his purpose. The meeting was held at the bus loading area for a time when Williams was expected to be present. Again, if Reinhardt's purpose was to discourage a confrontation the meeting would have been called for a different time and place. When Williams did not appear at the meeting site Reinhardt led his men to Williams. When Reinhardt and the other 798 members reached Williams, there is no dispute that there were no conciliatory statements made. Instead, $100.00 was demanded from Williams as payment for the torn shirt under threat of a mob attack.
One who acts in concert with others to plan or assist in the commission of a tort is liable as a tortfeasor. As Prosser states:
The original meaning of a "joint tort" was that offor Local 798 at Tonsina camp was to represent the union's members there in processing and mediating their grievances and complaints. Reinhardt was selected as steward at Tonsina by the union president, and business agent, William Lancaster. Lancaster selected Reinhardt in part because of his ability to control the membership.[11]*350 The testimony was uncontroverted that Reinhardt did exercise firm general control over the activities of the 798 members at the Tonsina camp.
Reinhardt's representational activities went beyond merely representing his men in grievances arising during working hours. Alyeska's camp operating supervisor, Barram, testified that he had dealt with Reinhardt numerous times concerning "grievances that his people might have within the camp... . The differences ranged from things like bad food to maybe catering or housing problems etcetera. And because