The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
Fight or Surender" The Lesson Of the Injunction
Drive On Labor


Of series of similar restraining orders which out
law the union and strike in West Virginia Ohio and Penn
syvana-says, among many other things:
1--WE therefore do strictly enjon command you that
you henceforh es From attempting scheme comona
ton conspiracy among yourselves, with Others to annoy
hinder interfere with person or persons from
working the plaintiff seeking employment with the plaintiff
any and all and from the of means or
methods which will tend to hinder impede Obsruct the
plaintiff from operating the said Rossiter Mines
The injunction application made by the marlborough Rapid
Transit Company York asks that the American Federation
Labor the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees and all labor organizations be prohbed
From doing any act whatsoever knowingly and wiuly by
way advice persuasion otherwise to induce the
plaintiff present and future of them to breach
their several contracts of employment with the PLAINTIFF or to
leave abandon the service of the plaintiff without pan
consent strike from doing act knowingly and will
fully reasonably calculated produce such results of
them. (Our emphasis)
The West Virginia injunction prohibits any calculated to
interfere with the production of coal article of interstate
The Pennsylvania injunction granted to the Pitts
burgh Terminal Coal Company against the United Mine Workers
not only outlaws strikes and organization which ntereres with
the production of articles of interstate but egaze
evictions.
The West Virginia injunction and the R. application
egaze the yellow dog and thus gives company unions
higher genuine unions while the time giving
the protection of the to these company unions and
individual contracts.
In Colorado the strike miners declared illegal by
the state and miners have been shot down and
killed like criminals and dozens wounded.
Colorado company unonism and the inunc
ton process carried to its logical conclusion.
the legal principle established that unions strikes and
organization campaigns illegal by injunction 9th
erwse and the working class will hear the rattle of machine
the hands of the upholders of American institutions
The only organizations which the capitalists Of the United
States intend to tolerate those directly under their control
More than this atho it sound extreme there large
capitalist Of this country which opposes any form
of unonm both unonsm and the efficiency unonsm
advocated by the official labor leadership.
William Barr president of the National Founders Assoa
the organization of foundry capitalists speaking at the
thry-frst annual conference body held
Gently, stated according to the New York Times:
e time is here when the open shop increase in effec
tiveness. may be that welmeanng persons feel
that the unions towers of strength against communist ideas
in this country As matter of fact there is little difference be-
tween communism and labor union oligarchy
The fact and "a labor union ogarchy,"
such thing be conceived far apart the poes
the important thing here
What is important that this powerful section of manufac
whom Barr speaks against kind of unionsm
form of working class organization.
These capitalists of welcome the attack of the
tonary leadership upon the Communists and left wing workers
the unions They know that it weakens the labor movement
they have objection to making united front with labor
officiadom against militant trade unionism.
But these bosses have intention of recognizing unions and
allowing the workers in their plants to organize just because off
ciadom claims be patriotic than the bosses themselves
and interested only in defending American Institutions and in
creasing production.
capitalists recognize that LATER
labor leadership Systematically berays the interests of the
revolt takes place and under the of falling M
ing standards and capitalist tyranny unions become organizing
centers for struggle
Even company unions revolt
drive against the labor with the injunction as
its principal weapon for its purpose the destruction
especially unions like the United Mine Workers which
the of the labor movement.
The hopeessy inadequate sanctioned by the emerg
F. L. officials Pittsburgh only
give encouragement the capitalists demoraze
movement
1t is clear that the present policy Of labor ofcadom
pressed the the republican Pnho
the u the ckenng appeal to President Coolidge
the purely formal call for aid for the striking Miners the failure
to endorse and organize mass violations of nunctons the dis
graceful attack the rank and file miners delegations
all the essentials of the policy surrender which has
vailed previously.
Inc deep crisis which the labor faces the mpend
thon