Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-09
A LIVELY TIME
AMONG PLUMBERS
Fights. Bruises ard Courts Seem
70 be Their Stronghold Now.
PLUMBERS wo-Es1Eo kmwoNs

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PLUMBERS wO-EsTEo AwWoNs
Tern, Him scao. aid According 'c
Ar,mons S,a'e~s-, Threatened to
Run Him OF KS Loo-a0 Interest.
inc conglonera'o0 OF Afars.
There seems :, .r n dark cloud %
trouble hanging yer '.- U.umt.ug
fraternity IN the ely.
The fact ;ha' 'ris c.'y = rov having
installed a system O. sewerage has az
trscted a number o. piumJer-. and
from indicati Ons deere seems 20 b. q
bitter war wsging between them. Tn.
sscuel OF this turmoil resulted Tuesday
In the arrsi9nmeTt iu the mayors
court Of three plumbers. a fghi in
Justice Coimsn'- court, and another
trial in both the city AID justice cOurts,
which will be- held today.
From the Information that can be
secured IL appear that L u Ammln-.
plumber who G-.',ed INTO Gaines
vile along with ihe beverage PROPOSE
ton, Was worki'c on a job az the new
Robertson house. Eas' GA neville. for
the Baird Hsriwar- Company, having
taken the place Of 2 m5rors. who rad
struck for eight hours = day and nine
hours pay. When he had gotten fairly
under way committee comprising K.
Timbrook and another plumber waited
upon Mr.. Ammuus and called him
"scab," according 10 Ihe evidence
justice court, II is also claimed that
they told him he must Get Of the job;
that he would not be permitted 10
work. and that the other plumbers Of
the town would raise purse to pay hi
way out OF town. This Ammons says
he refused TO do. whereupon the two
plumbers secured reiniorcements and
returned 10 the Robertson house.
where they virtually ordered him Of
the lob" so Ammons says.
The men were arrested upon a charge
OF disorderly conduct, aud were ar
raigned in mayors court Tuesday
morning. Timbrook was fined $40 and
eosts, while T. J. M"Evcy AMI J. Hes
ter. the other defendants, had their
cases postponed until this morning.
After the session OF the mayors
court Mr.. McEvoy went to Justice
Colman's court aud asked that q war. /.
rant be issued for Ammons. The lat
ter claims that McEvoy called him 3
foul name when he asked for the war
rant, whereupon he. Ammons, struck I
him in the face with his fist and con.
tinued to pound" him until they were .
separated. The warrant was issued I
for Ammons and he gave bond in the
tum Of $50.
Later in the day T. J. McEvoy, +.
Timbrook and J. Hester were arraigned
in Justice Colmsn's court upon q
charge OF unlawful assembly, with in
sent 90 break the peace.
The warrant was sworn out ~ the
OF K. " Ammons. He tes-
tilted thst the defendants had ap-
preached him while he was on duty on
the Robertson Job, had called him
"scab," cursed him aud told him he
would have TO get OF, telling him they
would furnish him money To leave
town.
There were other witnesses who tea.
.i6ed that the defendants did modest
Ammons in the discharge OF his duty,
and after hearing all evidence, Justice
Colmsn imposed a fine OF IS and costs
each, amounting TO 50 50 each.
In passing sentence upon the three
defendants Justice ColmAn took occs.
sion TO remark that this 10 q free coun-
Try, and man has a right to work any
D lumber OF hours he chooses TO and ct
whatever price that 10 satisfactory to
him and his employer.
All cases will come TO trial in the
city and justice courts today.