The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-14
BOYCOTT MUST STOP
Brewers Union Enjoined by the
Budweiser Company.
Affidavits that Its Business Has
Decreased SO Per Cent.
Employees and Saloon Men Testify
to Threats and Violence

The boycott begun last February
against the Budweiser Brewing Com
pany was taken into court to-day. on
the application of Lawyer Paul r.. DE
Fere, of the firm OF Grout DE Fere &
Mayer. attorneys for the Company, JUS
tice Cullen, of the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, issued temporary injunc-
ton restraining all persons from mo-
Testing or injurlng the Company or its
customers in the conduct of their busi-
ness. The injunction specifies "acts OF
violence or intimidation against the
plaintiff Its customers or employees. or
any persons who may wish to purchase
or use the plaintiffs products, and from
gathering and congregating in front Of
the places where the plaintiffs said
products are sold, so as to obstruct free
access thereto or egress therefrom and
further enjoined from soliciting or pro-
curing others to modest or interfere
with the plaintiffs business or GUS
toners as aforesaid"
Attached to the injunction was an
order requiring the defendants to show
cause on Sept. % why the injunction
should not be made permanent.
The injunction Is directed against the
United Brewers Association of the
State of New York, constituting Dis
trict Assembly $3.50 knights of Labor.
Daniel McKernig President; Patrick S.
Close. Vice President; Jar. s Hackett,
Treasurer; Henry Schamb. Secretary.
ms officers ana individuals, and all mem
bers Of the organization.
The papers on which the order was
granted, consist of about ScVenty-tive
afliiavits, which tend to substnntiate
the allegations made in the complaint.
.1.,.,. LIT.
William X. Clarkson, Vice-President Of
theliudweiser Brewing Company, sets
forth that the Company has invested
about SlWOD0 in property for the man
ufacture of ale ana beer; that 1t EN-
ploys large numbers of men, who have
always been paid the scale agreed upon
by the labor unions, and that the EN-
ployees have never complained of the
treatment they received from the Com
pany.
ON Feb. |. the defendants ordered the
Company to compel It's of its employees
to join the union. The Company re-
fused, and 1t Is alleged that the defend
ants banded themselves together and
conspired To injure the Company's bust
ness, and by other unlawful means to
Coorce the Company to order its en-
ployces to join the association.
In pursuance of this conspiracy. the
members of the union. 1t is alleged
have gathered in front Of saloons where
Budweser beer was sold. and by threats
and violence have succeeded In placing
an eifectual boycott on the product or
tho Company.
hoycotting circulars have been dis
tributed, several copies of which are
annexed to the complaint. Because
of the actions of the defendants, 1t is
alleged, the Company's sales have de-
creased 30 per cent. The Company says
It has no remedy at law, and II there
fore wants the members of the Associn-
tion, Its agents, employees. friends and
sympathiZers permanently enjoined from
continuing the boycott.
Nce-P President William Clarkson in
his affidavit, says that on Jan. q Joseph
Cudhy and Henry Scharbs. officers of
the United Brewers, called at his office
and demanded that the employees be
ordered to Join the Union. He refused
to obey the order, and the officers, he
says. left, saying 1--WE VIII find means
to make you"
A large number of carpenters, brew
ers, drivers and washers and other en-
ployees swear that they receive union
wages and work union hours and are
satisfied with their treatment Since
Feb. |, they. say, they have been fol-
lowed by agents of the defendant, and
Anidavits OF thirty-tve saloon-keepers
are presented, In which they swear that
they have been subjected to the boycott
Hugh Christy of $50 Hicks street, says
about the middle OF February eight men
called and prohibited him from selling
the plaintiff beer, He told them he would
not change. The men remarked that he
knew too much" and that they would
drive him out Of business From that
time, he says, he was prosecuted by
and obstructing business.
In consequence of the boycott, the de-
ponent says his business has depreciat-
ed 70 per cent.
Othre afidavlts are in the same
strain, and recite acts of alleged vio-
lence.