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Show 1.AHI EH DES18 NEWLAWSOFCOHGflESS Mass Meeting Declares Against Supreme Court and Slier-man Slier-man Law. NEW YORK. April 10. The most important, im-portant, perhaps, of the several labor maEB meetings hold throughout tho United States today wns that addressed by President Samuel Gompers of tho American Federation of Labor at the Grand Central Palace tonight. In common com-mon with the meetings In other cities, the local gathering was for the purpose of publicly demanding legislation In the In-teroet In-teroet of organized labor. President Gomperr, In his address do-clarcd do-clarcd that the judges of the Suprnmc court of the United Statos had shown themeelves by training, environment and tendency, behind the times, and urged tho necessity of an Immediate demand upon Congress- to enact legislation at this aoDslon amending the Sherman anti-trust law, which the Supremo court declared forbids trades unions tho right to boycott and to strike. Hesolutlon.s were adopted adopt-ed declaring that it was tho conviction of the mcetUV U'at It lies within the duty of Congress to so amend the Sherman Sher-man law as to romovo any possibility of 1 such futxire construction and to onacfc I tho Poarrc bill to deflno tho injunction and restrain Ha abuse, i The resolutions further called upon ! Congress to enact a genoral cmplovcrs' liability bill, an clght-honr hill for government gov-ernment employees, and to hold each Representative In Congress responsible for his record on tho labor measures during dur-ing tho present bosbIoh. |