Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-06
Efforts of a Subcontraetor to Install
Nonunion Workers.
ANOTHER INJUNCTION ISSUE
Judge Sears Restraints ALI Unions
from Interfering with Men.
CONFERENCE DURING AFTERNOON
striking WOrkmen win Meet with
Superintendent for Construction
Company 20 Try to Effect
, an Adjustment.

Work on the Brandeis theater and office
building Seventeenth and Douglas streets,
came to standstil Saturday morning
when 800 union workmen went out on
strike protesting against the employment
Of nonunion labor by a contractor. The
nonunion men involved are those in the
employ Of Robert L. Carter, subcontractor
for sheet metal guttering and finishing
work.
A meeting of the striking men was called
for o'clock in the afternoon at Labor
Temple
Meanwhile the unions involved and cer-
tain specified members are restrained, by
a temporary order issued in Judge Sears
division of the district court Saturday
morning from interfering in any way with
any worknIen employed on the building.
The nonunion worSnen employed by Car
ter went to work for a short time Saturday
morning and later left the building.
Police Presence Unpleasant.
The presence of two policemen, who
were about the building for short time
In the morning, was considered unpleasant
by some of the union men and the strike
followed soon after. The union men re-
fuse TO work under police surveillance and
took the presence of the officers as in
response to a request from Mr.. Carter.
Captain Mostyn, acting chief OF police,
declared that no detail of officers had been
sent to guard the building
Two officers, whose beats join at this
point were sent there to look over the
situation casually, but no detail was sent
to guard any Of the workmen," said Cap
tain Mostyn.
I'VE had agreed to go on with the work
until this job was finished" said a fore
man, ''but when the police showed up the
men went out"
The workmen were paid at noon Satur-
day by the contractors in the regular
course of business The payroll for the
building force amounted to about $4,000.
Sears Issues Injunction.
- The restraining order issued by fudge
Oscars is issued against Harry II. Farmer.
James Kennedy, Rudolph Larsen. Fay
Fink, Red Meeks, Richard Hoye, Andrew
Schfnitz' John NJ Gibbs, Clarence Mum
and ]. r. Morgan. all Of whom are con-
nected with the unions represented by the
men working on the building The order
also includes the local unions of the ANAL
gamated Sheet Metal Workers the Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical Work.
ers, the Brlcklayers Protective association
and the Plumbers union. The order is
made returnable in Judge EsteIles court
on February IL.
This order is issued on the second of in
junction suits filed by Mr.. Carter. The frs
suit was filed Friday asking for an in
Junction against the Thompson-S -Starret
company to prevent the general contractor
from dispossessing Carter or his contract
In this suit Carter alleged that he feared
the Thompson-Starrett company woult
seek to put him off the works on tn,
ground that he was not employing work
men OF the proper qualification.
Injunction Covers Everything.
The new Carter suit is for a sweepin,
injunction restraining the officers of tn
unions and members from interfering witt
or intimidating Carter's nonunion work
men and all other workmen upon the build
ing, whether Thompson n-Starrett compan,
or for any of the sub-contrators. The re
straining order granted by Judge Scar
covers all the provisions IN the petition
and is as comprehensive as language cal
possibly make it. workmen are not 10 b
disturbed at the job, going home from o
coming to work, or while at home. an
\ their wives and families are not TO b
visited for intimidating purposes
Judge Estelles court room was crowde
nearly all morning to the doors, with a con
siderable overflow into the hallway an
down the stairs to the sixth floor of Tn
Bee building. They stayed until Judg
Estele notified them from the bench tina
there would be nothing doing until Tues
day. A large delegation had been in Judg
Sears court room in the court house, an
finding nothing of interest going on there
came over to the Estelle court room an
swelled the throng Meantime deputies |
the sheriffs office were preparing to serv
notices upon the defendants named in III
second petition. which is the one to Ell
join the strikers and every one else froi
interfering in any way with workers upo
the building. \,
Twenty Men Are Put to Work.
Taking advantage Of the situation pre-
dueed by the tie-up by restraining order
and the strike, Robert Carter rushed
force Of twenty men to work on the met
work of the theate5 building Saturday af
erIcon.
II will try to do all the work possib
while the strike is on and before the r,
straining orders are returned to court
said Mr. Carter.
The strikers held a meeting at Lab,
Temple late I'm the afternoon to talk oy
the strike situation. but they gave no Il
timation Of their probable action.
"rm enjoined by the court and can
talk" humorously suggested W. B. We
ton. manager for the Thompson Stare
v company, Il viii have nothing to do wi
the meeting at Labor Temple. We ha
done nothing TO cause trouble"
Mr. Weston. however, did not seem
be much disturbed about the situation.
Carter expressed II as his opinion tn
the brieklayers would go to work sundl
morning, He also said that he understo
that others OF the workmen might take
their work without further action. NJ