Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15
lNJUNoTIoN IN CAR fight.
United States Court Issues order ii
Kansas CITY,

Kansas City, May 1.-THE federal
authorities found alleged causes for
interfering Saturday evening in the
strike inaugurated this morning by
the union employees of the Metropoi-
itan Street Railway Company. Judge
William G. Hook, of Leayenworth.
Kan, sitting in Kansas City, issued
from the United States district court
saturday an injunction that is more abb
solute and sweeping in its terms than
any injunction ever before secured in
this district in a contention between
labor and capital.
The injunction is made absolute for
week, the matter being set for d
nearing on Saturday next, and if its
restrictions 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 COM
pany can go about the reorganization
of its disrupted forces.
The injunction is predicated upon
the fact that several of the persons
complained against as threatening the
interests 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 gov
ernment to transport the city mail
carriers to and from their routes.
Harry Bryan, the national organ
lzer OF the Amalgamated association,
described as a resident of Michigan, is
one OF the parties enioined, and the
others named are twenty-five local
leaders of the union, several of whom
are mentioned as residents of Ohio and
Kansas. I.
Wide Scope of Injunction.
The injunction restrains the persons
named and all others from in any
manner, directly or Indirectly, stop
ping or interfering with the running
OF cars on the lines Of the Metropoli-
tan company; enjoins them from har-
asslng, assaulting, or in any manner
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 a street
car; enjoins union men and all others
from picketing or patrolling the car
houses, stopping places, stations,
tracks, or approaches thereto or lott
ering in large numbers in or about
any of the places named or making
loud or boisterous noises in the vicin-
L ity thereof for the purpose of intimi-
dating or interfering with the COM
pany's employees.
The injunction even goes further
than this and enjoins any concerted
action to cause any act or annoyance
which will assist in stopping the op-
Grafton OF the cars, or interfering in
any wise with an employe in moving
car which may carry mail carrier,
or messenger, or upon which mail
carrier or a messenger may wish to
ride.
The restrictions not only apply to
Organizer Harry Bryan and the twen-.
ty-two men named, but to all others
who may be acting in concert with
them after the entering of the injunc-
tion.
In addition to the police and deputy
county marshals sworn in today, j
force of United States marshals will,
be on hand to interfere in. case
the injunction 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 last night there
had been no disturbance at any point
and the company was maintaining q
fairly efficient service. i.