Boblitt v. C., C., C. St. L. ry.co.

This appeal on questions of law and fact brought to this court for trial de novo an action which is in form one for an injunction, but in fact is to settle a dispute that has existed since 1911 between two local lodges or divisions, as they are called, of the Order of Railway Conductors of America, a voluntary labor organization (herein referred to as the O.R.C., or the Order). A division of O.R.C. usually consists of the conductors working on an operating division of a railroad system, and their seniority district usually coincides with the operating division.

The plaintiffs are five members…