Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-23
BOYCOTTERS ON TRIAL.
Interesting Developments in the Toledo
Hearing.

interesting Developments In the Toledo
Hearing.
In the United States court at Toledo yester-
day Leonard Clark, a Lake Shore engineer, was
a witness in the case Of the Lake Shore eng-
neers and fremen who refused to handle Ann
Arbor freight.
When asked his reason for refusing to handle
Ann Arbor freight he finally blurted out, with
. voice trembling with emotion, "Well, III
tell you why / wouldn't haul Ann Arbor
freight. I'm pretty near the grave, and won't
live the rest of my life non-union man."
The man was SO thoroughly in earnest that
the melodramatic outbreak made q great i'm
preston on the crowd which packed the court
room. There was q dead silence for q moment.
then buzz Of approval and finally a perfect
storm Of applause from all parts Of the room.
The judge, looking greatly incensed, arose
from his seat and said that the first man making
another interruption would be elected from
the court room. The audience settled into
silence again and the examination proceeded.
It was developed that out of ell the Lake
Clark, were members of the brotherhood. This
fact had decidedly important bearing on the
outcome Of the case. The defense Is making
every effort to prove that the men had all re-
6gned their positions before the order had
been read to them or before they had any
knowledge that Judge Kicks had issued an
order.
At the afternoons session Of the court At
torney Southland representing the brotherhood,
introduced afidavits from all the strikers at
tached. In every case the men said they had
resigned their positions Of their own free will,
without any diotation from the brotherhood,
without having read the order Of the court or
having heard 1t read, and that ever since March
II they had considered themselves freed from
all obligations as employees Of the Lake Shore
road.
William Watson, chairman of the local griev-
ance committee, submitted a number Of unim-
portant documents which utterly failed to re-
veal any of the secret workings OF the organi-
cation. He was sharply examined by the
attorneys for the defense and made to state
positively that he knew Of no other secret rule
bearing on the boycott question
THE BOYCOTT RULE.
A railroad attorney remarked that Chief
Arthur himself had filed with the court q rule
which the witness had failed to mention. The
paper was then produced and read. It is as
follows:
THAT hereafter when an issue has been sus-
tanned by the grand chief and carried into
effect by the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers it shall be recognized as a violation OF
obligation for q member Of the brotherhood
who may be employed on a railroad running
in connection with or adjacent to said railroad
TO handle the property belonging to said rail-
road or system in any way that may benefit
said company with which the brotherhood is al
issue until the grievance or issue, Of whatever
nature or kind, has been amicably settled.
The reading Of this rule created small SEN
sation and the witness, who had emphatically
declared few minutes before thai there was
no such law in existence, was visibly embar-
raised. He made an effort to explain by saying
that he was not aware that the counsel for the
defense had referred to rules Of that nature.
The rest of the testimony referred princi-
pally to the time and manner Of the strikers
departure from their trains.
The examination will continue today.