The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-06

free from liability for injuries by torts
| committed in course Of such strikes. To
| remand persons Injured to a suit against
| each OF the 10000 members To recover
damages and to levy on his share OF
the stock fund would be TO leave them
! rcmedilcss"
All Are Liable.
Although the court said ~ ~ "
! primary importance In working out Of
! justice and in protecting individuals and
society from possibility Of oppression
| and in jury TO their lawful rights from
the existence OF such powerful entities
as trade unions. 1t Is after all In es-
s"nce and merely a proccedural matter.
AS a matter Of substantive law" 1t
! was added. "all members nf the union
engaged In 4 combination doing unlaW-
fun injury are liable to suit and rernv-
cry ana the only question Is whcin"r.
when they have Voluntarily and for the
purpose Of acquiring concentrated
strength and the faculty of quick unit
action and elasticity created n self act
Ing body with great funds To accomplish
their purpose they may be made to sat
! lSrv claims for injuries nlawfully
caused in carrying out their united pur-
pose.
! The recognition Of labor unions by
the Clayton act and other federal leg
lsIation so required" the court declared.
that labor unions should be held to be
ruable In the federal courts.
"Im view Of our finding that district
number II and the unions are suable.'
the chief Justice stated we cannot
yield to the argument that 1t would be
necessary to show the guilt Of every
member of District Number Fl and OF
each union In order to hold the union
and it's strike funds to answer. District
No. q an dthe local unions were en-
gagged In a work in which the strike was
one ~ the chief instrumeptalitics for
accomplishing the purpose for which
their unions were organized.
Annual Agreements
The annual agreements entered into
between the international union and the
central competitive field operators, own
crs OF union mines, and all other
charges made that the strike was A
part Of a conspiracy to restrain inter-
state commerce were discussed by tho
court with the conclusion that Ut was
n local strike within the meaning or
the international and district consttu-
lions. So II was In fact local strike
local IN its origin and motive local III
It's waging and local in Its felonies and
murdcrouo ending"
Asserting that the circumstances are
such as to awaken regret that IN our
view Of the federal jurisdiction we can
the sherman antitrust act haa been VI
ru, affirm the Judgment" holding that
olatcd the chief justice said 1T was or
far higher Importance. that we should
lot "a
i,a,ions in respect TO the federal jurls-
diction"
Washington. June S.-The CORONADO
case" was the name applied To one or
tho most famous proceedings 10 reach
the Suu-cmc Court within recent years,
rs fame arose not only from the long
ucrind It remained on the docket nut
from It's Importance, involving as IL
ala the question Of whether organized
labor Ms represented in the united
Mine Workers Of America could be pros
ecu,cd under the Sherman ANTITRUST
Law for restraint of interstate COM
mcrce resulting from strikes.
The Coronado and Associated coal
companies Of Arkansas instituted In the
United States District Court for ArKan-
sas civil proceedings against the united
Mine Workers 70 recover treble damages
under the sherman Act for properly
loses suffered by them during a strike
in the Arkansas soal fields In 1914.
The coal companies alleged that the
United Mine Workers had unla~ruiIy
Conspircd TO suppress no-union COM
netition. and that the destruction OF
the property had been resorted TO with
attendant restraint OF interstate COM
n,crCc 10 accomplish that end. The
decision Of tho court Diminishing the suit
was set aside by tho United States Cir