The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-09-08
Government Gets Sweeping In
junction Restraining the
Striking Shopmen.
THREAT OF GENERAL STRIKE
Senate Passes the Bonus Bill With
Two Important Amendments-Sen-
ator Johnson Renominated by Cal
ifornia Republicans - Germany
Gets Six Months Respite.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD

by 60WAu0 W. TN t\tAt -
TAKING organized labor, and the
a general public, entirely by surprise,
the United States government last Fri
day obtained from Federal Judge ]. H.
Wilkerson in Chicago a temporary In
junction which, If fully enforced, will
make 1t impossible for the railway
shopmen to carry on their strike. Such
is the view Of 1t taken by the union
leaders, who, while protesting bitterly,
pledge compliance with at least a part
of the order.
The injunction, obtained by Attorney
General Daugherty in person, prohibits
leaders of the striking shopmen and
Of other unions from:
Issuing any instruction or public
statement to members Of their Or
CARNATIONS to induce them to do or
say anything to cause any railway en-
ployee to leave his work or to cause
any person to abstain from entering
employment of a railroad.
Using funds Of unions in furtherance
Of any act forbidden in injunction.
All officers and members of unions
or their agents are restrained from:
Engaging in picketing.
In any. manner, by letters. circulars,
kilograms, telephone messages, by
word of mouth or by interviews, en-
couraging any person to. leave the en-
ploy of railroad or to refrain from
entering such employ.
Interfering with or obstructing any
railway.
Hindering inspection, repair or
equipment of locomotives or cars.
Conspiring or agreeing to hinder rail
roads in the transportation Of passen-
gers, property and mails. II
1 Interfering with employees going to
or returning from work. "by displays of
force or numbers. threats. intimida-
lions. acts Of violence, opprobrious cpl.
thets, jeers, taunts, or entreaties."
Lettering at or near places Of in
gress and egress for employees.
Trespassing on the premises of any
railroad. or any other place except
where the public generally are in
vited to come to transact business"
Doing any injury or bodily harm to
any employee Of a railroad.
On September IL Judge Wilkerson
will hear arguments on the motion to
make the injunction permanent. Two
days earlier the executive council of
the American Federation of Labor viii
hold previously arranged meeting In
Washington, and. according to Presi-
lent Gompers, it will consider the ad-
visibility of calling general strike of
organized labor. Gompers denounced
The injunction as ''most outrageous"
and more than intimated that its pro-
visions would be ignored by labor lead
ers. He said general strike would
have to be Endorsed by the various
units which make up the federation.
and added that there was already a
widespread demand for such action.
President Harding. according TO
authoritative Information from WASH
ington, while admitting the injunction
is the most sweeping ever obtained in
the United States. has expressed de-
termination to go yet further. If neces-
sary. to maintain transportation, and
IS prepared to accept any consequences,
political or economic. which may re-
suit from the governments action. He
feels that he is thus protecting the
rights Of the public. but organized
labor says he has aligned the govern
ment on the side of the railway execu-
tives.
The executive council of the railway
employees department of the A. F. of
L. issued statement to the effect that
enforcement of the injunction against
lawlessness and '.iolence in the shop
strike would be aided in every way by