The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-04
One Judge Did: 1t.

the CLOCK OF time Dack, and: held
coal and lumber:
, ~. One Judge Did 1t.
The judgment, whin, prejudice or,
caprice~of but one man. on the SUI
prenle bench. of Minnesota. has fixed
the: status of labor union, organ.
ized.:to improve the conditions. Of
la bor, as that of trust which deals
not. in men, but. in lifeless, inani-
mate: things, such as coal, iron, lum-
ber, stone; brick and copper. Labor.
has again been fixed by judicial
ukase as a commodity .or article.
of commerce and trade in spite of
the fact that the 1877 statute speci-
fically, states that, the labor .of a
human being shall not be held so,
to be ~ ..,..,-~ !.
Two. other defeats were suffered
BY; union labor in the Ramsey county
district court on the day following
the supreme court decision In the;
Minneapolis: case. j: Judge. o. 3.
Lewis decided that photo-engraving.
employers of St. Paul and minneap=
oils could legally. break a contract
with union labor, which they did
.by reducing wages against the terms
ofethat contract. Judge Lewis held
that there wasHno 'mutuality to such
a union contract. A New York court
had decided the other way, two
weeks ago in the case Of the Ladies'
J. Garment Workers union. - g. -: =. = .
=; Printers, Arc Enjoined. - !,
:. Judge: Hugo Hanft on the same
day decided a" temporary order.
against the ST. Paul Typographical
union in which he erljotrfed members
,ot the union from picketing unfair
printing firms in greater numbers
than from two to eight, according
to the size of the. pant. = = < =.
Judge Booth Of the Federal court
restrained South, St: Paul striking
packing employees from "unlawfully"
picketing, whatever that means. The
court announced that the order
would in no wise interfere with.
peaceful and law-ab1dinE picket
ing" It, will be- UP to the pickets
to Judge. whether they ARE within,
or without the judge-made law: They
will; not know until after a. court
determines on each particular case.
Labor Is Disappointed. - t..s,'.:
. Lawyers and ,unior. T labor men
were practically taken off their feet
when it was announced that the.
:Minnesotas supreme court by a three
.to-two decision upheld the: ihjunc-,
ttOn granted to John j. Campbell,
manager Of a Minneapolis theater,
preventing organized. labor. from
picketing the: theater and from con-
ductfng a campaign against 1t as
unfair. to: labor. That order re-
strained the Minneap polls Labor. Re,
view, the official paper Of Mime
apolis labor unions. from ~advertis-
ing the fact that the non-upion
theater was unfair to labor, The
injunction was granted by Judge
.BardwelEts of Minneapolis I'm, July.
1920. St.' :. - =. = -: ~ >. >.
q, Lynn Thompson, member of-9the
Minneapolis school: board, r.. D..
Cramer, editor Of Labor Review:
Dan, Stevens and LeSlieE Sinton, then
president and secretary OF. the Min
neapolis; Trades and Labor: assem-
bly,, were: each sentenced Hto pay
the theater owner $1:5a for damages
done him and 800 attorneys fees.
or be imprisoned in the county Jail
for six months. They were found
guilty of violating the courts order.
Judge Bardwell was lawnnaker,
Judge. jury and executioner and he
went the limit. ,>f.sa ~ -. ..z { .<-it
r., WIN Go to Jail Again.
The: four labor men held that the
whole proceeding was illegal, that
the Judge had exceeded his author
fty and had taken unto himself pow
er not permitted under the law. They
chose to-, go to jail rather than to
submit to such: an .injustice. They !;
spent 65 days each in the county
Jail when they were released ION /
bail pending outcome Of their ap..
peal to the state: supreme: court.
.aS The supreme judges unanimously J
revoked, the fines Of $125 against
the. four labor men. The 800 fee
to the lawyer. for the. citizens all !
lance who pressed the case against
labor was allowed to stand. The
labor men must pay that fee or. go
to- Jail. which they have since stat
ed they would not do. Nathan
Chase, attorney for the anti-unfOn--
lists, declares he, will press the case
against the labor men and they
must either pay the costs or 30 to-
jail. - 81
5s.s, True to His RecoFd.
twas. most gratifying TO Judge,
Dibell's friends5 iii T ,aluth to learn
that ne had rendered. a dissenting
n4a{n ton ~ ffn N6S,&1, 90 ~ 1f. - au e.
has indicated his many labor
friends here who supported him IN
the last election. He. - the sans
Judge Dibell who refused to issushI
an Injunction ara inst the striking
street railway employees tn Duluth
81 191 He. has some sold-fasl,s
toned. otions about human liberty.=
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