The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-25
BOYCOTT CASES HEARD
Ex-Chief Justice Blake Is Taking
the Testimony.
WITNESSES ON THE STAND
The Defendants Assert That Since the
Temporary Injunction the Boycott
Has Been Declared OFF Hearing
Will Last Two Weeks.

Ex-Chief Justice Blake of the state
supreme court, who has been appointed
by Judge Knowles Of the United States
court as master in chancery to take tes-
timony in the Chinese boycott cases
against the Butte labor unions, now
pending in the federal court, COM
menced yesterday morning TO hear the
evidence. Col. W. f. Sanders of Fl elena
and Attorney Francis Brooks appear
for the boycotted Chinese and Attorneys
Wines & Wines, George A. Clark and j.
N. Kirk are defending the labor unions.
As win be remembered, the suit is the
outgrowth of the boycott declared
against Cinnamon by the local labor or
ganizations about year ago. Much
feeling. against the Chinese was ens,an-
dered by the agitation OF the question,
and the Mongolians appealed to the fed
eral courts for protection. They asked
for a temporary injunction restraining
the labor unions from interfering with
their business. which vas ranted, ard
the hearing now being held IS upon an
application of the Chinese to nave The
injunction made permanent.
The defendants in the case, which is
entitled Hum Fay ct al. vs. Frank Bali-
win ct al, represent that since the issU-
ance of the temporary restraining order
they have complied with the ciurt's
mandate and the boycott has been ae-
clared off The Chinese, in then peti-
ton, assert that they are still beiag boy
cotted secretly, and that the retora the
order of the court is being violated.
The first witness examined yesterday
was Robert Leggett. an engineer: who
testified that at the time of the boycott
he visited Hum Fay's restaurant in
West Park street and that while he
was eating his meal certain members
of several labor unions entered and COM
npllaI him leave hv handling him
roughly. He was threatened with more
severe treatment if caught patronzing
a Chinaman again. The cross-examiaa-
ton failed TO shake the witness testi-
mony.
Mrs. Charles Noyes appeared and tes-
tilted that when the boycotting was be-
ing done she was running a boarding
house in Idaho street. Several walking
delegates for labor organizations called
on her and demanded that she discharge
her Chinese help, under penalty of be-
ing boycotted if she refused. She did
so. but subsequently employed the Chi
nese cook again, and again the walking
delegates called and repeated their
threats to boycott If she retained the
Chinese in her employ. She had large
number of clerks boarding with her,
and they We're notified TO leave or they
would be fined by their union, and IA
of them left. She later discharged the
Chinese cook again and the clerks re-
sumed boarding with her.
Mrs. George Althoff testified 10 very
much the same line of facts. She said
she conducted a rooming and boarding
house in Arizona street and at the time
the boycott was on she was visited by
delegates of labor unions who de-
manded that she discharge her Chinese
cook. She had number of roomers
who We're business men and when she
refused to comply with the demand of
the walking delegates they threatened to
boycott these roomers in their business
unless they quit rooming with her
Dan Mcdonald, who was a walking
delegate for one of tie unions at the
time, was the next witness called. lie
admitted having called on Mrs Moves
once in the interest Of the labor organ
izations. The examination of Mr.. Nc
Donald was not completed when an ad-
journment was taken until this morn
ing.
The attorneys for the plaintiffs have
about 20 witnesses to be called and 1t IS
expected that the hearing will last from
10 days to two weeks