Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 31 | Court Order Halts Strike at America

o I COURT ORDER HAL HALTS IS STRIKE o D AT AMERICA Temporary Injunction sued at Request of Pr Proprietor Pro Pro- r W. W H. H Swa Swanson son Eleven musicians pla playing at nt I American theatre were last i nl placed under temporary restrAinIng dera ders ers to prevent them going on a si Judge e W. W H H. H Dramel Bramel of ot tho the Third d dI I court granted ranted the tho temporary der del on petition from William Wiliiam H H. S I son son proprietor of ot the American moU picture theatre theatre- Papers were served on the el eIe le 1 musicians and officers of the the Salt 1 I Federation of ot Musicians and the Picture Operators' Operators union at Ut atm 9 m in by bJ Deputy Deput Sheriff Sherif n R. R J. J Oswald OS defendants TJ defendants are are- H ii Klenke V Y V. V Reeve V. V Baumberger G. G H. H TV t Harr Harry I I. I. I Wolfe olCe Alva Aha R. R Baer I B. B Fame Del Delbert bert Deesle Beesley Claude Claudej j I Sweeten Ohio Smith Myra IIa Ch Chase se Standing W. W Sims Jeff Jert Baer r J. J Fole Foley R It n. n L L. Sweeten Ah Schreiner Mrs R. R E E. E Stayner Cert Slater the Salt Lake Federation Musicians local 10 I the American I Fe of ot Musicians and Motion Pic ture Operators Or local 50 The Tho plaintiff alleges in his that the tho a defendants ants illegallY to Injure him hint and his bY c Ing a strike of oC all the musicians am motion picture operators in his em and to call the tho American theatre U U fair According to the petition t plaintiff told members of ot the Amer orchestra that because of ot high W WI taxes ami the tho effect Increased had hial upon business he would reduce orchestra from eleven to to el eight ht ro bers He maintains that there ere Is Js dispute as ns to terms or condition employment but that a strike wa was I bo be called last lut night despite the fa that ho he had agreed to continue e eleven cloven In the orchestra The Tho restraining order asks uka that The t musicians be lie restrained from et tr In Ing calling the American J theatre fair Inducing the public to ret refi from attending the theatre and f fr picketing The Tho restraining order Ii ii I. hold soo good until next Friday when J court will pass upon the question making It a permanent Injunction The petition alleges that the I decided to strike now no In that the question as to their r decide how many should play t American n could be beThe sett t The m musicians said saltI night ld the they had no fear tear of or the rt oth order being made permanent ins as 5 the tho United States supreme cour COU h already settled ettle the question IOA right to strike In favor of ot the Tho They Thoy declared the they would go their plans and that t the they de no I of ot the entire question n