The New York herald., 1921-05-26

by Justice Erlanger in the Supreme
Court. This firm does a normal business
OF about SO, 900. 900 a year. land since jan
uary 81 has been hiring workers under
a written contract that they will not
join any union The Amalgamated Off
cials are notified of the terms of these
contracts. a formality deemed to be nee
essary under the rulings OF the United
States Supreme Court in order to justify
an injunction against interference with
such non-unlon workers.
Right to work Is Maintained.
Justice Erlanger. in granting the
Skolny Injunction laid down the rule
that while picketing Is lawful and that
a man may strike and peaceabiy seek
others TO join him the non-striking
worker is equally privileged 10 work and
cannot be compelled to join a union. Nor
may he be intimidated or threatened py
the picketinS strikers
Intimidation" said Justice Erlanger
does not necessarily carry with II an
act of violence. The application Of the
term .scab,' the use Of insulting epithets
the fear Of going back and forth from
the workshop, the vistations at the
homes OF workers and threatening them
IL they did not quit working for ths
get employment in the clothing trade
have been found effective"
All of these things in addition tc
afidavits OF actual violence, were sci
forth in the Skolny papers and not re-
futed, and an injunction pending ma
judgment in the action was granted
Nevertheless, about two weeks ago the
Skolny factory In Brooklyn was visited
early in the morning by two mer
who had worked there the day before
as supposed strike breakers They got
past the watchman before the regular
hour Of work. carrying a suit case. or
the plea that they wanted to leave the
suit case in the shop while they had
breakfast before starting to work They
went out and did not return.
When the shop superintendent ar
rived a little later he found about $4,000
worth of garments ruined by acid which
had been poured over them. The suit
case was there and the empty bottles
and other evidence which handwrt-
ing expert is now examining. One oi
the two strike breakers Is known to
have been an Amalgamated worker, and
when taken on he had declared very
strenuously that he was through with
the union for good"
Threats of death or injury to men and
women who work in the struck shops are
common, but some of these take on 9
sinister aspect when made to include the
children and women folk of the work
ers. Threats of this character have been
used with considerable success to keeI
needy workers away from the closed
| shops. according to workers aff1davits
! But it is in the cases of actual bodily
injury that the greatest amount of harm
has been done Organized gangsters
the manufacturers allege, are used for
this work and paid literally by some
one.
Police Records Prove Charges.
That these statements are not based
| wholly on prejudice is clear from the
| records of the Clinton street police sta
ton. These show that on January 81
last Morris Bransky. a tailor living in
| The Bronx, but holding a membership
! card in Local No of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers of America
was arrested at the headquarters of this
| local, 175 East Broadway, on the COM
plant of William Schulman. a clothing
manufacturer or contractor" at 81 Bow
cry.
According to a sworn complaint by
Schulman, who is not a member of the
Clothing Manufacturers Association.
Bransky walked into his shop on the
morning of January 81 and ordered all
work in the shop stopped Immediately
With Bransky were about ten other
men, Schulrnan says, and when Schulz
man started to argue the matter he was
knocked down, kicked and rendered un-