Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1908 — AWAKENING FOR PEOPLE [ARTICLE]

AWAKENING FOR PEOPLE

Decision Will Show Them True Sense cf Danger, Says Tole. New York, Dec. 25.—James Tole, president of "Big Six" Typographical union, had the following to sajr regarding the conviction of the labor chiefs: “I believe that it has come to a serious pass when officers of a labor organization can be sent to jail for expressing an opinion or telling the truth, or doing for his organization what is perfectly legal, in spite of the decision of any judge. “I believe further that this conviction and imprisonment will do more to awaken the people of the country to a true sense of their danger than anything that has happened In years,” Chicago Labor Plans Protest. Chicago, Dec. 25. —Labor leaders in Chicago are planning a protest against the ruling of Judge Wright of the federal court of the District of Columbia, Imposing a jail sentence on the three heads of the American Federation of Labor.