Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-08
INJUNCTIONS
By Jno. Bush

The federal courts recent sweep
ing injunction, which is as vast as
regards injustice as in its scope, gives
token of incoming events.
The railroad branch of Wall street
is defeated, and they know we en-
ployes are aware of the fact; but like
a drowning man they are grasping at
a straw The railroad executives
statement in the press, claiming that
increasing violence was the cause Of
their asking for the injunction is un-
true, and their real intention is not
to safeguard the public. They have
two objects in view. Flrst-They
think the shopmen will be intimidated
to the extent of believing the strike
is lost; and their second object is to
fool the public into the idea that all
accidents are due to strikers inter-
equipment. If the people so frequent
ly referred to as the "long SUFFERING
public" would cease to be duped by
propaganda, investigate for them
selves and put their opinion in the
public press, the railroad executives
would be ousted.
The pathetic appeals to the public
reminds the writer of Aesops fable of
the wolf and the goat. A wolf, seeing
a goat feeding on the brow of high
precipice, where he could not go, be-
saught her to come down lower, for
fear she should miss her footing at
that dizzy height; "and moreover"
said he, "the grass is far sweeter and
more abundant here below" But the
goat replied: Excuse me; it is not
for my dinner that you invite me, but
for your own"
He who incites to strike is worse
than he who takes part in it, and if
We had a government that functioned
in the interests of the people rather
than one controlled and onerated by
Wall street they would take cogni-
zance of the above fact and be gov
erned thereby.
The basic principle of the injunction
is diametrical to the Constitution of
the United States, and should excite
the ire of every true freedom-loving
red-blooded American.
The officers of the shop crafts have
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tanning peaceful picketing as provided
for by law, and the public, in spite of
press propaganda to the contrary is
well aware of that fact.
The American courts, by inaugu-
rating such drastic measures, are
copying after European policies,
which have resulted in the unfurling
of the red flag, and we frequently
hear it remarked that the courts are
making "Reds" every day.
The history of injunctions dates
back to the Romans, when the tyrants
of that, the wealthiest nation of its
time, like those Of America, became
fearful of the oppressed people who
had been deprived of their constitu-
tional rights. But no nation ever
deemed it necessary to issue restrain
ing orders such as have been ordered
by federal courts in connection with
the railroad strike, except where
comparatively few men have gained
control of the nations wealth and
with the power accompanying in
creased wealth attempt to jeopardize
democracy.
The striking shopmen and their
families, who are belittled by the re-
straining order, are intelligent citi-
zens of the communities in which they
live, many of them own and pay taxes
on modest homes, and the money they
earn is spent with the local business
and professional men. But the "faith-
full employees" whom the injunction is
meant to protect. are the dregs and
dross of humanity, they are detri-
mental to the public, and the public
knows it. To the extent federal courts
enforce injunctions similar to the one
in question, to that degree will Amer
lea become an Empire.