The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-07-20
DIETRICH LOEWE
GREEDY PLUTOCRAT

FOR neafJleSSneSS ana IlenOlSn
greed Dietrich Loewe and his asso-
ciates are entitled to the record for
being the most devilish. Under a
Supreme Court Decision the Danbury
Hatters must pay damages for boy
cotting Loewe & Co. No more need
be written here than the reproduc-
tion of story in the Seattle Star
last Saturday written by Frederick
M. Kirby Read it and think over it.
and try to imagine gang of
wealthy robbers who more deserve
the curses of mankind
DANBURY, Conn, July Tive
lived here so years, in this little
home; my wife, my mother and my
boy died here and I'd about as Fave
go to the grave as Pave the place
now!"
Owen Murray, 93, but still straight
and strong in spite of that, came
from work in the little field back
of his house at Bethel, here on the
outskirts of Danbury, to tell me in
his mixture of Irish brogue and
New England twang, what he thinks
about losing his all when the sale
starts July 16 which will wipe out
the lifetime savings and the little
properties of himself and 140 old
men and women.
These are the "Danbury Hatters"
who the supreme court has decreed
must sacrifice their home to pay
damages to Dietrich Loewe and the
Anti Boycott association because
they violated the Sherman anti
trust law II years ago by instituting
boycott against the non-union hats
manufactured in the Loewe shop.
Owen Murray doesn't know much
about the Sherman antitrust law,
or the supreme court, or the long
years of litigation by which Loewe
& Co. have finally forced a decree
of sale for the Danbury hatters'
homes. All he knows is that he is
totally innocent of wrongdoing;
that he not only took no part in
the strike, but had ceased to work
as a halter when the strike was
called.
His Name on Rolls
But his name was still on the
GAL Is LABOR ...... ...... ............
union rolls, and he had little house
which c4uld be attached" and so he
is to lose his home if the place be
sold.
$50 began trying not to think
about it," said the old man, but his
lip trembled a little as he bent
forward in his chair and clasped
his hands. "But now," he went on,
they're going to have the sale July
16, and | guess it's all over. | don't
know whatll become of US.
Loewe Broke His Word
''I'm an old man; | came over from
Ireland in 1850 when | was just a
lad, and | remember | landed at
New York on April 19-I remember
the day well. There was no rail
roads coming into New York those
days, and no houses over three stor-
les. And | came to Danbury be-
cause l was a halter and here was
where the hats were made. l work
ed at my trade and saved up my
money and it don't seem right, some
how, they should take it away from
me.
when my house was attached,
went to Dietrich Loewe and told
him | hadn't nothing to do with the
boycott, and he promised my prop
erty would be left alone, but he
didn't keep his word.
Won't Spruce Up
81 don't have respect for a man
that don't keep his world" And the
old mans eyes flashed as he thought
of Loewe's broken promise.
1--WE been promised that the
union would do whatever it could for
US if our homes was sold, and | was
told to go ahead with my planting, |
and Pm going ahead. l hope
won't lose my home-I hope so, but
| don't know"
"Now, Pap" said his daughter,
"go in and put on your best suit
to have your picture taken"
"Indade, l will not" said the old |
man. "These are the clothes | wear
every day and he can take my pic
ture in them"
1t may seem to some readers that
the above story is little old, but
it will never grow old enough to
be forgotten by the lao old men
and women who have lost their
all because of the heartlessness, the |