Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-09-08
COVE RN|NENT GEL
STRIKE INJUNCTION
Ia. S. Wins Suit Against Unions
at Chicago.
WORKERS RESTRAINED
WORKERS RESTRAINED
icy General Daugherty Gets
Naming Every Official OF
hallway Department of the
\ Federated Labor Crafts.

cago, Sept. 2.-The United States
rnment has assumed first place
.he nationwide railroad strike.
M. Daugherty, attorney gen.
Df the Unitcd States, won an
Fction In Federal court restrain
the railway employees department
bf the American Federation of Labor
3from interference with operation of
the roads Of the country.
The action Of the government came
hike d thunderbolt. 1t left the unions
with their hands tied.
Mr.. Daugherty came to Chicago I'M
heralded. He appeared before Judge
James FL. Wilkerson in Federal court
lat ten o'clock to demand what is
claimed to be the most sweeping in
junction against labor ever attempted
I'm this country.
Injunction Is Temporary.
Judge WilkersOn granted a temp
0rary Injunction. Thu defendants were
notified that they may appear in court
September IL and show cause why it
should not be made permanent
3. M. Jewell, president Of the rail-
way employees department Of the
American Federation of Labor, is the
chief individual named in the injunc-
tion. But scores Of other union off,
Gals are named.
Immediately after the Injunction
was granted scores of deputy United
States marshals hurried away to serve
the processes. They will be carried
TO every part Of the country.
Here are the high points in what
the injunction prohibits the strikers
from doing:
Issuing interviews or statements.
Using their funds to carry on the
strike.
Picketing.
Holding parades.
Urging friends to quit the service
of the roads.
Judge Wilkerson In granting the
Injunction, said Mr.. Daugherty's petit
lion involved the fundamental prin-
ciples of the government of the
United States"
Defends "Open Shop" !.
The "open shop'-the right of every
man to accept employment = was
stressed by the attorney general in
his statement to the court. But he
denied that the government is striking
a blow at organized labor.
Tomorrow it will be said by some
persons, more malicious than truthful,
that this proceeding is intended as a
death blow to the unions" he said,
"and inasmuch as falsehood travels
twice as fast as truth, let me today
start the truth on it's way in advance
that in my judgment this movement
is necessary. for the protection and
preservation Of the unions themselves.
1.-The government OF the United
States LIS not opposed to labor unions
IL they perform such functions as can
be performed in lawful America.
Never while the labor unions limit
activities to legitimate acts and law
ful pursuits not Injurious to society,
at least while I speak and to the ex-
tent that l can speak for the govern
ment Of the United States, shall a
Blow be struck at them.
''But it may be understood that so
long as to the extent that / can speak
for the government or the United
States, I will use the power Of the
government Of the United States with
In my control to prevent the labor
unions of the country from destroying
abe open shop.
When man in this country is not
permitted to engage In lawful toll,
whether he belongs to union or not,
with full protection and without in
terruption, the death knell of liberty
will be. sounded and anarchy will
supersede organized government"
May Mean End of Unionism.
In high labor circles the view was
taken that organized workers of the
S0untry are face to face with the
most gigantic movement ever under
taken to curb their power. That the
government expects support from un-
organized workers was indicated in
this paragraph of Mr.. Daugherty's
statement:
mo union, or combination Of unions,
Ian, under our laws, dictate to the
American Union. When the unions
claim the right to dictate to the gov
eminent and to dominate the Ameri-
can people and deprive the American
people Of the necessities of life, then
the government will destroy the
unions, for the government of the
United Suites Is supreme and must
live.
"No labor leader, or capitalistic
leader, nor organization nor associa-
ton of any kind or kinds, or COM
bination of the same, will be permitted
by the government OF the United
States to laugh in the frozen faces
of furnishing people without prompt
prosecution and proper punishment"