The Detroit times., 1908-12-24
Jail and No Fine for Labor
Leaders; Fine and No Jail
For Criminal Corporations
LABOR
CAPITAL

Republic and the - - .r..,c.d 10 ;uns
on. eolnpa' m, ud, ~ the District Jai Tor
Standard and the Republic one year .:.. % -,
IT, Wa..rs PER. counany United Mine Workers a
s nav the fine of $4,000 but sentenced
is given until JAM IS to file proof months IN a; , ot
severed all connection Frank morrison secretary
Standard the American Feoerauoh OF La
of sentenced months
Cured in the opinion of in Jail u.s;., ,...
~ 6I comnnv should three guilty
be fined ST. 600 600 but it wasn't injunction
More hibitng from further
securing the testimony ceedngs in boycott against the
case and the chances Bucks Stove and Range COM
incurred by the will pany OF 81 LOUIS
almost equal the amount After this injunction had
H Rogers repeatedly dehed sh the name OF the company
take the testimony and before he Endorsed the
could i. gotten on the witness editorials Of this
appellate publication as well as in his pub
court in New York neces- lie speeches :.
.rv obstacle imaginable and ting further reference to the
possible colt IN the ofncla organ OF ne
resorted to by these corpor- wine ~ anu uy m
Attorney General Hadley al occasions
NAVY controlled the other two sng President Gopers
ana ,on Of Se su the American
{.,r.t I,vS. of Msso,r; issued.
in which appeared further refer
Hail pronounced to the boycott and more
$50 = any - N--.e 1e1' ton, that Notwithstanding the
The Standard Oil injunction could still
many months was fined Sae.- be effective
Chicago action of the Federation of Labor
road conspiracy placing the the
stove company conspiracy
Sherman in restraint Of trade and
Nothing said of failing fore. under the Sherman anti
John D. Rockefeller and higher illegal
There
y by handing down fine of the
that even the hne was excessive Just plain jail
Gompers and Morrison claimed before their
were that they conscious of violation OF
the law of the land.
They KNOW BETTER KNOW THAT THEY WERE
GUILTY of contempt of court dregarng the injunction issued
by this
Guilty then proper they should pun
ished.
They have invited punishment and member of
ganzed labor with the of that heart
sstenty say that they should be punished
Otherwise organized approve
capital fails of its just deserts which frequently the
courts of law
When It equality that
matter.
gets o
long great majority voting strength
country continues under leaders whose aim divide
day of the when should be found together
viii criminal corporations who break the with
'~vhie labor leaders who break the laws go to Jail
a fine of to Standard
Oil company?
Or what does the fine .wenty-nne mlions
The of oil pays II, anyway.
fine imposed this gigantic
would dollars
imposed upon these labor leaders
Understand us, please.
John Rockefeller offender
years. guilty of breaking country
ESCAPES WITH A FINE AND NOTHING SAID
ABOUT JAIL.
Gompers. John Mitchell Frank Morrison
offenders guilty
breaking the laws of their
THEY ARE SENT TO JAIL WITH NOTHING SAID
ABOUT A FINE.
wrong and punished
offended grievously and
number of John d. Rockefeller
heads of all the INSCRIPTIONS combinations
this should kind when they
and the
lawbrekers be punished whether be capital
ofends.
let them be punished alike
Ii goes JAIL all should there
is the fundamental principle of American justice
Shall this justice prevail? ~ ~ "
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