United labor bulletin., 1911-01-05

thing to be done or not to be done with
reference to or involving or growing out
OF labor dispute, shall constitute a con-
spiracy or other civil or criminal offense,
or be punished or prosecuted, or dam
ages recovered upon as such, unless the
act or. thing agreed to be done or not to
be done would be unlawful if done bv a
single individual; nor shall the entering
into or the carrying out of any such
agreement be restrained or enjoined un-
less such act or thing agreed to be done
would be subject to be restrained or en-
joined under the provisions, limitations
and definitions contained in the first sec
ton of this act
Sec s. That all acts and parts Of
acts in conflict with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed
There is not an important provision in
| this bill which does not find its counter
part in the British Trades Dispute act,
enacted by the Parliament of Great Brit
ain in 1906, which reads as follows:
An act done in pursuance of an agree
ment or combination by two or more per-
sons shall, Ii done in contemplation or
furtherance of trade dispute not be
actionable unless the act If done with
| out any such agreement or combination,
would be actionable.
1T shall be lawful for one or more
persons, acting on their own behalf or
on behalf of a trade union or OF an in
dividual employer or firm in contempla-
tion or furtherance of trade dispute, to
attend at or near a house or place where
: person resides or works or carries on
business or happens to be, If they so at
tend merely for the purpose Of peacefully
obtaining or communicating Information
| or of peacefully persuading any person
to work or abstain from working
AN act done by a person in contem-
I.rof ffr,r,
shall not be actionable on the ground
only that it induces some other person
| to break contract of employment or
that il is an interference with the trade.
business or employment of some other
person. or with the right of some other
, person to dispose of his capital or his
labor as he wills.
An action against a trade union,
whether of workmen or masters, or
against any members or officials thereof
on behalf of themselves and all other
members of the trade union in respect
of any tortious act alleged to have been
committed by or on behalf of the trade
union, shall not be entertained by any
court.
Nothing in this section shall affect
the liability OF the trustees of a trade
union to be sued in the events provided
for by the Trades Union Act 1871, sec
tion nine. except in respect Of any tor
tious act committed by or on behalf OF
the union in contemplation or in further
ance of a trade dispute"
Surely. what the monarchy OF Great
Britain can accord as a right to its sub
jects ought not to be denied to the citi-
zens of the republic of the United States.
The enactment of the Wilson bill will
not sap the foundations of judicial
power" 1t will instill greater respect
for and confidence in the judiciary and
thereby strengthen the lawful powers
vested in it. In addition it will restore
to the workers the rights of which they
have been deprived by the perversion OF
law and the invasion of their constitu-
tional rights. And what is more to the
point. these rights will be restored. op-
position to the contrary Notwithstanding