New-York tribune., 1908-07-29

slant source cf periodical discussion between
the employer and the employe. as indeed are tns
other terms OF the employment
Advantage of Union.
To give TO ernployes their proper position in
such a controversy. TO enable them 70 maintain
themselves against employers having great cap
itaI they may we'll unite. because in union Iners
is strength and without it each individual Ia
borer and employe would be helpless The pro
motion Of industrial peace through the insTu.
the results Of such union when intelligenIly coz
Quoted
Other Lsbor.
There is a large body OF laborers. however
skilled and unskil1ed. who are not organized
into unions Their rights before the law are
are TO be protected with the same care ara
watchfulness
Riahts of Labor.
In order to induce their employer into CON.
pIiance with their request for changed terms y. -
employment worknen have the rtgnr 70 slEhae II
a body They have right TO use sucn psI.
suasion as they may. provided 1t does hot .eacH
the point OF duress. 70 Lead thelr reIuGI2H. 80
Ia borers to foin them in their union against IneI
eraployer and they have q right, II tney CnOoses
to accumulate funds to support those ensassa
in strike, 20 delegate 10 officers tne p2MsI -
direct the action OF the union. ana 70 "itnI.a tI,
themselves and their associates from . oea-.s 80
with or giving custom 10 those with wnonn 'n7'
are in controversy.
What Labor Cannot LavfuIy U0'
What they have not the right 10 do is 70 y.
jure their employers property. 20 lJu.1 rss,pods
EMPLOYERS business by use OF threats OF rnelDII3
of physical duress against those VIZ -;-r w
work for him, deal with him. or oy Cal.s -,
on what is sometimes known as s1Coiit5 t.5
bovcott against his customers or those W. WI,
whom he deals in business All NOS tnOs n
sympathze with them may unite TO ald men @ az -
their struggle, but they may not throus L.ott no
str,Imentality OF a threatened or actual ooycu
compel third persons against their VIII ~ anu M e,
ing interest in their controversy ta 20 Cor
their assistance. These principles haVe - -
great many years been settled by the COui
Tbreatened unlawful injuries 70 business. h4 h4s
those described above. can only be adequ --.s
remedied by an injunction to prevent mem 20 =,
Jurisdiction of court OF equity 10 enJos a..
such cases arises from the character o. ,ss
injury and the method OF inflicttng II az 1s,s
fact that suit for damages offers no a1eta.Iiv-
remedy The unlawful injury Is not uSt -
done by one single act. which nlsht s,it
uuately compensated for in damages oy =
at law but it Is the result OF constan'4S. S..ssIs
curing series of acts. each OF Winch ~ ~ o.
might not constitute a substantial li9U1y; ~
make a suit at law worth while. anu a.. -
which would require a multiplicity OF - So,,1-
law. Injuries of this class have slIlce "a M in
dation OF courts OF equity been preVenteu U' -
junction .., 40 not
issue to protect anything but property. s,,t
and that business is not property right 9.s 9u-
such a proposition is wholly nconsiSte-tl. -.-aros
-aH the decisions OF the courts Inc ~. fn-
Court or the united states SoyS -~,artv or
junction is remedy to protect propettS
rights of a pecuniary nature. and we S, may -
submit TO the considerate judgment OF sszs 81
men whether the right OF a man IN ms o .at1,rs
Is not as distinctly right OF pecunlaIy .o,r
as the right 10 his horse or his house OF ~ the q,
of goods on his shelf; and the instd@Ic IL 80
which injunctions to protect business t. 49, Z, "a
upheld by all courts are so many thd' -
futile further to discuss the proposition -.
IL is difficult to tell the meaning OF the pe'i'0
cratic platform upon this subject II says
r,,..,.,z -, +,atc,,I ,-ae,ics have arisen es2e-
cfslIy in Connection with Industrial disputes -
deem that the parties all judicial proceeo1sssS
should he treated with rigid inparttaltty, ara
fniunctions should not be issued IN any essoS.
which injunctons would not issue II no fnou9N"
dispute were involved.
This declaration is disinsenuous. II see-r-s -
have been loosely drawn with the especial puI-
pose of rendering IL susceptible TO one inseT
pretation BY one set of men and 10 a claInsosS
csllv opposite interpretation by another. Y cneI
not ayer that lniunctions should not sss0A - eY