Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-18
Injunction N THE EAST.
Restraining Order Issued Against
Trolley Mems Union, of Wa
terbury, Conn.
DEVELOPMENTS IN ST. LOUIS CASE.
WabAsh Company Want. Court to
Order That Letters Be Produced ut
Hearing Next I1esday-Miners Ar
r.isned In Court ut Charleston,
West VirEinta-

Waterbury, Conn, March L.
Judge Elmer in the superior court
Saturday granted a temporary in
Junction on application of the Con-
necticut Railway and Lighting COM
pany to restrain the trolley mems
union, individually and collectively.
and all the other unions IN Water
bury, from interfering in any way
with the business of the company or
its employees and from making use
of the boycott to injure the business
OF the company
Wants Letters Produced.
st. Louis, March 16.-Judge Adams
in the United States district court
Saturday heard the motion filed by
General Solicitor Blodgett, of the
Wabash Railroad company. asking
that rule be entered requiring the
defendants to produce. on the hear
ing of the motion to dissolve the in
junction next Tuesday, various let
tiers referred to in the answer fled
by them. Col Blodgett said it was
considered important to know the
contents of these letters in order
that a full understanding of what
was done and the purposes might be
had. F. n. Judson, associate counsel
for the defendants, said he was pre-
pared to argue the motion.
twenty-five af6davits in support of
the contentious set forth in the bill
of complaint on which Judge Ad-
ans granted the temporary ininnc-
ton. restraining brotherhood leaders
and others from declaring a strike
on the Wabash system, were filed
Saturday by Col. Blodgett, general
solicitor of the railroad company.
Col. Blodgett said no new issues were
presented in the documents.
Miners Arraigned.
Charleston. w. Va. March TO-
Stonewan Jackson. S. J. Webb, Cyrus
Raines. John Redden. r. L. Crews,
Oliver Redden. r. B. Bryant, y. S.
Mitchell and Frank Bean, indicted
for the resisting of federal author
tiles at Atkinsville in Raleigh coun-
ty on February 25. were arraigned
Saturday before Judge Kellar, of the
federal court. Attorneys S. c. Bur-
dett. c. L. Hogg and H. c. Middleton,
for the defendant. moved to quash
the indictments on the ground that
Judge Jackson, of the federal court
at Parkersburg, who issued the in
junction against the miners, had not
jurisdiction in the matter at issue.
Judge Kellar overruled the motion
promptly and the prisoners then en-
tered a plea of not guilty. The trial
of the indicted miners was set for
next Thursday. All of the parties ar
raigned Saturday are to be tried to-
gether. The federal grand jury is
still in session. 1t was reported at
noon Saturday that 20 more indict-
ments had been returned against the
miners, making over 100 already in
dicted. Chris Evans, one of the ma
tional officers of the United Mine
Workers and now in charge in West
Virginia, testified before the grand
jury Saturday, but nothing is known
of any of the testimony. Court adj
journed until Monday.
Will Not Treat with Men.
New York, March 16.-President
Hall, of the New ork, New Haven
& Hartford railroad, authorized the
statement that the directors refused
to meet a joint committee of train
men and conductors.
Editor wilkins Improves.
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