Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-08 | Page 1 | Labor Unions Victor in Kansas

Labor Unions Victor in Kansas Supreme Court of Jayhawker Stato Sustains the Constitutionality of a Law. TOPEKA, Kan., May 7. The Supremo Su-premo court today declared void the ' statute which makes it unlawful un-lawful to discharge an employee because ho belongs to a lawful labor organization and which provides for the recovery of damages for the discharged men. This Is a decision of great Importance Im-portance to labor unions. T. P. Berry, an employee of the Coffeyvllle Vitrified Brick & Tile company, com-pany, was discharged from its service, ser-vice, and ho brought action to recover re-cover damages, alleging that ho was discharged because he was a member of a labor union. He recovered judgment judg-ment in the lower court, and the brick company appealed, attacking the constitutionality con-stitutionality of tho law.