Show WANAMAKER FINED 1000 I 1 ex postmaster general convicted 0 of f importing alien contract labor philadelphia pIgI LADELPHIA march 15 in the united states district court before judge butler battler ex postmaster general john Wanamaker was recently convicted convict ei of violating a federal la law by importing alien labor and was fined 1000 the philadelphia newspapers ignored ig the case bece because bec e they did not desire to hurt the feelings of such a heavy advertiser workman past general master james jamea A wright leht of the knights securer a trans transcript Pt labor of of the records of the trial triz ll 11 which he of representative 4 i meeting read at a onions jbell held W ai trades of various va gar ay aig ht at N ninth anth ani and spring L S q ar A aaa Aa 5 den aen street resolutions denouncing 1 i ng mr wanamaker NN anama 1 er were p passed ass e d 1 the board of directors of the knights in i 0 of f labor yesterday vester dav officially declared ared a boycott against mr wanamaker the officers of the pennsylvania trades league were asked by y local members of that organization to take similar action the tireless efforts of assistant united U cited states district attorney Attorn ev harvey K newitt who is active iu in republican politics politic were instrumental in in sec securing tiring the trial and ver er dict although za the action was wa S brought za under a civil proceeding wanamaker with the iame ame evidence could have been sued criminally criminal criminally lv under the law of march 3 1891 of which h section 6 is as follows that an any person pei on who hili hall brine bri ii indoor in 0 or land in the 1 I nit cited d state tate by b e eel se el or otherwise ise an alien not lawful 11 entitled to enter the U united cited states stat hhall b bi deemed guilt of ami anti and hall on con action vic tion be punished 1 b a mic nut not ested ei ced ing 1 axx or for a clerin not exceeding one par ear or 1 bj bo baili 11 lucli tine and annit nt john U j johnson johnon the well known corporation lawyer lawer represented the defendant mr mcw N cw itt iii opening tor for the go overn eminent government ment L 7 I 1 said I 1 ti eliat at it wd W a a an n act aati iam jn brou brought ht by the un united I 1 tc states a against 1 bob kob ert C 0 ogden r den T I 1 15 i wanamaker rodman Va wanamaker ani and jalu jo n wanamaker Va trading r a as lolin john wan an amaker to reco recover er a benalt oi of 1000 for importing a tor for iner into this thi country countr to per pert furin oiin services x r vices liere here the foreigner fore igno liaina an been under a contract to to do the work the rile n were brocht brought under the act of ls wll which i h chis chic provision ion that aily peron pi ron A lin h i prep art p i s the trin pontalion por tation of i a borei mer to thi countr co cintr under lmh aili c ir in i iia h i 1 i 1 ix ii to a fin of 51 NO in his tn address addres to the jury mr N newitt wi tt cond anai eichely everell ever elv and strongly animadvert eI again t llis his method of se il ale ile he said that casel had caminit ted perjury per jur and that hi altion with the defendants tt va as a suptei fuge to cover up the evasion of the law that was pac paced ed t to 0 protect american interests J judge u de I 1 beitl butler ler in ins his charge referred to the contract t made in en england t land with brooks and the others veir york ork world H 0 id march the above seems to have been suppressed by bv the subsidized associated press pres doubtless with the motive mot ve of protecting this great apostle of protection cheap john wanamaker s conduct in this affair however is in perfect keeping with the idea of all the gold bug n protectionists projectionists I 1 viz tu to import linn imn all the cheap pauper labor of europe possible to compete with american labor but to keep out all the cheaper products so as to compel our people to pay these monopolists the largest possible profits we ate aie glad this model republican chief ha has s been discovered and punished |