The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-13

Kansas City. Mo-. May 12.-The fed
eral authorities found alleged cause for
interfering this evening in the street
car strike inaugurated this morning by
the union employees OF the Metropolis
tan Street Railway company. Judge
William c. Hook of Leavenworth, kan,
sitting in Kansas City, issued from the
United States district court tonight an
injunction that is more absolute and
sweeping in its terms than any in
junction ever before secured in this
district IN a contention between labor
and capital.
The injunction is made absolute for a
week, the matter being set for a hear
ing on Saturday next, and if its restric-
tons shall be observed by the strikers,
the Metropolitan company has its fight
won, for the strikers hands are tied for
seven days, and in the meantime the
Metropolitan company can go about
the reorganization of its disrupted
forces.
The injunction is predicated upon the
fact that several Of the persons COM
planned against as thres tening the in
terests OF the company are residents of
other states, and the further fact that
the strikers threaten to prevent the
company from carrying out its contract
with the United States government to
transport the city mail carriers to and
from their routes.
Strikers Are Enjoined.
Harry Bryan, the national organizer
of the Amalgamated association, de-
scribed as a resident of Michigan, is
one Of the parties enjOined, and the
others named are twenty-three local
leaders OF the union, several Of whom
are mentioned as residents of Ohio and
Kansas. Tic injunction Restraints the
persons named End 81 others from IN
any manner, directly or indirectly,
stopping or interfering with the run
ming of cars on the lines of the Metro
politan company; enjOins them from
harassing, asSaulting or III any man
ner interfering with any person who
may be in the employ OF the company
as he goes to or from his work, or as he
is engaged in the operation of any
street car; enjoins union men and all
others from picketing or patrolling the
car houses, stopping places, stations,
tracks or approaches thereto, or lOiter-
ing in large numbers in or about any
Of the places named, or making loud
or boisterOus noises in the vicinity
thereof for the purpose of interfering
or intlmidating any Of the cOmpany's
employees.
Prohibits Interference.
The injunction even goes further than
this, and enjoins any concerted action
to cause any act of annoyance which
will assist in stopping the operatiGeI of
the cars, or interfering in any wise
with an employee in moving a car
which may carry a mail carrier or
messenger, or upon which a mail car
rier or a messenger may wish to ride.
The restrictions not emily apply to
Organizer Harry Bryan and the TWEEN
ty-two men named, but to all others
who may be acting in concert with
them after the entering of this injunc-
ton.
In addition to the police and the dep
uty county marshals sworn in today,
force of United States marshals will be
on hand to interfere in case the in
junction is ignored, and there is every
probability that the strikers will not
desist in their efforts to bring out the
men who have so far failed to join
them.
Up to a late hour tonight there had
been no disturbance at any point, and
the company was maintaining fairly
efficient service