Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1909 — DECISION FAVORS UNIONS [ARTICLE]

DECISION FAVORS UNIONS

United States Court Refuses Injunction In Btrlke of Hatters. Trenton. N. J., May 28. —Judge Cross In the United States district court sustained the demurrer In the case of the Samuel Mundheim company against four officers of the United Hatters of America. The Mundheim company contended that the hatters were coercing workmen to such an extent that the hat manufacturing Industry of the entire country was in Jeopardy. The defendants in the suit were John A. Moffitt, president of the United Hatters of America; Richard Lowe, president of local union No. 14; James Byrne, secretary, and Charles Cullen, president of local union No. 13. By Cross’ decision the suit for an injunction to restrain the officers of the hatters from taking union cards away from workmen who enter the employ of the Mundheim company is thrown out of court