The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-23

that they might become prejud
The dignified court has so or
dered them. The court had not
previously considered that the
jurors might read the yellow
press of the bosses, and become
prejudiced on their side.
It all happened at the end Of the
noon recess Thursday when the
Judge asked the defendants and the
lawyers in the case to come to the
bar and express any objections they
might have to his permitting the
jury to go to their homes until the
case again came into court Monday.
Labor Paper Alarms Romano.
Assistant States Attorney Michael
Romano the chief prosecutor, GER
tainly had some fears, if not objec-
tions. to register.
II call upon your honor" began
Romano, pulling a copy Of The
DAILY WORKER from his pocket,
''to instruct the jurors not to read
The DAILY WORKER during this
trial. l do not know who is respon-
sible for this paper, or what papers
the jurors may read, but feel that
the jurors ought to be warned
against reading The DAILY WORK
Err while they are serving in this
trial"
"May 1 see your copy Of The
DAILY WORKER?" asked the
court, and the prosecutor handed his
copy to the judge, who perused it
carefully.
Nelson Attacks Tribune.
Attorney Oscar Nelson urged for
the defendants that the jury be in
structed not to read the Chicago
Tribune.
II will instruct the jury to re-
frain from reading all papers till
they come to this court again Mon
day morning." said the judge.
The bailiff was instructed to call
the jury and the next witness and
the case continued on its regular
course.
Poor Scab-Couldn't Work.
Earl Harris, one of the states wit
nesses, testified that he had been
stopped from working by union men
who objected to working with scab
upholsterers. He said later that he
had discussed the matter in the office
of Dudley Taylor with Taylor. When
asked if he knew what connection
Taylor had with the case of the men
on trial Harris said none that he
knew of only Taylor was in charge of
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Louise Bernhart, carpet sewer,
said that for IL years she had worked
for Marshall Field and Company and
at the end of that time she was earn
ing SIP a week. Then she Joined the
union about a year ago and is today
earning $50 week. She said that
she had not been interfered with
when she attempted to work during
the strike.
Bosses Tale Of Woe.
Stephan A. Mollato, the owner of
building at Catulpa avenue and
Broadway, testified that while the
building was in the course of con-
struction union painters had refused
to work on the job unless non-union
upholsterers left and that McKenna,
who is on trial charged with conspir-
ing with the other defendants to ruin
the business of the boss upholsterers,
had asked the painters to return to
work with the non-union uphol-
sterers.
John Glyn, Harry Harvey, and
Harry Achinkian, all testified that
they had seen stickers which asked
union building employees to ask up
holstery workers to show their union
cards. They all admitted under
cross-examination that they had been
to the Office of Dudley Taylor and
told him all about it.
E. A. Cummings, a carpet layer,
testified that he had been brought
here as the result Of seeing an ad
in a Denver paper asking for nom
union carpet layers. He secured a
job thru Bronson, he said. On one
occasion he was prevented from
working on job by the refusal of
union men to work with him as long
as he did not have a union card and
was guarded by two deputy sheriffs.
During the questioning Of William
Boelter by Romano the judge found
it necessary to stop him from asking
leading questions of the witness.
The history and philosophy of boy
colts and boycotting is something
that jury charged with trying labor
men indicted for conspiracy to boy
colt should know nothing about, &C
cording to Romano, who became
angry with Defense Attorney Oscar
Nelson who was cross-examining
James Mulcahey.
Nelson asked Mulcaaey If he
knew what the defendants were
charged with. He said that he did not.
He was asked II he knew what a
boycott was. He said that he did not
He was asked II he had ever heard
Of the famous English landlord in
Ireland named Captain Boycott who