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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1910)
Ml ! THE INJUNCTION HITS HOME ! BOILERMAKERS AT HAVELOCK COVERED BY BLANKET ! I RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE The federal injunction has come tJ Lincoln, and wage earners in this and the neighboring city of Havelock are now made aware of what " government by injunction" really means. Wednesday afternoon, on application of the attorneys of the Burlington d Missouri River Railway Federal Jude T. C. Munger issued a blanket injunc tion against the striking Boilermakers of Havelock and Lincoln, restraining them from about everything imagin able, including congregating upon the streets "leading to" the shops. The in junction states that the striker must not congregate upon the streets lead ing to the shops for the purpose of . "threatening, intimidating," etc., but it is a cinch that the mere congregating will be construed as contempt of court. The terms of the injunction grant d are by no means as drastic as the attor neys for the company sought to obtain. Judge Munger refused to grant the injunction until the defendant union had been notified, so notice was mad'; out by the Burlington lawyers and a copy put into the hands of a special Burlington officer named Smith, who served it upon President Jonas about 4 o'clock. Jonas couldn't see anything official about the document, it bearing no seal, and no evidence of having been issued by any court officer. Smith came back to Lincoln however, and reported what he had done, and Judge Munger immediately issued the writ. The order of Judge Munger puts the ' members of the union under the follow v ing inhibitions: From compelling or inducing or at tempting to compel or induce by threats, intimidation, force or violence of any of the said plaintiff's employes to fail or refuse to work for it or to leave its service. From preventing or attempting to prevent any person or persons by threats, intimidation, force or violence, from freely entering into or continuing in the said plaintiff's service. From congregating upon or about the plaintiff's premises or the streets, approaches and places adjacent or leading to said premises for the pur pose of intimidating its employes or preventing or hindering them from ful filling their duties as such employes or for the purpose of or in such manner as to induce or coerce by threats, vio lence, or intimidation any of the said plaintiff's employes to leave its service - or any person to refuse to enter its ser vice. From congregating upon or about the plaintiff's premises or the side walk, street, alleys or approaches ad joining or adjacent to or leading to said premises and from picketing in a threatening manner the said plaintiff's places of business or the home or board ing houses or residences of the said paintiff's employes. From interfering with the said plain tiff's employes in going to and fro: a their work. From going singly or collectively tc the homes of the said plaintiff's em ployes for the purpose of intimidating or threatening them to leave its serv ice. From doing any of the aforesaid or any other acts for the purpose of com pelling and inducing or attempting to compel or induce the plaintiff by threats, intimidations, force or violence against its will or the will of its offi cers, to employ or to discharge any per son or persons whomsoever, and espe cially to employ members of said un ions or discharge persons who. are not members of said unions. From combining, associating, agree ing, mutually undertaking, concerting together or with other persons for the purpose of doing or causing'to be done any Of the aforesaid prohibited acts. From the threats, intimidations, per suasion, force or violence, compelling or attempting to compel or induce any of the apprentices in the employ of the said plaintiff to break their contracts and leave the employ of the said plain tiff. From interfering by intimidation, threats or violence with any person or persons having or attempting to trans act business with the plaintiff. From hindering, impeding or inter fering by intimidation, threats or vio lence the said plaintiff or its employes in the transaction and conduct of iU business. There are 146 striking boilermakers and a separate notice will have to be served on each one. The woi-k of serv ing the notices began Thursday morning. The application for the injunction was backed up by several affidavits al leging assault and intimidation. Fred Hugg swears that he was assaulted by a striker named Mancho and beaten up. He also says he has been called a lot of vile names. Michael Warga testifies v that he was assaulted. Dr. Ballard, the company physician, says he took an in jured carpenter Jiamed Diss to his of fice, and that while he was attending the man's injuries a crowd of strikei'3 gathered around and made a lot of re marks about "d d scabs." E. L. McCorkle, formerly a m'emoer of the Lincoln