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P. W. GOEBEL, President. A. C. FASENMYER, Vice-President. C. L. BROKAW, Cashier. G. J. BISHOP, Asst. Cashier. Notice to Subscribers of the Journal When subscribers change their address, or do not receive Journal by the 10th of the month, fill out the following blank, cut out and mail to Editor of Journal, Law Bldg., Kansas City, Kansas. The Journal M VOL. XXIV. OF THE International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America KANSAS CITY, KAS., MARCH 1, 1912. PRESIDENT GOMPERS' REPORT. (Continued from February issue.) The Hatters' Case. On April 10 the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the district of New York and New England handed down its decision upon the appeal in the Hatters' case. The decision reversed the judgment of the trial federal court over which Judge Platt presided and in which under his instructions the jury returned a verdict mulcting the Hatters in the sum of $232,240.12. It will be remembered that the original case was started at Danbury, Conn., over seven years ago, resulting from a strike which was called in the Loewe factory July 25, 1902, 242 employes, union and non-union, ceasing work. Suit was brought by Loewe & Co. Aug. 31, 1903, under the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust law, $80,000 damages were alleged, and threefold damages under that law claimed. The Hatters claimed that the Hatters' Union and other unions were not engaged in trade or commerce, and therefore did not come under the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust law. Relying upon these points the Hatters made no defense upon the bill of complaint, Judge Platt of the Federal Circuit Court of Connecticut maintained this position and dismissed the complaint. Loewe, or rather the Anti-Boycott Association, appealed to the Federal Court of Appeals, and both parties agreed that that court should certify the case and ask the question of the United States Supreme Court as to whether a suit of the kind could be maintained under the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust law. February 3, 1908, the United States Supreme Court decided that the case could be maintained. The case was then tried before Judge Platt and a jury, and lasted over four months. Judge Platt instructed the jury that they must find for Loewe & Co. and left to the jury the question only of how much damage Loewe & Co. showed they sustained. The jury, as stated, awarded $232,240.12. Since the starting of the suit in 1902 and the beginning of the trial, 26 of the 240 de No. 3. Alton B. Parker, Hon. Frank L. Mulholland of Toledo, O., and Judge John K. Beach of New Haven, Conn. In their brief masterful arguments were made to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and the unanimous decision of the court reversed the judgment and remanded the case for a new trial. In connection with this famous case it would be well to call your attention to the review of it given in the March, 1908, and the March, 1910, issues of the American Federationist. Our attorney was then requested to take action to secure the refunding of the cost of the appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which was incurred by the Federation and in due course of time the American Anti-Boycott Association paid over the amount of $5,348.90, which has been placed in the fund for the defense in this case. We are now advised that the Anti-Boycott Association, in the name of Loewe & Co., has asked for an assignment of the case for retrial and that it is likely to be reached during the January term of the Federal Court in the state of Connecticut. In reviewing this case it is well to understand just what matters of law have been passed upon by the various courts giving considerations to the questions involved. As heretofore said, the demurrer filed to the complaint of Loewe & Co. admitted for the purposes of the hearing thereon, the truth of all matters correctly pleaded, and the only question which came before the Supreme Court of the United States was whether a cause of action, under the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust act, was stated in the complaint. As already stated |