The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-07-18

Tho injunction proceedings were
heard before Judge Dayton of the
United States Circuit Court, of the
Northern District OF West Virginia
at Philippi, Tuesday of last week.
The plaintiff companies were repre-
sented by>Alf Caldwell and Johaie
Conin, and the defendants bv Il.
b. Dovcner and a. G. Fickeisen
and two Philadelphia ATTORNEYS.
Manager Wolff, of the Bell com
pady, and President Mcdonald, of
the union, We're also present.
The direct result of the iujunc-
ton upon the Majority has been Il
Hood new subscriptions, and Labor
generally has been given new and
larger sympathy. And it is by
public sympathy that they expect
to win their strikes.
When the editor of the Majority
reached his home Mt midnight
"Wednesday n tall form gathered
It's shape from the darkness, and
with the introduction that he wss
"United States Marshall,n pre-
sented the editor, with the compli-
ments of the season, an injunction
alltl IL summons.
The matter was typewrittcn and
If the idea was to serve it before
that weeks edition of the paper
went to press, disappointment re-
suited, as the paper came off the
press a day earlier that week.
The other defendants were served
printed copies Saturday. The
copies did not bear the union label
The idjunction has been publish
ed in full in the daily papers and
is practically the same as the preyi-
GUS restraining order against the
istriking lincm;tn. The present one
however, includes II. T.. Corcoran,
president of the Assembly. Fl. b.
Vessel, secretary; j. Il. Hecker,
chairman of the arbitration com
mittee, and the editor of the
Majority.
The new clause reads as fol-
lows:
And said defendants and each Of
them, and particularly Harry u.
Corcoran, III. b. Vessel, II. r.
Hecker and Walter b. Hilton. and
all of their confcderateS, associates.
aiders, abettors, servants, agents
and employees, are hereby enjoined
from printing, distributing, or cir
culating, directly or indirectly, any
matter or any hint, inuendo or in.
sinuation intended to bring about
boycott against the plaintiff or
in any manner to aid in making
such Il boycott effective.
And the said. defendants and
each of them, ana their aiders and
abcttorS, hereby restrained from
posting, circulating, printing or
writing anything intended to make
effective boycott against the
plaintiff. or to injure its business,
and from urging, importuning,
threatening, menacing or soliciting
any of the plaintiffs subscribers
to discontinue the use of the plain
tif17s telephones, or in any other
way or manner attempting to bring
about a boycott against the plain,
tiirs busineS or to injure it in any
manner whatsoever.
This preliminary injunction is
not to take effect until the said
plaintiff or some responsible per
son for it, shall enter into a bond
i'll the penal sum of &2,OO0.0O,
with secutity thereto satisfactory
to the clerk of this court. CON
ditioned that the said plaintiff shall
pay all such costs and damages as
are sustained by the defendants or
any of them by reason of said pre-
liminary injunction should it here
after be diSsolvedA Service of
copy of this order on the defend
ants, their associates, aiders and
abettorS or any of them, shall be
deemed and held sufficient notice
of the said injunction. The hear
ing of this suit upon the question
of whether permanent injunction
shall be entered herein is, by con-
sent of the parties hereto, appear
ing by counsel, set for the term of
this court at Wheeling in said dis
tsict, commencing on the 3rd Tues
day in September, A. d. 1907.
Enter July 2, 1907.
ALsTON G. DAYTON, Judge.