The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-16
ACTION COMES TO
TEMPORARY CLOSE
Testimony Finished in Case of
Master Plumbers and Strik-
ing Plumbers.
LIKELY TO
BE HEARD THIS WEEK
Last Days Session of Testimony
Contains Much of
HumOr.

The case of the injunction against
the striking plumbers, granted at the
request of the master plumbers, came
to a temporary close in Judge VI. l..
Rltchie s division of the district court
Monday noon. Argument Will prob
ably be heard this week. time to be an.
nounccd later Tho defense continued
Saturday of last week, putting every
available union plumber in the city on
the stand TO dispr0ve the contention Of
the master plumbers that the union
was responsible for certain alleged
violence in connection with the present
strike.
The testimony Of most Of the wit
Dcsses was practically denial of all
charges, and the cross-exauinatIous
were nominal, One witness brought
out that alleged threats, personal
pretty. well divided between the two
sides. In one incident, where G.. J,
lIigson, n master plumber, was accused
of making threats and using bad
language, the master plumbers freely
admitted the charge. and placed Higson
on the stand for q few moments TO cX
plain the matter. lie frankly confessed
luNI ne H3u done So
Except for the testimony of one wit.
ness the days proceedings were dull
and n constant repetition of what had
gone before last week. This witness
was a plumber, A. NJ Scott, otherwise
known AS "Scotsy,' who has figured
largely ip the testimony of many OF
tho witnesses as being ono of those most
active in matters which caused the
master plumbers 10 ask for n restrain
ing injunction.
Scott S testimony, given with broad
Scotch accent. caused the bailIf 10 rap
several times for order IN the room, and
even the court smiled openly when
Scott told Of a fight between himself
and Roy Spencer, Nopo of the master
plum bers, and the mutual lcft.handed
exchanged. Spencer looked
annoyed and confused at first, but
finally joined in the general quiet
laugh throughout the room,
Scott's Testimony.
Scott testified, in part. as follows:
.. Did you ever assault any nonunion
A. did not.
q or be present when any assault
was committed?
4. No, sir.
Q. or see any assault?
\. No. sir.
Or any striking Of a nonunion man?
~.
.. Did you ever hear OF any threats
made against n nonunion man or to a
nunilniop man?
A. None whatever.
@. Or ever make any youlSeltE
4. / did not.
G. ! win ask YOU whether the non
union mon, when they havo seer, YOU on
the street have hollercd at you?
s. They certainly have.
y. Do you know tho names OF any
OF them?
whether 1 have got tho correct pro-
Of lt-Weinsinger.
G. Wcinzimmcr?
a. Wcinzimmer, Johnson and little
fellow. Any time ] puss them ON the
street they say, Hello, Scot,y, how arc
you?"
O. In what tono OF voice?
a. Just the Same sentiment as ] am
using now; rather sarcastic,
- Did YOU ever say TO WeiDzimmcr,
I'VE will carry you out or anything I'm
substance like that?
A. ] never did. Any time | ever spoke
to any OF that crowd of fellows-and !
talked TO pretty nearly all OF thcln-l
never had any language 10 uso such rs
thPt of carrying them or anything else.
q. Did you ever have any controversy
since the strike commenced, and, If so,
with whom?
menCcd?
q. Yes.
a. In which respect?
q. p3 You ever have any quarrel or
blows with anybody? II so. whom WAS IL
Trouble With Spencer.
A. The only time ] had any trouble
like that was with Roy Spencer.
@. That IL one of the master plumb
crs?
A. ono of the WIN Rccs Plumbing
O. What did he say to YOU?
A. That Was the night the men came
f,,N I,a 40 / / 30
to use tho words he used, he said there
wasn't -- lp local 10
that ever could face him alone or ever
had the CUTS 10 face him man for man
o What occurred then-where did he
<, He said that on South Teroplc and
West Temple. near the Vermont Job,
@ What did you do then when he
said that?
4. rather laughed at 1t, because
there arc some men in our organization
heavy and | couldn't SO" where man
OF about I2O pounds could do anything.
tLaughterD
a. ! looked on It as sort of joke,
q. What occurred?
A. Wen, ne throwcd out a challenge.
and ] said 'Ir you want anything, | am
your man" hc was just about my size.
q. What did he do?
4. Both took off our coats.
.. Did he take off his coat?
@, What did hc DO with his hat?
y. He took IL off atso,
q. Put IT on the sidewalk
4. I Dclicyc somebody neId Il.
q. What did you do with your coat
4, / think somebody grabbed it, from
me.
Q You tool; st of. did you?
\, I took IL of.
q. What did YOU. and Spencer do?
\, We SPARED n second or two and
IN or w
q. Anybody interfere?
\. Nobody lntcrfcr"d.
.. lust YOU TWO SPARED there?
4. Yos.
o. Then what occurred?
4. Then we quit and hc put on his
coat and hat again. CLaughtcrJ
q What did YOU do?
A. The same with mine. and he went
his way and was going mine and
somebody asked him, well" he says
ROY is that fair?": because he always
said he never got fair deal with any
men In local 70. always a bunch went
ahead OF him To lay him out.
@. He said that?
a He did. didn't have anything
more 10 say. CLauPhtcr)
.. Somebody asked him il IL was fair?
4. lie said IL was fair
q. Did you come up on The car that
night from the depot with the crowd?
A. ! did
- Yo,, were ai tho deuot whom Mr.