Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-08
INJUNCTION
bATTLES| IN
is. COURTS
GOmpers Accuses President
of Breaking Faith with
Rail Strikers
MEET IN CHICAGO
Jewel Said to Have Agreed
on Separate Settlement
with Some Roads
United Press Leased Wire


WASHINGTON Sept. 8.-The
Daugherty injunction against the
striking railroad shopmen has set
in motion developments, which, in
the opinion OF observers here. will
have marked effect on legal and
political history within the next
few months.
These developments include:
l. A great legal battle, more in
tense than any similar court fight
that has preceded it to determine
how far the government can go in
controlling by injunction the con-
duct of labor unions or any other
groups of citizens.
g. A political fight aimed di-
rcctly at some republican candi-
dates for congress who have either
approved the administration
strike policy or have merely failed
to disapprove it.
8. An effort to "liberalize' the
United States Supreme Court by OBJ
tanning appointment to impending
vacancies of men regarded as pro
gressives' or 'liberals. ... ...... .....
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Sept. S.
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, today plan
ned to place the question of a genera
strike because of the "Daugherty in
junction before the executive councl
of the federation which meets tomor
row.
"'The demand of many of our unions
for a general strike will not be ig
nored,' said Gompers. q Will placi
the matter before tn council and we
viii act in accordance with our con
science and not with fear of the attor
ney general.
Samuel Gompers, in an interview witt
the Unite dPress, charged president
Harding with breaking faith with the
striking shop workers. According tt
Gompers, Mr.. Harding promised tho
rail workers to use the "big stick
ised cmfwyp shrdlu etaoin hrdluuwyl
TO make the railroads accept the first
Harding proposal for peace, which in
cluded unmpaired seniority rights fo'
the workers.
Mr.. Harding turned the "big stick ,
into the Daugherty injunction, Comp
ers said.
CHICAGO, Sept. S.-United States
deputy marshals today succeeded IL
serving notice on leaders of the striking
railroad shopmen of the issuanccof thu
Daugherty injunction" in fedora
court here.
AS Bert M. Jewell, William III. John
ston and Martin Ryan, officials direct
ing the strike, stepped from a Baltimor
and Ohio train from the east, Deput,
John Oros served notice of the writ.
CHICAGO, Sept. S.-Leaders in th
new rail peace move met III Chicag,
today. preliminary to the conference o
the shopmen S policy committee Mon
day.
with the American Federation of Labo
is now an impossibility
Earl Gray, president of the Unio1
Pacific" shopmens strike is ire
vocably lost. However, we can emplo,
all the men we can get and are willing
to return pension rights to those mel
who go back to their jobs before Sept
ember 10.
CHICAGO, Sept. S.-"The railroa
strike is practically settled" one o
the best known executives of the west
ern group of railroads declared today.
This executive with several Others
conferred at length at the Chicago Clul
The statement was made followin
this conference.
81 have been away for some tim
and perhaps am not in as close touc
with the situation as | should be,
the executive said. However, ! b'
lieve that the railroad strike is pra'
tically settled.
~ cannot say more than this. tn
situation still requires very careful an
guarded handling. | must not endangt
peace by a premature statement an
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