police force and now a special officer employed by the Burlington, swears that he heard threats, saw pick eting, etc. Dr. Lucas, one of the shop foremen, also swears to the same things. Lucas is a member of the Have lock school board, and it is' charged that in his eagerness to help out the company he was the cause of securing an employment certificate by a four teen year? old, who went into the boiler shops and took a place as rivet heatci. at the munificent wage of 6 cents pec hour. As the boy had not completed the course prescribed by law a state official ordered him out, and the strik ing boilermakers immediately sent him to school and paid his mother the wagj he was to have earned. The employ ment certificate was given the lad on the ground that his mother depended upon his work for her support. Anna Borner swears that her husband was forced to quit wok through fear of being assaulted ; also that she had been roundly cursed by one of the strikers. A few days ago Superintendent Ack erman declared that the striking em ployes were behaving like gentlemen, and that they had done nothing to cause trouble. President Jonas says .that the injunc tion will be obeyed to the letter, bui he is of the opinion that it will be un wittingly violated for the reason that no one can tell what motive will bo attributed to a striker who may happen to walk the streets. The terms of the injunction are sweeping, and every body knows that a federal judge is not limited in his powers. Judge T. C. Munger, who granted the injunction, was appointed to th-j federal bench about three years ago. Prior to assuming his duties as a fed eral judge he had no experience in i judicial capacity. He practiced law in Lincoln for a number of years, and was chairman of Elmer J. Burkett's cam paign committee when that gentleman was a candidate for congress; he also helped to manage the senatorial cam paigns of the senior senator. There wan already one federal judge in this dis trict, also named Munger, but a special law was put through congress creating an additional judgeship for this dis trict, and T. C. Munger secured the ap . pointment. A few years ago the other Judg"1 Munger, whose headquarters are i.i Omaha, issued an injunction against the striking packing house men ia which they were restrained from evon using the United States mail or from meeting in groups of more than two to discuss anything whatever. That in junction was prepared by the packing house attorneys and the hearing givea in an Omaha hotel without notice tj the defendants. To date no one has taken enough in terest in the Greeks and Italian lab orers at the Havelock shops, herded like cattle in foul shacks and fed simi lar to hogs when the pork market is down to $3.50, to enjoin the company from maintaining such disease breeding places. Nor has any one sought to ea join the Burlington from endangering public health by a system of herding inside the shop limits of a lot of hum ans recruited from the slums of crea tion. Judge Munger 's refusal to issue the injunction until the defendants were notified looks a whole lot like a "gand-stand" play. The morning Journal says : "Following the principle laid down by the republic m national platform in 1908, Judge Munger declined to grant the order without notice to the defen dants." This notice consisted in send ing a Burlington special officer I Havelock and'handing Pesident Jonas a piece of paper containing words to the effect that an application for an in junction had been made. The hearing on the writ is set ior 9 :30 a. m., Wednesday, May 18. It will be interesting in this connec tion to recall some of the injunctions that have been granted in labor dis putes. A federal judge in Pennsylvania en joined a Methodist minister from meet ing with and praying for striking min ers. A federal judge enjoined striking miners from walking the public high ways of a state. A federal judge enjoined Nebraska strikers from sending letters throujs'i the mails. Scores of times federal judges have enjoined men from asking their fellows to quit injuring the whole body of la-, bor. A federal judge enjoined railroa:l men fom quitting their employment, thus forcing them into voduntary servi- tude. United States federal judges hav-i more power than the king of England, and have exercised authority, .that th; czar of Russia would hesitate to exer cise. Federal judges can set aside state ' law, federal laws, and perxiapg the laws of God. We expe.ct to see one try evot the latter some of these days. A sov ereign state is helpless before a federal judge, often appointed for political ac tivity Jr corporation purposes, and not . for judicial ability. And federal judg :a are appointed for life, and are respon sibie to no one but themselves. THE FULTONS. Popular Players Given Warm Welcome Back to Lincoln. The Fulton Stock Co. headed by Mrs. Enid Jackson-Fulton and Jess B. , Fulton, opened up the summer season at the Oliver last Monday evening, and was greeted by the largest audience ever assembled in Lincoln to see a stock company performance. