The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25
The Application Made by the w. ID.
Conkey Printing Company,
of Hammond, Ind.
CITY CLERK GECKLER INVOLVED
HE WENT To HAMMOND TO OR.
CAME A PREsSMEN's UNION.
The Injunction VIII BE Felt by Eighty
Men-The Conkey Company
a Big Concern.

Judge John II. Baker, OF the United
States Court CT the District Of Indiana,
yesterday issued a temporary injunction
and restraining order. directed to Harry
Alting, of Hammond. Ind, John H. Geek
Ter. city clerk of Indianapolis. and seventy
eight others. The injunction YVES issued
upon application of the w. b. Conkey
Company, publishers and printers, of Ham
mond, through lawyers Morris & New
berger, of this city. The application is a
lengthy one, setting out in detail the
claims of the company, which are, in brief,
as follows:
The Company has a printing plant at
Hammond, worth several hundred thou
sand dollars. It employs 200 men and
women and has contracts with hundreds
of business houses for work. On Aug. 10
Harry Alting, a pressman, because of fall
ure to perform his work properly and the
use OF abusive language when his atten-
ton was called TO the fact, was dis
charged. The claim is made that he
at that time threatened to cause all OF the
employees in the plant to go on strike ana 10
demolish the buildings and machinery.
Since that time he has received the assist
ance of a large number OF other employees,
as well as members of labor unions. SO
active nave been the strikers because Ait
ing and other striking employees were not
reinStated upon their own terms rdtner
than what the company saw mt to ofrer
that citizens, customers, employees who
have kept at work and members of their
families are in danger of personal VIC
lence. Close pickets have been established
by the strikers and numerous threats have
been made. 1t is also claimed by the COM
pany that the work in one department when
stopped will cause other departments to be-
come idle, and that unless protection Is Sc
cured other employees cannot be secured.
and that many now working will stop be-
cause of fear.
John II. Geckler. Of this city, became a
party to the suit by reason of his connec-
ton with the Pressmen's Union. He went
to Hammond about a week ago TO organize
a union of the employees of the Conkey
plant.
Judee Baker, upon examination Of the
application, granted the relief asked for,
restraining the strikers from interfering
with the business of the firm; entering
upon the premises occupied by IL: from
TO stop work or 10 fail TO do their work;
from congregating upon the streets and
sidewalks in the vicinity of the factory. or
collecting about the approaches to the fac
tory for the purpose of intimidating persons
who seek employment at the printing plant,
and from intimidating or interfering with
members Of employees families in their
homes.
Deputy United States Marshal Foley left
last night for to serve the pa
pers. The cases were set FOR hearing on
Oct. 2 in the court in this city.
The w. b. Conkey Company has one Of
the largest printing plants in the country.
It's place OF business was formerly in Chi
cago. from which place IL was moved to
Hammond on account of the trouble result
ing in that city from employment of nom
union printers and those Of allied trades.