Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-22
APPEAL TO COURTS.
Judge Gaskill Asked to Settle
Church Troubles.
He Issues Injunction Restraining Sons of
Abraham from Making alterations
in Their Synagogue.

There is trouble in the congregation Of
the Sons of Abraham, whose synagogue
is located on Plymouth street, and the
civil courts of the state have been
sought to smooth over the troubles, with
the result that Monday afternoon an in
junction was granted by. Judge Gaskil
IN the superior civil court, restraining
one faction in the congregation from
making certain alterations in the syna-
gogue which they voted to make.
At meeting of the congregation held
sunday, it was voted to remove the
bemo, one of the fixtures in the syna-
Sogue, and to make further alterations
IN the interior arrangements of the edi-
nee. The opponents Of the change were
defeated in the meeting, but Monday
they mad recourse to the law to prevent
the work being carried out; and,
through MesSrs. Thayer & Rugg, they
| peutloned the superior court for an in
junction restraining the respondents
from carrying out the plans, work on
Whlch had been begun bright and early
| Monday morning
me Dill in equity is brought by Sam
uel r. Simons, Harris Edinberg, Simon
Resnlck, Israel Rome and Joseph Long
against the congregation of Sons of Alb
raham Abraham Israel, Max Cohen and
Bernard Isenberg. The first three sec
tlons OF the bill set forth in the usual
way that the Sons of Abraham are a
corporation organized under the laws of
Massachusetts for religious purposes,
ana the fourth section sets forth that
IN order to worship according to the
| iofms and tenets of said orthodox sect.
II is necessary to have and maintain
there as has heretofore been maintained
IN the house of worship of said defend
ant, bemo, which Is a raised platform
IN the center of said church, fifth, "that
tne bylaws Of the corporation require
that every meeting of said corporation
shall be called by written or printed
notice duly mailed or served upon all the
members thereof at least six DAYS before
the date assigned for said meeting, that
| your petitioners make this allegation
upon the best of their knowledge and be-
lief, but they are not able to insert here
IN copy Of said bylaws for the reason
that the only copy of said bylaws,
which they or either of them know of is
in the hands of one Abraham Israel.
who is the president of said defendant
corporation, and who has this day per-
emptortly and without right refused
| your petitioners an opportunity Of ex-
amining said bylaws"
The bill then goes on to state that the
corporation Illegally and without right
! pretend to have held a meeting of said
corporation on Sunday, March 20, and
to have voted at such meeting that said
/ bemo be taken away, and that certain
/ pews of your petitioners be destroyed
and removed all of which votes were il
| legal and void for the reason that the
! meeting was Illegally held and not called
/ according to the bylaws.
! Wherefore the petitioners pray that an
/ Injunction may issue to restrain and en-
! join said defendant corporation and said
Abraham Israel, Max Cohen and Ber-
nard Isenberg and all persons acting by
or under them from doing any further
acts upon said church; that they be or
/ dered to restore said church to the con-
dition in which it was before they began
the performance of the acts herein COM
planned of; and that the costs of this
action be levied on the respondents.
There was an eX parte hearing on the
| petition before Judge Gaskill at the SUI
perior court Monday afternoon, and he
Iordered temporary injunction to issue
in compliance with the request of the
! petitioners. The papers We're served on
the respondents later in the day by
! Deputy Sheriff David H. Hayter.