The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

Earring IS Secretary and rcaSurcr or said Local Union, No. 252, and the de- fenclants. Timkc, Holman, Hansmann Mills, Jacob, Berbaun, Hafele and POph- cote, are members of said Local Union, Mo- 252, and were former employees of the Plaintiff
 7. From the Eth day of April, up until about August 20th, 1921, the plain tiff operated its composing room under a standard form of individual arbitration contract with the defendant union. One of the terms of this contract, to-wit, subparagraph of section 4, provides as follows
 between a publisher having an indivi- dual Arbitration Contract and any local Union a party thereto, all work shall continue without interruption pending proceedings looking to concilliatiOn or arbitration, either local or international, and the wages, hours working con- l ditiOns prevailing at the time the diff ferences arises shall be preserved un- i changed until final decision of the matter at issue shall be reached 8. From March 29, 1920, until or about August 20, 1921, plaintiff had a working agreement with Local Union, No. 252, some of the terms of which l were as follows =
 | Sec. 8. It IS expressly agreed that the right and relations of the parties hereto are covered by the terms of l their contract and the Internat- ional Arbitration Agreement
 | "Ses@6. Under all circum- stances business shall be continued with out interference or interruption i'll a regular and orderly manner until all diff | ferences are settled by cancellation ar ! bitratiOn.
 Sec go It shall be unlawful for any member or members of Typographical Union, No. 252, to engage in any strikes : or boycott or to aid or encourage di- rectly or indirectly a strike or boycott ; against the party of the first part" 1 5. For a long time prior to August 20, 1921, the plaintiff had each year pub lished for the officials of the city of l Bridgeport a complete voting list and has published it each year up to 1921 during the operation of the Arbitration contract hereinbefore referred to.
 10. On or about August 20, 1921 the plaintiff in the ordinary course of busi- ness caused to be delivered to the defend ent, Louis Hefele and certain other Lmembers of the defendant union copy to be set in type in connection with the pre- paration of said voting list. Said de- | fendant Hefele and other members of the
 
 up, or to do any work upon 1t of any l kind, all of which was in violation of the | individual arbitration contract, and the | working agreement hereinbe fore refer | red to. As a result of this breach of contract on their part they were forth with discharged by the plaintiff and the balance of the employees of the compos- l ing room, who were members of the de- fendant local union No. 252 subsequently, l walked out which refusal to work and which Walk-Out was in violation of said individual arbitration agreement and the working agreement.
 l II. At this time the defendants and others acting with them but unknown to the plaintiff entered into a combination and conspiracy for the purpose of will fully. maliCiousy, and intentionally in- turing the plaintiff in it's trade, occupa- l t1On and business by means of threats intimdatons, and other unlawful acts l2. From the date of the walkout un- til the present time the plaintiff has con- t1nued to recruit and train force of employees sufficient to carry on its nor mai business of newspaper publishing and job printing and, for some time past and has now completely filled the places left vacant by the strikers as hereinbe- fore described, and is carrying on it's said
  malIy done prior to said WalkOut
 13. The conspiracy hereinbefore de- scribed has continued from it's inception to date, the defendants are still conspiring and concerting together for the purpose aforesaid and, i'll pursuance of said con- Splracy, the defendants and others as- SOC1ated with them but unknown to the plaintiff have and still are engaging in the following unlawful means and act ions :-
 r (a) They have, from time to time since the Walkeut and up to the present time, gathered i'll the streets and adja- cent to the plant of the plaintiff and en- gagged in picketng 1t, in numbers vary ing from few to alarge number. (b) They have calculating and with in- tent to 1nti1nidate annoyed, ridiculed threatened, frightened, and assaulted employees of the plaintiff and persons seeking employment of the plaintiff, anc III many divers ways have threatened anc 1ntlnldated both the employees of the , plaintiff and those seeking employment. Q They have by means of threats anc lntlmldations forced employees of the plaintiff against their will to quit the employment of the plaintiff and entirel, remove from the City of Bridgeport. (d) They have caused to be published , HUH tIle lo llllle, raise and untrue stat , 1nents regarding the plaintiff and its con duct of its business and it's treatment o1 its employees
 (e) Defendants have continued tC employ the unlawful means hereinbe fore described, altho the strike, so far as tho 1 plaintiff IS concerned, has long since ter minated, all vacancies left by the strik CTS filled, and its business conducted a l usual.
 A. By reason of the continuance o- the aforesaid combination and consDir acy, and the acts Ill furtherance thereof plaintiff has been and is being deprivec !, ot its well recognized lawful rights here | 1nbetore described and is suffering { continuing wrong and. unless the de-
 fendants and those associated with then III said combination and conspiracy art restrained by an injunction of this Court they will continue to modest and inter
 tere with the plaintiff in the transaction ot Its lawful business to the great anc ' 1rreparable damage of it's business anc property rights
 lo It IS lmparcticable for the plaintiff to secure adequate remedy at law be- ) cause it would be necessarv-to beoin : multiplicity of suits against the orea number ot persons engaged in said con , Splracy, and even if the plaintiff were tc