The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
Post Telegram Combin- atiOn Loses Out in Re quest for Sweeping Order Against Labor Bodies, but w n S Point as to Printers Interfering w i t h Them.

The use of the injunction to break strikes by prohibiting pick eting of the plants struck against, has reached Connecticut and in an injunction handed down by Judge John P. Kellogg in the Superior Court at Bridgeport yesterday, the local Typographical union and any of it's members are en- joined from picketing the Post Telegram newspaper offices, where a strike has been on since last August. The efforts of the Post Telegram Publishing company officers to have the injunction made sweeping one against all
 kanized Labor in Bridgeport by bringing in the Central Labor Union failed and on the first day hearings of the case, on protest of Attorneys c. J. Danaher of Meri- den and John A. Cornell of Bridgeport, representing the unions, the Central Labor body was dropped from the complaint. After two days arguments and testimony, however, the decision was rendered enjoining the print CTS, and fixing a penalty of 5000 for each violation. The strikers have been supported Loyalty by other tradesmen with the result that the circulation of the papers have been cut in half or more and business fallen off in consequence. On the witness stand, Edward Flicker, manager of the compan- ies, claimed it to have caused $25,- 900. damages already and asked an award for that amount against the unions. He didn't get it but must be satisfied with the anti picketing or interfering injunc- tion.
 A temporary injunction had been issued by Judge John w. Banks three weeks ago and came up this week on motions from the printers to dissolve it and on motions by the Post com pany to make it permanent. Flicker,
 
 the motion by the printers for dis solution of the injunction. The trou- ble arose over the Standard Print Shop which while part of the Post Publishing company is not operated as a union shop.
 In their motion the members of the union give g reasons why the in junction should be dissolved, claiming principally that they were within their rights when they picketed the plant requesting workers to remain away fromxit while they were striking.
 Attorney Ralph Wells, counsel for the State Manufacturers association, appeared as attorney for the concern with John H. Hewes of Farmington.
 In direct examination. Flicker said that he has been in charge of the af- fairs of the Post company for three iyears and that since his coming, it had been operated as a union shop He said he has been acting in the capacity as publisher of newspapers for 20 years and always operated unionized plants. He said that he signed an agreement with the union, which was twice renewed, and which, he said had been lived up to by the firm. No such agreement appeared with the employees in the Print Shop, where job printing was done, al though the employees there were union men. .>.
 During the early part of the year, he testified a demand for an increase in pay was asked by the employees of the print shop, which was refused and two men left. The matter was not subjected to arbitration. On May I the pressmen left the employment of the firm refusing to do work intended for the job department The press men he said, had no connection with the Typographical union, but had a body of their own. Later when the
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