The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-27
DANBURY FATHERS WILL LOSE HOMES
ID. E LoezEe & Co, to Fore close Judgrnent Liens to
 Recover S252, ,O00

ig,o-f If BrsdxapoEs and Waiter Gor- aons ETefrd1t counsel for the Ameri- can Anti Boycott association of 185 Broadway, New York. filed a suit ivesterday in ths United States District Court to foreclose 14O Judgment Hens on fr1ddvTdual pieces of property own Cd by defendants in the DanbuFy Hatfers' case,= in order to get satlsfae- 1ion of the judgment of $z5zs1S0-90.
 Most of the 1 40 pieces of property eonas1 of the homes of members Of line Danbury local unions of the
 United Hatters Of North America Af- ter tas judgment was entered. judg- m eszat n ieAk1s which under the practice of Connectizsi1E are 1u the nature of stantne 1nprtgagess were filed defendank and fI1e suit to realizs 11pun etgYis pzcpertv follows the, ordi- nary course of su1tseto forec1ose mort
 on Azri1 zz of this year. D. F. Loewes head of D. E.. LoeWe & Co.,, which brought the suit against the union. hattsEs wrote a letter to the Daxbury News gszxn1ng the defendan1s athat haS aftprneys were about to take action against the bank accounts and real estate owned by the individual defendants of the union. and urged Hatters of North America and the American Federation Of Labor to sat- 1sfy the judgment and release the bank accoznts and property Of the in dIv1dua1 matters
 While the Eaters union,'s the let ter confirmed, may be the only or ganization legally obligated to you. 1aor ally obligated and it would seem feasible that your counsel. who is also counsel for this federation, could make aTrange1n emf whereby f11e fed erat1ons through it's numerous branches could at least raise volun- nnent.'s z
 IA month later tho United Hattrs of North America in convention at Arlington Hall in New York. adopted ae resolution denying that they were obligated in any way to satisfy the sess every member of the union one per cent. of his weekly salary after July 1-of this year, and use the money for the relief Of the individuals whose property in Danbury was to be fore oIosedS The American FedeTation of obligaHons of satisfying the Judgment for the Danbury men-
 A statement issued yesterday from the offices of the American Anti-Boy- cpat association, said:
 There are in all about 25O de
 
 tate involved. ten of them being in HEorWalk. about IS in Bethel and the rest in Danbury. This action was only taken after giving notice to the various defendants that such proce- dure would be necessary unless the do. and made some provision for the payment of the judgment
 Over $35s00D has already been collected, and a balance of approxi- mate1y $8O.OO0 is being withheld by the banks pending the determination D. F. IsoeWe 6 Co. are entitled to the interest as well as thep rincipaI of the Rttacheds bank accouns-''
 If the foreclosures are made the. properties will be sold at auction The total proceeds of the properties and the $S5. .o00 already collected will probably be considerably in excess of The figures of the judgment The real estate on which foreclosures are ask ed has been appraised at $225,00O to $250. .000- All this property and the bank accounts have been under at fachment since the beginning of the q The first legal step in the forec1os fire proceedings was taken yesterday in Banbury when the formal complaint and a notice of pendency Of foreclos- ure proceedings were recorded in the cnice of the town clerk in Danbury Bethel and NorwaIk- It is expected that a deputy United States marshal will arrive today to begin the work of serving the notices upon the in- dfvidua1 defendants.
 The papers are returnab1e to the federal court in Hartford on Septern- Der 4. It is probable that various le- gal questions will be made the subject of motions and arguments. After these preIininaries are disposed of the actual hearing upon foreclosure vEl11 takep lace.
 It is customary for the court to fix 2 time within which property may be redeemed after foreclosure is granted. # counsel for the defendant aslEs to have the court order tsh foreclosed pxoperty sold at auction to satisfy z11e judgment the court may arrange for the disposal of the property in that manner in which event it would bsp 0sE1b1e- Tor representa- lives of the