Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1909 — SCHOOLBOYS AID TRACTION STRIKE [ARTICLE]

SCHOOLBOYS AID TRACTION STRIKE

leave Classrooms Because Teachers Ride on Cars. COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION Writ Prohibits Any Interference With Traffic by Union Leaders, Union Members and “All Other Persons." Defendants Have Ten Days In Which to Answer—Parents of Rebellious Pupils Told Lads Will Not Be Promoted Unless They Surrender. Evansville, Ind., June 8. —On application of the Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction company, Judge Gilchrist of the circuit court has issued an injunction against the striking employes of the company. The writ prohibits interference with traffic on the street cars. The defendants are Benjamin Commons, organizer for the National Street Car Men’s union; Matthew Hallenberger, president of the local Building Trades council; Commodore Goad, former president of the Local Street Car Men’s union; President Reese, now of the Street Car MenS union; forty-eight members of the union and "all other persons.” The defendants have ten days in which to make answer. Forty boys of the Centennial school on the west side went on a strike because, they said, their teachers were riding on the cars. At noon they paraded in front of the school house and endeavored to Induce other boys to Join them. The school authorities notified the parents of the absentees that,unless their boys returned to school they would not be promoted.