Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-14 | Page 5 | New Light Shed on Gompers Contempt Case

NEW LIGHT SHED ON G0MPERS CONTEMPT CASE 1 SPRINGFIELD. JU.. Oct. 1.1. John II. ! Walker, pr-Bldont of the Tnltcd Mlnf i Workers of Illinois, today testified by 1 deposition In the contempt of court cane 1 npalnt Sampel Compere, Koui-rl Morrison I and John Mitchell, incmbors of tho exeeu-tlvo exeeu-tlvo boanl of the AmerJenn Federation of Labor. In which thoy are enjoined from declaring n boycott or otherwises Interfering Inter-fering wllh the TJticlc Stove & Range company com-pany of St. Louie. President Wnlker read n letter which had come Into his hands which purported to be sent by the Corporations Auxiliary company, with offices in tho Chamber of Commerce building In Cleveland1, to tho i Gi"nt Kas,toni Telephone company of Xcw j York, to A. M. Todd, Kalamazoo. Mich, and othr manufacturers throughout I ho state, offering to iend reports of tho an- 1 mini meellnp: of the American Federation of Labor held at Denver, commencing1 November No-vember 8, 100S. Including the proceedings of tho secret sessions, for S15 to each corporation cor-poration or firm, nnd calling attention to the fact that In view of the Important labor legislation which cornea up befor-conm-crs this winter It would be well worth that amount for the proceedings. j