The Washington times., 1922-09-08

| ~ w. uled to make an
49, entry into Chi
NHuxNz16EN cago within the
next few days.
| WILLIAM HARD The idea In
this race is that Mr.. Jewell hopes
to get into Chicago and get the
| railroad strike settled before Attor.
ney General Daugherty can get
here and by means Of his we'll
known injunction prevent him from
settling it.
Mr.. Jewell comes as the reputed
bearer Of olive branches of one
sort and another from railroad ex-
ecutives or railroad owners. His
colleagues In the management Of
the strike are assembling In Chi
cago to look at these branches and
to consider the question Of pluck
Ing a few fruits Of peace from
them. But a great legal difficulty
arises.
1t is seen that Mr.. Jewell must
act with the greatest secrecy and
also with the greatest speed II he
is actually going TO get this strike
Daugherty on Monday morning IN
Judge wilkerson's court gets him
permanently as well as temporarily
enjoined from doing 80.
Studies made here of Attorney
General Daugherty's Injunction in
it's present binding. temporary form
show clearly that Mr.. Jewell must
| be very circumspect II he IL going
/ to escape getting sent to jail FOR
settling the strike. The Injunction
, names him specifically by his own
full name and title as Bert NJ.
Jewell, president of the railroad en-
ployes department Of the American
Federation Of Labor, and II specifi.
cally forbids him to make any sug-
| gestion to any officer or TO any
member of any Of the striking
unions with reference to their
conduct"
Those are the words. That Is.
those are the key words. The fun
passage containing them is found
toward the end Of the injunction and
enjoys q position Of emphasis and
climax. II provides that Mr.. Jewell
Ii restrained and enjoined from do
ing the following things:
Issuing any instructions, re-
| quests, statements or suggestions
in any way to any official or men,
Der Of any labor organizations con-
stituting the federated shop crafts
with reference to their conduct or
to the acts which they shall perform
subsequent to, the abandonment Of
the employment OF the railroad COM
panies by the member sof the feder-
ated shop crafts"
II Is widely admitted that all the
strikers now striking can be safely
said to have abandoned the employ
ment Of the railroad companies. IT
10 also widely admitted that II they
agreed to go back to work 1t would
be an act" 1t would be q piece Of
conduct"
comes clear that under Mr.. Daugh-
erty's injunction Mr.. Jewell must
move with great care and with great
surreptitious rapidity II he is going
10 advise the strikers to 20 back to
work before Mr.. Daugherty catches
him doing It and reports him to
Judge Wilkerson for punishment.
Opinions vary here as'to the reason
why Mr.. Daugherty inserted such
words into the injunction. The most
popular explanation is that Mr..
Daugherty was moved to II by OBJ
serving the unfortunate fate OF the
Administration In the matter Of the
coal strike. ....
It is remembered that the coal
strike went and got itself settled by
direct nesotiations between the em.
ployArs and the labor leaders almost
as soon as II was able TO get Tar
enough away from Washington TO
be able to arrive at Cleveland. II 10
that the railroad strike may also
have had It in it's mind to arrive at
settlement by escaping from states
manship. =. -..:.. .
The injunction 10 therefore so
written as to prevent any such con-
the strikers. According 10 the letter
Of the Injunction the strikers must
refrain from botnering their own
strike. and must just simply let II 60
on till Attorney General Daugherty
thinks Of something else.
The grand final test will come on
Monday morning, On Monday
morning Mr.. Jewell and his col
leagues will meet IN Chicago TO ox-
change suggestions" leading to
conduct" and leading to an "act. :"
| The purpose OF that conduct" and OF
that "aot" will be to end the strike.
On the same morning and at the
same hour Attorney General Daush-
erty will appear before Judge wilker-
SON TO ask him to issue an order per
manentiy establishing the Injunction
which forbids Mr.. Jewell and his col.
leagues to exchange any suggestion