The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-09-13
AFFIDAvITS ON
STRIKE DISORDERS
Federal Attorneys to Present
$4,000 in Injunction Hearing
ATTACK PUBLIC STATEMENT
Unions Attorney Wins Court Caution
Against Giving Out Influencing Ut
teranceS.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-The government
began the introduction of approximate
IL 10000 atfidavirS telling OF attacks
on Individuals lis Il result I'll the rail-
road strike. in support OF Attorney
General Daugherty'S bill for il temper
AIRY injunction against nearly 10 DILL
Gals and 100000 members Of the strlk-
ing railroad shop crafts.
Fearing on the defense motion Tor
modification Of the temporary re-
Stluining order issued SepttH'>ei'
was deferred by Juugc james ii. " H.
ker>on until the government mas pre-
scented further evidence i'll support OK
il contention that the dominant pUi-
pose of the alleged conspiracy is NE
obstruction of Interstate commerce.
ching supreme court decisions ii
tie Coronado coal ease, retail timber
dealers case and the Patton cotton
corner prosecution. Judge Nfikersrn
said the question raised by the G",-
ernmpnt'& allegation was Il vital "u2
and should be settled before the re-
quest for modification of The present
order can be acted on.
Donald X. Richherg. att"rne! for
Is. NJ. Jewell and john Scott, strike
leaders, interrupted the hearing 10 to-
mand OF the government attorneys
whether Il statement which he branded
'.crimnaly lihelouS, printed Ill mora
ing papers as coming from Attorney
General Daugherty's office, had been
given out by Mr.. Dau@herty or dis as
sociateS.
The statement was Il resume OF the
list of murders and o;her crimes grow
ing out of the strike, read i'll court.
| Judge WilkersOn said he had not seen
the statement. but would read the copy
| produced from the Chicago Tribune
| by Rchber" and pass on ii later. The
| strikers attorney said the statement
"IibelGl>ly" attributed To his clients
| acts Of which obey had no Knowledge
| The Judge cautioned both sides
against making public statements tend
ing to influence public opinion prior
| To decision of the case.
Blackburn k.S1crIine, assistant 10 the
| solicitor general, SAID he would read
| enough Of the 1900 attidaNitS 10 show
| that noIi-l,nion employers and union
| men who remained 1T work have been
! moleSted and ntimida1ed ia every
| >rcl:,.l of the country. Starting out
| with Santa Fe workers, the first 1IO
! atfidavits read covered occurrences i'll
| Illinois. Missouri. oklahoma. Califor-
! MIA. Colorado. Arizona and New MeNi-
| co.
| completing the Santa Re attidaVlIs.
| the government proposed submitting
| the remainder in lots, reading only ii
| digest of each batch The defense pro
| pu%ed the government first show any
| evidence linking jewell and Scott With
| the alleged conspiracy, and pointed
I OUT. if such evidence was produced,
| 30 more atIidaVits would be necessary.
Reports of the interstate commerce
| commission were presented showing
bad ORDER freight cars and l"como,
| tive> on July | and - and August
| and IL On July /, :22i,,S3 Of the
country':s 2.30l ,346 freight cars requir-
| rG r,rairS or 14.b per ceut Of the to-
| tai The percentage Increased II l1.l
on July II. and reached 1s.3 per cent
on August l. II fell 10 Is per cent
fifteen Gays later.
| The locomotive reports showed H.
S96 of the 64,1l6 engines in need vi
repair July |, or 30 per cent Of the
tota number. July IL the bad order
list reached 24.1 per cent: 80 pei
cen, On August l. and 50.3 per GEM
OH August 10.
ESterine read an affidavit from TIL,
wife of Il Chicago railroad man Wh(
went out on strike, but later returned
to work when the grocer cut off tht
familyS credit. She told of an attach
by three strikers, who struck ant
cursed her and searched her house II
all effort to find her husband, whom
| they called Scab.
l. Richberg made Il general objection
to all such afiidavitS to he produced
| by the government on the ground tina
secondary evidence of that type /
| not competent