Show I III I 1 I ivi V V. V L. L I SEVERE BLOW TO TO 1 ORGANIZED OR LABOR Unions Boycotting g M nufa t- t Violate Sherman Trust AntiTrust Anti Anti- Trust Law SUPREME COURT r i t iH H H Hatters Conspired to toRo Restrain Interstate y J Tr d 0 Pelt Ph 4 8 Stu a.-Stu Stunning If not demoralizing was the blow or organised or Il labor received today from the I Supreme court of ot the United States 9 when that tribunal announced the tho decision that labor lubor unions minions may bo punished under tinder tho Sherman trust anti law Jaw for boycotting manufacturers of oC products In Int lc commerce omm and fined a sum Slim equivalent to three Barco times the lie amount t ot of damage su sustained u That the court was un unanimous In its decision de do- elsion left eft no solace to labor loaders The Judgment ot of the tho court Is regarded as its most Important conclusion in all tho the contests between labor and anti capital Rendered Just a week after atter the opinion holding unconstitutional the law which sought Bought to prevent discriminations against union mon employed by common common cornmon com corn mon carriers of Interstate com corn merce and Just aft utter oCter r the employers' employers liability law w. w was ws declared ionah the tho effect on labor or lions ions of the country at once elicited th the he most anxious speculations Th Thc question decided today wa was brought before thu th court by hy Dietrich Low owe a it lint hat manufacturer of oC Dan hur bury fury Conn Coon A demand was wan maUi made upon lx lowe ove wc by the UnIted d Hatt Hatters u of North America that thai he unionize his shops A As s a a. result of ot hi his hi refusal a a. boycott was WAil declared cl on bin iii establishment land and tho he American Federation pf gf Labor Abor printed th the name nAm of this manufacturer on Th the tite theo Wo o Dont Don't Patronize uI Hat st. Lowe then pr n a I petition n to the United States Circuit court ot or Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- for damages against tho the 2110 Individual ll members nf of tho tue local union n as the tho hl result ot of rb tho tito r l boycott i OCi Ito llo a ci for a. a Attorneys Cor or tho labor mon men demurred demur demur- That don demurrer r time tho petition red to tL e but was was' urn the h Circuit Court ot of J 01 that court cort certain of I court ourt 0 to th th I H tor cJ the tho this tr bUI 0 Ion r it it Child b- b br O Y I rr rt t r r toda- toda nr oriff I decision decision- In ur JUie 4 held that the court of ot orl original lJ Jin u lion th the tho In sustaining and that Lowe slid 1 so 80 upon n n. case v Q- Q In ln the status It Jt ordered that V th tr de- de bo o 0 bo be overruled O and the c e remanded with Instructions to proceed in Ii accordance with the tue principles lam laid down In the decision of ot the Chief Justice Fuller Puller announced the opinion lie He sot Bot forth tho the complaint In full tull laying emphasis to tho the claim that the hatters' hatters Uh union on and the members of ot the American Federation ration of ot Labor had to restrain and destroy the Interstate tra trade c of ot the manufacturer In our opinion n said ld tho the chief Jus ls r tlc lice the combination described In thO the declaration I 1 14 a. a combination in restraint re restraint ro- ro of ot tr trade de or c commerce among the several states In tho the sense which those Words are nrc ll USed lifted ed In the act and anti the tho action ma may many be maintained accord accord- lu I And that conclusion rests on many Judgments of or this court t to tho the effect that the tho act prohibits any auy combination whatever to secure action which thich esson esson- hII obstructs the free treo flow of oC interstate inter Inter- unto state commerce between tho the states or restricts In that regard the liberty of or the he trader to engage in iii I |