The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-25
STRIKERS ARE ENJOINED,
Van Wiakie Machine Company at At
lanta Appeals to Court for Pro-
tec*ion ard 7raye: Granted.

A large number CT the nlachinists
employed at the E. Van Winkle Gin
and Machinery Works, at, Atlanta, are
now out on strike inaugurated near
~ three weeks ago, by order of At
!anta lodge, No. /, CT the International
Association CT Iachinists.
This strike was the occasion Of the
fling OF in equitable petition Monday
il the superior court by the Van VIM
kle company, praying that the said
lodge, its members and the striking
machirists named as defendants IN z
the petition be enjoined and rasrrain-
ed from interfering in any manner
with the labor now employed at the
machinery works, and from posting
pickets about the works, the ends
of the car lines and the depot for the
purpose of inducing workmen to quit
their positions or to refrain from
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Judge Pendleton granted temper
ary restraining order as prayed fc-
in the petition, and set the hearing OF
the petition for Saturday, April u. isiSssa
The petition shows by the exhibits
attached thereto that the grievances
complained OF by the lodge and the
machinists are that the company disa
eliminated against the members OF Or
ganized labor; did not observe the
rules laid down by organized labor In
regard to the employment of handy
men on machinists' work, and declin-s
ed to adopt and post rules governing
these conditions.
The petition recites that the works.
manufactures steam and hydraulic en-s
gines, cotton machinery and other
like machinery, 100000 being invest
ed in the plant, which employs 800
men, many Of whom are machinists,
the weekly payroll amounting toS
$500; that Edward Van WinkIe, the
! president of the works, is, and has az
! ways been, kind and considerate or
| the welfare and comfort of his eln-s
ployes, to whom good wages were
paid, and they seemed happy andsi
contented up to recent period. s5
Petitioner complains that in March,,
1907, F. w. McCabe, business agent
of the lodge, called at the shops and
had an interview with President Van
| Wrinkle, complaining that no rules
We're posted in the shop, to which:
the president replied that the men
! had neglected to keep them up, and
they had become lost or destroyed;
that thereupon McCabe furnished s.
set of rules, which petitioner did not
| think suitable or proper for the con-
duct of its business, and rules franz
ed by the president. were posted in.
lieu Of those submitted by the lodge
This caused kick and McCabe wrote
a letter notifying the president of the
works that if the matter was not adj
justed satisfactorily by March 81. Z
: there would be trouble. ~
Thereafter the defendants ordered.
the strike, and large number OF the
machiniHts walked out, after which.
petitioner charges, the lodge and Its:
members posted pickets at the very.
gates of their premises, at the ends
Of the car lines, and at the passen.
Ger depots to dissuade other machin-s
lists and those who remained at work
from working for the Van WinkIe:
Company. The company charges that
this was an unlawful combination be-
tween the lodge and the machinists,
its real purpose being to unionize the.
shops, to prevent the employmentsof
machinists not members of the order.
to fix wages irrespective of the rights
OF employers, and to force non.union
men out of the shops, and that the
subsequent posting Of pickets was the.
result of a conspiracy between the
lodge and the machinists against the
company for the purpose of closing
! down their business, and forcing them
to yield to unreasonable demands,