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Show LABOR TO National Labor Party Is Advocated by Many Union Men New York, Fob. 12. The Central Federated union of thla city has Issued an apepal to Samuel Gompers and other national labor leaders, demanding demand-ing the organization of a national labor la-bor party in this country, modeled on tho lines of tho British labor party. This action ts taken, it is announced, as a result of the recent United States circuit court decision in Hartford, Conn., awarding damages of $220. ono against the Hatters' union, for boycotting. boycot-ting. In conenction with the appeal for a new political party, the labor men state that under this court decision de-cision any labor union In the country Is liable to lose every cent in Its treasury. They add that the courts have dared to render suoh decision only because tho labor element has no representation representa-tion in congress. In Europo, it is said, boycotts are allowed and a decision like the Hartford one could not be made. |