Show BOTH SIDES MAY MAYNO NOW NO ClAIM VICTORY Judge Ritchie Dismisses All Temporary Injunctions Against Union Men r PLUMBERS SUIT SETTLED a THREE MEN FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION Boh th the master plumbers and members I of ot UK thi local plumbers unions will probably ably abl claim laim i a vIctory through the oral de 11 handed down domn by bv Judge M Y L Kit nn in III the district court ourt yesterday dismissing all of ot the temporary Injun injunction tion against the union ru men ruen n except para paia paragraph graph three which denies the union mn inn the right tt ti to go upon the premises where non nonunion union nun men are J t ruing The Che decision I of ut Judge Judg Ritchie settles lid tIes for a time at atlean least lean the th plumbers suit in which the I G Will AVID litt Rees ReIs s Plumbing company and other 1 local losel IK mi obtained an all injunction j against agal numbers members if tf local No 19 journey journeymen men mel i plumbers Ji urn hers attar alter the strike of July Julys S i I John J im J OConnor John Jo n Walsh aleh and ad Jair James s i Ial k are virtual virtually found guilty of I I viol lol lit Cud and intimidation int by Judge Judg Rut nit tin nee and all of the injunction is i con contins on I I tins d 1 in nt full force against them re Wet bout t fifty m n named as del defend defendant nd ant ants in ill th the plumber plumbers strike case tase but all allf allt I 1 of f t ni m are aie OConnor I Yel Ih h and Clark In ht po so far fai as all the in injun inis I jun nii lion 1011 Is in concerned with the exception I thai that they TillY tin cannot visit premises where whre le non mill union nun men are employed oo with the a ot of t Interfering with the work I Jude Jw Ritchie Hit says say there was an at att att t t ini t cm ou the Chu part of or most members member nt of the nion to stop top I am and violence but hut that th the 1 I nl rs could not nOl control the men im un imi i iler 1 1 eh 11 h n m 01 From rom the th testimony he lie sa says lays s it Jt v 1 v i s shown hown that the injunction had ha a good 1 nun moral il effect It upon II the thO union men mn and as iii all violence stopped r i tl Ca I i temporary restraining f order was wasand t Tin Till strike of the oct r CI 1 plumbers for an ani Inn Inera i i in wages waKes fron T 20 to 6 a day HaI at il 10 i lar d on July Jul 28 2 last In rehears rehearsing ing thI th facts and announcing his duel le 11 i 1 islon I slon elon on tin the th retraining restraining order Jud Rid Ril Ritchie hie hl says Courts Decision A Aft t i r a i pi period nod of ot more mitre or less disorder on th tits evening ning of Ju Jul July f 2 I 1909 1904 C J Ilig Hig HigMon son non one oni ot of the plaintiffs plaintiff in Sait Lake Lahi from frum the east with wit l four nonunion men mell who Rho ho came for th the purpose of ot enter entering entering entering ing tin the employ of tin the plaintiffs About members 01 or more of the local union ass d at tin the station Other T oil were there Cei Certain tain persons whose iden identity UN it is i not definitely established greeted the n newcomers with opprobrious et personal assaults were made upon s TH rop of them and other disorderly acts lined d at the station atlon on the street oar ear ar ml and an in in front of Higeons place of ot business s Th Thereafter at various times assaults were made upon nonunion men in the employ of ot the plaintiffs and other acts acta of violence towards them occurred In several eral Instances property in the course coune of construction by the plaintiffs was de deIn destroyed In one ont case th value of the I I I j I I I I I property destroyed was wu a thousand dolIan dollars dol dollar lars Ian larThe IanThe The defendants disclaim di responsibility for these unlawful acts acta If U not committed by members member of th the de def defendant f association they must mu t have been by sympathisers who per peril perhaps il haps hahs were Joined by others othen acting simply from fion ran innate I INo No Excuse for Violence I the merits of the controversy existing nothing is la an excuse for violence The Th court cannot overlook the fact that it was evidently believed by the persons who vho t committed the acts acta of lawlessness that the result of them would be to drive obnoxious nonunion men out of ot town I In other words the beneficiaries of their lawes ne if it anybody was to benefit by byI it were the striking plumbers P t eons In hi their own deportment deport deportment ment cannot knowingly and without pro Iro protest protest test receive benefits from the unlawful conduct of others without incurring some measure mf asure of responsibility It I t is significant also that as soon as aa the restraining order was issued all acts act of violence and intimidation ceased cea ed The moral mOl III effect of at the order must have been strong stron upon the sympathisers The propriety of ot its issue has hall been amply justified by the evidence adduced upon the hearing But hi In dealing with the mat matter matter ter the present situation may fairly be considered The officers and influential members of ot the defendant assort association de declare dare clare their disapproval approval dl of disorderly and unlawful conduct such as proven But some men naturally in times of nf excitement are betrayed into acts acta which In their then sober moments they would not commit and there are times time when as a one ont of the defendants testified the leaders cannot control the men en Opposed Lawless Acts The Th members of the union With Insignificant ln insignificant g exceptions no doubt desire de lre to he f law abiding The turbulent condition which existed when the order was made has subsided In view of ot this thU and of the positive declarations on the witness stand of ot the officers and others of the association tion that they were opposed to these law lawless lawless lawless less acts acta the tenor of the restraining or order order der will be relaxed and modified ae as here hereinafter hereinafter hereinafter stated and the further hearing upon the order to show cause will wilt be continued to a future date In the mean meantime meantime meantime time if it the defendants la lit good faith dis die discourage discourage courage unlawful acts of the kind shown MOwn to have been committed and there Is III no repetition of them no further order will willbe willbe willbe be necessary nece sary before the final hearing of ot this cause caust but this Is not to be deemed a license for the perpetrators of the for former former former mer acts of violence and intimidation to repeat them That will win only compel the court to deal with them summarily In view vie of the seriousness of ot the law lawless lawless less len acts committed upon premises prem es where the plaintiffs were carrying out contracts with their customers the situation In that hat regard Is too grave to be passed na ed over ewer and justice to the plaintiffs re rei mitres that the third paragraph of the re order b bf be continued in full tome force Tn rn other except as hereinafter stated and subject to the further order rot f the court murt the restraining order is lpt m l discharged under the th provisions of f Section SOW II of the Revised Statutes without prejudice to a review of ot the evi Ivi evidence dence nce already taken If tf it shall hall become necessary In connection with anything x re ft r occurring pc John Johp J OConnor John J hn Walsh and Tarn Tame Clark lark are specifically accused ed in inie ine Inthe the ie e vt of acts act of at violence and In Intimidation sufficiently proven woven to make a a fade facie case against int restraining them and p nd ne f further hearing the order granted Is continued In in full Force orce as directed them |