The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-24
,AFI'S REAL LABOR RECORD.
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49,, Rru,ted Decisions Prove Him Fair
o,d FriendIy-Secondary boycott He
TbouEht Tyranny Then and Does Now
why lie Jailed Debs's Lieutenant
cg,c.oo. Sept. 2s.--Taft brought the
A., day of hts Western trip TO q close
~. tonight with q speech before q union
- audience In Orchestra Hall. An
'ISrsss before 1000 farmers at George
49, farm at Brook, Ind, was the only
0,ber important event In the candidates.
Ssv Al both meetings Mr.. Taft got
sojeadid receptions.
The labor meeting was held under the
,,,oices Of the Independent Railway
M.r'.Taft Club and admission was limited
.. ,hose holding tickets. To an overflow
ID in front Of the hall Mr.. Taft talked
hreay from an automobile.
TIA union men made the meeting the
o,cssion for mailing one OF the campaign
osn,rds that have been circulated in re-
sard to Mr.. Taft's attitude toward or
ssnized labor. James Lennon, a Lake
Shore engineer who was sentenced to
;siI for contempt OF court in the Ann
Irbor Injunction case Of 1893, appeared
m the same platform with Mr.. Taft.
lennon declared publicly that Mr.. Taft's
altitude toward organized labor has
b,en both fair and friendly.
Mr.. Taft in his speech reviewed the de-
cisions in labor cases that he made while
a Federal Judge, denouncing as false
Bryan's declaration that he Is the father
n the Injunction Mr.. Taft talked
mrkey to the labor men and he was
cbeered again and again. He told the
~unionists to their faces that n more
cn,el instrument Of tyranny was ever
adopted than the secondary boycott
He wal cheered TO the echo when he
declared that so long as he had power Of
oppression he would lift his voice in pro-
test against trial by jury in contempt
cases regardless Of its effect on his politi-
cal chances.
A great demonstration followed Mr..
Taft's explanation Of why he sent Phelan.
Eugene Debs's lieutenant. to Jail for IN
tempt in the Pullman Company cas- in
1908.
Il did it and I any not going to apollo
eize for it, said Mr.. Taft, and the $500
union men rose up and cheered.
A reference by Mr.. Taft to a stenogra-
pher who had stolen some documents
from his employer drew a roar Of laughter
from the crowd. MIR. Taft was embar-
assed for a second, then he joined In the
laugh and added: Il don't know, but 1t
seems to me the wages Of stenographers
will be raised.'
Chicago's enthusiasm over the candi-
dates appearance was not confined to
the labor meeting. Fully 5000 persons.
most OF them laboring men. were out
with a brass band to meet him at the
Rock Island station and the streets were
lined on the way to the Auditorium Annex
At the hotel Mr.. Taft was waited on by
a delegation OF fifty from the Railway
Employees Deneen Organization. who
assured him that he would get a large
percentage OF the union labor vote.
Mr.. Taft said in part in his speech at
Orchestra Hall:
An issue has arisen as to the attitude Of
the two parties on the subject Of injunc-
ions in labor disputes. propose to take
I'D first my personal relation to this idues-
ton. 1t fell to be my lot TO be a Judge Of
the Superior Court Of Cincinnati for three
years and O Judge OF the United States
Circuit Court for the Sixth district. in
GLIDING Michigan. Ohio. Kentucky and
Tennessee. for eight years. and during that
time ! had to consider q number Of i'm
portant cases involving the rights Of labor
and the rights OF the employer. as we'll as
the practice in equity with reference to
the issuing OF i~njunctions In such cases.
The SECONDARY BOYCOTT TYRANNY.
The FIRST case was not an Injunction suit
at all. A boss bricklayer quarrelled with
the union, and their members who were In
his employ struck. In order to embarrass
him the union notified all the local dealers
in materials that they would boycott any
firm which furnished him with material.
Moores Il Co. had q contract to deliver
TO this boss bricklsyer a lot Of lime. In
order to avoid trouble they secured from
him a release from the contract: but he
sent his wagon to the freight station and
bought lime out Of the car where Moores
L 20. sold lime to any one who applied.
The walking delegate Of the union dis
covered 1t and a boycott was begun. Moores
4 Co. were prevented from selling to their
usual customers any lime or other material
for a great number Of months and suffered
severe financial loss to their business.
iutl tuSu " oAhh eee 49, WV "e'
tried before a jury. The jury returned
q verdict for 81. 500.
Now In tina case I ] held and decided with
two collea CUES that "a secondary boycott
was an unlawful injury. and that whether
Il was perpetrated by laboring men oil
otherwise. That Is the law to-day. and II
ought TO be the law. ] understand that
the railway orders generally acquiesce
in the proposition that 1t Is not wise to
use such a secondary boycott as an In
strument in industrial disputes. 1 know
that this is not the view of Mr.. Gompers,
but / am glad to know that there lie a differ
ence in organized labor Upon this ques-
lion. Certainly no more cruel instrument
Of tyranny was ever adopted than this
secondary boycott.
The 1oLEDo AND ANN RBo CASE.
In the second case in 1908 the Toledo and
Ann Arbor Railroad was in a dispute with
its employees, who were members Of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers, and
strike by the engineers followed. 1t was
understood by the Toledo and Ann Arbor
road that the brotherhood engineers on
the Lake Shore were going to refuse to haul
their cars and that the Lake Shore road
for that reason would acquiesce in this
action. Accordingly the Toledo and Ann
Arbor road applied to Judge Kicks to enjoin
the Lake shore Railroad Company. its
officers and employees from refusing to
haul Toledo and Ann Arbor cars. He did
20 in accordance with the interstate COM
merce law, which requires one railroad
engaged in Interstate m TO haul the
cars OF another railroad delivered to II. and
imposes this duty not only on the railroad