Motion Picture Machine Projectionists Protective Union v. Rialto Theatre Co.

Layton, Chief Justice,

delivering, the opinion of the court:

The court below thought it unnecessary to decide whether even peaceful picketing is lawful. It was of opinion that the evidence indicated that the four striking employees had found employments elsewhere which would have been permanent save for the unexpected closing of the Arcadia Theatre: For this, and the additional reason that, under all .the facts, the defendants had no reason to believe that they could accomplish anything by persuasive methods by continuing the picketing, it was concluded that, in law, the strike was at an end.…