The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-20
END bOYCOTTS
BY INJUNCTION
Suit Brought Against Union
Officials to Deprive Them
of Old Weapon.
ALLEGES CONSPIRACY
President James W. Van Cleave of
Manufacturers Association Would
End Unfair Lists.

Washington, D. c., Aug. ia sig
nif1cant legal action was begun in the
Supreme court of the District of CO.
lumbia today by James W. Van Cleave,
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers, TO enjoin Samuel
Gompers. John Mitchell and other Of
f1cers of the American Federation of
Labor and several af its subsidiary
organization from using the boycott
and so-called unfair list"
Mr.. VanCleave institutes this suit in
the name of the Bucks Stove and
Range company of st. Louis, of which
he is president, whose products are al
legged to have been declared unfair by
the labor unions. but the significance
of the action lies in its being a test
case wherein Mr.. Van Cleave, as head
| of the Manufacturers association,
seeks to enjotnt permanently organized
labor from using Unfair" or I'VE
against firms and individuals.
The bill asks for a permanent in
junction against the following officers:
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison
of Washington; John V. Lennon, of
Bloomington, Ill; James Duncan of
| Quincy. Mass; John Mitchell of Indi-
anapolis James O'ConneH of Wash
ington, Max Morris of Denver; James
A. Hayes of Philadelphia, Daniel ].
Keefe of Detroit; William E. Buber
of indianapolis; Joseph Valentine of
| Cincinnati.
Electrotype Moulders-R. L. Thixton,
| G. o. Buckington, H. c. Pope, A. J.
Cooper and E. L. Hickman.
! After alleging an unlawful conspi-
racy to injure its business, the plaintiff
asks that the labor men be enjoined
| on the following special points.
Would Enjoin Labor.
From carrying on a conspiracy to
restrain and destroy the business of
the plaintiffs; from agreeing or COM
binine to interfere in any manner with
the business Of the plaintiff or any
other person. firm. or corporation.
From boycotting or attempting to
| boycott or threatening to boycott the
plaintiff or the plaintiffs business or
attempting to interfere with the regu-
lar operation or the shipment, sale, or
trade in its goods or from aiding or
abetting such boycott.
From printing, publishing or dis
tributing through the mails any copy
of the American Federationist, which
|
ton Of Labor, which contains the
name of the plaintiff corporation I'M
der its I'VE Don't Patronize" or TN
fair" list. or which contains any state
ment that the planiff is or has been
unfair.
From publishing or circulating in any
way any statement to the injury OF
the product of the plaintiff or its deal
ers or the advice to the public that
the plaintiffs factory has been boy
cotted.
From threatening or intimidating
the customers of the plaintiff or from
doing any acts in aid of the conspiracy
or combination alleged.
From giving any orders or direction:
to committees, associations, officers
agents or others for the performance
Of any acts or threats which would i'm
pede. obstruct, or interfere with I'll,
conduct of the plaintiffs business.
From carrying on the alleged con
spiracy to restrain and prevent tn,
plaintiff from conducting his prope,
business in any other states or terri
tories o6 the union and from doing
any of the acts or using any of the
means named in the complaint for tina
purpose.
To End BOycOtts.
The complaint then goes on to stat,
that the American Federation of La
Dor has repeatedly declared boycott
against the business and product of tn
customers of numerous Individual
and concerns, and has actively prose
cuted them by using its combined
power for that purpose to wage de
structive attacks upon any person o
business under its ban" and that thi
power now is being directed malicious
ly against the business of the plaintiff