The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-16
MAYOR And COURT
ENJOIN STRIKERS
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P. Roberts, attorney for the Tri-state
company. The request was taken to
the federal court rather than to the
lower courts. on two grounds: First,
interference with Interstate commerce,
and second, the plaintiff is a non-resi.
dent corporation organized under the
Tho the trouble has been local, the
company has lines thruout the state for
which. the same protection is asked.
N Offices OF the order were served on
the officers Of the local union by
United States Marshal Grimshaw TO-
day. By the terms of the order the
strikers are. enjoined from intimidating
from damaging the property Of the Tri-
It is possible that similar action may
be taken by the Northwestern Tells
| phone company for the protection of it's
workmen and property. The North
western is a resident corporation, but
may ask the order on the ground of
interference with Interstate commerce.
The action Of the Tri-State company
organization, which had not counted on
any such move. = The attack on the
company's men and lines in Northeast
Minneapolis on Monday afternoon
brought strained relations to head
| and moved the company to ask federal
assistance.
Tho the order was discussed in the.
strikers meeting in Alexander's hall
today, no expression was made public
by the officers or the men. The order
was not only a surprise but blow, and
will turn the struggle into strict wait
ing. game, entirely eliminating usual
strike tactics. Pickets may be main
tanned, but they must not attempt to
intimidate the men or to interfere with
them in any way.
Denied by Strikers.
In discussing the pitched battle in.
Northeast Minneapolis Monday night
and the shooting on the East Side yes
te1day, officers Of the union said that
the trouble came from hangers-on and
rowdies not in any way interested.
Frank Flanagan, business agent Of the
union, said today:
eve have given strict orders to our
men to refrain from violence or any ap-
pearance Of violence. We have had our
pickets out and union men have been
pr esent when the trouble occurred, but
have taken no part. Any member Of
| the union participating in any affair Of
the sort will at once forfeit his member
ship in the organization. Neither Of
the men hurt in the two fights this
week is union man, tho it has been
reported that: some. Of our men have
6sen for hurt ffoub Thsy are hangerson' look
| All locals Of the International Broth
erhood Of Electrical Workers in the
state are affected by the order secured
yesterday: The officers Of the Mime
apolis local are e. J. Webster, presi-
| dent; Charles Stark, vice president and
J. B. Placier, secretary.
| str1kebreaker Released. H.
/ Adam Charette, arrested yesterday
on a CHARGE Of :disorderly conduct after
| he had fought his way thru a crowd Of
II strikers or theft sympathizers who were
/ trying to prevent him from repairing
some of the. Northwestern; Telephone
/ company's wires at Central and Univer-
! sity avenues, was found not guilty by
Judge p: E. Waite, in police, court to-
Judge Waltz, : in deciding the case,
said Charettes vas, only guilty in that
he. carried a revolver and not in the
manner in which he used it, = Charette
told the court he had acted in self-de-
Tense: The court said his act did not
constitute disorderly conduct, but that
the attacking party should have faced
+ ,Perley Hall, the man Who is accused
Fof shooting, Ward Werring when the
| trouble broke out, was taken to St.
Barnabas hospital this morning. IIe
was beaten about. the head and was
suffering from his injuries. His case
will probably be continued until he can
appear in court. e. -
| Clifford Werring, who attacked Spe,
| m iyx-ho 1o
taking Ward Werring to the station,
was fined $40 for assault and battery
and Ward Werring, the injured man
was arraigned this afternoon.
Clash Over Strike.
one man was injured, several were
beaten and pummeled, and four were
locked up at Central station AS the re-
suit OF the strike troubles on the East
Side yesterday, when two inemen en-
ployed. BY the Northwestern Telephone
company attempted to repair wires, in
the face Of threats made by large
crowd Of strikers.s ...-,.',
~, Ws az W y! 1888 Fourteenth aye.
nue. Sc, is the injured man and Perley
Hall, who inflicted the wound, told the
police he did it only as a last resort,
when he, was thrown down and severely
beaten by the crowd. Wsrrinp was
locked up and his brother, who tried to
even up the trouble, was arrested with
him. Adam Charette, who was help
ing Hall in his i unequal fight, was
charged with assault and battery.
The trouble yesterday was a surprise
to the police and the linemen as they
did not expect a. clash at that place.
Early IN the afternoon squad Of DO
licemen was sent: to Fifth avenue NE
and Second street, where a house is be-
ing moved; There, had been clash
there the day before and as there was
still much work to- be done on the
wires before the, house could be moved
across the streetcar tracks, it was ex-
pected that the linemen and the other
workmen would have trouble. While
the police prevented any trouble that
might have arisen there, the work was
not started and the strikers were
about to return to their homes.
Five blocks away. on University ave
nue. near Central, Hall and Charette de-
cided to give their enemies the slip and
repair some broken wires there. They
were spied by striker, who notified
his friends quietly, and one BY one,
about half the crowd that had gathered
at the house moving, left and went
to the scene Of trouble.
T Charette was on a pole at work and
Hall was just starting up. > Some of
the strikers pulled Hall down, where
he was at the mercy Of his captors. He
was stripped Of. his tool belt and
thrown on the ground. where he was
beaten with the blunt end Of the tools
Seeing things going against him, hi
drew his revolver and fired into the