Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-08-31
WITH SHOUTS OF
CLOSED SHOPS"
Striking CIOakmakoTS March In
ParadaS Of Protest
GOFF E.!JvuaCTION HITS HARD


Restraint of Trade-Rule Laid Down
by Court of Appeals and Accepted as
Law Must Be Applicable to Work
men as Well as to Employers
New York, Aug. 29.-Parades of
protest broke out all over the East
Side on receipt of the news that JUS
tice Golf had ruled in the state SUI
preme court that strike which de-
mands the CLOSED shop" is con-
spiracy in restraint Of trade.
Bands of the 60, 900 c:oakmakers
now on strike marched through the
streets, one Of them to CITY hall car
rying banners and American flags and
shouting "closed shops" at every step.
Unrest and anger were everywhere
visible among the strikers. Justice
COTS decision granted an Injunction
to a member of the Manufacturers
Protective association in restraint OF
acts Of violence, threats, picketlng
and patrolling by strikers.
THE primary purpose OF this
strike reads his finding, SIS not to
better the condition of the working
man. but is to deprive other men OF
the opportunity of their right to
work. "
He supports his ruling with recent
| decision of the state court of appeals,
against the Thompson Starrett COM
pany. a large building corporation,
which he cites as follows:
THE court of appeals has held that
it is against the policy of the state for
EMPLOYERS who control practically the
whole trade in a community to COM
bine fer the purpose CT competing
workmen to Join particular union as
a condition CT employment, If the
rule thus laid down be the law, and 1t
must be accepted as such, being the
latest expression of the court of ap-
peals, it must be applicable to work
men as well as employers.
at would be repugnant to reason to
hold that it applies to one and not to
the other. If a combine of one tc
refuse employment, except on condl-
ton of joining union, be against
: public policy, combination of the
other to cause refusal of employment
except on condition of joining a union
, is alike against public policy.
Justice Golf then cites one CT tn
: articles of compromise presented b,
: representatives of the union to Tn
follows.
1.-The association of manufacturer
+ shall obligate each of its members 7
: employ union men as long as tn
II union shall be able to furnish unlo
g men who can do the work properly
!. Within two weeks the non-union me
~ shall join the union"
ID "This clause" he continues, "whlc
t. shows the purpose animating tn
strike, as interpreted by the court,
clearly unlawful, !" and he passes to tn
1e conduct of the strike.
q eff the unions" he stated, have NJ
w formally directed a systematic cour:
W of aggression by criminal sacts, tt
il members of the unions, acting in col
00 cert have connived at and moral
sunported such acts on the part
he many of their members in pursuan
he of a common object.
A final vote on the tentative agre
m ment reached yesterday between t
to strikers and manufacturers, details
w which have already been publishe
NV will not be reached until late tonig
he and possibly will not be made pub
to until tomorrow.
General opinion inclines to bel
is that there is much complaint that tn
ma oro NOT more favorable to the striker