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Show II CONTRACTOR SUES V 58 UNION WORKMEN BLOOMINGTON, 111., April 29. Charles E. Hall, a building contractor, has filed a suit for $50,000 damages against fifty-eight union workmon in vdrlous building crafts. Tlio defend-4 defend-4 ants are all members of the Building Trades', circle, a joint organization of the various building crafts' unions. ' against which a recent organization of . contractors has been in a fight for tho past ten days. Hall, who operated on th'e "open shop" system, claims that the defendants by conspiracy to interrupt inter-rupt various building contracts which hq had undertaken, had resulted in 8 practically ruining his business. |