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Show HATTERS TO PAY DAMAGES. Judgment Against Labor Union Members Mem-bers in Boycot Case. Washington. Ending eleven years of litigation, the supreme court on Tuesday held that some two hundred Connecticut labor union members must pay $252,130 damages under the Sherman Sher-man anti-trust law, for a nation-wide boycott of D. E. Loewe & Co., Dan-bury, Dan-bury, Conn., hat manufacturers, who refused to unionize their shops. The bank account and homes of many of the men already are under attachment to pay the judgment and the next step probably will be foreclosure. Leading lawyers of congress disagreed dis-agreed on whether this decision meant chat union workmen would he liable in the future for damages on account of boycotts. |