The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15
ALLEGED BOYCOTT
MAY LEAD To COURT
Proprietor of Clothing Store De-
cIares His Business Hurt
by Parade.

An effort to cause Rich 6 Son te
close their clothing store at "A East
Second South at Q o'clock Saturday
nights and at 6 p. III. during tho week
will have its inning in court, according
TO the proprietor Of the store. lie vows
he will ask for an Injunction. to pre-
vent members of the clerks union from
restraining trade and hindering his
business,
1t seems that the store. when In the
room Mt 217 Main street, was under
contract with the clerks TO close at the
hours specified. The first of the year
Rich g. Son moved to "a East Second
South street, where they operate store
known as Rich's Clothes Shop Since
moving to the new place the proprietors
have kept open later than specified in
the previous contract Saturday night
Abe Martin, president of the clerks
union, and c. r.. Grimmett led party
of clerks IN a parade in front of Rich s
store and by argument and otherwise
kept customers from entering the store
says the proprietor of the store. Rich
telephoncd to police headquarters for
police protection. One "plain clothes
man. and the regular policeman on the
beat wene sent to the store. No ar
rests were made, as the police had no
warrants.
hlCn IODk ln6 HIUlcS ana dGuItSScS VI
customers he saw being enticed away,
us he claims, from his store by the
clerks, and will use them as witnesses
in presenting his injunction case Mon
day
The clerks claim that Rich is violating
bis contract. Rich says that when he
moved from his Main street location
and changed the name of the firm his
contract was cancelled and that now he
is not working under any contract. He
also claims that on account of his To-
cation he is compelled to keep his store
open later, and especially on Saturday
irhts, in order TO catch the side street
trade. He claims that his contract be-
came binding providing all other stores
closed at specified hours. He says there
are other stores keeping open late, and
that alone would annul his former con-
tract, granting that it is still binding,
which he denies. Rich saws that the ac-
ton Of the clerks Saturday night lii
in front of his store and talk
ing to customers hurt his trade at least
5000
The officers of the clerks union
claim that the Rich store is under con.
tract with the union, and that he is
openly Violating its terms. They say
they have the support of other mer-
chants of the city In their campaign
against Rich, and that they will con,
tinue the campaign against him until
they succeed in causing him 80 close,
as he formerly did while on Main
street.
Rich said that he was visited by the
president of the clerks union after
opening up his new store. At that time
he says he told the president that if
he found it didn't pay to keep open
after supper that he would close, but
if business justified his keeping open,
he certainly intended TO keep his store
open TO suit himself. He says other
stores. some on Main street, do not
close at s in the evening during the
week and o'clock on Saturday nights.
Cards were distributed Saturday
night to persons in front of the Rich
store and to those entering the store
to trade. The cards bore the words:
9 shop before p. m. on Saturday.
Do you?'
Rich claims the distribution of these
cards was an excuse to speak to his
customers and to keep
them from entering his store.