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Show A SOLOMON NEEDED. The judgo of the superior court at Spokane, Washington, no doubt devoutly devout-ly wishes that he wero a Solomon. Presently Pres-ently he will be called upon to render decision in a case involving an extremely extreme-ly fine point. In brief, the issue is: Does a force of workmen consisting of one person constitute a force sufficiently suffi-ciently large to require the presence of a foreman? A firm of electrical contractors at Spokane has brought an action against the local of the International Brotherhood Brother-hood of Electrical Workers, seeking an injunction. The plaintiffs allege that they have employod a member of the union to do some work at Deer Lodge, Montana, and, at the demand of the Montana union, the Spokane local proposes pro-poses to place a boss at $9 a day 'over the one man at work. If the foreman were installed, the company sets up, it would loso money on the contract. We do not envy the judge his office. |