Local Union No. 656 v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

This is a suit filed by the two appellee railroad companies to enjoin picketing on the part of the appellant labor union and its members. The chancellor issued a temporary injunction and later made the order permanent. The appeal is from the latter decree only.

The facts are fully stated in Stewart v. State, ante, p. 496, and need only be outlined in this opinion. A labor dispute existed between the union and Dixie Cup Company. Dixie Cup was renting space in the warehouse of Federal Compress & Warehouse Company, in Fort Smith. Upon a strike being called, the union established picket lines on…