The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-20
INJUNCTION ISSUED
bE AGAINST UNIONS
Far Haven SLATE Operators Secure One
From Judge Hall in the Rutland
County Court.

Fair Haven. sept. 20. The latest DC.
gelnpment in the slate quarrymef's
strike is the introduction of what the
unions call government BY Injunction.
Quarrymens Union No. los and Mill
mems Onion No. ll3 have been made
the subject Of d sweeping injunction, IS
sued by Judge Hall in Rutland county
court, and Teturnablc at the March
term, in which, at the instance Of the
slate operators, through their president
George II. Shinville, the unions are en-
joined from directly interfering with o.
obstructing the business or employees OF
the orator, from intimidation, force Of
violence, from any attempt to prevent
persons from entering into the employ Of
the slate company, from eongregating
about the premises, from using threats
violence, intimidation, or persuasion on
the employees to leave the slate com
pany's services, from pieketing, from
going singly OF collectively to the
homes, residences 81 boarding houses Of
the employees for the purpose OF intimi-
dation or persuasion to induce said EN-,
ployes to leave the slate eompany's SER
vice, from boycotting the company, O
persuade others to, from calling names,
Parts OF the injunction the slate
workers most strenuously object TO as
union men, While this puTports to be
a temporary injunction, it IL in effect
permanent, as its being returnahle at tbs
March term, six months from now
means that the strike will be all over
and settled by the time the union mef
can have even hearing on it.
They are also advised that the inter,
probation Of the term bribery" would
hold that if the union men met imported
labor ignorant Of strike conditions, and
offered to pay their carfare 10 othei
places where they might procure work
Iit would be held al bribery.
They also object most strenuously tt
the phrase in any other manner.
which they hold is intended to prevent
them from explaining to customers ig
norant Of the facti that the operators
have refused To arbitrate, the exact con
ditions that prevail in Fair Haven
They also resent the whole injunction
proposition when based on allegations
like the following, which are set fortl
ID the prayer Of the orator:
That the men have by bribery, ans
unlawful persuasions, threats, intimida
tions and false insinuations endeavoret
to prevent said persons SO employed,
| from working for the operators, or that
they follow said employees and at times
and in public places address and use T.
them insulting, abusive and threatening
language, call them scabs and white
rats threaten to kill them and tell then
that their stay in Fair Haven il short.
They say that with one exception moi
member Of the union, during the five
months strike. has been arrested fol
INVESTIGATION or breach of the peace, anC
that they have conducted themselves il
lawful manner
If, as set forth above, they have beer
guilty OF the acts charged, the operators
have a remedy in court. and the persons
guilty ought to be in jail, but that th'
weapon Of injunction is not necessary
and II an innovation uncalied for IL
handling Vermont labor conditions.
! II reference to the strike, the unioT
men claim that the loss Of certain val
liable contracts by Mr.. Shinvilie hat
4 promised speedy, submission of thi
\ dispute to arbitration and that this in
I junction IL his final effort to force tn
unions into submission.