The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-22

Ieiudy Wy JuuSe II. M. Call at jack
sonville, in the United States court
for the Southern district of Florida.
officers and members of the Intena-
tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smell
ter Workers, now out on strike in
the phosphate region, are enjoined
from he committing actst of VOL
ence against the property or EN-.
ployes of the operating companies,
or from attempting to intimidate
workers brought into the phosphate
region by the operators, and from
otherwise interfering with the opera
ton OF the mines. This order, which
was issued as a result of a bill O,
complaint filed in behalf of the Phos
plate Mining Company, located ar
Nichols, and the International Agri-
cultural Corporation, located at Prai-
RE Pebble, will be in force temporar-
lily for a period of ten days dating
from yesterday, according to A. G..
Turner of the law firm of knight.
thompson and Turner, who secured
the order and returned to the city
last night. The defendants are Civ.
en- ten days in which to fine answer.
and show cause why the Injunction
should not be made permanent. If
tney fall to make answer and to
show cause why the restraining ord
er shall not become permanent, then
1t will be made permanent injunc-
ton. Any overt act committed
against the mine owners, their prof..
erty or their operating forces, or any
workers they may bring into the
mine zone, now constitutes, and
would constitute under a permanent.
order, an act in contempt of federal
court, and the offenders would be
dealt with by the federal authorities.
In the bill Of complaint brought be-
fore Judge Call the phosphate OPERA
TORS through their attorneys, name
as defendants, Carl Barr, president OF
the international Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers; v. Uruuhart,
vice president, and G. j. Lowney,
secretary, together with a portion of
the membership of the union. The un-
named membership of the union Is
also included in the bill Of complaint
and the order Of injunction affects all
alike, Mr.. Turner states. Each of
the defendants named in the bill will,
be served, probably by tomorrow,
with copy of the restraining order.
Allege Conspiracy
The bill of complaint states that
Upon said strike being called the
employees of your orator who were
members of said union, quit the en-
ployment of your orator in a body, |
and thereafter the said employees re-
fused to work for your orator, and it
became necessary for your orator to
secure other employees to perform the
duties Of the members of said union
who had refused to work. y I"
Further on the complaint states:
Upon your orator employing such
others to work for it, the defendants
herein named, and others whose |
names are unknown to your orator,
agreed, consYired, combined and con-
federated together for the purpose of |
your orator from conduct
ing the said business and from keep
ing the men so employed by your
orator from employing additional
men to work for it, and from pre-
venting the workers so employed
from working for your orator, and in
pursuance of such conspiracy and
conspiring union and the defendent
members thereof, threatened your
orator with injury in the business Of |
your orator, and also threatened in
jury to such workers as your orator
then had employed, as hereinafter
set forth"
The bill alleges that members OF !
the Union and their sympathizers
have and are intimidating the mine
employees by threats and actual vio-
lence, and that this state of affairs
has existed since the strike was
called on April rs. 1919. 1t cites the
fact that John Culpepper died as the
result Of shot fired at him while
in the performance of his duties with I
the Phosphate Mining Company: that
one Ebert Patrick was beaten and
threatened with death If. he contin,
ued to work at the mine, with the re.
suit that he quit his job; and that one
Jesse Thomas has been threatened
with death if he persisted in working
for the company.
Claims Shots Fired
The bill further states that eight
shots were fired into the company's
colored quarters on Sep. Z, and that