Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
MORRISON
MAKES NO COMMENT
Declines to Discuss Action
Taken Against Officers of
the Federation of Labor.

When informed OF the filing Of suit in
St Louis yesterday by c. w. Post of Bat
tie Creek. Mich, against the Bucks Stove
and Range Company of st. Louis and the
American Federation of Labor to restrain
their officers from carrying out an alleged
tentative agreement to make the stove
concern closed shop officers of the fed
Grafton in this city last night declined to
discuss the subject. Mr.. Post is a stock
holder of the stove company and was as
ISOLATED with the recent management Of
the late j. w. Van Cleave in the COM
ganized labor.
Will Not Discuss the Suit.
ington have not yet been served with cop
les of the papers in the suit.
"As an officer of the federation / am
not prepared to discuss the suit said
Frank Morrison, the federation's secre-
tary, last night. And nothing definite
will be given out relative to the matter
until we have an opportunity to go over
an official copy Of the papers filed in st.
Louis"
An effort to locate President Gompers
brought out the fact that he left the city
Friday for Kansas City and st. Louis.
He is to take part in a conference Tues
day In the latter city with the officers
of the stove company, at which time II
is expected the last details for turning
the concern into closed shop will be
completed.
dress in Kansas City tomorrow.
Since the conferences began May Is
last with the present management OF the
stove company. 1t has been generally I'M
.I~,N o.f-
ton among a number of the stockholders
toward entering into any agreement with
labor officials, and the filing of the Post
suit yesterday was not unexpected.
Numerous Defendants Named.
1t is reported from ST. Louis that the
defendants in the suit, aside from the
American Federation Of Labor and the
Bucks Company. are as follows:
Samuel Gompers. president; Frank
Morrison. secretary. Washington. d. c.:
John Mitchell. New York city;
James OConnell. Washington, d.
c.; Denis A. Hayes. Philadelphia;
tine. Cincinnati: j. r. Alpine. Chicago;
Fl. b. Perham. ST. Louis, present mem
bers of the executive council Of the
American Federation of Labor; Max
MorriSS, Denver. l.. j. keefe, Detroit
Mich. formerly members of the execu-
tive council of the American Federation
of Labor; II. l.. Thixton, C. c. Bucking-
ham, II. c. Pope, A. ]. Williams. s. r.
Cooper. E. l.. Hickman. Washington, ID.
c., members of the Electrotype holders
and Finishers Union No Ii. Washing
ton. d. c.; International holders Union
of North America, Cincinnati; John p.
Frey. William Eskridge. J. C. McCor-
mick, James MCGOWAN. Robert Foster.
William Brutcher, Robert A. Wilig.
George Cross. st. Louis: the Metal Pol
ishers International Cnicn, T. NJ. DAILY
and C. r. Anterior. Cincinnati: local union
No l3: Metal Polshers' International
Union, Ed Leberman and William Rein
schmidt. St. Louis; Stove Mounters' In
ternational Union. Frank Grimshaw and
j. II. Kaefer, Detroit: The International
Brotherhood of Foundry Employees.
George Bechtold. st. Louis: The Metal
Trades Council. Peter Fahey. w. Stew
art and Van Stevens. st. Louis: Central
Trades and Labor Union. David kray-
ling. Louis p. Phillip and Edward J..
MoCullen, St Louis.
tho injunction feature of the case will
be heard by Judge Smith Mcpherson in
Chambers. at Red Oak, iowa. tomorrow
morning.