The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
INJUNCTION. in
RAIL STRIKE
EXPLAINED
Daugherty Gives Out Mass Of
information to Justify
Injunction.
BY ROBERT S. THORNBURGH,
International News Service.

L
Use by the Government of in
functions to quell alleged lawless
disturbances and to compel ODE
dience to law has been vindicateC
completely, Attorney General
Harry M. Daugherty declared to.
day when he made public a great
volume of correspondence relative
to the railroad workers strike Of
| 1922.
Thousands of letters and tele-
grams exchanged by the late
President Harding, the Attorney
General, other Department Of
Justice officials, United States
marshals, Federal agents, and
railway executives and labor chiefs
were given out pursuant to a res
olutiOn adopted by the United
States Senate, March 8, 1923. au-
thorizing their publication.
Claims Acts INDICATED.
Pointing out that the final decree
on the rail injunctions entered July
IL, 1923, lis substantially the same
In all respects as that Of the tenn
porary restraining order entered
September 1, 1922" the Attorney
General said:
1.-THE case was commenced and
the prosecution expedited and con.
cluded in approximately ten
months. The time has expired
without an appeal being taken
from the final decree by the de.
PENDANTS.
THE strength and effectiveness
Of the several injunction DEGREES
are a complete vindication Of the
use by the Government of the civil
process of its courts to quell law.
less disorders and to compel obedi.
ence to its laws
Letters to President.
Daugherty made public a mum.
Der of letters he had written to
President Harding indicating con.
ditions throughout the country rela-
tive to the strike. They referred
chiefly to killings, dynamiting and
other lawlessness reported to the
Department of Justice.
On September IA, 1922, Daugherty
sent President Harding from Chi.
cago, copies Of the Federal court
order in the injunction case and
that Of the Eugene V. Debs action
Of 1894. He pointed out to tho
President that there was little diff
ference between the two orders. ex.
cepting that the 1922 injunction
was more specific.
Daugherty added that 1.-The unions
are now much better organized
new plans for interference have been
adopted, the acts of the strikers
are more widespread and more
modern than when the order in the
Debs case was entered in 1894
Bares Instructions.
Daugherty barred what purported
to be all the instructions given to
United States marshals and attOr'
neys relative to maintaining order
during the strike and to enforce
| ment of the injunction.
Marshals were told to make their
Investigations independent Of the
railroad companies and ito reach
your conclusions uninfluenced by
their requests except as they are
competent and relevant to the situa-
ton" They were advised to let
the public know the proper func-
itions of the courts and their officers.
United States attorneys were ~ad-
vised to bring contempt proceedings
where organized efforts are under
taken by strikers seriously to OBJ.
struct or thwart the judicial pro
cess" Ordinarily the machinery OF
the Government should not be set
in motion unless the case is fragrant
land serious, Daugherty declared.
Over 5000 Deputies.
The Attorney General said that
$3.50 special deputy marshals were
on duty September 1, 1922. in con
nection with the shipments strike
the number had been reduced tC
334 November 81 and 1856 Decem
Der 10.
November II, 1922, the Depart
ment of Justice asked 1narshals and
United States attorneys to furnish
information for use at a committee
hearing in Congress concerning the
necessity for and the effect Of the
Injunction proceedings instituted al
Chicago September 1, 1922"
| AS a result Of this request q
digest Of replies was prepared FOL
the Attorney General by George z
Strong, of the Department of Jus
tice.
Cites Thirteen Murders"
There were at least thirteen
murders, numerous attempts al
murder, numerous shots with
deadly weapons, and several deaths
due to wrecks, which were traceablt
to the strikers" Strong's report
said.
I'm one case the president of 9
State federation of labor was con
victed Of transporting bombs con
tanning dynamite, which, the evi
dence showed, were to be used tt
cause wrecks.
1.-THE destruction Of property was
the favorite method Of intimidat:nr
and coercing the railroads to refrain
from employing new men and dis
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