The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-07-30
UNION BUSTER MAY
JOIN GOV FORCES
TO Bully ! OFFICIALS

:. WASHINGTON, ID: c., July 29.-
The spectacle Of Daniel Davenport. 4
the attorney. Of the American Anti
Boycott association. appearing in the
supreme court Of the United States
in; the role Of special assistant at
torney general to prosecute President
Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison Of the American
Federation of Labor for alleged con-.
tempt Of court and receiving for hiB.
services part or all of the s20O,000
which President Taft recently forced
congress to appropriate for the en-
forcement Of the Sherman anti trust
law, may be witnessed by. the work
ers of America a few days after they
have cast their ballots for the sixty
second congress- - @5#z -. r
This is the view taken by promi-
nent labor leaders in Washington af-
ter considering the strange develop
ments resulting fror1 lie settlement
OF the trouble b. 1ySz;en the Buck
Stove & Range ccxnpany and the
American Federation of Labor. When
MS remarkable triumph Of organized
#${;jor was first announced unionists
!. . .t-taryWhere rejoiced, but paid little,
X. any attention, to the effect this
!sictory might have on the court cases
resulting from the Buck fight.
The original copy of the agreement
which has just reached the A. F. Of
l.. headquarters here, co'2'eins this
significant clause: I-i .
THAT the Buck Stove s. Range
Co., through its representatives,
Messrs. Cribben and Hogan,. agree
| That 1t will withdraw its attorneys
1fom any case pending in the courts.
winch have grown out of the disputa
between the American Federation OF
LABOR and any of its affiliated or
| sanlzat1ons on the one hand, and the
suck Stove & Range Co. on the other
ana that the said company Will not
bring any proceedings in the court1
against any individual, or organiza-
t'ons growing out Of any past con-
t'oversies between said company and
organized labor" sSs
To withdraw its attorneys from
any case pending in the courts. .
+ eans to take the ground from un-
! 9r the feet of the American Anti
{ l:ycott association. which has III
nanced all the suits against the a. r.
OF l.. and it's officers in the name OF
the Buck company In regard to
this situation, Mr.. .Dayenports said
.ss%ssLne Buck company has no 1rixht
TO withdraw. The cost Of the prose-
cut1on have been. fully paid by the
American .Anti-Boycott association
on the understanding that the ca se
would be fought to the end. Such
! withdrawal would be q violation ~
tnat agreement. =. The contempt ca~a.
Will come up before the United States
supreme court in November for ar
| gument." =. :
! VIII you be there to prosecute 2.
sS1e pop" replied Davenport.
According u the agreement, which
Is as 1ronclad as any ever attested
oy president 'Gompers, the lawyers
Oh the American. Anti-Boycott Asso-
c1at1on cannot represent the Buck
company in the injunction and con
tempt cases pending in the spreme
court. The department of justice
may however, employ Mr.. Davenport
ene Legal arch enemy of organized
lanor, to aid the prosecution in It.
'e11orts to railroad the A. F.. Of r.
officials to Jail. 81, = -
And here is where the defeat of the
Hughes amendment to the sundry
civil bill, which would have protected
labor unions from federal prosecu-
tion' becomes a double honor IL
PRESIDENT Taft, from the viewpoint
OF the worthy members OF. the en-
plyers' organizations.
The two hundred thousand dollar
appropriation was probably the cause
Of Mr.. Davenport's ''sure pop en-
| thrSia A. = tEs IS