The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01
AFTER GOMPERS FOR PERJURY
CHARGE MAY FOLLOW "FEDERAS
ZIONIST" DECISION,

winch 10 Expected Tomorrow Bucks
stove N Range Company suing ca
Keep Their Name From n Labor
Papers w Don't P~atrOnIze''. LIst.
T Il In expected that Justice Gould OF the
Supreme Court Of the District of Columbia
will hand down tomorrow morning his
decision in the application Of the Bucks
Stove and Range Company Of st. Louis
sgainst the American Federation OF Labor
FOR a temporary injunction restraining
that. organization from printing in the
American FederatiOnist the name Of the
company in the I'VE don't patronize" list.
A soon as the decision il announced IL is
also expected that some action will be
taken on charges Of perjury by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American FEEDER
alton, which were called TO the attention
Of Justice Gould during the argument on
the case in Washington abOut ten days ago.
The stove company. Of which }. W. Van
Cleave, the. president Of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, is president,
applied in August last for a permanent
injunction against the American Federd-
Zionist in the District Of Columbia. where
the Federation OF Labor is chartered. The
name Of the stove company continued to
ADDbhT Ou lHt we - I BNNibiAeN h't
OF firms. numbering no less than 100 in
the November number, and il was then
decided TO ask first for a temporary in
junction, but using the arguments in the
case az a basis for both temporary and
permanent iniunCtions.
In an amended answer 20 the application
for a temporary injunction, sworn 10 in
November. Samuel Gomrers, president.
- E-,,I NT,v.wsu,vn .anrafnrvF of tho
national federation, denied that they had
used the word unfair in reference TO the
stove company since May. and that il 40
appeared onlv in that number Of the imeri-
can Federation iS.
In the December number of imericOn
ERdus iTieS, which is the organ Of the National
Association OF Manufacturers and which
will appear as soon AZ Justice GOrld's de-
cision can he obtained and printed. there
will appear under the heading, "Has Com
pers Committed PeriUrv?" extracts from
his magazine which show that in the October
number the stove comrany was referred
to az unfair, notwithstanding the af'-
davit of Ciompars and Morrison in November
that nothing of the kind bod been Printed
inc May last. Here ~ what Gomrers
and Morrison swore to
. . they deny that the. or any. such
notice as that described in said paragraph
four. or any notice containing the word
unfair as appears in each and every issue
Of said AmGriCdu FCdCrdhOUisi. or of any
publication owned by the American Fedora
ton Of Labor or It's executive council. and
allege that such notice had only o7ce appeared
in connection with, or referring TO. plaintiff,
that n to say IN the May. 1907. number thereof.
and they further allege that in the May. 1907.
number Of the said Fcd'rIii0Hist appeared a
special notice: that said notice has not. nor
has any notice or statement referring 10
plaintiff and containing the words unfair"
OF any word of the same or similar import,
appeared in any subsequent number Of the
American FFdCrGiOnisi or in any publication
owEed or controlled by the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. or by said executive council.
nor has 1t been. nor is II the intention Of de-
fendendants that such notice hereafter shall
be printed or published with reference to the
plaintiff.
Here are the three extracts from IA"
American EC'erjNOpJ FOR October. which
appeared under the heading Editorial
Notes" on RACES 7I and 792. To which the
attention Of Justice Gould was called by
Judge Daniel Davenport Of Bridgeport.
who with James W Beck of thus city and
J J. Darlington Of Washington argued
the case against the Federation of Labor:
Wonder whether Van Clea,c viii try for an
Injunction compelling union men and their
friends TO buy the Bucks stove and Range
Company unfair product?
Until a law Is passed making II compulsory
upon labor men To buy Van Clcave's stoves
we need not buy them. We wont buy them. D
and we will persuade other fair minded. SYM ,
pathetic friends to cooperate with W. and leave /
the blamed things alone.
Go TO -- with your Injunction.
The Bucks Stove and Range Company Of /
st. Louis ,of which MIR. Van Cleave 10 presi-
dent will continue 10 be regarded aud treated
as unfair until IL comes to an honorable agree
ment with organized abor. And TINS. too. |
whether or not il appears on the We don't
pstronize' list.
The case of the stove company is the
FIRST TO test the legality of the unfair"
and we don p~atrOnize' list Of the Ameri-
can Federation. Tn American Federu-
tionist has ~GompeTs's name printed con-
Spicuously as its editor. and under the
uaptiOn Editorial Notes, where the ex-
appeared, ~Gompers's name il printed
as the writer.
As an illustration of the methods Of the
American FederGtiOnist there was exhibited
in the office OF the American Industries.
at I West Thirty-fouTth street, yester-
day a letter from j. W. Shove. secretary
Of the Peninsular Portland Cement Com
pany of Jackson Mich, saying that that
company knew Uf no boycott of it's products
by the Federation of Labor and quoting
from a publication by the Michigan branch
OF the federation "A statement TO the effect
that the company treated its laborers
fairly n was worthy of commentator.
Nevertheless for several months. and
even in the present December plumber of
the American FederdtiOnist, the Peninsula
Portland Cement Company is put in the
-We don't patrOnize" list.
IL Justice Gould grants the injunction
against the federation a motion will he
made at once to make il permanent. If
this IL granted il is e expected that all the
others Of the 100 firms and companies on
the federation's so-called boycott list will
ask for similar iniunctions.