Wilkes-Barre Strike Sees Temporary Court Injunction
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on January 5 Judge J B Woodward issued a sweeping temporary injunction restraining striking motormen and conductors their union officials or supporters from unlawful picketing threatening or intimidating company employees from congregating near the railway s place of business and from luring workers to leave service The injunction blocks gatherings about any site connected with the company s operations and bars threats to passengers or damage to company property The court refused damages for 200 to the company citing lack of a ready case for arbitration records show the decision accompanies an ongoing dispute over arbitration terms pending further evidence.
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Wilkes-Barre
Car Men's Union
J. B. Woodward
Perera
Takeny
Court rules against narrowed injunction in strike case
Judge Woodward declares the plaintiff may operate its business free from damage and employees may work without molestation while the public may travel without annoyance. Ethics counsel seek to limit the injunction to seventeen named defendants but the court refuses, protecting general strike activity. Navy gag: Secretary Daniels bars Rear Admiral Knight from speaking publicly before Chicago club on January 15.
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Woodward
Asafai
U. S. Navy
Washington
Daniels
Chicago Commercial Club
Austin M. Knight
Germans Seize Swedish Ships
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Swedish steamship Ceylon bound for Japan seized by Germans and towed to Swinemund as noted by Politiken, highlighting ongoing naval measures in early January.
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Copenhagen
The
Politiken
Ceylon
Japan
Swinemund
New Factory Inspector Named
Harrisburg January 5 Walter J. Lloyd of Pittsburgh has been appointed a state factory inspector He will begin work in fire prevention duties.
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Harrisburg
Walter J. Lloyd
Pittsburgh
Abandon Ship Wanted As Thessaloniki Struggles At Sea
Wireless reports from New York say the Greek liner Thessaloniki in danger of sinking as 90 crew remaining aboard demand abandonment. United States, Patris, and Stockholm are aiding. the ship drifted 200 miles southeast of New York and later 160 miles east of Fire Island with engines out. Meanwhile Berlin reports about 2,400,000 Central Powers prisoners since war began.
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Atlantic
New York
United States
Patris
Fire Island
Berlin
Jan
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