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton were given a reception that must have warmed the cockles of. their hearts. It .is unnecessary to say anything about Mr. and Mrs. Fulton, or the company supporting them. Two more popular players never appeared in Lineolr theatres, and it is quite certain that the summer season at Ti;e Oliver will be as successful financially as the Fulton engagements are always suc cessful socially and artistically. LINCOLN'S FEDERAL UNION. " We are growing in numbers as well as in grace," reports President George Bush of the local Federal Union. The local meets every Tuesday evening, and scarcely a meeting is held without an addition to the membership. There has already been a slight increase in the wage paid to building laborers, and there is another one in sight just a soon as the work of oganization is completed. Union men should keep away frouj the "sample" shoe stores. They are us ually fakes, and their stock the culls and seconds. Only once in a long while is a union label on any of their dump stuff. . : - OFFICE: 143 South 9th Street - . 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At tbe storming of a fort, when scaling ladders bad been placed, an Irish private, with one foot on tbe ladder, was about to climb up when a young officer stepped before him, say ing: "Officers first, my lad. Follow me. for tbls is where Victoria crosses are earned." The private followed close behind him. but on reaching tbe top a round shot carried the officer's bead away, and his body fell back. Tat. grasping tbe ladder and swing ing aside as if to allow tbose behind him to pass, shouted, "Begorrnb. now. is there any more of yez below that's anxious for the Victoria cross?" Lon don Olobe. A Short Lived Island. In 1SG7 a new shoal was discovered in tbe group of tbe Tonga or Friendly islands. In 1S77 smoke was seen over the shoal. In 1SS5 tbe shoal bad become a volcanic island more than two miles long and 240 feet high, and a tierce eruption was taking place within it. In 1880 tbe island bad be gun to shrink in dimensions, although the next year its highest point was 325 feet above sea level. In 1880 its height bad diminished one-half, and the ocean close around it ' was more than a mile deep. In 1802 the Island rose only about twenty-six feet above sea level, and finally, in 1898, under the action of tbe waves, its complete disappearance was reported. New York, Fessk. Verdi and His Admirer. Verdi was once traveling in the same railway carriage with General Tournon. They got into conversation, which soon turned on the subject of music, and tbe geueral, who did not know his compauion, expressed en thusiastic preference for that of Italy. "1 can hardly go so far with you," replied the other. "For me. art has no frontiers, and I give German mu sic the preference over Italian." "Indeed, sir." said the general testi ly. "For my part, 1 would give all the German operas in the world for one act of -Jtigoletto.' " "You really must, excuse me from following you auy further on this ground." replied the composer, blush ing a little. "I am Verdi," Quick Change. A. Whan I was in the east I met with many begging dervishes. B. I thought they called them bowl- lug dervishes' A. That's what tbey become when you dou't give them anything. Meg geudorfer Blatter. China's National Tree. The rung or wood oil tree is worth ily named the national tree of China. It is stately in appearance, with smooth green bark and widespreadiug branches, affording a fine shade. It bears a fruit resembling a shellbark hickory nut. but as large as a small orange. Each nut contains three tri angular seeds similar to small Brazil nuts. The oil is pressed from these seeds, and the refuse Is used as a fer tilizer. Tbe oil Is used principally for polishing woodwork and dressing leather. Considerable quantities are exported. The wood of the tuug tree la used for making musical Instru ments, fine boxes and tbe framework of small houses. It Is free from rav ages of Insects. New Vork Tribune. The Perfect Silence. There is no sensation in tbe world like that which comes over you when walking through a dense grove of red woods. Their trunks rise hundreds of feet into the air and are lost in tbe dense roof of foliage like the columns of an Egyptian temple grown to super human height. On the ground there is no underbrush, but only ferns of a size and shape that suggest a pre historic period and fallen trunks that have lain unrotting for 3.000 years. There is no sunlight and no birds sing. If a storm arises, it is an hour be fore a drop reaches the ground. Here all Is as it was since creation, and there Is no time. It is the perfect silence. Exehance. A Question of Hearing. The burly, farmer strode anxiously into the postomce. "Have you got any letter for Mike Howe?" he asked. 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