Frank G. Smith

“ The right of a person to refuse to work is not questioned. One who does not wish to work and refuses to do so, has the right also to solicit others to join with him in this refusal. But this right of one not to work, and to solicit others to join him in his refusal, is no more sacred than is the right of another who does wish to work to do so. ”

“ Having the power to protect this right to work, it was the province of the General Assembly to determine how that power should be exercised, and to enact such legislation as was thought reasonably necessary to accomplish this lawful purpose, and it does not appear to me to be in excess of this power, or an abuse thereof, to enact that no one shall by force or violence or threats of violence prevent another from engaging in a lawful occupation. ”

“ Sometimes, in law, the overcoming or prevention of resistance by threats of violence is held to be constructive violence."
Proof of threats was admissible to explain the purpose of the strikers and was admissible also to show the concert of action which proved the existence, of a conspiracy among the strikers to prevent others not on a strike from working. ”