The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-29
A REVIEW OF OCCURRENCES IN THE WORLD OF AssOCL
AFED LABOR.
Supreme Court Dodges Contempt and Nothing Has Been
Setted-Wel! Well! Standpattels See New Light!
-ZaData Patriot Not Fient.

4iiSN9 iilyuI4ClIoll DlOtttOlilSS SSGalHS
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison OF,
the grounds Of limitation, can be cha
racterized as q clever dodge or ::
cowardly stradde, according to the
| mood Of the critic.
After some sever years Of litiga-
ton. involving the expenditure of sey-
| eral thousand dollars in this test
Ease nothing is settled, except that
ordinary members Of the trace un-
ions, such as miners, mechanics. rail
way employees and others may be
and are, thrown into jails for alleged
contempt Of CONT, and kept there
until they serve their sentences, and
no great hullabaloo is made about the
case, either in the matter of appeals
to the Supreme Court.
We still hold to the opinion express
sed several years ago that if Com
| pers, Mitchell ard Morrison had ac-
cepted the edict Of Justice Wright
| and gone to prison, much good would
have been accomplished in arousing
| the country to such a pitch that Con
eres3 would have been forced to leg
islate to restrict the injunction curse,
which now seems to be improbable,
| according to the latest Information
from Washington relating to the pro
posed amending of the Sherman u.'t.
Admittedly, it wo.Il have bee IA
Their bereavement TO-: Go ape" 10
have been penned up for year, or six
months, and Morrison and Mitchell
for three or six months. but their
comforts wound have been provided
fer they would not have been subject
ed to the physical and mental torturr
that great many other men and wo-
men are compelled to undergo VIII
are less fortunately situated as those
officials, and at the same time thei"
prominence would have focused the
attention OF the country upon tn
usurped power OF II ecouts and for
cd the abolition o. The radical moditi-
(; ton Of government By injunction,
as stated above.
We declare that it has been deciG
cGly unfair to the labor movement Of
This country in giving the bulk Of is
money. tine dNa attention to The Com
perS, Mitchell, Morrison case ard n?y-
Ing Virtually no heed to the cruel per
srcutions pcrpetrated against more
obscure and well-dcserving men anG
women who are compelled to linger il,
iails more foul than the one situated
j, Washington because, Of their ftnltv
10 labor's cause.
We have before Us q copy Of let
Ter sent to a friend by Fannie SclinS,
member If the Garment Workers,
who has been imprisoned in the conn
Il iail at Fairmont, ". Va. by the nc
tCrious Judge 4. &. Dayton because
she detiei that unhangcd >coundreI,
ami advised the miners 10 organize a
ter Dayton Ia" issued an 'AJ"h''i"h
forblddlng those workers q "hlonl""
or any person from even '''''Si"!'
mem |" ii" So
Miss ScllnS writes in part rs tct.
lows. let those who brag ab0It this
icing the sand vi me Tree ''F'' '''"
and use their BRAINS;
"TheE tell me II Is I hh' "''!' O"'
Il it is l don't kno" H. mere Is VERY
little SNn!lgh' III ny ''''' '""5' l'":
ton ScayS mast S'"E III Inns P'|''. so
months ana what " P'"'e' - 's d"
j;il IN which no PROVISIONS were ''''
r'ade for Keeping women wren
VAS brought here Saturday hlgE'
looked at the dirty bunk had 10 sleep
in There was no light IN inc cell "'''
they pushed through the oafS d pa"
with something to eat IN IT, MH p
son door was locNec ana ~ .'5'
| days | have not lett my cell Il = lug
Dayton was looking lor revenge ~
has it for he has sent me 10 melt |"
tx Months. As write TINS 'e''eE ''''
stale air is filled with howIlng' ours
ing and the vulg;rity or drunken men.
All night they arc coming IN. Al .
o'clock at night the lights go cut ana
everything is dark ana al mat l.
Left for me to see IS no" Iohs l ca
stand it before | go crazy. b'' III ri!