Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-13
A WARNING.
it Nav Concern:

voring to leave the impression or.
prospective candidates, and the pub
lie that they are branch or auxiliary
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, of Virginia, Inc, we fee
that we should make brief statement
of the status of our Order.
On February II, 1900, the Genera
Assembly of Virginia granted our Or.
der a charter to do business IN thl:
State. At the time there was doing
business in Virginia the National
Council, Junior Order United Ameri
can Mechanics.
On the 29th day OF June, 1901, ou'
branch of the Order brought sui'
in the Chancery Court of the City Of
Richmond to prohibit the Nationa
branch from using our name, or any
name of like import, and from using
a seal with the name of Jr. U. A. W
on it, and from carrying out the oD'
iects for which we were organized
On the 21st day of July, 1904, the
Chancery Court decided that our Or
der was the only branch authorized
to do business in Virginia, and in its
decree the following language is used:
"And the Court doth further
adiudge, order and decree that the
said National Council of Junior
Order United American Mechan-
les of the United States of North
America, and the other defend
ants to the said bill + = = =
be and they are hereby, jointly
and severally, perpetually en-
Joined and restrained from con-
tinuing the use within the State
of Virginia of the name Of the
State Council of Virginia, Junior
Order United American Mechan-
les of the State of Virginia, or
any other name of like import
likely to taken for that CT plain
tiff; and from the use Of the seal
of said plaintiff within the State
of Virginia; and from carrying
out. within the State Of Virginia,
under the name of the plaintiff:
or any name of like import, any
Of the objects for which the sald
National Council of the Junior
Order of United American Mech.
anics of the United States OF
North America, or the said VOL
untary Association orsaH:zed en-
or about the End of March, 1911,
as aforesaid were ORGANIZED; and
from using within the State OF
Virginia the name of the SAID
n. ;nH;ft or any other name ot Ike
;,..p3i; il the pursuit of the Oh.
i:,.:js for which the said plaintiff
va; c.,.artered .
end t;.at the said National Coun-
ri l.: lie Junior Order of United
American Mechanics Of the Unit
ed States Of North America, and
the said voluntary association Or
panized on or about March 2nd,
1901, as aforesaid, and their
agents and officers be, and thee,
are hereby, perpetually snJolncd
and restrained from designating
their officers within the State OF
Virginia by the appelations set
Forth in the bill used by the plain,
tiff for it's officers or agents, and
from continuing the use in the
State Of Virginia OF said appel
lations."
The National branch Of the Orda
felt itself aggrieved by the decree
above quoted from, and the case We
appealed to the Supreme Court of Viz
GINA, and then to the highest cou;
in the lard-the Supreme Court Of til
United States, and was in both o
these latter courts decided in favor o
our branch Of the Order
The National Branch of the' Ordc
then applied to the State Corporat'oi
Commission for charter and Oil IT,
29th day of December, 1906, the san,
was granted to it as the "Virg:n:'
Branch of the Junior Order UnlIc'
Americans?
Our branch of the Order consider
ing that this was violation of injuE"
ton granted by the Chancery Coult
petitioned said court to summon En-
said officers of the National Brarc'
before it to show cause why they
should not be fined for contempt {
| court.
This the said Court did, and or tt;
9Th day Of May, 1907 entered its DC
cree as follows:
"And the matter OF the said rule
having been fully argued by
counsel, and maturely considered
by the Court, the Court doth ad-
Judge, order and decree that the
respondents to said petition g s. =
and each of them have disre-
garded and di$obeyed the decree
of this court, entered on the 2lst
day of July, 1904, which has been
heretofore affirmed by the decree
Of the Supreme Court Of APP
peals of Virginia and by the So
premc Court of the United States,
in tie following respects, viz:
In disobeying the requirements Of
the act of the General Assembly
of Virginia. passed on February
18th. 1900 s. q 81 i # and in dis
obeying so much of said decree as