Baush Machine Tool Co. v. Hill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on September 11, 1917, by a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing machines and machine tools and having a usual place of business in Springfield, against the officers and members of two voluntary unincorporated associations known as the International Association of Machinists, Locals 214 and 682, to enjoin the defendants from unlawfully interfering with the plaintiff’s business by aiding or abetting a strike in force…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on September 11, 1917, by a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing machines and machine tools and having a usual place of business in Springfield, against the officers and members of two voluntary unincorporated associations known as the International Association of Machinists, Locals 214 and 682, to enjoin the defendants from unlawfully interfering with the plaintiff’s business by aiding or abetting a strike in force against the plaintiff. The case was. referred to a master, who filed a report, the material parts of which are…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is a bill in equity brought against the members (something over two hundred and fifty in number) of two labor unions to enjoin them "from interfering with the business of the plaintiff ... by maintaining, carrying on, aiding or abetting in any manner the strike now in force against the plaintiff.” The case was sent to a master. The master found that the members of the two unions had struck to get an increase of pay, to unionize the plaintiff’s shop and to limit the number of apprentices.. The plaintiff and The defendants are at issue on the legality of a strike to limit the number of…
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