. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. the body of strikers. The A. R. U. strike approached its climaxabout the 10th of July. Chicago and theNorthwest were paralyzed. President Cleve-land deemed it necessary to issue a riot proc-lamation. A week later Debs and his fel- 1894] LABOR AND THE RAILWAYS M7 low-leaders were jailed for contempt of court,and soon after their following collapsed. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, protestedagainst the presence of federal troops, de-nying federal author-ity to send forceexcept upon his gu-bernatorial reques
. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. the body of strikers. The A. R. U. strike approached its climaxabout the 10th of July. Chicago and theNorthwest were paralyzed. President Cleve-land deemed it necessary to issue a riot proc-lamation. A week later Debs and his fel- 1894] LABOR AND THE RAILWAYS M7 low-leaders were jailed for contempt of court,and soon after their following collapsed. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, protestedagainst the presence of federal troops, de-nying federal author-ity to send forceexcept upon his gu-bernatorial request,inasmuch as main-taining order was apurely State prov-ince, and declaringhis official ignoranceof disorder warrant-ing federal interven-tion. Mr. Cleveland answered, appealing to theConstitution, federal laws, and the gravenature of the situation. United Statespower, he said, may and must whenevernecessary, with or without request fromState authorities, remove obstruction of themails, execute process of the federal courts,and put down conspiracies against commercebetween the Gov. John P. Altgeld. 14S EXPANSION ■ During the Pullman troubles, the judicialdepartment of the United States Govern-ment, no less prompt or bold than theExecutive, extended the equity power of injunction a stepfarther than prece-dents went. After1887 United Statestribunals construedthe Interstate Com-merce Law as author-izing injunctionsagainst abandonmentof trains by engi-neers. Early in ICS94a United States Cir-cuit judge inhibitedNorthern Pacific workmen from striking ina body. For contempt of his injunctionsduring the Pullman strike Judge Woodssentenced Debs to six months imprisonmentand other arch-strikers to three months eachunder the so-called Anti-Trust Law. As infringing the right of trial by jurythis course of adjudication aroused protest
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