Show LONDON LABOR CIRCLES much in decision rendered in this country new york july 1 A special die patch from london a great interest been aroused amone the executive officers of be great english labor organizations by a decision rendered at cleve land saye of the united circuit court granting to an extensive corporation an injunction restraining its employee ex who bed been locked out as the result of a labor difficulty from interfering ter fering with the corporation or with the men engaged to take the place of the locked out employed some 1 weeks ago when the cleveland bourt rendered its decision a britt report 0 the matter which was cabled to this country attracted attention of the labor leaders from the fact that the ground taken and conclusions clu arrived at were remarkably in accord with lecent of courts under similar conditions at the instance of the parliamentary committee of the trade union congress a full copy of the report in the cleveland case was written for and since its arrival here it has been exhaustively studied by representatives of some of the biggest trade unions As a result the conclusion has been reached that ahn highest courts balb cf the country and he new world are leading the way in an effort to exercise the power of the law toward the curtailing of the methods hitherto regarded as legitimate by trade unions in out their plans and arrangements it is a significant fact that twice within the present year one of the highest judges of this country sitting on the court of queens bench ana eliose opinions are rarely reverted on appeal has taken strong ground against picketing or molestation of nonunion men by strikers in almost the identical language langu aze used later by judge sage and has gone so far as to declare that the means and methods adopted by striking leaders were fast reaching a point where trade organization would become a menace to a free country it is noteworthy that according to the records received here judge sage quoted approvingly the dictum of the english judge in question that organized labor must not interfere with the rights of employers to manage their own business in way the trade union leaders admit that if the highest judicial authorities in those countries where organized labor is the strongest are to declare picketing and boycotting and interference with nonunion men a crime then the chief weapon and support of organized gibbor will be destroyed and the organizations will weaken from natural inability to enforce their own decrees so important is the question regarded that it is to be made a special order at the forthcoming trade union congress cong which is to be attended by fraternal delegates from the united states and several european countries the in depender eu labor party also has decided to hold a conference next month 16 consider the subject noted under the caption the attitude of the judiciary toward organ iced labor with special reference to recent decisions in england and the united states |