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Show CONFEREES MAKE CUT IN WOOL, SUGAR TARIFF i i ' GREAT LEGAL ; FIGHT IS SET F! TOUHS I Rail Peace Move Begins at Same Hour Court upens DAUGHSRTY TO ARGUE Caroad of "Evidence" Sent' to Chicago By Attorney General Bl JOHN I MM K (International News service) CHICAGO. Sept. 9. Intensive prop- nrations for the great legal battle to i make permanent the government's injunction in-junction against the railroad strikers Which will open Monday morning in Judge James It. Wilkerson's federal court her. continued unabated far Into the night. The Impressive arrays ar-rays of counsel for both sides were working feverishly to have all their data nnd arguments rendy. I'-y.-.fi frrn revolts of this legal brittle brit-tle d -ponds. It Is generally admitted, In a gr-at measure, the policies not Olilj of the 400.000 striking shopmen, but of the entire American Federation Federa-tion of Labor. That this serious Issue Is-sue Is fully realized by both sides Is shown by the formidable array of attorneys the striking shopmen are gathering to defend them, and the array of federal attorneys which th-attorney th-attorney general of the I'nlted States will have to assist him In the fight. LOAD i FA IDEXCE. Twenty federal assistants arrived In Chicago during the day almost slm-ultaneously slm-ultaneously with the carload of Vevi-d Vevi-d nee," said to contain i7.ooo documents, docu-ments, the substance of which will !. presented to the court as evidence to sustain the government's contention conten-tion for a perman-nt Injunction forbidding for-bidding any interference whatsoever by any striker with railroad operations opera-tions throughout the country That j the Injuncton will be made permanent Is privately conceacq uy many wuvi officials. Their fight is based mainly main-ly on the most sensational and drastic dras-tic parts In the order which aroused widespread criticism from public officials. of-ficials. From the decision handed down In this case will result new policies In the American Federation Of Labor, It is unanimously admitted. APPEAL LIKEIi The contention of union officials and their attorneys that the Injunction Injunc-tion is illegal may be fought out to the supreme court of the United States, should It be sustained Monday. Mon-day. ;ii a matter of principle and to .! t-rioine unci- and for all whether labor may be enjoined from exercising exer-cising what they term their "inalienable "inalien-able rights' This will take some time and their present efforts ar-mainly ar-mainly concentrated In securing the elimination of th- most drastic parts in the temporary Injunction, though fhe fight will be based on the whole Injunction Attorney General DuUgherty will personally conduct the government's case, assisted by a number of federal lawyers. Attorney Donald R. Rich-berg Rich-berg will personally take charge of the shopin-n's case, assisted by note I labor attorneys. ASSISTANT MtltlVI s Lackburn Ksterlln. Attorney Con-eral Con-eral Daugherty's chief assistant In this case, arrived today and set a large staff to work sifting and preparing the needed data from the thousands of closely guarded documents which arrived this afternoon "and which are aid to have been gathered by department depart-ment of justice operatives all over the country slnco the strike slariefl The mass Of evidence brought here will be used. It was stated semiofficially, semioffi-cially, by the attorney general to show that a nation wide terrorist plot was under foot when he asked for th-- injunction. This plot, according accord-ing to alleged evidence In the possession posses-sion of the attorney general. Includes wrecking, murder arson, etc. The presence of Oliver Pagan, tho Indictment expert of the department .l justice. Is viewed In some quarters as Indication that tho attorney general gen-eral may a3k for indictments against many or cne siriKo icauers. umu upon ills all. k d evl lence. issi bs ARE LEAR, The Issues In the ease which will be fought over on tho momentous Monday morning an clear, both sides having set them forth on one side the federal government govern-ment contends that n group of men oind in a union have "consplr-d" to Interfere with the transportation system of the I'nlted States upon which the welfare of the Cnltod States and Its people depends, and seeks to enjoin thorn from any further fur-ther interference. n the other hand the strikers con-lend con-lend that In accordance with their (Continued on Page Two) oo LEGAL FIGHT TO OPEN IN CHICAGO Great Array of Lawyers Ready for Injunction j Order Hearing (Continued from Page One.) lawful rights the refused to work for j known reasons; that this refusal ad-mittedly ad-mittedly brought hardships upon the country, that this was unavoidable; and the only means to bring the rail- 1 roads to terms; that the efforts Tf I the attorney general in securing the Injunction is a violation of their rights j to strike as well as a violation of their inalienable constitutional guarantees. guar-antees. PEACE MOVE STARTS. Excluding tho grave issues -which may result from Judge Wilkerson's decision whichever view he takc3, is the unique angle of the impending partial peace. This peace move Is scheduled to start at precisely tho same hour when the government will seek to enjoin permanently Jewell and his associates from any further "conduct" In the strike. The thing that labor men look forward for-ward to with an anxiety tinctured with amusement Is the attorney general's gen-eral's move in this special Instance: At 10 o'clock Monday morning Jewell and his three divisional committees com-mittees which have the power to end the strike, will meet for that purpose. pur-pose. At the same time Attorney General Daugherty will open tho case and request the presence of Jewell and Ills associates t witnesses Should this move be taken, which from present indications Is Inevitable, the efforts of Jewell to bring about a partial settlement ojj the strike will be Interfered with labor men point out and they anxiously wonder whether the attorney general will leave them alone for the time being and let them try to arrive at peace. The outline of the presentations by either side Is not yet known. Whether Daugherty or Ulchberg will take the floor first will be decided tomorrow by District Attorney Kline, who will then inform P.ichberg of tho procedure pro-cedure The bright prospects of a partial settlement of the nation wide strike have scattered talk of a general strike and no one now believes that a gen-eral gen-eral strike is- Imminent, unless the ' three divisional committees reject the1 latest peace move and Judge Wllker-son Wllker-son enjoins the strikers In the drastic dras-tic manner originally asked for by tho attorney general. That partial peace will come la al- I most certain, but its effect upon the. nation's transportation sstem cannot I now bo gauged by labor leaders. oo |