The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-01
PRINTERS CLUB is SUED.
characterized in court Papers as COM
bine for Illegal Restraint OF
Trade-Camages Asked.

The Dir. Blosser Company against
the Employing Printers Club, F'oOte
& Davies Company, and others is the
title of suit for $4,000 damages
flied Tuesday morning in the once
os the clerk of Fulton superior court
a. Atlanta.
A temporary restraining order was
granted by Judge Lumpkin enJoining
the defendants from continuing any
unlawful conspiracy, combination Ok
agreement which tends or is INTENDED
to unlawfully interfere with, moies1
or disturb the business Of the petitions
err or interfere with his labor, unth
a hearing can be had in the case.
The action of the DR.. Blosser COM
pany has been expected for some
weeks as it was intimated at the Tune
of the strike of the union printers
against them that legal proceedings
versus the alleged combination Oh en-
pioyers of printers would be the re-
suit.
The sum of $4,000 is asked for ON
the ground that there was suffered IN
actual loss of business, $4,000 by rea-
son of the combination and conspir-
acv" CT the defendants, and an add
t!ona1 $4,000 as vindictive damages
for the purpose of restraining tine
wrongdoers from further repetition OF
the injuries complained of, and as
compensation for the wounded feei'
ings of petitioner.
The defendants in case are thirty
one in number
The paper alleges that the printers
had formed a club which was IN 81
feet a combination of conspirators,
Using for their convenience the name
OF tie Employing Printers Club, Oh
Auanta. and that It is a combine or
trust fer Illegal purposes, using the
designation mentioned and comprised
Of various corporations, partnerships
and individuals, embracing nearly the
entire printing end publishing Tater-
nifty Of Atlanta OUTSIDE of the neWspa-
ncrg Of the city, the several members
Of which and all of whom, singly ana
collectively. combined, oonspired ana
confederated to work the injuries here
matter complained of, said members
acting separately fer themselves and
conformity for the aggregation desig-
mated employing Printers Club, OF
which it was a member.
The Blosser company assert that az
nd
were doing only the printing work
which they needed for the purpose OF
advertising their medicine business
Later, when they enlarged their plank
cid began taking in outside work.
they were waited upon by commltIee
from the Employing Printers club ana
asked to become o member
The firm then "besought the commit
tee that !hey would give to them
some inmcation OF the character and
scope of the Employing Printers club,
and what that club proposed to accom-
plish for the benefit of the trade, but
they were met with the suggestion
from the visiting committee that the
Employing Printers club was a secret
institution, and that it, was necessa~
~ actually to become members there
of before it's secrets could be I'M
parted.
It being represented, the petition
states that the union labor would be
withdrawn from their shop unless the
Blosser company became a member
of the club, and it being further rep
resented that the club was strictly
q legitimate concern, they made ap-
pl'cation for membership and were at
once admitted into full knowledge
of it's secset mysteries" and that low
the petitioner charges that the aggre-
cation of individuals, firms, and cor
porations conducting business under
the name of Employing Printers
club. was devised and operated for the
single and sole purpose of restraining
trade, of absolutely defeating and de-
stroying competition among bidders
for printing of any sort to be done in
the city of Atlanta, and for maintain
Ing an arbitrary and extortionate scale
Of prices upon any contracts that
might be received for work done in
the city"