-
road within this State, shall interfere
with, molest or obstruct any railroad |
employ engaged in the discharge and
performance of his duty as such,
every person so offending shall be
leemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
lpOn conviction thereof by indictment
shall be fined not less than $100 nor
more than $500 and may be imprisoned
or a term not exceeding six months,
It the discretion of the court"
The law also sets forth that COLI
-ictiOn for placing distractions on
he tracks or injury to or destroying
Olling stock or railroad companies
hall mean a fine of not less than
500 nor more than $1,000 and inn
for not less than six ,
lonths nor more than one year.
Section 63, in addition to dealing
nth distractions on railroad tracks,
lsO sets forth that those convicted {
inducing employees of any railroad
to leave the service of such {
by offer of recompense t
hall be liable to a fine of not less ]
han $500 nor more than $1,000 and |
Imprisonment of not less than six r
lOnths nor more than one year. {
The same act defines that the pIao- Z
lg of distractions on railroad tracks t
D as to render them unsafe, is a t
slony in the case of conviction by G
allotment, the defendant may be SEN h
,nanced to one years Imprisonment,
fine of $1,000 and 20 lashes. The i.
1t also provides that the interference n
ith signals, lights or wires shall be i:
unstable by fine of not less than is
100 nor more than $1,000 and SEN S
nanced to not less than one month f
: more than three years. Ii
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