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WISCONSIN E. R. BOARD v. MILWAUKEE G. L. CO.

258 Wis. 1 (1950)

WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, Plaintiff, vs. MILWAUKEE GAS LIGHT COMPANY and others, Defendants. [Two appeals.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 8, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff there was a brief by the Attorney General, Steward G. Honeck, deputy attorney general, and Malcolm L. Riley, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Riley.

For the defendant Milwaukee Gas Light Company and its officers there was a brief by Miller, Mack & Fairchild, and oral argument by J. G. Hardgrove, all of Milwaukee.

Max Raskin, attorney, and William F. Quick of counsel, both of Milwaukee, for the defendants United Gas, Coke & Chemical Workers of America, District 7, Local Union 18, C.I.O., and Arthur St. John, Chester Walczak, and Thomas Lansing.

MARTIN, J.

Prior to October 5, 1949, the membership of the union had authorized the negotiating committee to call a strike and on October 4, 1949, the negotiating committee, consisting of defendants, Arthur St. John, Thomas Lansing, and Alvin C. Fuhrman, ordered the strike to commence at 6 a.m., October 5, 1949.

At 11 a.m. the public was advised to curtail consumption of gas and an appeal to consumers of gas was made to shut off the service; the steam pressure...

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