The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-02
MAKES
RULING ON
SATURDAY
Court Believes Clerks Strike
Has Been a Failure.

Declaring thai he felt justified la say
ing that the strike Of department store
clerks had been failure and .hat he
ptcHets on the streets must bc on the
streets for some other purpose than rcr-
snad!ng employees TO leave their wQrN.
Judge Harry L. Crumpacker. late &a--
Erday evening granted the injunction
which VIII put an end to the plcketing
and the boycott which have been 'n
force for nearly eight months.
Judge Crumpacker announced HE de-
o.slon shortly before O'Clock satlg-
day evening after attorneys had spent
sight hours in argument. Attorney
Gerald Gillett csosed for the dcfenda1-1
citing case after case in support of hia
contentious. IIc was followed by At-
tornoy G. 3. Tinkham who made the fin
al argument for the plaintiffs.
The court then announced. that be-
cause Of the mastery manner IA -ch
both sides had placed tho law and cti-
deuco before rin. ho did rot thir; {.
necessary TO take tho matter under adj
visement. lie pointed out .hat tho lev
recognized the rights Of unions 20 or
ganize and the rights 20 quit work the
same as individuals. Through the prin-
ciple Of collective bargaining they haf
the right 10 walk out pending the ad-
justment Of differences and could use
lawful means to bring the employer 60
comply with their demands. One or
these recognizes means, he said, Is plea
citing.
Between the two contending bodies
Of employer and 1aborer he said was the
great unidentified third body. not d,-
rcctly Interested IN either side Of the
CONTROVERSY. Each side tries to SET
this third body TO work for his side
Neither party TO the dispute IS permit
ted 70 use force but he showed that the
term force does not always mean ph, si-
cal OF bodily harm.
Judge Crumpacler said he was NOT
concerned over the disputes that caused
,he strike or as TO who was reasonable
or unreasonable The pickets were es-
tabl shed for the lawful purpose Of yer
sueeing tho employers 10 take them
back q their terms. Almost eight
months passed without bringing the
employers 70 terms or pcrsueding enl-
pioyers TO abandon work
Therefore the court feels justified n
saying this strike was failure" " said
the Judge. Organized labor has used
every means In It's control and the store
are employing as much help as eondt-
lions demand. The employees are sat-
listed and are not needing the pickets"
Answering his own question When
does a strike end?" the court stated hs
believed that when the employers back
ed down or when they had shown that
they could go into the field Of the great
ihird party and I'll vacancies with sat
Isaed employees and that business -
stri6e should not be considered over.
lie them put the query What then IS
the purpose a. the pickets2" Again he
answered. ST seems TO me f can be fer
but one purpose. to force the employers
to disrupt their forces and take back
the strikers Tho strike was main
teined without any apparent probabilitv
Of success and. although aided by or
eanszed labor or the county. was no,
likely to be successful through legal
means" In view fthis fact and that
continuance Of the strike may cause
injury TO the business and that there
have been threats Of intimidation. hs
said hc believed there was sufficient de-
rnaud that temporary restraining order
De issued
The court then announced that he
would have to be shown further ev'-
5encc on several points before he would
make the injunction permanent.
Tho order was rot % y q ON tho r.r-
ards Saturday evening but attorneys for
the plaintiffs promised to prepare tbs
form and submit .t % the court after
81 70 the attorneys for the
defendants Tho attorneys loft for Ya'-
paratso at noon today g iav the order
before Judge Crumpacl>cr for hts sigma
.u-c. on thei- return. upoa service bv
shc sheriff the strike ard boycott vera
u cGicfally oni Several Of the p.ck
~ continued on thcir beats today. Cv-
oertng hourly Tie order which would
put an end . their eisht months Visf-