The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-05

OF FP|CKETING
is SOUGHT.
Judge Y. S. Reiter to Hear
Arguments Next Monday
A. N.

Cessation Of pieketiug and an cad o.
tho boycotts against Hammond three
department stores by labor organic
tons arc demanded in "a suit for a.
injunction flied today in the Hammond
superior court by Kaufman < Wo.fc.
| The Edward {. Minas company an1
| Whitozel & Reese.
! The complaint. which was prepared
/ by Attorneys Bombcrg1r Peters s.
I Morthiand and c. y. Tinkham, IS
! lengthy one recitins5 in detail the stor.
/ Of tho disagreement between the man
agement of the three stores and Local
/ 24s of the Retail Clerks international
4 Portective association. George VI. Cupp
1 and IS others arc named defendants
/ OPERATED UNDER AGREEMENT
1t is shown that no Minas store nas'
/ e. en- doing business for 80 years; tae
/ Lion store for % years. and Wh'tez i
( & Rees for about five year During
the year following sept. T. 1919. the
stores operated under an agreement
with the retail clerks union. Las
summer the association negotiated r
a new contract with the plaintina
become effective sept. /.
The stores it is said. were % m-
I ploy only members Of The union and
comply with certain rules re@1
tions, -ern4t and s,nd. ions.
( were unreasonable and cntreu d
4 placed undue burden on .bc lu e.t %.
/ the plaintiffs" n mbo7s of taa unia7
/ were 10 dictate the lnanascm nj ANA
: policy OF the stores and co~teo. re
discipline therein.
sTRIJ<E CALLED SEPT. !.
The stores refused 80 entcr iBso to9
] f..s
called strike. a large number If cnl-
/ ,Icyes refused 10 work for the stores
! 500 other help was employed and within
! 30 days. it is claimed, the majority or
! she cid employees were back 60 WORK.
/ The managers Of the stores hold that
I there is no misundcrs tandins wfth
I their employees. but that they now have
! .uU complete and harmonious organ
izations. There is no strike ia any
IF the stones" dee lares the complaint.
Following the calling of the strike
other trades unions Of the territory
ook up tine fight. The Complaint names
4 the Building Trades Council. the Cen
/ ;ral Labor union and th. Carpenters
( District council. as the leaders i'm t6is.
/ All Of these organizations. which are
affiliated with the clerks union. act
ing together. instituted "a boycott
( against the three stores II was agreed
that no member should pgtrenizo the
stores and any member a-ho broke Ills
/ rule was 10 DO 9ned heavily.
MNNV THREATS WADE
To enforce the boy cott "a syss eT uf
! watching anI espionage through Fa-
4 trols and pichet5 oD tho streets was
( inaugIrat d: Tn oicNets bore plsrard7
/ with the words This store is Unfair
to organized labor" Persons So u
| patronizing the stores were fined W 20
members of the unions und threaten 90
with damage to their own lines OF
! business Many. tt is said were nned
and threatened all Of which the COM
/ plaint holds 20 be unlaw cui, Ia IT,
able and i'm unreasonable rest a.rt
trade
| Secondary boyeotts were the n,Nt
tep. Persons selling supplies to the
| stores such as milk. ice coal. paper snd
| bakery products were forbidden TO
,rade wtth the boycotted stores under
/ penalty Of having their union dri sers
/ called out in strike and having their
/ places listed as unfair. Carpenters
/ and plumbers we're forbidden TO DO re-
1 pair or maintenance work in buhluss
occupied by the stores
Att UNIONS UI1FENDANTs
AT Of the unions are made defend
ants i'm the suit because Of the a'lcea-
ton that members of all OF thcm arc
subject 20 an assessment levied weekly
t. provide = fund out Of which tho
picsets and officers o. the clerk unicu
arc paid. The purpose of the boycott
II is said. is to enforce thc closed sno3
ON ali lines of industry In Hammond.
The presencc of the pickeis Is COO