Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-08
ELECTRICAL UNION
ACTS FOR COUNTER
INJUNCTION WRIT
District Supreme Court
Asked to Halt Chicago
Tribunals Process.
ATTACK JURISDICTION
OF JUDGE WILKERSON
Organization Taking Initia-
tive Looks for Temporary
Order Saturday.
FEDERAL PAPER TO DE MODIFIED
Drastic Terms OF Original Daugherty
Document TO De Cut Out OF
Permanent Ruling.
ATTACK JURISDICTION
OF JUDGE WILKERSON
FEDERAL PAPER TO DE MODIFIED
Drastic Terms OF Original Dnugherty
Document TO be Cut Out OF
Permanent Ruling.
tBy Associated Press. ]

WASHINGTON. Sept. 7-Legality
of the order obtained by tho govern
mcnt from Federal District Judge
Wilkerson, at Chicago. restraining
the striking railway shop crafts and
the railway brotherhoods from In
tertering with transportation in
prosecution OF the shipments strike.
was assailed today in n suit flied in
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia by the International
brotherhood OF Electrical Workers,
one OF the organizations on strike.
The question of Jurisdiction OF the
Chicago court was also raised by the
petition, which denied that the plain
tiffs had been guilty OF any illegal
act before or since" July /.
Workers Seek Counter Injunction.
Tho electrical workers adked
permanent injunction to prevent
United States Attorney Gordon as
we'll as United States Marshal
Snyder from enforcing locally the
provisions Of the Chicago order.
within two hours after the filing OF
the suit-whlch was set for hearing
next Saturday-Mr. Snyder had
served formal notice of the Chicago
Injunction on ]. p. Noonan. president
OF tho electrical workers, on most
OF the other local leaders named az
defendants before Judge wIlkerson,
and was instituting a search for VIII
liam II. Johnston, head OF the Ma
ohinists' Association. who WINS said
to have "disappeared again" after
visiting his office.
The machinists' leader. according
to some OF his associates. however,
had left for Chicago before Marshal
Snyder started out with the oficial
copies OF the restraining order.
Expect Order to DO Nationwide.
While the electrical workers Pc
tition was said to have been filed
solely on their own behalf and with
out reference to the other six unions
on strike. Mr.. Noonan said they ex-
pected both the temporary order,
which they hoped would Issue Sat-
urday. and the permanent writ to
nave nationwide scope.
Oficials OF tho Department OF Jus
tice would not comment for publIca-
tion on the recourse of the strikers
to the courts. but unofficially they
expressed the opinion that II tho
Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia should grant the temporary
restraining order, IT. would open up
wide avenues leading to possible up
setting by courts OF other jurisdic-
ton OF injunctions and restraining
orders granted by the District Su-
preme Court-sUch 4 those In various
packers and other important cases
under the Sherman and Clayton acts
Centern on Section 10. Clayton Act.
The entire question, IT wassaid
unoficially. centers on section Is OF
the Clayton act. and section OF the
sherman law, which provide that In
suits brought hereunder the Judge
or any Federal Jurisdiction. it. In his
Judgment IL Is deemed necessary To
protect the government or the pur-
poses OF an Injunction. may have the
power to subpoena witnesses and de-
PENDANTS In other jurisdictions.
While references to alleged secret
negotiations at various unnamed
places looking to separate settle
ments with Individual roads contin-
ued TO be heard throughout the day,
these st!ll remained tonight in the
status OF "unconfirmed reports"
Some administration officials who
have kept In personal touch with
one or both sides TO the transporta-
tion controversy throughout It's
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