The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-24
BREWER CiRRT's ANSWER
He Has for Years Only Employed
Union Labor.
INJUNCTION CASE HEARING
He Petitions for n Discharge of the
Bill of Injunction Obtained by Yost
4 BrO.-Statts the Contract Was
Voluntarily Entered Into and Is In
Accordance With His Rights.

Attorney Alexander II. Bell, solicitor for
Albert Garry, the brewer, I'm his contro-
versy with the Yost firm over the construc-
ton OF a barn and dairy house on the
Suitland road, today filed his ans er to the
bill OF complaint, in which he alleges SUBJ
stantialiy what was set up in the petition
( filed By him for an Injunction, the prin-
cipal points OF which were given i'll a
previous issue Of The. Times
IL now looks as though the contractors
will have some difficulty in collecting their
money for the work, for the reason tuat be-
cause of a viOlatio OF their contract, as
alleged, they were forbidden to continue
the construction, and have wilfuuy ignored
a known aspiration for injunction, OF
which they had notice.
a VERY USUAL PROVISION.
In his bill of complaint, filed today, Mr..
Garry alleges in respect to the provision
OF the contract requiring the employmcn
OF union labor, that he believes IL to be a
very Usual provision, in both public and pri-
vate contracts, and that i'll all similar con-
tracts made by him, covering Il period OF
eight years, for the construction Of buildings
aggregatng cost of 800 900, the employ
n,ent OF union labor has been a condition.
The agreement referred TO by the Yost
ffrni, as presented by the Knights OF La Dor,
Mr. Carry declares, is Identical with the
one he had himself signed; that he has no
personal knowledge OF any threats that
might have been made to call union In borers
Off the work, as alleged, 10 compel the con-
tractors to sign the paper, and has nothing
whatever to do with any trouble that may
have arisen between the contractors and
labor organizations, but claims that he aG
rlSed thefirn to sign the agreement and thus
settle the difficulty.
He iras-no knowledge, he says, of the rea
sons for the refusal Of Yost Il Bro. 10 sign
the paper, but alleges that they did So re-
fuse, and the union men then at work de-
Clined to continue in their employ. In
demanding that union labor be secured
for completion OF the work Mr.. Garry says
he was merely exercising his rights under
the contract which was voluntarily entered
into by the firm. and that upon notice OF
their inability TO comply with the terms,
he had annuled the contract, and was
thereupon threatened by the contractors
with all manner Of legal proceedings.
THREATS NOT Needed.
withstanding these threats Mr.. Carry
claims to have proceeded 10 the completion
of the construction OF the bu ildings by hiring
union carpenters by the day. The firm
proceeded under the protection OF a tenn
porary injunction to do the work Illegally
with nom Inionists, and now have the struo-
turc about completed,
Mr.. Carry petitions for a discharge of the
bill OF injunction obtained by Yost Il
Brother and cost he has incurred 10 the
proceedings. Accompanying the answer
are several exhibits ernbodying the cor
that passed, and also a copy
OF the agreement with the Carpenters
Council.