Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-08-31

customers Of the plaintiff and from
giving orders to committees or agents
for the performance Of any Of these
acts calculated to interfere with the
conduct of the plaintiffs business.
The complaint recites that in August
Of last year without previous notice
the members of the Metal Polishers'
union Of st. Louis employed by the
steve company struck In body with
out waiting for an adjustment of
grievances and that upon the failure
of the strike the International Union
of Metal Polishers began a boycott
against the Bucks company, that this
boycott was Endorsed by labor unions
Of St. Louis and that the company
was placed upon the unfair list by the
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Minneapolis.
The complaint tells further how certain
customers Of the firm were forced by
the union to refuse to buy it's products
and sets forth that by reason Of the
unions great membership and wide
distribution and it's complete and pow
erful organization the boycott was cal
culated and intended greatly to injure
the business of the complainants. The
company says that the federation has
greatly diminished and in many places
destroyed its trade and that If the
boycott is continued the company will
be unable to dispose Of it's goods.
Should this injunction be granted 173
labor organizations will be affected.
President Gompers later announced
that the federation would probably
bring counter suit against the Manu-
facturers' association, charging that
body with conspiracy, referring to its
decision at the recent New York meet
ing to raise fund Of $1,5OOOOO for the
alleged purpose of crushing organized
labor. Mr.. Gompers said that when 1t
comes to test Of surrendering his
rights as citizen or of surrendering
to an Injunction of the courts he should
not hesitate to exercise his rights and
that the men behind the injunction
were pitting their millions against hui
man hearts and minds. In the long
run, he thought, the hearts and minds
would win.
Seeking Telegraph Ownership. ...
President Small Of the Commercial
Telegraphers' union began the second
week Of the telegraphers' strike by
calling on the United States and Can
ada to take over the control Of the tel
egraph lines now owned by the West
ern Union and Postal companies. At
the same time he began campaign
to secure congressional investigation
Of the conduct of those companies in
this country. To this end the union
has established two funds, one for the
direct support Of the strike and the
other to pay the expenses Of the gov
eminent ownership campaign. He asks
that trades unionists in general and
telegraphers in particular begin att
once to raise 100000 for these pur-
poses.
The strike was further strengthened
by the calling out Of leased wire op-
orators in many brokers' offices, and
it was expected that the cable opera
tors would also join. On the other
hand, the telegraph companies claim
ed to be taking care Of all business
offered and say that the strike is a
clo~c' incident so far as they are con-
cerned. washington heard that Com
missioner Neill was about to submit
report regarding the telegraph strike
to the president The strikers charge
that tie companies are taking most of
their business subject to delay and
that the dispatches, instead of being
put on the wires, are. sent by messen-
gers in suit cases from one city to an
other to be copied and delivered by
local messengers. @
New York Meat Drivers Out.
All the drivers of packing house de-
livery wagons in New York city went
on strike last week to the number
Of 500, all affiliated with the Inter
national Transfers association, be-
cause Of the failure of the companies
to arrange shorter and more regular
hours of work and to increase their
wages, which are now SIT week of
seventy to eighty hours. The packers
had offered a sixty-five hour week at
the old wages and pay for extra time,
the same to be determined by arbi
tration.
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