Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-11
An INJUNCTION, -
IS ISSUED AGAINST
MADISON STRIKERS
Interference with Mill
Employees Forbidden
After Hearing Satur-
day Before Justice
Spear - First Case of
Kin(! to Reach Maine
Courts

Associate Justice "A. NJ Spear of the
supreme court granted Saturday a tenn
porary injunction restraining the men,
bers Of certain labor organizations at
Madison from interfering with the free
use and occupation by the plaintiff, the
Madison Wooden Co. Of any or all of
its property or premises of every kind
or description, from interfering with its
employees and from giving aid to the
500 employees at the mill at Madison
who have been on u strike since Dec.
%. These labor organizations are Mad
ison Local Union No. 1912, United Tex
tile Workers of America, Madison Lo-
cal Union No. %, International Broth
erhood of Paper makers, Madison Local
Union No. Il, Pulp and Paper and Sui
phite Union. and Madison Local I'm
ion \. 1852, Federal Labor Union.
The action was taken as the result of
a hearing on bill in equity brought
by the wooden company, which was held
at 10 O'Clock Saturday morning at the
court house in this city. This is the
first case of it's kind to reach the courts
Of Maine. +. w. Sawyer of North An
son and John L. Nelson of the law firm
of Andrews & Nelson of this city APP
peared as counsel for the petitioner
the Madison Wooden Co, and A. n
Butler and Fred F. Lawrence of Show
hogan and Judge c, O. Small of Mad
ison were counsel for the defendants.
The first testimony given at the hear
ing was regarding the membership of
the Madison branches of the four or
CARNATIONS, this evidence being Civ
en- by Arthur Mccarthy, Earl Cox and
William Gosan of Madison and Clayton
Crosby of Arson.
William r. Scott, superintendent of
the Madison Wooden Co., stated that he
had contracts for manufacturing cloth
for the L. S. navy department and that
it was essential the work be performed
with great dispatch, He said that about
Dec. 70 the members of Madison Local
Union No. 1912, United Textile Work
ers of America, went out on strike
and that it was about three weeks be-
fore there was any trouble. He got IN
other employees and attempted to run
the mill, but the defendants in the
action congregated about the premises
crowded about his employees as they
went to and from work. threw snow at
uem and called them names. Witness
testified that assaults We're committed
repeatedly and there was rioting. The
first rioting was at noon, Tuesday, Jan
Is, and was kept up as the employees
went to and from their work and the
two following days.
Other testimony regarding the riot
ing and picketing was given by James
Riley, assistant superintendent of the
Madison Woulen 20, Deputy Sheriff
F. l.. Jepson of Bigelow, John Randall,
j foreman 1T the wooden mill, John Gal
lagher a foreman at the mill, and Mrs
William Fahey, an employee at the mill
Miss Doris y. Fahey said she went
to work in the mill after the strike
and that she was assaulted on the
street, a woman grabbing her and 9TH
ers pulling her hair.
Myrtle Hamilton Of Arson, an en-
ploye at the mill, stated that attempts
had been made TO get him to stop work
by a member of a union at the Great
Northern paper mill and that later it
became very difficult for him to secure
board.
Harry Adams of Madison said he was
working at the mill on Jan. 16 and at
tempts were made to scare him and
make him promise 10 quit work there.
Witness admitted that he was scared
and had promised not to come back
to work, but had not intended to car
ry out that promise.