Lawyers' Reports Annotated Volume 1-10 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...the discharge of plaintiffs from work on that building, And then an interview between the president of the plaintiffs' union and the secretary of defendants.' The latter told the president that the Allied Trades intended to pursue the same course as at the Mariner and Merchant building on every building in the city, for the purpose of driving every plumber into a union affiliated with the Allied Trades. This evidence would have established a criminal conspiracy at common law. Concede that it would not, under our present legislation, now establish it: nevertheless it is still an unlawful act. There was no complaint as to wages by any of the workmen on the building when the strike was declared. All wanted to work, and their employers wanted them to work. But these defendants who did not work on the building had a grievance. Plaintiffs refused to, and would not, join defendants' union. They must be driven to joining it by threats of loss of work, and their employers must be compelled to aid defendants by threats of loss of money on their contract. This is so plain that it is waste of time to more than state the facts to convince that the conduct of defendants was calculated to intimidate both employees and employers, and consequently was unlawful. The frightened employers, to avoid further loss, yielded. The plaintiffs did not yield, and, to prevent further intimidation of those who would otherwise employ them, they seek by this suit to restrain defendants from future acts of intimidation. The first article of the Constitution says: "That the general great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and unalterably established, we declare, that all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indef...