British Columbia Musician
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Miller, Ernest C.
issued: 2024-03-26
issued: 1926-06-07
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note: Vain ouver, B. ft, June 7, 1926 Official Journal of the Union, Local 145, A. P. of M. Vol. IV., No. 2 f it- h Peaceful Pkketm. Unlawful? Empress Theatre Case "ARGUMENT" 1 Empress Theatre Case <<JUDGB1ENT,, In the Supreme Court of British Columbia JOHN A. SCHUBERG vs: LOCAL INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, ET AL. Reasons for Judgment of the Hon. Mr. Justice Gregory 'TWERE la practically no dispute about the facts ir. this case and shortly stated are that the plaintiff carries qn business under the name of "Empress Theatre." At the time of the acts complained of he was the sole owner of the business. He had no formal contract with the defendants or anybody purporting to act for them. Mr. Harrington's statement that plaintiff said the contract would be the same as that with his former firm, being disputed by the plaintiff is not satisfactorily proved. For a long period the Empress Theatre had employed seven stage hands. Plaintiff gave notice that he would, after a named date, employ only five. This was unsatisfactory to the stage hands and to the defendants and the stage hands were called out, or walked out. Plaintiff employed five outsiders and the defendants thereupon placed men at the entrance to the1 theatre who distributed handbills addressed to the Theatre-going Public of Greater Vancouver state Inter alia, ln large type, that "The Empress Theatre Is Unfair to Organised Labor." Defendant also caused motor cars and sandwich men, displaying signs and banners bearing the same statement, to parade before the entrance to the theatre, they watched and beset the plaintiffs place of business. I find, as a fact, that these acta were all done with the intention of injuring the plaintiff's business and in the hope that to save himself from such injury he would return 4 the employment of seven stage hands as desired by the Vancouver Theatrical Federationâthe body with whom the contract, if any, would have been made. Defendant's intention was to injure plain…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442382
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Musician's Union, Local 145, A. F. of M.
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