The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22
AN INJUNCTION
AGAINST UNION
Judge Grin Trim Issues.
Enioining Order Against
organized Printers.
TYPOT1HETAE GOES
TO LAW FOR AID
Lengthy Petition Backed By a
Large Number Of Strongly
Wordcd Affidavits is
Filcdin the Chancery
Court and Prayer
is Heard.

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The printers strike. now on In Rich
n,ond and elsewhere throughout the couh'
try. assumed in Richmond yesterday u
new and even sensational phase. ne
nroprletors Of practically all q inc
large Job printing establishments OF me
city, save one, united in prayer 20 Juqpse
Daniel Grinnan, OF the Chancery Court
for a sweeping Injunction against 1ypo''
FRA phical Union, No. so, as whole. ana
c,shty-seven OF its members as indlv'd'
S,,als. to estop them AZ an organization
and as indlviduals from interfering VIII, =,
the business operations OF lhe ai Wy eS''a
printing establishments .334g
tS Jud re Grinnnn granted Inc Injunction
nrayed for and made 1t returnable no
vember 9Th In the meantime the union
or any member thereof can 90 betorcs ing
court with motion 70 dissolve the IN
junction, and the probability Is that ms
Will be done either tom orrow or ! l iesaay.
Sheriff Epps last nisht served notices o.
the injunction on nearly al! the members Y,
OF the union, and the service Wns q poillo
shell in the camp. 55s ,5.y,
Mr. Wyndham r.. Meredith represented
the petitioners, and their prayer was
signed by almost every job printing estab-
" lishnent III tile city, excent y. w. Fer.
E,lsson and Son. who have complied with
the demands OF the. strikers and are no
longer in the fight. .5 s. @
The Strike and Why.
On tho 18th day of September last Typo
II graphical Union, No. 80. through It's presi-s
& dent, 81. q r. Pace, served notice on me
B Job printing establishments OF Richmond.
n ALL or nearly all. Of which are 1ne' mem
AZ OF the Richmond Hypothetical. that unless
they agreed wi1hintsix hours to reduce
the working hours OF typesetters en-
* ployed by them TO eight hours perkdn y on
gnril after January list. they the- prtntersl
would walk out The job offices declined
10 enter into my such agreement, and
e the strike was on. The next morning not
over a half a dozen printers showed UP
y ut their cases. IS
The nrlous concerns at once made eff
forts to import printers. and have sue
ceeded in bringing manyto RchmRHd.
81 The Usual Tactics.
Wi The union and all the striking printers
are alleged to have proceeded TO use the
usual tactics familiar TO all strikers, and
in various ways endeavored to prevent
men from working for the job Offices
The petition laid before Judge Grinnan
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from taking the cases they had deserted
were unlawful and revolutionary; that
men employed BY the petitioners to take
the places Of the strikers had been bull
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da.ad e. ,,sr,n,s ,..n,.s ,,,d tia, l., ~ !.
lions and s,,ndr.. w,,ys .bs 'ac,a ~ ,rvnn-
graphical Union. No. 80, as q whole. and
OF lhe members as lnuividuais mad seeii
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tne lusn % .ne pfiva.e business y me
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Many Affidavits.
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nc sPe.ltio.' covers iipo',t y dozen pages
OF cioset9 typ .,' zen !esal cap, ana
goes ,l.o ueta,,s 4. sreae ,ehsl ~ i IS
s,smeu ~ NY y Go,hInhs'
Mla'i,s i,!'ns a r.
m,tage Press, EIanhart Printing compan nv
Glyua snunae r., are nhu Duke
shannorsop ' ana Panphmnn s sutt u
Company, The petition Is sustained by
1.-THE affidaylts OF twenty-one persons, who
make lengthy sworn statements OF per-
n Honal knowledge OF the facts sot forth.
Mosts Or these alfldaVils are ~ printers
employed by the petitioners. who claim
to have been bnlldozed threatened and
offered brlbes, etc, to anit tho cases.
Some are signed BY boarding house keep
q ers, who claim to have suffered great I'M
noyancc by visits of strikers TO their
premises at all times of the day ana
night in the furtherunca of efforts TO
drive he printers ont Of town.
OecIee EllteTeu.
Judge Grinnan went carefully over the
petition, and read and rercad the affi-
consideration Of the papers, and finally, at