Evening star., 1922-09-24
DAUGHERTY HALLS
JUDGES DECISION
One of Most Significant for
Law and Order Ever Made,
Says Attorney General.
SHOPMEN TO APPEAL
Will Seek to Have Injunction Set
Aside-Argument to Be
Heard Tomorrow.

,, By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. September 2S.,Holding
the railway shopmen's strike a con-
spiracy in restraint of trade. in in
terference of interstate commerce
the carriage of the mails, because
where minds meet together on such
purpose a conspiracy exists Will
out even word being spoken, Judge
James ii. Wilkerson in United states
district court today sustained the
governments plea for a country
| wide temporary injunction against
striking railroad crafts.
The decision was hailed as one OF
the most significant for law and order
ever read into the records OF the judi
ciary by Attorney General Daugherty
and Assistant Attorney General A. a.
; Mclaughlin. who presented the gov
ernments case against the shopmeh.
| Donald +. Richberg OF counsel Tor
the shopmen, said he would take an
appeal at once from the fulins VI
the court in an effort to nave the III
junction set aside.
Will Argue Form.
While the decision was Interpreted
were accountable for acts of violence.
whether these acts were committed
by the strikers or not, its exact form
will be argued before Judge Wllker.
son next Monday. pending which ne
continued in effect the present str!h-
gent restraining order. The restrain
ing order prohibited the shopmen. and
the injunction is expected to prohloit
them, from
Interfering with operation, repairs
and employment on the roads.
Conspiring to interfere.
Lettering or trespassing on railway
property.
Attempting to induce road employees
to quit or to prevent persons from
seeking employment with the roads.
PiCketing.
Visiting Homes Barred.
Harming employees or wOuldbe en-
ployes or visiting their homes.
Hindering transportation.
Encouraging or directing employees
(union members or others) to stop
work or others to refrain from seeking
work
Issuing instructions or public state
! effect.
Using union funds for purposes to be
enjoined as above.
Death Blow to Unions.
In statement tonight Mr.. Rich
berg said he interpreted the decision
as death blow to all big unions, be-
cause it will render them powerless
nationally if it is upheld by the higher
courts.
THE decision. as interpret it.,
means that the unions will be liable
for any unlawful act committed in
connection with a union strike re-
gardless of who commits it," he said.
That means that there can be no
national strikes. When there is a
national strike with thousands of
men involved there, are bound to be
some acts which technically would
be in violation of the injunction.
Since the unions would be held re-
not call a strike without eventually
having all their leaders in Jail"
Will Call Jewell.
Mr.. Richberg said the unions had
been held liable according to the
decision under the Sherman anti
trust act, but he declared the Clayton
act did not so hold. He said that
in a great national union there were
bound to be some radicals and when
strike occurs there is bound to be
some violence committed by enemies
OF the union in order to place 1t in
bad repute. According to the gov
ernment. he said. daily acts Of viol-
ence had averaged eighty five for each
100000 men affected by the strike.
He said that an appeal would be
; taken regardless of the technical
; form the temporary injunction to
be issued Monday takes and asserted
his intention of calling B. NJ Jewell,
shop crafts leader. and other strikers
officials in an effort to prove that
the shop crafts organization had no
connection with any unlawful acts.
s. NJ. FELTON,. 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 it to be quite
right and just" Other railroad exc
cutives refused to comment on the
decision. declaring it to be a matter
between the government and the shop
crafts union. in which the railroads
were not directly concerned.