Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-12
Temporary Injunction Is Granted by Judge You
 mans at Little Rock.
WILL BE ARGUED
 MONDAY, AUG. 20.
Cross Complaint Was Filed By the Striking Employees Asking That the Guards Be Prevented From
 Harassing Strikers.

Little Rock, Aug. 11-Judge Frank Younlans of Fort Smith, judge of the United States district court for the western district of Arkansas, sitting for Judge Jacob Trieber this after noon granted a temporary injunction restraining the Missouri Pacific maintenance-of-way employees, who are on strike, from interfering in any way with the work of the road.
 The injunction affects tre eastern district of Arkansas, and will be ar- gued August 20, asto whether or not II shall be made permanent.
 Charge Intimidation.
 sThe Missouri Pacific, in it's suit for a restraining order, alleged that striking maintenance of way employees had lnterfered with traffic and had coerced, induced and intimidated men employed to replace them until the new men were forced to quit work.
 Attroneys representing the striking men filed a general denial and a efoss-complaint also asked that the railroad be required to pay costs of tho litigation.
 The railroads suit was directed against Oscar Bruce and about 40 members of the maintenance of way organization. It charged that the strikers had conspired to prevent en- ployes on the road from making re- pairs to tracks, yards, bridges, water tanks and such.
 Numerous Offenses Charged. ''
 Numerous specific offenses were charged ill the railroads complaint. Tiled several days ago.
 One paragraph charged that at Iraskwood Oscar Bruce, T. Wilbanks. sam Smith and William Smith, com pelled R. Catlin, a section foreman. in stop work; that Olga Chumley com mltted a similar offense at McRae, White county; that P. B. Boyd and J. E. Webb prevented men from working at Fulton, Hampstead county; Jack Colloway at Cabot, White county: George Poland and w. A. Schrumn- sher at Kensett; c. c. Vaughan. l. l1egg and K. B. Penn committed sim liar offenses at Van Buren and a,ong the rlght-of-way of the road.
 The complaint asked that the men pc restrained from interfering with prosecution of the roads business and rom interfering with, intimidating ifs employees or inducing the employees to lult working. A later hearing on a o9.etltlon for an interlocutory injunc- [lon also was asked,
 What Men Allege.
 ihe cross-complaint set out condi- ions under which it was claimed the nalntenance-of-way men had been ,cmpeiled to work, declaring that the ,lntolerable" conditions had forced me men to endeavor to organize to protect themselves.
 Enorts to organize brought dis 'narges from the road for the mem 'ers affiliating with the union, it is That officials refused to .reat with the organization after it Ia 1ad been perfected, also was alleged. me cross-complaint further charged nat the road had employed "gunmen" o lntlmidate the strikers, and that sharges that the organization was connected with the I. w. w. or that lhe strike was prompted by German were circulated by the 'allroad to bring the organization nto d!srepute.
 wages of maintenance-of-wav work sTs. it is said, were not commensurate *ltn the work required.