Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-09
NOVEL DAMAGE SUIT
Garment Workers Union Is
Sued For $40, 900 By schoen
Manufacturing Co.
ROSA scHoEN is THE PLAINTIFF
The Outcome Will Be OF Great Inter
est To Union Labor Leaders and
Employers, As 1t Involves An Inn
portant Phase Of The Labor Question
Defendant Was Attacked.

Racine, Wis, March 9.--Union labor
leaders and employers turnout Wis
consin are watching curiously for the
result of the novel suit for damages
which has been instituted by Rosa
Schoen of the Schoen Manufacturing
company against the Garment Work
ers' union for $4,000 damages growing
out of strike at her factory.
In taking this action Rosa Schoen has
apparently taken her cue from the
Taft Vale case in Great Britain, where
a railroad company recovered damages
from union for losses attending labor
troubles. The manufacturers of Wis
consin are watching the outcome of the
case in the local courts and are hoping
that they may secure weapon which
they can use in settling their own
troubles.
The serving Of the papers has caused
alarm among the defendants and labor
unions and a special meeting has been
called to consider defense.
Twenty-Five members of the local
union of the International Garment
Workers are the defendants, and an
injunctional order has been signed by
Judge Belden restraining them from
interfering with the non-union en-
ployes or gathering about the factory.
They are charged with attempting to
ruin the company's business, threaten
ing the plaintiff and her 100 employees
with personal violence and social os
tracism, demanding that the company
conduct it's business according to rules
and regulations of the Garment Work
ers' union and hiring such employees as
the union may dictate.
For period OF two months there
have been difficulties between the con-
Germ and employees. caused, it is alleged
by the objections of Rosa Schoen to
certain employees joining the local I'M
an agreement was reached by a board
of arbitration. The following day the
employer broke the agreement, it is
charged, and strike followed.
Since then crowds have gathered at
the Schoen factory, and the non-union
employees have been threatened and the
building stoned, so that police protec-
ton was demanded to prevent more
mobs gathering and compelling shut
down OF the factory.
In her bill in the suit the plaintiff al
leges that Math Bidinger, who was the
social democratic nominee for governor
Of the state and is the president of the
Trade and labor COUNCIL, is the advisor
of the strikers. She also says he and
the other defendants have combined
and conspired to interfere with the
management and control of the plain
tiff's business and control of the en-
ployes and TO compel the plaintiff to
employ persons against her will and
discharge the persons now employed.
Continuing, the bill states that i'm
mediately following the lockout of Feb.
"a the defendants have visited her EN-
ployes' homes threatening them with
personal violence unless they became
members of the union and Joined the
strikers. Unless this was done the
husbands and families of the employees
would meet with personal violence and
social ostrucism.
She also says pickets have been plac
ed near the factory at Bidinger, who
have threatened the employees and.
Joined by a mob of men and boys
would block the sidewalks, jostle the
employees, and direct the attention of
the mob to the employees, and use and
apply approbrious and indecent lam
guage to the plaintiff and her employees.
Upon such employees being pointed out,
the mob would throw missiles at them,
severely injuring many.
Miss Schoen holds that the defend
ants design by such acts to compel her
to accede against her will to the de-
of the union, by acts of violence
and lawlessness and such acts will be
continued unless restrained by the
court. She claims to have suffered
great pecunial.y loss and damage, aris-
ing out of her inability to perform her
contracts.
She alleges that the defendants are
without means and property sufficient
to compensate her in damages, as they
are without property subject to seiz-
ure, and sale on execution. She there
fore demands judgment restraining
them from interfering with the man
agement of her business and from COM
polling any person to quit her serv-
ice, or from intimidating their hus-
bands, wives or families. She also de-
Judgment to recover $4,000
damages for the wrongful acts sus-
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off ha natural