Tunstall v. Stearns Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Suit in equity by the Stearns Coal Company against J. O. Tunstall and others. From an order granting a preliminary injunction, defendants appeal.
1Per curiam
The appellee, the Stearns Coal Company, a citizen of Michigan, was engaged in operating several different coal mines in Kentucky. These mines were conducted as “open mines,” and all térms of employment were fixed by direct contract between the company and its employés. In the season of 1908 the local officials of the trade union or labor organization known as the “United Mine Workers of Amercia,” presented to the Stearns Company a proposed wage scale for the ensuing year. , The company refused to treat with this organization, whereupon a strike was declared by the organization against the…
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