People v. Malkin

In April, 1926, at a time when the “ Joint Board Furriers’ Union ” was conducting a strike in the fur industry of New York city, a band of ten or twelve men raided a fur shop belonging to two brothers named Barnett in the village of Rockville Centre, assaulted the proprietors and destroyed property. Until that time, the fur shop had not been involved in the strike in any way. No pickets had visited, or paraded in front of the shop. The only employees of the Barnetts were two girls. One escaped from, the shop and called for the police. The raiders ran off. The Barnetts and their employees had…