The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-02
crime. Coming to the question of the
Violation OF the courts Injunction,

Violation Of the courts Injunction
fright said ssSSas ~ s s;s
Fhat Gonnpers ana otiiers 4 lfad.s II
advance OF the injunction, determined
TO violate It II issued, and 1ad, III
advance OF the injunction, counselled
faall members OF the labor unions and
OF the American Federation of Labor
and the public generally TO violate 1t
In case. It should be issued, appears
from the following reverence, .whief,
points out also the general plan and
snutnal rln1aderstarding OF the orEani-
sations and their various 1nenabers
Rsads from fGonpsrs' Writings.
The court here read d mass of ex-
tracts from reports OF proceedings OF
conventions OF the Federat ton REPORTS
OF President GoInpsrs, editorials from
the columns OF ''The American FEEDER
atfonist'' and the labor press gener-
ally, in support OF his statement that
there was a, predetermination to :vio-
late. Discussing tine actions of tile
defendants since the issuance of the
injunction, Judge Wright said: 49,
Having In mind what, In the fore
going delination, indicates that these
respondents did, before the issaariee
1of the injunction, deliberately deter
milne to wilfully violate 1t and did
counsel others to do the same, let me
now turn to Their sayings and doings
since the decision OF Mr. Justice Gould
was formally announced and the order
OF injunction itself put into technical
operation by the giving OF the injunc-
ton bond. On December II, 1907. the
opinion OF the court was filed in the
case; the order OF. injunction was en-
tered OF December 1S; the giving Of
the undertaking required by it was
contaminated on December %, and I
am disposed now to look at the separ-
ate conduct OF each respondent with
a view Of recording his Individual
responsibility in sufficient detail.
The court, after detailing at great
length the attitude taken by Mr.. Com.
pers since the injunction was issued;
his writings interviews and public
addresses, rernarked:
All Of which was done, all Of which
was published, all OF which was cir
cu1ated in wilful disobedience and de-
liberate violation OF the Injunction and
for the purpose OF melting and ac-
conap1ishing the violation generally,
and In pursuance of the original COM
mon design of himself and confeder-
ates to bring about the breach Of
plaintiffs existing contracts with
others; deprive plaintiff OF property
1.-THE good will Of it's business( with
out due process OF law; restrain trade
among the several states; restrain
commerce among the several states. -
=. AS to Secretary Frank Morrison, the
court declares that he had full knowl-
edge of all that was being done and
took part in tae preparations and pub
locations OF "The American Fedora
Zionist 'of April, 1908, with complete
knowledge Of its contents.
Concerning Mitchell, the court point
ed to various acts by him which, he
said, placed him within the pale OF
tie law. He quoted from Mltchelrs
book on "organizei Labor; Its Prob
lens, Purposes and Ideals" certain
Passages wherein Mitchell declared
that 1t was the duty OF all patriotic
ana la~-abiding citizens to resist or
disregard injnz,cttons when they for
babe the doing OF 10 thing which was
ia WeNl' NQiICilel4 Was AiSO CT0llLen
vita signing with full knowledge the
urgent appeal which: Accompanied
the twenty -seven thousand or more
circular letters to the various secre--
taries as heretofore specified against
Gompers and Morrison, and with full
knowledge OF their contents, COUNSEL
ing their distribution and with: the
same purpose and intent The court
also referred to the presence OF Mitch
ell In the chair on January rs, 1905,
at the annual convention Of the United
Mine Workers Of America, when
resolution was adopted placing the
Buck Stove and Range company on
the unfair" list.
In reference to the, freedom of the
press, the Justice declared that the
constitution nowhere conferred the
right to speak, to print or to publish.
1T guarantees only that in so far
as the federal government is con-
cerned Its congress shall not abridge
it, and leaves the subject to the regu-
iation OF the several states, where it
belongs"