The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
LABOR LEADERS
SENTENCED AGAIN
Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell
Held Guilty of Contempt
of Court.
WRIGHT ANNOUNCES DECISION
to Have Supreme Court
Review Judgment Will
I. Be Filed.

Washington, juno 24.-Samuel Com
ell the labor leaders, were to-day held
guilty of contempt OF court by the
Supreme Court OF the District OF Co
lumbia, in connection with a courts
injunction IN the Bucks Stove and
Range boycott case. They will at
tempt TO appeal again TO tho Supreme
Court OF the United States, which re-
vcrsed their former conviction
Justice Wright sentenced Gompers
to one year. the same as upon his pre-
v.ous conviction; Mitchell, nine months.
and Morrison. to six months
Justice Dar:ul Thew Wright mn.
hounced the decision of the court. 1t
covered seventy-two closely typew.,t.
ten pages. and took abou, TWO hours
to read.
eondsmen were on hand and attor-
neys for the labor men gave notice Of
an intention to fila an appeal to hays
the supreme Court review the ,,dz.
mont
Ii It's previous review OF the case
the supreme Court reversed the CON
.iot'oh on the grounds that the con-
oe!hpt proceedings had been ,mprop-
cry ihstpoted. New proceedings were
o'oe begun The sentences under
one ArSt conviction were: Gpuners
one year; Morrison. nine months.
Mitchell. six months.
me charge was that the three man
as ohicers Of the American Federat,o,,
or LABOR, through the orzan;zatior..
otfica publication. had dsregar led
Justice Gould's Injunction agains, 80
publication of the Bucks Stove ana
tango Company's name in it. "bov-
After Gompers had been sentenced
ne attacked the decision dncta.,
mat while Justice Wright lives -,
our time. his decision and sen,erca.
oisciose mental concept Of moe
'han Two centuries ago, wnen the
workman was either a slave or
the decision was completed more thsn
a month ago. but withheld untn af,ar
.ne close OF the Chicago Republican
national Convention. II true. the in
ference is obvious" 90
IN passing sentence on President
Gonpers. Justice Wright said: For
the ring leader and chief offender tba
duty of the court If to be aenort.,e ens
Ds us obligations to administer the
justice OF the land without respect
70 persons, requires :. In determin
ing penalty appropriate 10 -this. tho
most dangerous and destructive OF
contempts. at least to parallel the ex
IRENE penalty which is fixed by Eooo
presidents"
After lengthy recital OF the func-
tions OF the law and judicial power.
the opinion concludes:
The evidences show for these re-
spondents an essiduous and persistant
| enort TO undermine the supremacy Of
the law by undertaking insidtously
10 destroy the confidence OF the poonle
III the integrity of the tribunals which
maintain 1t by innoculat!nc the minds
| OF their followers and the peonis
win virus OF m!schievous falsehoods
ana Misrepresentation concerning the
court ana Judges. seeking and hone
iui that the support of the people
might be withdrawn from these tri.
nunais, and by this means their power
undone. their Judgment rendered yal,-
less and force!ess
The defendants are here at the
court bar to answer; they have been
afforded full opportunity to hear tho
evidence against them and DO saw
what II any, reasons can exist against
heir punishment.
Every part of their response. for
they oher no defense. is measured by
the words of their leader. Gompers:
The things am charged with I dIo:
go 10 - with your injunctions.'