Evening star., 1902-02-21
INJUNCTION WANTED
LATEST PHASE IN TROUBLE BE-
TWEEN CARPENTERS.
Central Labor Union Must Show Cause
on CT Before March 6-The
Charges.

Elmer r. kaler pre- silent: Henry Lar
come, secretary. George Eck,off, treasurer.
and John [. Barknaan business agent, all
general officers of the carpenters executive
BOARD, late yesterday afternoon fled bill
| IN equity against John Hamerstrum. presi-
dent. Charles Winsiow secretary, and ia
| cob NJ Heisley, treasurer. general officers
OF the central Labor Union, and James
Cooper, president: Charles II. Scherer sec
retarE; Jacob NJ. Heisley. treasurer, and
Euss ne Nj. Van Ness, business agent. gen
eral officers of Local Union No. 1870. United
brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
america, the &c, [ being asked to restrain
each of the defendants, their agents. rep
reSentatlVes and employees and their sue
cessors in office from representing to con-
tractors and builders, business men, and to
any person or persons whomsoever, that
the members of Amalgamated Society,
Branch No. 6S5: Local Assembly No. 174S.
knights of Labor and National Brother
hood No. !, connected with the carpenters
| executive board, are non-union carpenters;
ana also to restrain them from in any man.
Hef interfering with the members of the or
carnations connected with the carpenters
executive board in their lawful calling busi-
ness, occupation or trade as carpenters,
ana from In any manner interfering with
any person or persons or corporations en-
names OF any such persons or corpora tons
IN the unfair list published by the Cen
lral Labor Union in it's official paper the
trade tnionist. any like list in that or
any other paper.
II is explained that the court proceedings
are the elimination of differences of long
standing between the organiza tions.
me membership of the four organization
mentioned, SO 1t is explained, comprised all
the skilled union carpenters in the District,
anu, Julv ls, 1897. desiring to unite their
organizations and bring themselves to-
gether under one general head or authority
each appointed five delegates to meet for
the purpose OF formulating plans to accom-
pilsh the organization of the carpenters
executive board. This was composed of
twenty delegates. each organization being
represented by five delegates. The carpen-
ters executive board from that time be-
came the general executive head and gov
h,i, efnins authority Of the organiza tions until
about October II, 1901, when Local Union No.
W.. United brotherhood of Carpenters and
Jolners of America. refused to longer abide
py the rules and regulations adopted by the
carpenters executive board. The local
union was thereupon expelled from the
carpenters executive board. Shortly there
after Local Union 1870 joined and became
animated with the Central Labor Union
Whlch IS a1nllated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor
IN addition to being connected with the
carpenters executive board. the Amalga-
mated Society was also affiliated with the
tentrai Labor Union Early last month
the central Labor Union informed the rep
resentatives of the Amalgamated Society
that they must either withdraw their con-
nection with the carpenters executive
board or be expelled from the Central Labor
Union. The AmalgRmated Society declined
to withdraw, wf1ereupon the Central Labor
Union expelled the entire membership Of
the ANAL algamateds Society, and it is re-
ported that at the time it expelled the
Amalgamated Society it notified it's rep
resentatives that steps would be taken to
notify all persons with whom the Anal
gamated Society bad transacted business
and with whom it's individual members had
contracts that the society was no longer
recognized as n union body, and that it's
members We're therefore non-union men,
and the employment of any of them as
carpenters wouldllbe acted upon by the
union accordingTy.r
The bill filed latelyesterday charges Local
Union No. $780, United Brotherhood Of Car
penters and Joiners, and the Central Labor
Union with representing to contractors and
builders and business people generally that
the carpenters connected with the carpen-
ters executive board are non-union men;
and also charges that organization with de-
prfving the carpenters connected with the
carpenters executive board of their lawful
means Of livelihood by threa tening contract
ors and builders and business people gen
orally who employed any of the carpenters
that their names would be placed on the
unfair list Of the Central Labor Union
and published in their official paper, the
Trade Cnionist
The bill further charges that on account
Of these threats made to the contractors
and builders they were afraid to continue
the employment Of carpenters connect
ed with the carpenters executive board
and discharged them. In one instance the
bill states, the contractor declined to dis
charge his men and for this reason. the
name of the man for whom he was con-
structing two buildings placed upon
said Central Labor Unions unfair list
and published In its official paper.
The bill further states that the complain
ants believe the organizations will con-
tinue their alleged interference with the
carpenters connected with ,ne carpenters
executive board, and that by reason of
this interference they have been unlaw-
fully. fraudulently and maliciously depriv-
ed of their lawful means of livelihood.
The matter was called 10 the attention of
Justice Hagner, who issued a rule against
the defendants requiring them to show
cause on or before March 6 why they
should not be restrained as asked.