Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — NEW PLEA MADE BY PLATE MILLS [ARTICLE]

NEW PLEA MADE BY PLATE MILLS

EM Employers Again Put lit Injunction Petition. ~ „ - ~• ■ ' BEFORE INDIANAPOLIS COURT Fresh Complaint Avers That Many " New and Old Men Had Gone to Work or Signified Their Intention of Accepting Jobs, but Were Dissuaded by Threats of Violence on the Part of Strikers or Persons Who Are In Sympathy With the Strike. Indianapolis, Aug. 17. —A second petition for an injunction against the striking employes of the American Sheet and Tinplate company’s mills at El wood, Ind., was filed In the federal court here. The former petition was denied by United States Circuit Judge Baker on the ground that both the strikers and the company had access to the labor market and that the union could endeavor to induce men not to work at the Elwood plant so long as It did not resort to force. The new petition is an amendment to the former one The complaint states that many new and old employes had gone to work or signified their intention of going to work but were dis- . suaded by threats of violence on the part of the strikers and strike sympathizers. .. The company also also asks that a restraining order be Issued to prevent, the strikers from injuring the company’s interest until a final hearing can be had.

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