New Britain herald., 1921-08-01
Lawyer Arthur Klein Advi-es 800 Jitneurs They May Now Oper- ate Without Fear Of Arrest
In This City the Connecticut Company Has Appealed
 P. U. Ruling Favoring
 Muter's Route.

Bridgeport, Aug. 1.-Claiming that the federal injunction issued Saturday by Judge Edwin S. Thomas, of the U. S. District Court, is so broad that it will affect every city and municipality in the state, Attorney Arthur Kein, of New Haven, told over 500 local jit- ney men in a meeting at Odd Fellows hall this morning, that they were free to operate their buses without danger of arrest, as soon as they left the meeting. He assured the drivers that the official service of the injuno- ton would be made on every state and city official in time to prevent any police action and urged the men to get together with the law behind them and cast aside any club action plan such as has been organized in this city by the Bridgeport buss associa- tion.
 Fire Works Develops
 The meeting itself, which was called for the purpose of attempting an or ganization among Bridgeport jitneurs, developed fiery aspects as it went alon, and charges and counter charges were finally hurled about with reckless abandon.
 Samuel Lavit. one of Bridegeport's foremost labor leaders, addressed the meeting with coniderable vigor, and urged the men to organize for the fight. Representatives w. F. De Kill patrick. of the Bridgeport Bus ,asso- citation. was one of. the dTst speakers. : >-.sE- Injunctton Issycd- .t .s.,e
 Bridgeport, Aug i-By a Federal injunction issued by Judge EdH1n s. Thomas of the United States District Court, officials Of the State of Conxec. ticut who had set midnight Sunday as the zero hour for the, enforcement of the new Connecticut jitney law, are restrained from making their con- templated moves for wholesale arrests and jitneys will continue to operats in the State until Aug Is at least, when the officials will have a chance to be. heard on the order @
 The temporary injunction was granted upon applications of Attorneys R. E. Woodruff and Arthur Klein ot New Haven, who called upon Judge Thomas at his home in Norwalk Sat- urday afternoon The petitioners in a b1ll of equity filed claimed that the new State law was in cortravention of the constitution of the United States in that its provisions, if capried out, would be in the nature of property confiscation and an infringement upon the property rights of American citi- zcns without due process of law.
 In a statement, Judge Thomas de- clared that the issue brought to his Court was carried there under a recent Federal statute which provided that questions arising out of the conflict of state laws with the United States Con. sitution might be the subject of the hearing and the decision.
 A new angle on the jitney situa- tion cropped up Saturday afternoon when Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Lord, of Hartford, served papers on Law renee Muter, who runs a local jitney line, and members of the public util- ities commission, in an appeal taken from the public utilities decision per- mitting Muter to operate jitneys on various streets in this city The ap- peal is taken by the Connecticut com pany and sets forth the contention that public necessity does not demand jitney service on Park, East, Chap man and Kelsey streets, the route covered by Muter's busses. Muter is represent by City Judge George W. Kle:t and Attorney Michael Sexton.
 There is nothing to be done," stated Attorney Sexton this morning. when asked what the next step would be in the matter. Ut is simply up to the Connecticut company to come in to superior court on the first Tues day in September and prove it's con-