Scott v. Industrial Commission

Howard Scott was employed by defendant in error the Northwestern Barb Wire Company, hereafter called respondent. A strike was in progress at that plant. The union men belonging to the American Federation of Labor remained at work; the men belonging to a rival union struck. Scott belonged to the American Federation of Labor. Considerable violence occurred during this strike. Many persons were injured, including the sheriff. The employer agreed to protect the employees who remained at work, and undertook to provide a safe means of transportation in and out of the plant. Respondent’s plant was…