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the sentences Of Imprisonment i'm.
posed boy ,he supreme Court of tho
District OF Columbia for alleged dis
obedience to a boycott injunction, the
supreme Court Of tho United States
today held that Samuel Gompers.
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison,
president. president and secre'
tory, respectively. OF the American
1 Federation Of Labor, had been erron-
eously sentenced TO jail on charge
of contempt of q local court. The
court unanimously held that the only
sentence that could be imposed on the
labor leaders wero fines.
In 50 holding the Supreme Court Of
the United states found that the
Court OF Appeals OF the District of
Columbia, and the Supreme Court of
the district. erred in treating the con-
tempt proceedings az criminal case
and not civil one. The effect Of hold
ing the proceeding as a civil one was
to make Jail sentences impossible.
hence tho Jail sentences had TO be set
aside. To correct the error, the case
was sent back TO the local courts with
direction that it be dismissed. At tho
same time the court made 1t possible
for civil proceedings to be instituted
against the labor leaders by the Buck
Stove and Range Company, at who's
instance the original contempt case
was brought
The charges Of contempt against
President Gompers Vice President
=. Mitchell and Secretary Morrison arose
out bitter labor war between organ
ized labor and the Bucks Stove and
Range Company, Of 81. Louis, Mo-
The St. Louis concern had come In.
to the Supreme Court Of the District
q Of Columbia to prevent, by injunction,
the American Federation Of Labor
and It's officials from boycotting It's
own products or the business Of those
n who deah with II. The questions in
x volved and the parties concerned at.
n tracted by widespread attention. The
t company claimed that the Federation
was trying to unlonlze the company's
, shops The labor leaders urged that
the company was unfair" to labor.
Thehead OF the company was ]. w.
VanCleave, presldentof the National
Manufacturers Association, which
had often come into conflict with tho
federation. He was charged with
having been opposed 10 organized la.
ber and with having sought to put
his nickel plate workers on a ten.hour
; instead Of a nine hour basis
Justice Gould, of the District SUI
prema Court issued the Injunction
: prayed for by the CON oany. An ap.
peal wa stalIen 10 the Court Of Ap.
peals 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 contempt against
President Gompors, Vice President
Mitchell ana Secretary Morrison.
These men were accused OF having vio-
lated the injunction decree.
b. Justice Wright found them guilty
and sentenced President Gompers to
] ono year IN Jail; Vice.Presdent Nit.
r chell 10 nine months; and Secretary
Morrison 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 tho United States,
The alleged violations consisted Of
y utterances and acts IN furtherance al
the boycott. u was charged that Mr.
s Gompers had rushed out the January
8 number Of the American Federation
G ist the official organ Of the American
$ Federation OF Labor so as 10 evada
n the decree, which went into effect the
e day after most Of the magazines were
! out OF his hands. This magazine con.
a tained the name of the company on
, the "We.Dont Patronize" or Unfair"
, list II was also alleged that a mum.
ber ~ copies Of this magazine were
sent out after the decree became ef-
fectiye. In defense, testimony was
presented 10 show that only thirty
q odd copies were mailed TO libraries
and other similar institutions The
complaint that about one hundred
We're sent out
: II was further charged that I'm tho
succeeding number Of the Federation.
, st, Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
Z Joined I'm an appeal 10 organized la.
Dor for funds 10 carry the Injunction
case 10 the higher court. II was con.
tended that this appeal was used as a
vehicle TO continue the boycott. The
charges stated that the appeal refer.
red 10 an editorial In the same mum
Der Of the magazine as setting forth
the attitude OF those making The APP
peal. This editorial was attributed to
Mr. Gompers.
"Indlylduals "a members OF organ
Ted labor" this publication said,
"will still exercise the right TO buy or
/. not to buy tho Bucks Stove and
Ranges. II IS auexemplItlcation OF
the saying that YOU can lead horse
to water but you can't make him
drink"
Another charge was that In the
March Federatonist Mr. Gompers
published an editorial, IN which ft
was said It should be borne In mind
th9ttherc Is no law aye not even
court decision, compelling union men
'e,r friends OF labor to buy a