If the means are not unlawful, they have a right to endeavor to persuade those who have been accustomed to deal with an em ployer to withdraw their trade; Sinsheimer v. Garment Workscrs, 77 Hun 215, 28 N. Y. Supp. 321 ; they may agree not to teach their trade to others ; Snow v. Wheeler, 113 Mass. 179 ; and where the combination is peaceable and without intimidation, employes may peacefully assemble to argue and persuade concerning a reduction of wages with the ex pectation of a strike, and the employes will not be charged with any loss resulting from their quitting work ; Arthur v. Oakes, 63 Fed. 310, 11 C. C. A. 209, 24 U. S. App. 240, 25 L. R. A. 414; and they may lawfully pay the expenses of those who leave their em ployment and may post in their places of as sembly the names of those who have con tributed to the fund for the support of the workmen who have left; Rogers v. Evarts, 17 N. Y. Supp. 264; or induce others to strike; [1903] 2 K. B. 573.
But other cases have held differently: A labor union may not prevent an employer from employing certain workmen ; State v. Stewart, 59 Vt. 273, 9 Atl. 559, 59 Am. Rep. 710 ; from obtaining workmen ; Blindell v. Hagan, 54 Fed. 40 ; or prevent workmen from obtaining work ; 5 Cox, C. C. 162 ; People v. Walsh, 110 N. Y. 633, 17 N. E. 871; or threaten a boycott ; Barr v. Trades Council, 53 N. J. Eq. 101,' 30 AU. 881; State v. Glid den, 55 Conn. 46, 8 Atl. 890, 3 Am. St. Rep. 23 ; Casey v. Typographical Union, 45 Fed. 135, 12 L. R. A. 193 ; or carry out a boycott ; Thomas v. Ry. Co., 62 Fed. 803 ; Sherry v.
Perkins, 147 Mass. 212, 17 N. B. 307, 9 Am. St. Rep. 689 ; or strike with the intention of forcing others to join the union ; People v. Smith, 10 N. Y. St. Rep. 730 ; or picket the premises of an employer during a strike with the usual accompaniments of insulting and threatening words and gestures to those who work for him ; 10 Cox, C. C. 592 ; 84 L. T. N. s. 58 ; Murdock v. Walker, 152 Pa. 595, 25 Atl. 492, 34 Am. St. Rep. 678 ; [18961 1 Ch. 811. They may not coerce others pursuing the same calling as themselves to join their society or to adopt their views or rules ; Quinn v. Leathem [1901] A. C. 495 ; [1902] K. B. 737 ; [1903] 2 K. B. 620 ; they may not intimidate an employer • by threats, if the threats are sufficient to induce him to dis charge an employe whom he desired to re tain and would have retained but for such unlawful threats; id.; Perkins v. Pendleton, 90 Me. 166, 38 Atl. 96, 60 Am. St. Rep. 252 ; Lucke v. Clothing Cutters' & Trimmers' As sembly, 77 Md. 396, 26 Atl. 505, 19 L. R. A. 408, 39 Am. St. Rep. 421.
A labor union conducting a strike to force a particular plant to unionize may be en joined from paying those having or seeking employment to leave or not to enter its serv ice ; TuUstall v. Coal Co., 192 Fed. 808, 113 C. C. A. 132 ; from combining to compel an employer to permit representatives of a un ion to adjust differences between employer and men ; Reynolds v. Davis, 198 Mass. 294,