, 1923-07-12
SHOP Strike ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PERMANENT |NFEDERALC COURT
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caso. who were appointed special as.
sistants to the attorney general.
The temporary Injunction. which
was made permanent today not only
enJoined tho defendants from inter-
terins with railroad properties bnt
also enjoined them from conspiring
to in5ure or Interfere with the rail-
road companies in the conduct of
their business. and prohibited them
from making threats. Jeers. taunts or
~entreaties: enjoined them from loiter-
ing In the vicinity of places Of ingress
or egress of the employees of the rail
way companies. or being unneces-
sarily in the vicinity. Parades and
meetings that have anything to do
with the strike were barred. as were
also letters. kilograms. messages, tele-
phone or word of mouth. that would
Interfere or incite against the opera
ton of their employees or the rail
roads. 1t also prevented picketing
and the visiting of the homes of EN-
ployes by missionaries Of the unions.
The injunction likewise prevented
the union officers from issuing in
structions. public statements or COM
m~unications that would in any way
violate the intent of the Injunction.
1t also tied UP the funds of the
union insofar as their use In the
strike was concerned.
In making the injunction perma-
nent. Judge Wilkerson said in part:
TT seems almost incredible that
warfare Of the kind disclosed by the
voluminous record in this case should
have been waged in this country. 1t
Is even more ominous tina this un-
lawful assault upon the commerce. of
the nation should have found apollo
gists and defendants, including some
happily a few, however,, Of those
charged with the duty of protecting
property and enforcing the law.
This strike war more than a ON
troversy between employer and em-
ploye. Its manifest purpose, as
shown by the evidence. was to cripple
and destroy interstate and
to create by this assault a public
opinion hostile to the decision Of the
board. The primary purpose of the
combination therefore is unlawful
and 1t may not be carried out by
means that otherwise would be legal.
Gwen II the strike is regarded
merely as a controversy between en-
ployer and employe. the evidence
shows beyond doubt that it was part
of the purpose of those engaged in
this combination to carry on the
strike by assaults and acts OF vio-
lence. Certainly upon such a show
ing, the i%njunctive relief will not be
limited to forbidding acts of violence
which are lone in secret, and for
which It is hard to fix responsibility
and to impose punishment, and thus
leave defendants free to
injury to persons and property by
open words and deeds which in them
selves appear peaceful and lawful
The defendant unions were not
represented in court today. 1t was
explained. however. that they have
The attorneys who represented them
question of the permanent order
was virtually by default.
In his decision. Judge Wilkerson
only outlined the main points brought
out in the proof. He called attention
to bulletins issued by the Union or
ganization leaders and said:
Those bulletins show the RESPONSE
bility of the officers of the defendant
organizations for tho management of
the strike. They also show that those
officers in the midst OF a campaign
Of violence unparalleled in American
industrial history, were continuously.
melting the members of the defend
ant organizations to greater activity"
The real purpose of the strike.
Judge Wilkerson said. is indicated in
the language from a bulletin issued
August III, 1921. which read:
REST assured that this strike has
aroused the American people as no
previous strike in the nations his
tory. They ave visions of a fuelless
and foodless winter. with the trans
portation system OF the nation prac.
tically a derelict."
Judge wiikerson then cited the
numerous acts OF depreciation com.
mitted during the strike and noted