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Show : L.A.&S.L.RDAD ASKS INJUNCTION IN SHOP STRIKE i Application Made to United: State District Court for Order Restraining Interference Inter-ference With Workers f SIX CRAFT UNIONS NAMED IN" REQUEST Petition Alleging Intimida- tionof Men Now at Work .Asks That Temporary Or-j der Be Made Permanent! An Injunction seeking to restrain striking shopmen from picketing- the railroad shops and yards In Provo was applied for today In th United States district court by tha Iyis Angeles A Bait lke Railroad company. The Injunction suit names six international inter-national unions, five local unions and Vnlon Pacific system federation No. 106 of the railway employee" department depart-ment of the American Federation of Iilior, snd many Individual union officii! offi-cii! Is as defendants. The petition filed by the railroad company through Its attorneys. George II. Pmlth. J. V. Lyle, Robert B. Porter nnr' I.nna T. Smith, asks that a temporary tempo-rary Injunction against picketing and alleged intimidation bf employes be granted Imemdistely and that It later be made permanent. Affldavita of manv present employes are submitted In effni-ts to provs the allegations of Intimidation. In-timidation. The affldavita recite many alleged atempts to prevent workmen gnlng to work and the use of profane language and threats by strikers. CRAFT HEADS NAMED. The defendant International anions Br. ths Intsmatlonal Association of Machinist and William H. Johnson as " president : the International Brotherhood Brother-hood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers and J. W. Kline a president; th International Brotherhood of Boll- ,e annaksrs. Iron 8hip Builders and Hslp-rs Hslp-rs of America and J. A. Franklin as S resident; the Amalgamated Sheet letal Workers International alliance and J. J. Hyne as president; th International In-ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and James P. Noonan as president, pres-ident, and the Brotherhood of Carmen . ef America and Martin F. Ryan a preeident. The local union named aa defendants defend-ants are local union No. 1B1B of the International Association of Machinists and O, W. Mann as president; local union No. of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers and A, Nelson as chairman: local union No. of ths International Brotherhood of Bollerma-kera. Bollerma-kera. Iron Ship Builders and Helpers: local union No. of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' International alliance al-liance and G. S. Jones as chsirmsn, and local union No. 124 J of the Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Railway Carmen and J. R. Thompson as president, and elghty-eisht elghty-eisht others of this local. Various other officers of the lnternstlonsls elnd locals nre slsn named a defendants. PROPER LOSS INVOLVED. The petition seeking the Injunction declsres that It should be granted to prevent loss snd destruction of the plaintiffs property; tg, prevent greet . lors'nnd unlawful jnterruption of and Interference with the conduct of the ' - plaintiff's- tmstnes as common carriers of United States mall; to permit the fiteintiff to carry on Its duttee under the Interstats commerce act. and other, federal statutes applicable to railroads, . and to prevent loss of life and personal .injuries to employes. The petition further states thst unless the restraining order is granted grant-ed Immediately the sctlvltles of the defendants will be greatly Increaaed and that acts of violence and destruction de-struction of property will occur. It cites that laws regarding picketing, r snd declares that thess laws are helne violated hv the strikers. tr i 'alleges that the striker congregate In groups of from five to twenty, and .that they use vile and profane language and seek by theae and other unlawful means to prevent employes from going to work In the shops and railroad yards. I MANY AFFIDAVITS FILEO. The affidavits filed by guards, car Inspectors, machinists and other employes em-ployes recite alleged acts of the Striking shopmen. In many Instances they name Individual strikers and re- j cite the alleged language need by the strikers. The sffldavit of Rllxa Ash-worth, Ash-worth, wife of Ray Ashworth, a stationary' engineer, declares that one of a delegation of strikers calling on her to urge her husband to quit work Maid that ft would cost him his life If he continued at work. Other employes em-ployes swore to alleged acta of Intimidation. In-timidation. The employes who filed affidavits In connection with the injunction petition were C. B. Taylor, car Inspector; In-spector; Mozart Bos hard, guard; E. J- Hsil, general shop foreman; y. M. Ballard, guard; P. J. Lutgen. car repairer; Brighton Bee her, machinist; ma-chinist; J. J. Fehnlauder, machinist; K. P. Richmond, guard ; Charles A. Bobbins, guard; Clarence Lioyd. machinist; ma-chinist; E- Grant Hale, machinist; J. N. Llethey. stationary engineer; Albert Muhlatlen. helper: Charle Fmurthwalte. car repairer; Alfred Sidwell. hostler; J. B. Warren, clerk to general foreman; Fnmk Ramsey, steamfltter; Edward L. Perry, guard; ' E. J. Hardy, assistant trainmaster; George W. Craig, freight agent; Allen 0 G. Hedge, special agent; Wllford Muhlsteln. car repairer; Ray Ashworth, Ash-worth, stationary engineer; Eliza (Continued on pa T.) L.A.m.R0AD 1 (Continued from pane 1.) S A h worth; David Ryan, helper; Peter M. Guymon, day watchman; J. T. Wardenberr, tralnmaater; Eban Mann. watchman; J. T. WUUama. guard, and John V. Maatera, suard. Many of the affidavlta teatlfr that E the atrlkera declared they would "(et the atrlkera." Practically all declared that plcketa were maintained by the - atrlkera. The affidavit of K. J. Hall, general ahop foreman, atated that he waa acquainted wtlh practically all of the atrlkera. whom he named by name In the affidavit. Ha aatd that J the eipeneea of runninc the . Fravo H hope wero greatly fnereaaed and that needed repair, ware not being 3 made becauaa of the plclceting pre- p venting many additional, employee H coming to work. He atated that It S waa neceaaary to provide food and S heltar for employee In the ahopa p becauee of the fear of violence and Ert Intimidation by the preeent workere. pj Ha atated that the ahop force could H be greatly Increaaed If tha picketing S were dlecontlnued. g |