Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-15 | Page 4 | Damages Asked and Injunction Against Officers of Union

Damages Asked and Injunction A Against a Officers of Union I Workmen Say Made to Force Them to Join Labor Organization j that b by threats and antI andI I tl nf or th the a alag machinists machinists' union are endeavoring endeavor ing lag to force Corce plaintiffs to join a union Edward Filches Fitches and Laurence Laurence Lau Lau- r rence nCe S S. S l filed suit yesterday yester yester- e ter- ter day ilay daIn In the district court against ag local No International Association Association Asso Asso- elation of or Machinists and antl its of of- of Plaintiffs ask 2000 dama damages dam darn a ages es and antl an Injun injunction restraining the officers from Intimidating and anel threatening them or using using- an any means of ot endeavoring to compel them thorn to Join a n union The two m men n declare the they arc employed at the tho Rio Grando Granda shops as machinists machinists' helpers It Is alleged that officers of ot the regular machinists machinists' machin union have o organized an auxiliary iary lary union No of or machinists' machinists helpers It is iM alleged that Louis A. A Hughes financial secretary and William M. M I Bailey chairman of ot the shop committee 0 of the machinists machinists' ts' ts tsI I union tinton have thern to CaU f plaintiffs to lose th their lr positions unless the they become members of the auxiliary union for tor machinists' machinists h helpers Plaintiffs allege th they are dependent depend depend- ent upon their Jobs for tor their livIng living liv liv- ing that thal thc they are arc not and antI never were m members of or the tha unions union and the they object to being forced to Join any or organization