The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23


convict labor might be abolished en-
tirely.
Judge eager of Bridgeport, Conn,
mas dissolved the temporary Injunction
issued to the Builders National Associ-
alton against the Bricklayers' and Plas-
terers Union, the Stone Masons' Union
and the International Protective Asso-
citation, all Of Bridgeport. to prevent
tnem from interfering with non-union
workmen employed in that city, and
prohiblung, under a penalty of $500,
any efforts at inducing workmen to
leave their work. The labor leaders of
New England claim this is a, great vic
tory for organized labor. The plaintiff
threatens TO carry the case to the Su-
preme Court. The injunction was
brought about by the strike of last
May. The court finds that the threats
used by the union men were not ef-
IectlVe in causing the men to leave
their employment with the plaintiffs:
that the interviews by pickets were
not coercive or threatening; that the
bogus union cards issued and thee as
sault on Walking Delegate Brimblo,
two features of the trouble, having
been taken care of by the criminal
court, the cause as 1t stands is not suffi-
cient for the injunction to stand The
Of men contrary to law and that no COM
bfnation existed which was not lawful,
although many of the men attempted
TO prevent others from entering the
employ~of the plaintiff.
Asserting as ground for his action
that the Boston Building Trades OBJ
tanned his dismissal from his employ
ment because he was a non-union man,
a carpenter of that city has begun suit
for damages unique in the legal annals
OF the country, making not only the
officers of the organization, but the or
ganization itself, derendant. He also
strained from interfering with him or
with any firm that may employ him.
This is the first case of this kind begun
in Massachusetts and the second in the
United States
President A. L. Faulkner and Secre-
tary c. /. Tarr of the AmaIgamated
window Glass Workers Association.
with 21S members of the executive and
wage committee. went to Pittsburg re-
Gently in anticipation of the meeting
Of the United States Window Glass
Manufacturers Association. AT the last
moment the latter decided to postpone
its meeting, and the representatives of
the workers union returned to Cleve-
are located. Considerable disappoint-
ment was evinced at the failure of the
two parties to get together, as the
joint meeting had been expected to fix
the date for the opening of the factories
for the coming seasons fire. The Anal
ganaated Association is asking for an
increase of 10 per cent over last years
wage scale. and already has about 1000
pots signed up. The formal launching
of the plan for a selling agency by the
window glass manufacturers had also
been expected to take place to handle
the 1900 pots controlled by the hand
operating plents. While not actively
American window Glass Company. at
whose factory only machinemad
product is turned out. is understood to
have signified it's Willingness to CO.
operate in the selling agency plan.
Thomas Rickert Of New York, general
president Of the international Garment
Workers Union, now in Los Angeles
and on a tour of inspection of the Pa
cific Coast, spoke as follows TO the
garment workers in that city:
Probably there is no trade that has
received so much benefit from organ
ization as have the garment workers.
A majority of them are women, who
before they were organized worked
from twelve to sixteen hours a day for
a mere pittance, and often they were
crowded in dark and unsanitary sweat
shops. Since organizing the hours have
been materially reduced and wages
have in many instances been tripled.
No member of the union is permitted
10 work in a sweat shop. No agency
has been more instrumental than the
Garment Workers Union in taking
children from workshops and placing
them in school If the union had done
nothing else it would have reason to
be proud of this record.
Mr.. Rickert is much gratified with the
strength displayed by organized labor
on the coast.