The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 26, 1908, Image 3
WILL GO TO JAIL
/ |er Than Pay Fine If Con'
victed of Contempt
DECLARES GOMPERS
Neither Would He Allow the Fedora
Hon nf I .nlutp ti> Pur I* ti\? III...
Supreme Court Derision Makes
Union Conspiracies in Restraint of
Trade.
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Denver, Col., Nov. 1 f>.?President
Goinpers, at today's session
of the Convention of the American
Federation of Labor, declared that
if he were found guilty and fined in
thV) contempt proceedings against
him at Washington he would go to
jail before be would pay his fine or
before he would allow the Federation
to pay the fine for him.
This statement was made during
the discussion of the report of the
committee on the treasurer's report.
The committee recommended that im~
mediately following the adjournment
b^Tne Convention, the executive committee
shall take up the proposition
of placing its funds where they may
he removed from danger of attach^
merit. 4
Several suggestions were mndfl
one being that the funds he depos^J
ed in Canada and another that <mI
tlflcates of deposits be taken ou^^|
some other name than the
D. O. Ramsey, of the elec<^^H
workers, declared:
"We had a chance to plr^^^^H
funds beyond thb reach of th^^^^^J
would take them, but we le^^^^^H
on November 3. The only^^^^^
protect our money is to chr^^^^^f
Mr. Oompers warned the
that if a way were found to
funds, the Courts would
appoint a receiver, not ne^^^^^H
to secure in some way the
funds, but to get the mone^^^^H
cont ri butted.
Hy request Mr. CJompers
the status of the Danbury ha^^^^^J
"Our standing is menaced
Courts of law," he said.
"The matter of the applica^^^^H
the Sherman anti-trust law to^^^^f
has reached final adjustment
United States Supreme Cour^^^^f
matter how the Danbury case^^^^f
elded that will not alter the^^^^H
one jot. The United States
Court has said the final wo^^^^|
the law of this country is tha^^^^f
organizations of this country
conspiracies and comblnations^^^^^
"Under the Sherman
law business cannot be con<^^^^|
much less honest stralghtf^^^^f
labor organizations. With re^^^^J
to the case against me in the
of Columbia I want to say thaj^^^H
never consent that the
Federation of Labor shall
one cent of ftnc for me. I doi^^^^H
to go to jail, but I will not^^^^f
submit to the Federation
for me."
Mr. Gompers declared that^^^^f
cislons of the Supreme Court
one effect, namely, to tie
of labor to their work, crl]>^^^^|
men of labor in their right
or their right not to work.
"These decisions," he said,
result in fettering men today
der to enslave them for all tim^^J
coma.
"I am not la touch with the
odratlc party; second, I am not?
democrat, and third, I am confldom
W never will be a Democrat. I owe
mv!egi*nce to no party. I am a trades
unionist.
"When the Democratic party mad*
our contentions its own," said Mr
(rompers, "it would not only have
been ingratitude but cowardice tc.
desert them. If Bryan had been
elected with the hosts of organized
labor back of him it would h
given spirit to human freedom
The report of tin; committ
the treasurer's report, with itj^^H
omiiundatlons, was unanimouA^^^^
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J. D. KQGAN, SCOUT
I
TELLS A STORY OF THE WAR '
OF SECESSION.
How lie Was Captured and Treated i
lly Sliermairs "llumniers" in OrangeburK
County During the War.
The following sketch will appear
In Gol. U. It. Brooks' forthcoming
publication, "Butler and His Cavalry
in tho War of Secession, 18GI1SG5."
i
Atkins, Ark., Oct, 30, 1008. I
Dear Col. Brooks: )k
1 will give you a little sketch
I saw it in and around Columbiu^^H
It was about the middle
my own horse and proceed to
lumbin as fast as horseflesh
The captured horse
pines me
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