The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-31
JEROME And LABOR CHAPTERS
HE WOULD LIKE TO REACH THOSE
WHO PAY THE GRAFT.
Hasn't Found a Way-DOcs Cummings
Decision Really Protect Fines?-Mcin-
tyre Doubts It-DeclslOn Seems to he
Unions May Get All They Can Legally.

Hasn't Found Way-DOes Cummings
Decision Really Protect Fines?-Mcln-
tyre Doubts It-DecIslOn Seems to he
Unions May Get All They Can Legally.
John +. Mcintyre, who defended Law
renee Murphy, the former treasurer OF the
Stonecutters' Union, is extremely anxious
that the men who by their testimony con-
victed Murphy OF embezzling the unions
funds should be made to answer in the courts
for the methods by which they obtained
the money they accused Murphy Of steal
ing from them. Mr. Mcintyre does not at
all agree with District Attorney Jerome
on the subject of the decision in the Cum
mings case, written by Chief Judge Parker
OF the Court of Appeals, which Mr.. jerome
thinks may prevent him from making out
legal cases against the members OF the
committee of stonecutters which waited
on Col. Andrew d. Baird of Brooklyn and
got him and other Brooklyn bosses to pay
them $4,000 in fines" Mr.. jerome said
that Judge Parker's decision made 1t lega
for union to obtain money from EN-
ployers by fines and collections for wait
ing time" so long as the money thus OBJ
tanned was taken in the name OF the union
and turned into the union treasury.
Mr. Mcintyre professed to be very much
surprised yesterday when hi read the
Interpretation put on the Cummings case
by Mr.. Jerome He said:
There is not the slightest reference.
direct or indirect, in Judge Parker's de-
csion, to extortion, to fines or to waiting
time Cummings was a walking delegate
Of the Enterprise and Progress Steam
filters Union and as such he was accused OF
ordering strikes to throw the members OF
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the Jobs for the members of his own union.
He was tried on conspiracy charge brought
by the members of the rival unisn, and was
adjudged guilty. The Appellate Division
reversed the verdict Of the lower court
and was sustained by the Court Of Appeals.
in April. 1902. The question Of waiting
time was not involved in the case at all.
Judge Parker's decision was to the effect
that unions have n right to strike in order
to get more money or better jobs, and that
the members of unions have a right to try
and get the jobs OF other men in order 70
improve the condition of their own people
so long as they do not resort TO unlawful
methods"
Mr.. Mcintyre gave his opinion of the
Cummings decision after District Attorney
Jerome had left for Lakeville yesterday
Mr.. Jerome was very positive in his inter-
probation Of the Cummings decision on
Wednesday, and as he showed considerable
disappointment over the obstacles he seemed
to think it put in the way Of his prosecuting
the labor grafters who appeared az wit
nesses against Murphy, he will probably
welcome information as to how to get
around 1t.
Both Mr.. Jerome and District Attorney
Clarke of Brooklyn said yesterday that
they we're still investigating the charges
of extortion made against stonecutters by
Murphy and his wife, but that they were
not ready yet to announce their course.
On the general subject of labor Mr.. Je-
rome had a number of things to say yes
terday. The subject of bribery by employ
ers is one that interests him very much,
IF employers wouldn't bribe these fell
lows there wouldn't be any of this trouble.
he said AS long as they do there will be
corruption among the labor leaders. That
is one of the things you cannot help so long
as employers stand ready TO pay. How to
get at the employers is thing have not
discovered yet. / wish I knew a way, for
I would like to stop them. 1t is disgusting
TO see employers who can well afford to
fight these rascals paving them bride
money II is too bad that a man has to
be a public official to be bribed. The law
ought to be amended so as to bring the
bribing employer within the scope OF the
criminal law Then think we would put
a stop TO this sort of thing"