Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-19
APPEAL TO THE COURTS
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BOTTLERS'
UNION OFFICERS.
Action Said to Be Of General I'M
portance Since Blow is Aimed at
Sympathetic Strikers.

The lockout of the journeymen bottlers
by certain of the employing bottlers as.
sumed an important phase today when a
warrant was issued, charging the crime of
conspiracy against certain officials and
members of the local unions of the Inter
national Union of United Brewery Work
men of America, the Bottlers Local No.
25l; the Beer Drivers and Stablemens
Union, No. 234, and the Brewery Workers
Local. No. lis, was issued from the Police
Court this afternoon and placed in the
hands Of the police for service The first
arrests on the warrant were made this
afternoon by Detectives Parham and
O. Brien, when four of the defendants were
taken into custody
1t is expected the arrest of others will
follow as soon as they are located
The police and district attorney are
guarding the identity of the defendants
In this conspiracy charge and will say
nothing. But it Is understood that they
are some of the high officials of the local
unions and include some members of the
committee representing the unions in
their conferences.
The warrant was sworn out by several
representatives of the bottling compa-
MES of this city. including August g.
Herman of j. F. Herman & Son. Charles
Jacobson Of the Arlington Bottling Com
pany and Richard I. Mazinger, Samuel C..
Palmer, John ID. OMeara and John c.
Schleuter of the Northwestern BottIing
Works.
The charge of conspiracy Is alleged in
connection with the recent lockout of the
beer bottling employees Of the District
which was begun April l. 1t is charged that
the seventeen men included in the warrant
conspired together to have the members OF
their unions refuse to handle beer to be
work for these companies or companies
selling them beer to the injury of their
business
Union Asks for New Contract.
When the agreement between the bot
Ting employees expired April 1 last, the
union representatives. through their two
committees. the joint local executive board
and the joint local contract committee. re-
fused to sign the old contract, and asked
for new one providing for shorter hours
and higher wages. The employers refused
to sign the new agreement and the lockout
was declared.
On April s. the bottiing employers mem
toned above told the district attorney, the
seventeen men who are made defendants
In Mis- charge OF conspiracy met together
and caused to be passed by the three local
unions resolutions forbidding their men,
bers from working for any Of these bot
ting companies, from working for any
brewing companies In making beer to be
sold to these bottling companies declared
to be unfair to organized labor" or from
handling any beer intended to be sold to
any Of these unfair bottling Companies.
In this manner, 1t Is stated, the bottlinR
union met ana IOrced q sympathetic strike
among the brewery wagon drivers and
among the brewery workers. so far as these
specific bottllng companies are concerned
It Is understood that one of the brewing
companies which sells to these bottiin0
companies ordered its drivers to take some
kegs OF beer to one OF these companies, and
that the drivers refused because OF the req
olution passed by their union.
The far-reaching effect OF this action by
the district attorney, according to some OF
those interested, Is that 1t strikes at the
very heart Of sympathetic strikes, and will
have great influence on uniouism In gen.
eral Il the courts uphold tho charge. It 70
likely that the case will be desperately
fought through the courts.
-Four Arrests Made.
Detectives o'Brieu and Parham made t4as
| arrests OF four Of the defendants this after
| noon. wilaiam Hsimuth was arrested ct
the Warrington brewery and Franz Rom.
Louis X. Ws4ngard ana John J. Binder a
the National CaQttal brewery.
conspifnny aen1n9t Harry Hears, WNliam
Haln4rth I06n r. Hfndar Ghax4ea +. Ennr-