The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-06-26

used no violence TO any man. They used
no weapons to intimidate, they simply EN-
ployed that which raises man above the
brute-their reason with their fellow toll
eru, who, when they heard the story OF
the strike, left the ground and would not
fill their places. For this they are drag
ged before Judge, and condemned to lay |
in a prison for one year Of their lives, and |
afterwards be marked as criminals. To be
citizen q this great commonwealth a
greater than king.
The villain who seeks revenge in the
blood Of his fellowman, and kills him, is
punished with term not much more Sc
we're than this visited upon those peaceful
citizens, who did no man violence. What
does it teach What will result from the
practical examination Of this Administra
ton Of law 7 shudGer 10 think ~ II.
Men will not be thus enslsved They will
not quietly stand by and reason, when to
do 50 casts them into q dungeon. They
will act, and promptly, too. No other
consequence can follow this kind Of a sen
tenee.
Talk about ulllberties what are they
under these circumstance We have none
except to toll on any terms that are offered
us, and dare not meet together and resolve
to strike if we think them unfair. The
mine oNMer ~ Clear6eld county can shut
down his mines when he cannot get enough
! for his coal in the market, and If it suits
him he can pursuade any other from in
vesting his capital then, but the coal min
ers must not stop work when they think
they do not get pay sufficient tn srefOr,
else are they the victims Of con
spring law and thrust into prison away
from their families and their homes
d" Are all men equal before the law p Let
t this sentence answer the question.
The working men Of Pennsylvania, in
my mind, have duty TO perform. II
5 they intend to enjoy any Of the privileges
> which are said to be the inheritance Of the
: American citizen, they must rise up IN
their strength in every hamlet and town
d from one end Of the State to the other, and
u elect no man to the legislature unless he
:, pledges himself unequivocally to work foI
3 the repeal Of this outrageous law which
!, makes men felons, because they assume L
a talk with their fellow workmen ON the
: question of wages. the all important one
e to them. Capital is protected III every
n shape and form, SO it will be permitted
+ unrestrained to grow and accumulate, an,
no man dare interfere. Neither must thu
Law step in, but labor must be hamperec
and restricted, and man, its representative
prevented from meeting man TO discus
!, whether it shall toll at gwen price o
not Why were workingmen, ! wonder
given the the Distinguishing faculties 0
\ reason, etc. They have no use for then
f. IN Pennsylvania any longer, and We know
IF the same law is spread on the statutes Q
Illinois. This conviction, this sentence i
N Clearfield, will surely awaken the peopl
X to the true condition of affairs, and ! trus
- will be the means of causing them to ris
/. up, and have this obnoxious Law strike
I, from the books
,e AS to the charge that Mr.. Siney inst
is gated the men to do wrong, OF Mr. Park
o. either, it is useless 70 say one word
Il is 50 ridiculous it needs no word Of con
ment The only thing in 1t Is the spiri
that is exhibited by this man who sits upo
IL the bench. He has already rendered
,e verdict upon them before he has had an
n evidence presented. This remark that h
IL g believed the others had been led
! Messrs Siney and Parks, in my mind
D. would disqualify him from trying then
te and obviously shows the dmiHUS of tn
~ man. The imputatiOn is a libel, and
81 the trial takes place.
This remark, however, gives US goo
warning, and ought to be an sdmOnItio
to every man in Pennsylvania. We sha
now know what Justice We need expect
~ case We are brought into a court on al
pretense the minions Of capital may swei
Gil a warrant out upon. 1t tells us plain
there is no safety for the workingman NJ
less in the total repea! Of the law, an
no. every man who works for living shoul
set to work at once to accomplish this Of
!; ject. trust they will attend to it, and
re once Hoping to see the workingmen
its Pennsylvania and Illinois 20 into the wor
p in dead earnest and never relax till it
accomplished,
at | remain very truly yours
r. JOIN JAMES