Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-18 | Page 12 | Local News

The case of William Potter of Schcn ectady N Y is n peculiar one He was ousted from the painters union there because he refused to abandon Ills membership mem-bership in the National Guard Thereupon There-upon he sued for restoration of membership member-ship and the courts have declared that the action ousting him from the union was Illegal and ordered his restoration restora-tion The local union resists this and the status of n strike Is said to prevail In the shop where Potter is employed I Is hard to see why he should have been ousted from the union In the first place for the cause stated to declare that union men must not be members of the local guard companies would be a sign of bad citizenship on the part of those so declaring while to refuse to obey the order oC tho court Is pretty sure to cause trouble The painters union oC Schenectady appears to have put Itself Into indefensible attitudes on both points