Against Eight Hour Law

Moirnt Vernon, 111.. March 16.--In a unanltnoüs opinión rendered yesterday the Supreme court holds that the eighthour iaw for wonien passed in 1893 is unconstitutlonal. and the section approprlating $20,000 íor salaries of factory Inspectora is nuil and void. The bunïen of the decisión is tbat women in respect ío contracta arp on the samo footing wtthmenand that an act which abridges the frsedom oí contract bet ween workman and employer in a lawful ocoupatlon is unconstitutional. In fur roachlng results the deeiMon is most important, lt ia the flrst decisión in the United States against the eight-hour Iaw and present a new obstacle in tho pnth of the movcnient tor ahorter hours.