Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-18
THAT DERBY INJUNCTION.
Local Lawyers Are Not In-
 clined to Discuss It.

It is the General Opinion Among Them
 However That It Will Stand-It Was
 ,be Last Grand Effort of the Com
 pany to Tie the Hands of the Strik-
 ersAWill It Do Iti
 While the injunction issued by Judge Gager of Derby against the striking machinists of Ansonia has created con- siderable comment among factory hands i'll general, the profession of law appears to be rather inquisitive as to the final results from q legal point of view. Few lawyers care to have their names quoted in connection with an afticie upon the matter but otherwise are quite willing to speak. Young members of the bar never heard Of such a step being taken by the court of this state before. To them there fore the climax is worth watching. The oldest members Of the local bar however, say that an injunction so sweeping in it's provisions, so effective in results desired so brilliant an il- lustration of the power of the law over the belligerent and unruly in- clined has seldom been seen in this state
 The injunction forbids all of the strikers from interfering in any way with any employe of the Farrel Foun- dry in Ansonia from picketing the factory, in short from having any con tact With anyone issuing from or going to the plant. The property of twenty of the strikers has been attached too, in the sum of $z0,000. The legal re- presentative of the company is former Senator Fred W. Holden who at one time was accounted to be the slickest man from Derby to Seymour. While obstensibly his politics were demo- cratic, his associations, tendencies and environment were republican. In the teeth of his constituents he had ap-. pointed to the city court a man who was antagonistic in 9 general way to the people, not to speak of his popular ity, at all. In the parlance of the politicion, MT Holden 'strun'' his people down when he was in the lower house, yet two years after he wheedled them into giving him the nomination for senator. It was during his sena- torShip he made the SomerSault that cost him his popularity among his fel- low citizens, the kind that carry cleo tions, but they had no more within their gift and MT Holden retired with that.
 MT Holden'S injunction is looked up- on as final effort to impress upon the strikers that they are beaten. Few lawyers would think of such a step for the law under which the injunction was drawn up is antique like many another but equally effective law that is hidden away in the general statues of the state
 Lawyers do-not care to interfere in each others law matters and that is the reason those who were interviewed do not wish to be quoted They said, however, that such a law is cominonly used in other states under similar circumstances. Their views on why it ECs not been used here were be- cause there was no necessity for it. The state, or parts of it, they said. are passing through an ordeal that must lay the basis for the future re- actions between employe and employ CT. The lines that will be laid down when the battle is over, neither side can, or shall dare deviate from one particle, for said some of them, though the contest has not so far cost one drop of blood in this state, it has never theless been very dear in the decline of stocks, loss of business throughout the state and general uneasiness among the working people.
 The workers view is, how the ma chinists will come out of the row. They have not money to attempt to dissolve the injunction, therefore TIley must live with it.