The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-30
LABOR AND CAPITAL
Ths New York Clothing Manufacturers
Appeal to the Courts

NEW YORK, March e0-Jhs msmbers o.
| the Clothing Manufacturer association
who leeked out their federation cutter.
last Tuesday, and who siBee have beer
| passive in the fghs between the Knight.
of Labor and the garment makers of ,h.
Federation ef Labor, yesterday determined
| upon an active policy, which went inte
effect today The manufacturers hav.
seen IN he Toledo railroad company.
action in the Ann Arbor strike a new mod,
of defending themselves against attacks
from the organizers Of their employees
They intend, they say, to repeat here she
Ann Arbor story. and seek a second Judge
Kicks
Judge Lawrence yesterday. on the re-
quest OF Simon Banner, issued an order
fer the officers of the United Garment
Workers OF America and the American
Federation OF Labor to appear today aud
show cause why an injunction should not
be granted restraining them from utter
ferlng with business In ordering boycO:ts
on the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are the
hrms who are members Of the
Clothing Manufacturers Association
OF America. The labor leaders are
also asked to show cause why. pending
this action an injunction should not be
granted restraining them from orders OF
all kinds which tend to damage the en-
pioyers' business and cause them great
financial loss. The plaintiffs complain
that they have been unable to adjust the
difference between them and the workmen
known as cutters, and that the officers Of
the organizations have combined and con-
spired together and threatened and do
threaten to destroy the trade which the
plaintiffs and each of them have with me--
chants residing in all the states of the
Union, and have transmitted a circular to
the customers of the plaintiffs The COM
plalnt AYERS further that when such diff
ferences have occurred before, the issue of
circulars to their customers had injured
their business to the extent of millions of
dollars. and that they fear like results
now. if no restraint be laid upon the de-
PENDANTS.
Justice Lawrence granted an adjourn
ment for one week in the hearing of an ar
gument on the injunction, imposing as a
condition mean while that the garment
cutters should not issue any more boycott
ting circulars.
GoMPERs' VIEWS
NEW YORK, March 29-Samuel Com.
pers. who reached this city yesterday from
Detroit, was asked what he had TO say
about the decision of Judge Kicks CT
Toledo and Judge Billings of New Orleans
bOvcotts.
They show" he said, "that there is an
agreement among judges or at least
tacit understanding, to attack the labor
organizations of the country. In my
opinion the decision of Judge Ricks WAS
called forth by the reports set afoat
year ago that general strike during the
worlds fair was contemplated by the rail-
road men. Where the report emauated
from is more than | can say, but L AIN
positive that such n move WAS not Con-
templated by organized labor Or any
branch OF 1t. am rather iuclined to the
opinion that 1t came from the managers
of the railroads for purpose, and that
purpose we now see in the aim st simil-
raneC Is decisions of Judges Kicks, Taft aud
Billings. The plain purpos- of the judges
is to prevent workmen from quitting EN-
ployment; in other words. sto prevent
strikes by law. These decisions in no wise
guarantee that the companies may not
lock out or discharge mt will, or that they
will not force reduction Of wages"