Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-10-10

fcers and members, agents, employees
and attorneys of eight unions located
in Anaconda, Butte, Great Falls and
Helena:
"First, From in any manner. direct
y or indirectly, interfering with or OBJ
structing the transaction of the bust.
ness of the Rocky Mountain Bell Tel
ephone company, the above named
complainant, in the cities of Butte,
Anaconda Helena Great Falls and
Billings, or elsewhere in the state of
Montana, and from persuading others
to so interfere with or obstruct said
business; from in any manner inter
fering with any person who may de-
sire to enter the employ of said com
plainant, either by threats, personal
violence, abuse, intimidation or any
other means calculated or intended to
interfere Win inc oaiu puSihNSo Oh
complainant, OF from entering or con-
tinuing in the employ of said com
plainant, or from inducing any person
to leave the employ of said complain
ant;
"Seeond, From boyeotting the said
complainant by the circulation of, or
the posting, publishing or distributing
"a handbills or circulars containing
opprobious or injurious epithets against
the said complainant, or otherwise;
Third, From interfering with, in
nmidating boyeottin9 mplesing, or
threatening in any manner the patrons
and customers of said complainant, or
any other person or persons, with the
purpose Of inducing them not TO deal
with or do business with said com
plainant;
"Fourth. From giving any direc.
tions or orders to committees, associa.
tions OF otherwise, for the perform
ance of any act or threat hereinbefore
mentioned, or from in any manner
impeding, obstructing or interfering
with the regular operations and con
duet of the business of the said com
plainant;
"Fifth. From cutting, breaking, re-
moving or in any manner or by any
means injuring or destroying, or in
terfering with, any of complainant g
poles, wires, telephones, apparatus, or
property or equipment of any kind;
"Sixth, From procuring, persuading
or inviting any one to do anything for
bidden by this injunction, which com
mands and injunctions you are respect
lively required to observe and obey
until our said circuit court shall make
further order in the premises. Here
of fail not, under penalty of the law
thence ensuing"
The decision Of Judge Hunt was
only what was expected by the union
men all over the state. When IL be-
came known that the judge had re-
served his decision until he had taken
the matter under advisement, the com
ment everywhere among working men
was "the corporation will get all it
wants, no court ever decided a case
in favor Of organized labor and against
corporations during a strike" The
decision may as well come first as last
for we know that II will be the reg.
ulsr government by injunction dope"
The telephone company have printed
the injunction on largebills and hav-
ing the same posted all over the state,
Regardless of the injunction the
unions are keeping up the fight and
the telephone company is trying to
effect a settlement with the unions in
Montana, but no settlement will be
made by the Montana unions unless
the agreement covers all the unions
involved in the states Of Idaho, Mon.
tana, Utah and Wyoming.
The scab boilermakers at Livings-
ton to the number Of twenty.seyen all
quit last week; they had been on a
big drunk In the box cars they are
housed in, got up late the next morn
ing and the cook would not give them
breakfast, 30 the deputies herjed them
TO restaurant where eleven scabi
ordered a $2s breakfast, at the ex
pense Of the railway company. The
high-toned breakfast swelled the heads
Of scabs and they decided that they
did not have to work any longer for g
living.