Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-04-12
A PROCLAMATION.

wealth
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The recent suspension Of
work by the miners in the anthracite
coal regions Of this State, and the subse-
quent imposition by the coal transport
alton companies of prohibitory rates,
have entailed great and manifold evils
upon miners. operators, consumers, man
ufacturers and others;
And Whereas, All efforts of the Ex-
ecutive and the friends of law and social
order have failed to harmonize conaic-
ting interests and bring about an amica-
BILE adjustment of existing difficulties
And BAreas, The recent investiga-
tion before committee of the Senate
has failed to provide any remedy for ex
isting evils, or to accomplish anything
towards the desired adjustment. or to
give promise of relief to suffering peo-
pie.
And Whereas, AS usual in such cases,
this unnatural. aggravated and unlawful
conflict between labor ard capital has re-
suited, as l am advised. in breaches of
the peace and the destruction of life and
property at the city of Scranton and
other places in the mining regions of that
vicinity, and assuming the shape of riot
and violence on the part of the miners
and others, further threatens the lives and
property of law abiding citizens and the
temporary subversion of the laws, and
and calls for prompt and efficient RENE
dies;
Now, therefore, l, JOHN w. GEARY.
Governor of the said Commonwealth. by
virtue of the power and authority vested
in me by the Constitution and laws, do
hereby proclaim and declare:
First. That it is unlawful for any per.
son. or association Of persons. by violence
Lhreals, UT otner cOerclVe means, 10 pre-
vent any laborers or minera from work
ing when they please. for whom they
please. and at such wages as they please;
and alike unlawful, by such violence or
threats. to deter or prevent the owners
or operators of mines from employ ing
whomsoever they may choose to employ,
and at such wages as may be agreed up
on between the employer and persons
employed.
Second. That it is unlawful for any
railroad or other transportation company,
in subversion of the objects of its crea-
ton. to impose rates of freight or trans
portation intended to be and which are
substantially prohibitory, or to combine
with others to effect the same. ends, and
thus create, prolong. or aggravate exist
ing evils.
Third. That it is unlawful, at all times
and under all circumstances, for persons !
to assemble in riotous or tumultuous
manner, .and under grievances, either
actual or pretended, to commit breaches
If the peace. destroy property, or en-
langer or take the lives of others, and
hus subvert and nulify the laws, and
'nhjecs the good name of the State to
humiliation and reproach.
Fourth. That reliable information hav-
ng been received that these riotous as
emblages are too large and powerful to
'e dispersed or suppressed by the local
of Scranton, which have call
d on me for aid, have invoked the
military of the State to suppress the
lots and mobs at Scranton. and wherever
lse in the Commonwealth such unlawful
lssemblages may be formed and under
he conviction that the time has come
or complete settlement, for the pres
mt and future. of the unlawful complica
ions and difficulties under which the
PEOPLE now suffer. have also invoked
he civil power of the State against the
and other transportation COM
,anies, for the misuse and abuse of their
rights and privileges, and will
nforce all the remedies authorized by
he laws OF the land and l call upon
II military organizations to hold them
elves in readiness to support the civil
uthorities whenever thereunto required,
nd upon all civil magistrates. officers
nd citizens. in their general spheres of
ction or influence to sustain and enforce
he laws against all offenders in anywise
esponsible for the evils and wrongs un
er which we now suffer.
iiven under my hand and the great
seal of the State. at Harrisburg, this
Seventh day of April, in the year of
our Lord one Thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, and of the Comm on
wealth the ninety fifth.
JNO. W. GEARY.
Attest IF. JORDAN,
Secretary Of Commonwealth.