The sun., 1900-05-02
MOLEsTATION ny STRIKERS.
Court Asked to Clear the streets Permanently
0f piCkets,

Kcrbs Werthem 4 Schiller. who have had
strike at their cignr factory at 1910 Ssoonc
avenue. moved before Justice Fitzgerald OF the
Supreme Court yesterday to make permanent
the temporary injunction issued by Justice
McAdam against CigarmakerS' international
Union Of America and its local union. NO n"
and their members. The firm employed 2,mt
hands. some Of whom have gone back TO WORK
mt different times since the strike on March o.
but have quit work owing to maltrea'ment by
the strikers or their agents. The temporary
Injunction says
The drfrnd,ntS are restrained from interfering with
ANNOYING, acru>tlng, threatening, waylaying and
following thr plaintiffs, th,ir employees. hands ana
workers and from lol,erug abound about picketlng,
patrolung and standing IN and about the streets and
sidewalks In front of the premises, lO.o SECOND
Avrnu' and the streets adjacent thereto, and from
iotehng at near. plcEetlng. pauolllng, waylAyng
the plaintiffs and their or any 4 their employees.
hauds and workers and persons seeking employment
of the plannS III" street, and sidrssks IN front
Of adjacent 10 and at the houses of IN" pialnUHN'
their employees and workers. and from doing any
act of thing, the commission oil when mas thr Whd
sncy or effect Of m0lcSllng the plaintiffs and their
employees IN thr quiet hnd pea flul tnllEnl"n' OF
IN r bu SnesS and their lning o going thrferOm
In m wing that iho,. words be embodied In q
permanent Injunction Lawyer { j Sh"arn OF
the firm of Ein-tein Townsend. attorneys Tor
the pllntlnS, Niill tlal thtN oflN iNkfu lfeT' II
whal every ciulen should have, the right 10
conducl their business without lnlerf"rcnce and
to secure tho right Of person, who desired 10
work for them to come and 20 freely. The
striker. he SAID, strolled ny and down in front
OF the factory when employees were goinH 10
work. at the lunch hour and when they were
leaving th" factory. so il was clear that their
only purpose on tn" street was TO get hold OF
the men " ho worked Pickets. both male and
female. pntroled They shouted and ieered at
the working hands. called them scabs (Which
hnI l.a hnll tp hn lthalIpu,
other opprobrouS names As large part OF
the employees were girls, some of them were
frightened
About two weeks after he strike the firm had
got bnok about five hundred Of the hands,
Then the tactics of III" strikers became more
abusive and even violent Under the leader,
ship of one Bi-kv the 500 hands We're so coerced
that they gave up work ON" OF the piCk"tS,
Annie Knapp, s"iI"d n girl who wanted TO WORK,
pulled her clothing and was draseine her from
the factory door bv fore" when shipping
clerk Of the firm pulled the frightened girl The
other way. and finally got her INTO the factory
much theWor," for wear ANOTHER hand Lot
nounced that n" aunt work Although
twenty policemen were stationed in front OF
the factory they wcr" unable TO pre-;
vent the coercion Several strikers had
been arrested and had been dealt with in the
Magistrates courts, but othnr~ had taken their
places The hrm. which did la business of 800, /,
0O1 Cigar~ "A day. had been forced to suS-end
work after many efforts To get hands. There
are plenty Of hands seeking work and they
could raSllN start NJ the Factory again II they
were free from the mOlr>tation Of the strikers
The factory had been open 10 union and non
union hauls alike
Vernon VI Davis. in behalf Of the defendants,
said that "A lockout by other manufacturers
had followed the strike the object of it being to
prevent Nh" unions from getting money with
which tn pay the persons on strike. The lockout
had occurred on April 10 This he said. was n
Conspmcv Oi the employers in viola ton Of the
Penal Code. The labor organizations had had
nothing to do with ordering the strike the en-
ployeeS had Quit work. and subsequently the
organizations had cSpOnsed their cause Girl
pickets had been stationed AT the factory. he
said but he denied thai they had committed
violence, and said that if any violence was
Committed, II was not with the consent OF the
officers Of the organizations His clients, he
Contcndad could not br enioincd from peace
fully trying To urge persons that IL was not 10
their interest to work for tho firm
Lawyer Shcarn stated thar his papers showed
many acts Of violence and disregard OF the
property and business rights of the firm which
was forced to let large business with much
capital invested liz idle. InesS such an in
junction rs he asked was continued II would he
imposs bc for the work TO proceed This CITY,
he said. was no place to have the flag Of anarchy
waved as It had been in Chicago. The Court re-
served decision.