The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-26
JURY GETS CASE
OF UPHOLST ERERS
run TRIAL HERE
Decide Labor's Rights
During Strikes

jury before 1t retired to consider a
verdict.
Romano began his statement to the
jury by telling them that the prose-
cution had not tried to prove that
any violence occurred during the
strike. "But just the same these
men are guilty Of breaking the law"
He said that Unfortunately there
has been brought into this case Fred
Jurish." No case against Jurish had
been proven he indicated BY this.
During the course Of his argument
he referred to Robert Bronson, secre-
tary of the employing upholsterers,
as "Iny associate
1 Nelson Flags Bosses Plot.
These men on trial here are
charged with conspiracy. There Is
a conspiracy and the conspirators
are the state attorney, Robert E.
Grove, and Dudley Taylor, the law
yer for the employers association,
and not the men on trial Dudley
Taylor has placed these men on
trial. said Oscar Nelson, lawyer for
the five men on trial, in beginning
MS statement to the jury.
you have been told by the states
attorney that this case is an i'm
portant one. With that we Of the
defense fully agree.
This case will decide whether or
not trade union can carry on its
regular activities without being in
terfered with by the employers thru
the states attorneys Office.
Couldn't Use Injunction.
These men have been charged
with the crime of trying to ruin the
business of the upholstery employ
ers. The upholstery employers thru
the best lawyer they could get, Dud-
ley Taylor, went to court of equity
and obtained an injunction to protect
them against just such a possibility.
THE defendants were not taken
into court charged with violating
this Injunction. If they had been
called into court they would not be
IN the position they are now. Thew
would nave had to prove themselves
innocent. The state would have said
that they were guilty and then they
would have had to convince the court
that they were not guilty.
Dudley Taylor knew that he did
not have good enough case against
these men to as5 a court to fine
them five dollars. So Dudley TAYLOR
went to the states attorney, Robert
E. Grove, who was his friend, and
asked him to have these men in
dicted and brought here for trial
These men were indicted and there
was ything this court could do but
try the case.
Feared to Use Taylor.
''On this indictment Dudley TAYLOR
is named as the first witness that
appeared before the grand jury. He
has not been called by the state to
testify on the witness stand. The de-
PENDANTS want to know why. If the
state wanted to use him to get these
men brought here to be tried why
didn't they want to bring him here
to testify? Is it because they didn't
want him to be opnned to cross-ex-
animation by the defense?
"Who is this man Dudley Taylor
who can go to the Office Of the states
attorney and demand that working
men be brought to the states at
torney's Office and questioned
II will tell you. He is the legis-
lative representative of the employ
ers' association. He goes to Spring.
field to appear before the Legislature
to ask them to annul laws against
child labor. He is opposed to every
sort of protection for the workers by
the state. Yet he can go to the
Office Of Robert E. Grove and ask
him to bring workers to his Office.
He can have workers indicted by the
grand jury and force them to defend
themselves.
Planned Death of Union.
after months of striking the Up
holsterers' union was weak financial
~. Dudley Taylor wanted to give
that union the death blow. By hav-
ing the officers Of the union indicted
he thought that he could discourage
these men and the other members Of
the union and finally break it.
THAT is why he had an indictment
returned and did not have the officers
Of the union cited for contemRt of
court
"If you gentlemen Of the jury re-
turn verdict of not guilty without
leaving the jury box then Dudley
Taylor will still have done something
for the money he was paid by the
employers association. He has kept
these men here worrying about their
cases. They could not be as efficient
as they otherwise be. He did his
job.
Crime Against Jurish.
There has Eot been a single bit
of evidence brought into this court
to show that the defendant, Fred
Jurish, ever saw the other defendants
let alone that he conspired with them.
Yet you are asked by the states at
torney to send him TO prison.
"The states attorney has talked
about business agents.
"He talked about them as if thew
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