The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-09
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LAbJR LEADERS
To BE- UPHELD
JUDGING FROM ATTITUDE OF
DELEGATES TO A. F. OF L.
CONVENTION.
THE JAIL STINT Noes
Passed On Gompers, Mitchell ard
Morrison, May Be Carried t,
Supreme Court-Gompers'
Report Submitted.

Toronto Nov. S,-That the Ameri
Ican Federation Of Labor intends to
stand by President Gompers. Vice
President Mitchell and Secretary
Morrison in their fight to evade tho
Jail sentences imposed by the court
lat ashinaton for contempt Of court
| is indicated by the attitude OF the
delegates to the tUenty.ninth annual
convention. It is apparent ACCORDING
10 many delegates. ;.lat the commit,
tee on the PRESIDENT report win
recommend that the case be carried
ITO tie supreme cont of TIE United
! states. The delegates today ylgof
orsly applauded the salient points ot
| GomTers report summarizing the
Buck stove ana Range company In
Junction case and the contempt pro.
ceedines which followed
Gompers' report ,;.scussed wide
range of labor Issues. and those Of
Secretary Morrison and Treasurer
John | ennon showed that organized
labor has made substantial gains
with the condition Of the Federation's
treasury at high tide.
The conventions attitrde towar 's
factional strife among the members
Of the Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers was shows Wien the creden
tias committee reported in favor Of
the faction headed by j. r. MeNulty
and declined TO seat James ]. Reid
of the Erie Central Labor ltnioa,
president OF the insurgents. I" ana
other delegates from organizations In
Ohio. Iowa. Alabama ana MICHIGAN.
whose charters have been revoked by
the Federation.
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers, objected to the adoption Of
! the committees report as whole.
and at bis suggestion tho delegates
against whom there was 10 protest
were seated. tho convention taxing MP
others for separate action. Gomperi
ruled that only organizations in good
| standing WerN entitled to represents
lti0n in the convention and the dele
gates voted promptly AGAINST seating
the representatives Of organization,
whose charters had been revoked fol
admitting members Of the seeding
Electrical workers.
James j. Egan, >: Toledo one o
the Ieieot ted delegates fried to sneak
but Gompers declared ESan has NJ
seat in this convention
| The electrical workers contend thai
their charters were revoked before
they had an opportuuity to appca
to the convention.
President Comrers said these ap
peals would form a part Of the report
Of the executive council tomorrow
and that the Appeals viii be heard BY
| the committees,
The Courts Decision.
The Court of Appeals did not take
any original testimony in the case
and I am justified In saying that thu
| Judges were somewhat in erron ii
their estimate of the actual facts i
relation to the boycott of the Buck
Stove and Range Company. This Is
understandable from the fact that tht
American Federation of Labor at ne
time entered a detailed defense L
the allegations of the Bucks stove
and Range Company, although tbs
charges were untrue in many impnt
ant particulars
On account of the fundamental is
sues of free speech. which we're in
volved in the original Injunction, ".
preferred to stand upon the uncon
stitutionality OF the injunction rathe
than obscure this g, eat issue by 90
ing into the details of the origina
trouble with the Bucks Stove ant
Range Company.
Judge Wrights prejudiced and mi
leading extracts from the original ties
timony, and his ignoring OF testimon
also tended still further TO beclou
facts.
The Court Of Appeals said, that tn
only reason the publication Of tn
Bucks Stove and Range Compan
was enioined from appearing on tn
I'VE Don't Patronize'' list was b.
cause they believed that a conspir.
cy had been entered into and thJ
threats, intimidation and coercio
had been used on innocent third pa
ties. On this wrong assumption tn
modified injunction was affirmed.
1t was regrettable that the c0ui
= should have been so in error as t
the facts of the boycott.
Even II we had been guilty of III
! lawful conspiracy and coercion an
intimidation we were not
: surely therc should be some more a.