International Association of MacHinists Afl-Cio, and Its Northwest District Lodge No. 143 v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Defendants have appealed from an order entered by the District Court on January 27, 1961, granting plaintiff a preliminary injunction to prevent defendants from engaging in or inducing a strike or other concerted refusal on the part of plant maintenance mechanics and janitors to perform services at plaintiff’s main base at Wold-Chamberlain Field in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

This appeal was originally submitted on February 28, 1961. Decision was deferred in the belief that the controversy between the parties might be settled through negotiation, adjustment or…