The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-14

fetal position in the labor movement
to sell the votes of the Illinois min
ers to the bosses. He started IN a
small way.
The Injunction Judge.
A notorious injunction Judge by the
name of w. E. Hadley, Of CollinsviIle,
Illinois, was placed on the unfair list
by the central bodies and local un-
ions in that district. Judge Hadley
was the Donnie" Sullivan Of Collins
vile. He issued an injunction on be-
half Of the Lumaghi Coal company
and against the miners Of Collinsville.
To have such Judge in Office in a
big coal district meant something to
the operators, therefore, they used
every effort to keep him there. What
Harrington received for his services
on this occasion has not yet come to
light, but his subsequent conduct
clinches the belief that he got well
paid for the dirty work.
FarrInpton's Circular.
While organized labor was issuing
literature denouncing this notorious
boss Judge as an enemy Of the work
ers In general and the coal miners in
particular, harrington got out a cir
cular over his own signature absolv-
ing Judge Hadley Of the charge made
against him by the organized work
ers who had first-hand knowledge of
the Injunction, because they suffered
from its provisions.
The following is a copy Of the cir
cular issued by Harrington:
ITO ORGANIZED LABOR
of the Third Judicial Circuit
of the State of Illinois:
"A large amount Of printed matter
having been freely distributed charg-
ing Mr.. w. E. Hadley, of Collinsyille,
Illinois, with being instrumental in
causing an injunction to be issued on
behalf of the Lumaghi Coal company
and against the miners of Collins.
vile and state and sub-district Off.
cials of the United Mine Workers OF
] America, on account of which he is
unfrieEdly to organized labor.
1.-THE undersigned being at the time
of the issuance of said injunction
state vice-president of the United
Mine Workers of America for the
state of Illinois, and having had in
charge the dispute then existing be-
tween the Lumghai Coal company and
the miners employed at its Number
(2) Two Mine, know Of my personal
knowledge that Mr.. Hadley took nc
part in the preparation Of the bill for
injunction, its presentation to the cir.
cult Judge issuing the same, and took
no part in nor was present at any
conference between the United Mine
Workers Of America and the Lumaghi
Coal company and further, that said
injunction was not against any miner
employed by said company and was
not an injunction to protect non-union
labor, but on the contrary, was an
injunction against only the officers of
the miners organization to restrain
them from calling out the union men
employed at its Number Three 49,"
This circular was dated, Spring
field, Illinois, June 4, 1909.
Crooked Politician.
The crooked mental twist in Far
rington can be seen from reading
Of the above circular. In defending
Hadley against a charge which he
knew quite we'll to be true, he also
defends the injunction itself. 1t was
not to protect non-union labor, he ar
CUES, but to restrain the officials Of
the miners union from calling out the
miners employed at another mine be-
longing to the same company. Far
rington here justifles scabbery OF the
grossest kind while he goes down the
line for an injunction Judge.
The next article will deal with Far
rington's handling Of strike in Van
couver, and his little tricks with the
pencil when sending in a bill for ex
penses.
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