Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-07

STRIKERS ARE ENJoINED
| FROM coERcING MEN
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any one acting by or for you, in any
manner interfering with the employees
of the Ottumwa Bax Car Loader, the
above plaintiff. now in It's employ, and
from In any manner interfering with
any person who may desire to enter
the employ of said plaintiff, by way
of threat, personal violence intimida-
ton, or other means calculated or in
tended to induce any such person or
tended to prevent such persons from
entering or continuing in employment
of plaintiff, or calculated or intended
to induce any such person or,
persons to leave the employment of
said plaintiff. From Interfering with,
intimidating, molesting or threatening
In any manner. any person or persons,
with the purpose of inducing such
person or persons not to deal with or
do business with said plaintiff. From
consregating or lettering about or in
the neighborhood of the premises or
place Of business Of plaintiff, Or at
other places with intent to interfere
with the employees of plaintiff, or with
the prosecution of. plaintiffs work or
to interfere with or intimidate the
employees of plaintiff, with intent to
induce any person or persons not to
enter the employment of plaintiff.
From giving any directions or orders
+ to committees. associations or other
wise. for the performance of any act
or threat hereinbefore enjoined. and
from in any manner whatsoever i'm
peding, molesting or interfering with
the regular operation of plaintiffs
business. Until the further order Of
our said district court III the prem
Uses.
! Geo. Phillips,
), Clerk of District Court.
To the Sheriff of Wapello County
4 You are hereby commanded to make
due service of this writ upon said de-
PENDANTS and hereof fail not, and
make return Of this writ unto our said
district court with your doings hereon
endorsed on the first day of the next
! term of said court Witness my Off
4 cial signature as clerk of said court
and the seal thereof hereto attached
this Sd day of April. 1908.
ScO. fDlNlp6,
Clerk Of District Court Of Wapello
County, Iowa.
i Presented to Judge at Abba.
The petition asking for an injunc
ton was presented to Judge D. NJ
Anderson at Abba by Attorney Orelup
and the temporary writ was then IS
sued
f1,n k@o s1o1 5r,
such as stating that the Box Car
Loader company Is corporation
, etc, and that the men have organized
in union to do business locally and
against the deteriment of the plaintiff
the petition asserts tnat, "the de
PENDANTS have conspired together for
. the unlawful purpose of preventing
plaintiff from carrying on its business
and by force and by intimidation pre-
| venting persons from entering into the
employ of plaintiff, and by threats
| force and personal violence and in
| timidation. interfering with and pre-
1 venting, persons from seeking employ
! ment with plaintiff. and by force
threats, personal violence and intimi
dalton compelling persons to leave tn,
employ of plaintiff.
Strike Began March 49,
"That ever since the 23rd of Marcel
,, 1908 and the forming of the organi
!, zation above referred to, said defen
: dants for the purpose of carrying on
: the conspiracy above set out, have b,
? themselves their agents, officers, EN-
: ployes and others interested with ant
!, for them, kept plaintiffs place Of bust
ness surrounded by persons, eithe
some Of defendants themselves, or il
the employee of the defendants some o
, them, so stationed at or about thu
plaintiffs place of business as to cove
. every approach thereto: that salt
. persons so stationed are armed will
> clubs, and congregate in great force
4 and stand in threatening attitudes 70
= the intent and purpose of intimidating
i. molesting and threatening all persons
t who are employed by plaintiff ant
, all persons who are seeking employ
j ment from plaintiff: that said persons
r are so stationed about plaintiffs place
t of business all hours Of the day ant
: night and have been so stationed To-
v some time, as above stated that b!
reason of the persons so stationed ant
T by and from their threats, attitude
1 clubs, and show Of force and violence
workmen have been compelled to leav'
, the employment Of the plaintiff ant
have been intimidated from seekin.
: employment with the plaintiff; that tn,
employees Of the plaintiff have beer
attacked, beaten and bruised by de
PENDANTS or those acting by Or unde
them. and by the persons stationed a
; or near plaintiffs place of business 81
mich so that workmen have been ant
: are intimidated and afraid to work TO
l plaintiff
Contracts on Hand.
The petition also states that plain
l. tiff has contracts on hand amounting
= to many thourands Of dollars, whicl
it is unable to carry out by reasol
o of the strike and the threatening al
e titude of the strikers; that by reaso
l. of said acts the plaintiff has suffere
and will continue to suited great an
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