The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-15
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SAYS THE CAUSE WAS CIVIL
And As Sub Snmud Goup,ts John
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isue awaited decision boo lhe Amer,
.u Federation uf Labor oases
Tau result S. samuel Gompers .
5nHn Mt0heH Fanb Morrison rys-
Feetifen president Vice president
Hnd secretary. go not have 60 Eo to I
IHI foI contempt tor di3hedience /
fl lHe injunction uf the District SUI Z
preme count lu thr Buck Stove ann
Range case
Tile count hell that the district
court erred Iu treating the labor case
should bave been treated ais "a ciyi
cause which makes jan sentences
impossible This decision makes ID
sihlo for civil proceedings 20 be
instituted against the labor leaders.
The charges of contempt against
President Gompers Vice President
Auchen and Secretary Morrison
arose out OF "a bitter labor war be
tween organized labor and the Bucl
stove and Range company, OF 81
Louis, Mo
The ST Louis concern had con
into the supreme court of the u
trict OF Columbia to prevent by
junction, the American Federati
Of Labor and its officials from be
y cottfng IFS own products or the bus
II ness or those who doalt with II. IN
b. questions involved and the partfe
{ concerned attracted widespread a.
tenti6n The company claimed tha
the federation was trying 10 unionize
the company's shops. The labor lead
ers urged that the company was 'un-
fair to labor The head Of the com
panv was j. ". Van Cleave. presi-
dent of the National Manufacturers
Association. which had often come
into conflict with the Federation, He
/ aas charged with having been OPP
posed TO organized labor and with
having sought to put his nickel plate
workers on ten-hour instead OF
nine-hour basis.
Justice Gould, of the district SUI
preme court issued the injunction
prayed for by the company An APP
peal was taken to the court of APP
meals of the District OF Columbia but
before that court could pass upon
the validity OF the injunction, the
Bucks stove and Range company
again came into the district supreme
court, this time with charges of CON
tempt against President Gompcrs,
1 Vice President Mitchell and Secre-
/ tary Morrison These men were ac-
, cused Of having violated the IN
/ junction decree.
Justice Wright found them guilty,
sentenced President Gompers to one
year in Jail; Vice President Mitchell
to nine months; and Secretary Nor
rison to six months. An appeal was
taken from this sentence, first to the
court of appeals, which affirmed it,
and finally to the supreme court OF
the United States where it is now
pending
The alleged violations consisted of
utterances and acts in furtherance OF
the boycott 1t was charged that Mr..
Gompers had rushed out the Janu-
airy number of the American FEEDER
adonist, the official organ of the
American Federation of Labor, so as
to evade the decree which went into
effect the day after most of the mag
azines were out of his hands. This
magazine contained the name of the
company on the Weldon t-Patton-
ize" or unfair list. 1t was also al
legged that a number of copies Of this
magazine we're sent out after the de-
cree became effective, In defense.
testimony was presented to show
that only thirty odd copies were
mailed to Libraries and other sinilal
institutions. The complainant claim
ed that about one hundred We're sent
out
1t was further charged that in the
succeeding number of the Fedora
zionist. Gompers, Mitchell and Nor
ison joined in an appeal 10 organ
lied labor fer funds to carry the in
junction case to the higher coprt Il
was contended that this appeal was
used as vehicle to continue tae
! boycott. The charges stated that tbs