The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-07
.DAUGHERTY TO ACT
AGAINST RADICAL
UNION OFFICIAL
Cases of Leaders Who Have
Made Incendiary Speeches
to Be Taken Up in
Due Time
BY Associated Press

Washington, September 6.-For-
NAL announcement by Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty that the government
would Consider in due time what
proceedings shall be taken against
the few misguided labor leaders who
have made incendiary speeches" in
connection with the industrial situa-
ton, and persistent reports that Sc
cret conferences are in progress
looking to some sort Of separate set
Element with individual roads, stood
out in today's developments In the
strike of the railway shopcrafts.
Incidentally. Mr.. Dauherty SAID.
preparation of the governments case
had been ssomewhat hampered" by
tho difficulty process servers were
experiencing In locating leading Of
ficiais of the shop crafts organize
tion."
w. II. Johnston, president Of tho
machinists, and q. M. Jewell. off,
cial head OF the seven organizations
on strike. have dropped out of public
View allHOuBn lADOT AROkbbh1u uhN y
denied the two labor leaders were
[ avoiding the service of copies OF the
iestrainlnx order ISSUED at Chicago
last Friday and asserted they wou,d
b. available X wanted for that pur
pose.
chow Contempt of Court
Mr.. Daugherty in his statement en-
phasized HIS belief that the rank and
file of labor organizations were con-
tent to leave the Issue to the orderly
processes of law. but said the few
leaders who have shown a contempt
for tho courts need not complain
that they are denied the full privi-
lege of free speech
Instructions have been sent to the
United States attorney at Chicago.
the Attorney General said. to notify
counsel for the unions that leadln &
officials OF the shopmen's organiza-
lions, together with their complets
records. would be required before the
court when the case is called again.
Both In government and labor cir
cles today complete ignorance was
asserted of any actual or impending
negotiations looking to the settle
ment OF the strike. Some officials
had been informed, 1t was said, that
the outlook for q settlement" had
been frightened by recent develop
ments, but even with these. details
were lacking. II was a matter of
common knowledge, however, that
several railroads still held the view
in favor of separate settlements
which their representatives had ex-
pressed at the recent conference OF
railway executives in New York.
Robinson Attacks Order
The governments temporary re-
strainine order came in for Its first
public attack In tho Senate today
when Senator Robinson. democrat,
Arkansas, assailed the writ on the
ground that 1t constituted "a plain
violation of the constitution"
Senator Watson, republican. Indi-
ana, defended the governments
course, asserting that it was the only
action possible in the emergency
which the country faced
The suggestion that settlement ne
gotiations might have been insti-
tutcd through the third parties was
seen in the statement of machinists'
officials that their organization had
not been invited to any meeting.
So far as could be learned no effort
was instituted to serve labor leaders
who might have been in Washington.
United states Marshal e. C. Snyder
said he had received no instructions
from the department of justice and
had not been given copies of tn,
Chicago order.