The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-10

Injunction proceedings were instituted
yesterday by contractors Of the city who
are members OF the Employers Associa-
lion 10 restrain William H. Maghan. pres
ident. and twenty-seven other members
Of .Bricklayers' Union No. from inter
fering with or boycCtting the contractors
who ME the suit Justice Gould issued
a rule returnable on Friday next for
Maghan and the others named TO appear
and show cause why they should not
be enjOined and restrained as prayed.
4 charge of conspiracy is also made
against the bricklayeTs. - being alleged
that they have banded together 10 estab-
lish n monopoly Of labor in the District
Of Columbia in favor Of building trades
unions; 70 compel the discharge of all
employed nonunions men: 10 compel the
Master Plumbers Association to accede
10 the demands of their union men. and
10 maiiciously injure the complainants
r1n cripple their respective enterprises
and operations in order 10 compel them
to yield TO the demands OF the unions.
Richardson g. Burgess. one of the pc
;itioners, Secretary James McIver and
other members Of the grievance commit
tee OF the building trades were served
with sUmmonses 10 appear in court also
on Friday and show cause why they
should not be restrained.
Outcome of Long Controversy.
This suit grows out of the controversy
which has been on between the Employ
ers' Association and different branches Of
building trades since last June. when. fol-
lowing other differences, the Employers
Association started a movement TO es-
tablish the open shop in this city. and
brought from outside cities mechanics Of
the different trades with which they were
at variance. The petition filed yesterday
through Attorneys Leon Tobriner and
Walter Drew is signed by Richardson q
| Burgess. Samuel j. Prescott Company.
( Charles J. Cassidy Company. Thomas II.
Melton. Frank l. Wagner. Charles A.
| Langley. William Freeman. Thomas
| Hughes. Hervey g. Mschen. Kennedy &
/ Davis Company. James L. Marshall, and
/ Herbert V. Sanford,
| They ask that the union be restrained
/ from interfering with or Obstructing
/ their business or from bothering or in
! juring their agents and employees con-
/ nected with or concerned in the opera
/ tons Of their several shops or buildings
/ in the erection OF which they may be
| engaged They ask the court 10 prevent
the union men from establishing pickets
near buildings being erected or repaired
/ by any Of the compliments and from
/ assaulting OF intimidaung by threats. Co
/ ercion. or otherwise any OF their present
or prospective employees.
Want Strikers Dispersed.
They ask that the union men or strik-
ers be not allowed TO congregate sbou,
the establishments Of the master build
ers. or In the neighborhOod Of any OF
their buildings. with a view to inducing
or soliciting the employees OF the peti-
| TONERS 20 suspend or quit work. or from
preventing. OF attempting 10 prevent
persons seeking employment with ths
/ compliments
/ They also seek the Intervention Of the
court 20 prevent alleged intimidation OF
| persons continuing 10 work with tn
master builders. or alleged bribing or al
tempting 10 bride such employees witt
| promises Of money OF transportation Il
such employees would leave the servic,
Of the master builders; or alleged threats
OF strike or boycott
The complainantS also wish the unicI
men enjoined from interfering with OF
attempting 10 interfere with the peace
able arrival In this city of persons wh'
are DESTROYS or who intend 10 OF wh'
have entered the employment Of any o
the compliments. or from interfering
with such persons on their way from tn
local stations 20 their lodging houses
AhidavitS Supporting Charges.
, There was also filed with the petition
forty affidavits cOrroborating its allega
tons The petition sets forth that tn
compliments have many thousands o
dollars invested in shops. plants. ma
chinery. and paraphernalia of trade. an,
. that unless the defendants are enjOine'
and restrained from their Illegal acts
, as prayed. they will suffer pecUniary los
aggregating thousands Of dollars.
, The bill also rehearses the labor diff
, culties since March. 1906. down to Angus
last. and the sympathetic strikes whicl
have occurred during this period. and Their
is also given a history Of the arbitration
attempted by the plumbers and their en-
ployers OF the matter which precipitate
the controversy which began in March
1896. and has continued since.
, The bill then details the efforts mad
by the conplainants to patch up the dim
culties followed by their action in adver
Using in out-of-tcwn newspapers 70
! bricklayers to come here The complain
! ants charge that as soon as the brick
layers heard OF this they commenced
system Of picketing employing it is al
legged. ''rOwdies and thugs who have bee
brought from other cities" II is charge
that these pickets were placed on guar
about the places of business of the com
plainants. and near buildings the con
struction Of which the complainants ha
the contract Of erecting, for the purpos
OF threatening, intimidating, or cajolin
the men at work to join the strikers, an
acts of violence are alleged upon the par
! of these pickets.
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