Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
THE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION |
GRANTED BY JUDGE HERVEY
AGAINST THE STRIKERS AT THE
EAGLE GLASS WORKS.
At LaxearsviIIe, Upon Petition of the
COrporation-The Allegations Set
Forth in the Bill of Complaint and
the Order of the Court Made in the
Case.


for a temporary injunction issude
upon the stated facts alleged by the
complaining corporation, the Eagle
Glass & Manufacturing Company, Of
West Virginia. situated at Lazearville,
Brooke county. Counsel for the plain
tiff are Caldwell & Caldwell, of this
city, and ]. c. Palmer, Of Wellsburg,
and for defendant, John ]. Coniff, of
this city.
The bill of complaint is against
Thomas Mooney and others, defend
ants. and recites that:
The Bill.
The plaintiff complains and says
that it is a corporation, etc, recites the
location of its factory, and then AYERS
that on the 18th day of June, 1900, the
plaintiff was employing 275 hands in
its glass works, warehouse and fac
tory, and was running twenty shops.
Shortly before that date all of the glass
workers had joined the labor union
called the Anne: -o,>n Flint Glass Work
ers, and had organized a local lodge
and met in the X. Of P. hall in Wells
burg. Thomas Mooney was secretary
of this new lodge. Shortly before the
date above mentioned the employees
made certain demands on the plalntlrf
company, among which was that the
plaintiff company should adopt the Ia
Dor union scale, wages and such IN us
factory and in operation thereof, and
on the said demand being refused Dy
the plaintiff on said date all the plain
tiffs employees who were glass work
ers, at once and together, and in pur-
suance of an understanding and agree
ment between themselves, left their
EMPLOYMENT, and refused further to
operate the works and factory unless
their demands should be acceded to.
The company refused to place itself
within the power or under the control
of such organization or union, as it is
conceived it would have done had it
complied with the demands which
were made by the employees. The said
works then quit work and the men in
augurated the strike, because of which
the factory was compelled TO cease
operations and remain idle for ninety
days, until September 10, 1900 On or
shortly before the said 10Th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1900, the said defendants, to-
gelher with other defendants, whose
names are unknown Conspired and
confederated themselves together to
C5struct and interfere with the opera
ton Of the factory, and to stop and
ruin the same in order to compel them
to yield to the demands of the striking
employees And from that time until
the present to carry out such conspir-
acy they have every day been intlicting
wrongs, injuries and outrages therein
after set forth, and will continue to do
SO unless restrained by this honorable
court.
"A few days prior to September 18th
a notice was posted upon the outside
of the factory stating that it would
resume operations on that day, anu
all employees wishing to have employ
ment could apply to the manager, Asa
G. Neville. Not one of the former
employees made application for wo K
The factory was started on that day
with three shops, employing about
twenty hands. The force has been in
creased from zine to time until it now
employs $50 hands and is running
fifteen shops. It's business magnitude
would be much greater and would en-
plOy more hands if it had not been
embarrassed by a strike. Every work
ing DAY since September 10 the strik-
erS and their associates nave gath
cred in crowds each morning at the
different entrances before ,he factory
was started and have awaited the ar
rival of the employees on the street
cars, the greater number assembling
at the main entrance, and have there
awaited the arrival of the electric cars
bearing the men from Nelll0urg, and
have formed in lines across the side
walk in front of the offices from said
entrance to the cars and leaving only
narrow paSSageWay between them
for the men to 60 through They call
them names (speciied). jOstlad them.
and. blocking their way. forced them
to go around the strikers to the en-
trance. Several times the strikers have
come armed with clubs.
Another employee, John Fault,
shortly after this date. was met bv two
strikers and assaulted Sometime la
ter during the night. stone was
thrown through the window Of John
Faults house. narrowly missing one
of the occupants, and another stone
was thrown at the door. cracking one
of the panels
Here follows long list of alleged
violent acts of like tenor and effect.
and the enmity Of the strikers to the
street ear line was also set forth. in
Guiding the placing Of the street car
company upon the unfair list. owing to
the fact that s. O. PAUL the secretary
of the glass company, was a stockhold-
er in the car company 1t is also al
legged in the bill that the strikers are
compelled to De present each morning
before the factory opens. urder pen
atty Of fine imposed by the local
union. It is further alleged that the
strikers had tent in summer and in
winter rented a frame building situa-
ted about $50 feet fro mthe factory to
serve IS place OF rendezvous.
Proceeding. the bill says:
Thomas Mooney, the secretary Of
the strikers, said t-ey had boycotted
the street car company and exgec ed
to boycott the Wellsburg Telephone
company ard the Wheeling Stamping
company. because some OF the officers
and stockholders Of the glass company
were interested in these companies.
and further stated that they would do
anything further in their power to In
jure any and all mem bers Of the glass
company. and they hoped ttat thev
would be eble to break it I'D if il took
ten years to accomplish their purposs.
IN October two men were brought