South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-16
. TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY .


While we are in a foreign war for democracys sake.
for the preservation OF mans inalenable rights 20
equality justice pursuit happiness today
this date it well that stop and reflect We are
face this day with OF the mistakes OF de-
mocracy. resulting in a process quite cruel
thing could possibly charged the greediest
autocrat crucfying democracy robbng OF jus
ce equality justice and happiness and in conform
ity with law has since been corrected, and the
hands Of the courts against any repetition the
arocity least for time but the stain, il
seems must be sent n TO its depths
We in passing because recently there were
IDEAL threats OF similarity with the local
car strike. Agents the Murdoch interests.
advised in advised by counsel. seemingly have
legal memories that have gone to rot or an nhuman
lit only knaves sought to >hip the
carmen line by threatening wholesale suits
for damages against the members of the union. The
Murdocks. after having bought hogs
fattened from Stops and hOminy. WEIGHED from the
people Of Indiana by taking the ll-coOked foods
Of the Michigan City penitenary. about reached
the point where they willing possible. to line
their pockets again. and this time by mucting their
workingmen for resisting starvation. 1t would be a
quite parallel, indeed.
Today last CHASTITY act in the Danbury hatters'
tragedy being performed, by sale of one
hundred forty hatters to satisfy the judgment of
LOewe & Co. and the vengeance of the Anti Boycott
association of Connecticut Most of these home
old poor and have never had any chance al
equality. Some had part in the strike, had even
quit long before boycott was declared.
and what they of justice happiness stand
helpless while they're sold of house and home.
In all the history Of troubles between capital AMI
labor in this democracy there was palmer sui
version of unalienable rights viler miscarriage Of
justice than in this famous "Danbury Haters Case.
In 1888 two thirds of the hat making Of Dan
bury repudiated the agreement with their employs
that had been standing for eight years years
Industrial disturbance" followed. which means
of losses of abnormal profits by the
years Of losses of food clothes and
fuel by the employees but by 1900 all the
factories had been unionized
Loewe & Co stood for open shop and the boycott
declared against them was taken up by the American
Federation of Labor.
Loewe CO. instituted suit for damages under the
sherman antitrust law claiming that the unions action
restraint Of trade" was fought through
$4,000 damages by selling the wOrkmens homes
sherifrs sale.
This case must stand ndeible stain upon Amer
lean Jurisprudence and an Infamous travesty upon
American justice. Those sheriff sales foul rehec
ton upon a nation whose sympathy for the common
man is claimed to he world wide. Thank God it help
ed cost of the deciding judges the presidency.
our highest courts distorted and misinterpreted ma
tional legislation merciless capital might make
labor its helpless servant In the debates i'm congress
upon passage OF the Sherman legislation.
quenty and orciby urged that proposed law would
not affect labor The Iegis
ation could not have passed had there claim that
the law would have such affect. Yet. the courts,
vicously and with purpose give capital the advan-
overruled the plain intent Of con
gress and made that legislation into such power
the greedy labor desired. Later congress-
in the Clayton law, provoked by the infamous miscar-
rage of justice and intent by the high
courts, declared that Labor is not "A commodity or
article of commerce but to help the Dan
bury haters and Loewe Co today cutting off their
pound Of flesh. 1t not late, however to send
Justice Charles Evans Hughes to private life
Let the homeless matters Of Danbury take their
hungry wives and naked children disappear from
public quickly
There's hope justice them; Loewe & co.
must have their SS0000-and we want 70 hear cheers
for the Stars and Stripes. not groans hundred
and forty families driven into restitution by our
glorious courts of Justice