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Show INJUNCTION IS ISSUEDBY JUDGE SUIT SEEKING TO RESTRAIN MEN ON WALKOUT FROM ROAD8 FILED BY DAUGHERTY Papers Request That Strikers Be Restrained Re-strained From Interfering In Any Way With Operators Of Railroads Chicago. Tho Unitod State govern mont Friday was grantod a tomporary restraining order against tho six shop craft unions, tholr officials nnd members mem-bers from Interfering In any wny with tho operation of tho rallronds, and tholr properties. Tho order was granted by Fedora! District Judgo James H. Wllkorson on application of Unitod States Attornoy Qonoral Harry M. Daughorty and District Dis-trict Attornoy Charles F. Clyno. Tho order will romntn in force until September Sep-tember 11, pending hearing on tho government's gov-ernment's application for a pormanont writ of injunction. "Tho underlying principle involved In this action," Attornoy Genoral Daughorty sold In concluding his ploa for tho court order, "is tho survival nnrt BimPAmniw nt IVlfl IWlVflrnmnllt nf ...at .., W.....W.V .... UV Jjw . - the Unitod States." "No union, or combination of unions can, under our law, dictate to tho Amorlcan union," tho statement continued. con-tinued. "When the unions claim tho right to dictate to tho government and to dominate the Amorlcan people and deprive the people of tho necessities of llfo, thon tho government will destroy de-stroy the unions for tho government of the United States Is supromo and must endure." "Tomorow It will be said by eome more malicious than truthful that this proceeding Is Intended as a death mow to me unions, in my judgment tliis movement (tho Injunction) is necessary for tho projoctlon and preservation pre-servation of the unions themsolves." "So long and to the extent that I can speak for tho government of the Unitod Statoa, I will uso tho power of the government within my control to provont tho labor unions of tho eountry from destroying tho opon hop. "When a man In this country Is not pormltted to engago in lawful toll, whether ho belongs to a union or not, the death knoll to liberty will bo , sounded and nnarchy will suporcede , organized govornmenL" Already Bomo 6,500 marshals havo , boen so assigned, and in addition special spe-cial sorvlce men of tho dopartmont , havo takon up similar work througn- . out the country, tho attornoy general , said. Tho cost of such special eervlco, ha said, already oxpendod was moro than $1,000,000 for tho eight wookB dura- , tlon of tho strike j In California alono, Mr. Daugherty laid, moro than $75,000,000 worth , of fruit and produco already had been , destroyed becauso of tho failure of transportation systoms to moo tho crops. , In Somerset, Kentucky, he said. . 25,000 cars of bituminous conl were congested In the railroad yards Fri- ; day. Vandals had tampered with more than 5,000 cars thoro, ho said, nnd as a result the nation was faced with Buffering Buf-fering for want of coal. Fifty por cent of tho engines of tho nation's railroads havo beon rondorod uuelcss by lawless activities slnco tho strlko began, ha said. The Chicago & Alton railroad has 1 bcon forcod Into recelvorahlp by tho drain upon its rosourcos causod by tho '" strlko. I. |