The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-03

he said among otEer things:
1T is not necessary for us to Inquire here ihto
whatever may be the grievances of those COW
cerned in these proceedings. any attempt to
! remedy those grievances by violence. or in any
( other way than by due course of law. is unlaw
! fn and criminal. No matter how rapidly the
dissatisfaction of.ernplOyees with the course of
! employers may spread, or how much confusion
I and disorder may for the time be created by
/ suffering from real or supposed wrongs there
is. in land of law, but one end to such matters,
/ have broken the law will suffer the punishment
which the outraged law visits upon those who
/ obey not it's mandates, That is the end, and
! the only END In this country.
- II agree that u great strike is great pan
/ mits of no argument that an employer has All
absolute right To say Just how much he will pay
right to say just how much they will receive in
/ compensation for employment. This is a free
, government. The labOrer is free he mag work
or hOtht certain price. TIE employer Is free !;
/ he may have work done, not have Il DONE at
wi'6 force and ViPnn ns to
/ employment at prices fixed by themselves; any
I attempt by employers. with force and violence.
70 compel labor AT prices fixed by themselves,
is awlcSs, is war upon society, is war upon the
without question for the simple and all suiH-
cient reason that law and law wlessncse-cannot
exist together. The freedom of the citizen,
guaranteed by the Constitution and the law, is
struck at whenever any work man by threats
and violence is deferred frctn doug such work
, as he chooses to do at any price he chooses to
accept: but more than the individual freedom
of the workman is interferpd with when those
! engaged in a strike on railroad line ObStruct
by violence the passage OF trains. Trains moy-
I ing east ahd west, are carrying goods Tor fner-
chants WIN have no connection With the wrong
! inflicted upon the workmen. and who lose
money through the non-afrival OF IN ercha ndlse,
Bnslness complications and disaster, resulting
often in bankruptcy, will be the end of such
proceedings. The strikers, therefore. who by
, force or by threats prevent the passage OF
( trains, i!f'ict two wrongs upon society: they
mocst individual freedom and arrest he Tree
and regular Interchange of commodities.
/ docs any lawyer. any man deserving to be
ranked as mehlher of an honorable profession.
does any man OF intelligence not 81 lawyer. TOR
one moment doubt that such conscquen ces,
when produced by violence, makes the authors
ot them criminGlf Is there single man with
: a spark of patriotism. having at heart the peace
and good order OF the Commonwealth, who
would advise to such lawleSS proceedings, or In
any way participate In thcmi While every
lawyer 1nd every man of Intelligence would
say the dissatisfied and perhaps wronsed
wOTkmen. Y on have right to work for GER
tain wages. or not, rs YOU choose every law
yer worthy the name or n lawyer. every good
citizen will just candIdy say to tine work
men, Whenever you by threats or by violence
prevent another from working forxuch wages
as he may choose to work for; or whenever
you by threats or violence stop a train you
commit Il crime which will bC punished 10y the
law of the land. because the law prohibits und
Furnishes crime
The Judge then fead Judge Kings charge
TO Fhilarielphia grand jury on the same
subject, IN September 1914, but as il is en-
rirey TOO lung TO publish In full, content
oursef with the following in regard to the
law bearing upon rictous and disorterly as
semhlages:
Amy tumuituous disturbance of the public
peace by three persons or more having no
nvnwed or Ostensible, legal constitutional
object, assembled under such circumstances,
to produce danger to the public peace and tran =
guilty, ard which txcites terror. alarm, and
/ CONSERVATION in the neighbOrhOod' is an un-
lawful assembly. Every tumuituous disturb
ance of the public peace by three or more AS
scmbiing together of their own authority, with
an intent mutually to assist one anOt her against
any who shall oppose them in the execution OF
some private object. and afterwards cxccu-
ting the same in Il violent and turbulent manner
to- the terror of the people, whether the act
intended is lawful or unlawful, is Il riot.
Those who continue looking on while the
active rioters are resisting the public authOri-
I ties and daringly moving on To the consumm ma
tion OF their designs OF destruction who re-
fuse to join with the authorities. and witness
the defeat without striking one blow in favor
! OF outraged law. are just rs much rioters as
! those most active in the work of violence and
! i'll such circumstances 1t will avail Them moth
! ing that they appear only passive lockers on,
| instead OF active rioters and iHcendiarIes."
! One act of Assembly on the same question
/ was quoted by the Judge us follows:
( ''If any person shalt Toe concerned in any
riot, rout or unlawful assembly, or an nffray,
and shall hc thereof conN Ntcted, he shall be gull
/ ty of a misdcmcanor ard hp sentenced To pay a
. fine not exceeding 800 and undergo an tnpris-
/ onmcnt not exceeded two years. or both, or
. either, at the discretion OF the court; and In
{ any one is convicted of An aggravated riot
/ "a riot which has resulted in the destruction
/ of property either real (such AZ the burning of
butlduge) or personal tsuch hs the burning OF
, cars or goods the court may sent euce The Of
/ fender O an Imprisonment al separate and SOL
itary confinement at LABOR, not Exceeding three
years"
! Judge Dean then closed his charge in the
! following language:
! Now, gentlemen, it is your duty to inquire
/ and tu make, your oath has been stated tc
J you 10y the clerk, Il true pfesCniment OF ali
! such matters and Things ls are laid before you
/ Hs well as OF those which OF your own knowl-
| edge YOU know 10 he presCntabie here. You
| can pass bills framed on Information by the
| district attorney; you can make prpscntmontS Is
. j pi StICn things us are Witnin your hnOWletSe.
{ On these prOst uiments, should any he made,
I the court will direct bills to he framed, and
! tacn you can have the process OF the court 10
| send Tor witnesses and evidence. Tine power
! c0nfiaed to the grand jury under the cOnStitn-
/ ton and laws of this commonwealth Is a great
! one. and Is to ne used in emergencies for the
( preservation of the public peace and for tho
/ de; Cct ion and punishment OF offenders
We have felt it tu be OIr duty 10 state to you
/ what this court conceive to tie the law relating
{ to riotous aud unlawful assemblies, because
/ we have heard that those who ought to know
! better have undertaken to state that which is
! not the law, to rhisguide men, ana which may
! lead them TO their ruin if followed,
a STORY or THE WRECK.-On our second
[ page we give n graphic account of the das-
, tardly outrage committed at Cambria siding,