The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION
Another Move In the Fair Haven
Strike Trouble.


sweeping innovation ever introduced
into the labor situation OF Vermont has
just taken place In the case of the
long and bitter fight at Fair Haven be.
tween the slate operators and their
employees, resulting from the strike
Of about i've months standing.
The latest development which has
set the entire labor situation ablaze
with Indignation Is the introduction OF
what the unions call government by
injunction"
Quarrymen's Union No. 1876 and Mill
mems Union No. il3 have been made
the subjects of a sweeping injunction.
issued by Judge A. A. Hall In Rutland
county court and returnable at the
March term In which at the instance
OF the state operators. through their
president. George II. Shinyille. the un.
ions are enioined In the following Ian.
guage.
Il. From directly interfering with,
hindering or obstructlng or stopping
the business of the orator or his
agents, servants or employees In the
maintenance, conduct. management or
operation OF lis business
20. From compelling or inducing
or attempting TO compel or induce by
threats, intimidation. force. or VIC.
lence, any Of the orators employees 10
fail or refuse 10 work for II. or leave
lis services.
3. From preventing or attempting
10 prevent any person or persons By
threats. intimidation. force. violence
or bribery. from freely entering into
or continuing In the orators service.
q. For congregatlng or assembling
"a or about the orators premises or In
the streets. approaches. aud places ad.
accent or leading to said premises. for
the purpose Of intimidating the EN-.
ployees Of said orator or preventing or
hindcring them from fulfilling their
duties as such employees or for the
purpose or la such manner as 20 in.
duce or cOerce by threats. violence or
intimidation any OF the said orators
employees 90 leave its service or any
person 10 refuse to enter is service.
20. From congregating upon or
about the orators premises or the
streets. approaches. and places adjac.
,nt OF leading 90 said premises for the
purpose Of intimidating is employees
lr preventing or hlndering them from
iulflling their duties as such employ.
res. or for the purpose or In such man
ner as 90 induce or coercc by threats
violence. intimidation. or persuasion
any Of the said orators employees %
leave its service or refuse TO enter IT,
service.
q. From maintaining nc or near
the premises of said orator any picket
~ pickset Ia threatening or intimida
ting manner.
- From unlawhlly interfering
with orators employees Ia going 10
aud from their work
3. From going singly or collective.
~ "a the homes residences. or board
NIX houses Of the employees of the ora.
tor for the purpose OF ntimidating and
threatening them or collective p.rsuas.
ion. amounting To- intimidation 10 Ia.
luce said employees Ia leave the ora.
tors service.
=. From attempting or attempting
to prevent by threats. intimidation or
Ia any other manner. any person or
corporation from doing business with
orator
10. From using any eplthets or Cd
prubrious names applied 10 orators
Wurkmcn and employees. characterlg
INK their conduct In working for the
orator and addressed a. said workmen
aud employees. designed 10 alright
aud alarm them. and drive them from
employment 81 orator"
The parts of the Injunction 10 which
the slate workers most strenuously oh
lect aH union men are. hrst. the fact
That while this purpOrts 20 be- a ten
lofary Injunction. u b. Ia effect pcrma
nent. as ~ being rcturnable AZ the
March term, six months from now
means that the strike will b. all over
ana settled by the time the union men
can have even n hearing 0n u
They ar" also advised that the inter
pr"tation Of the term bribery" In sec
lion three would hold that u the union
men met Imported labor Ignorant of
strike conditions. and offered Ia nav
their car fare 90 other places where
they might procure work II would 4.
held as bribery
They also object most strenuousiy On
lhc phfas" 10 section nine In any other
manner which thy hold u intended
10 prevent th'm from explaining 10
customers ign'r.i.t 0f a., tact that the
operators have refused a. arblirat.
The exact conditions that prevail In
Fair Haven.
They alfo resent the whole lnjunc.
ton proposition when based on allsg.
htiuns Ike IN" following. which are eet
iorth in the prayer ~ the orator:
That the men have by bribery and
unlawful pcrHuaHinnH. threats. lutlm.
idatlnnH, and false inainuations endeav
urcd 10 prevent said persons 40 em.
pioycd. from working Tor the operatorg
nr that they follow said cmplove.s ana
NJ times and in public places address
hnd ~" Ia them insulting. abusive ana
threatening language. call them srabs
ana white rats. threaten 60 XIII Thorn
and tell them that their stay In Fair
Haven ~ sort -"
Ihey Aay that with one execution
not member Of the unions during IN.
nv" months strike. has been arrested
lor intoNication or breach Of the peace
ana that they have conducted them.
selves IN n lawful manner.
The men say that, N. as set forth
they have been guilty OF the acts
charged. the operators have a remedy
~ court aud the persons guilty ought
10 be IN jail but that the weapon OF In.
Junction ~ not necessary aud ~ an In.
novatlon uncalled for In handling Yer.
mont labor conditions.
Ia reference 90 the strike. the union
men claim that the loss OF certain Val.
liable contracts by Mr. Shlnvllle had
promised n speedy submission OF this
dispute 10 arbitration aud that this IN.
junction " his final effort 10 force the
unions Into submission.
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