The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-28

armed themselves to defy the law and
destroy private property. Whatever
sympathy may exist for woTkingmen in
hard times, and there is no lack of it,
lis allenated from them as soon as they
become public enemies by acts of law
lessness and trades.union tyranny,
Any employe can appeal to the law
against breach of contract, and can
appeal to public sentiment against in
justice ard oppression, with a fair
chance of success. But when he takes
the law into his own hands, and by
violence endeavors to redress his real or
imaginary wrongs, he forfets his claims
to sympathy and help, and becomes an
outlaw who is the enemy of every good
citizen and dangerous to society. The
whole idea of the striker is erroneous.
1t is a foreign notion fostered by our
democratic institutions, and licentious
freedom; but 10 individual nor com.
pany can yield to it without being for
ever in bondage. The Times speaks
truly when 1t says
The end Of these strikes ought not to be doubt.
| tul Whatever temporary success they may meet
| with. No company as powerful and as eXten.
| Slve as the Baltimore and Ohio Road could ex-
| pect TO DO business for one month If IL did not
resist lntlm dauOn Of this lawess character to
| the end. 70 succumb to 1t would lie TO invite
AL the ruder aud more ignorant portion of the
employees of the rOdd to tIy a like game when.
ever 1t suited them. demand for higher
wages would serve Just as well for an Occasi N
as resistance to pr0po'ed reduction The com.
| panY would slmplY surrender ITS complex aud
delicate affairs into the hands OF the least intel.
| ngent aud most reckless OF those whom IL en-
plOyed. 1t would be equivalent to voluntary
bankruptcy. Nor can the States OF West VIr.
| Rinia aud Maryland allow the public peace to be
broken and their laws to be set at defiance with
lmpunitY. The strikers ought to be shown Dt
once chat they are putting themselves against
an indefinite power, which will increase steadily v
with any success which they may gain for the
time being until complete and absolute suprem-
acY OF law Is assured such rUsul, II the an =
thOuiteS do tneT duty, is only question of
ume. And wnen the matter ls al over with.
the str1kers Will have the pOOr comfort OF know
ing that they have broken the laws, inter
rupted business, caused large expense TO the
ptplic treasury accomplished nothing for them
selves
Referring to the damages to railroad
and private property by the mob, the
Ledger of last Wednesday says:
1t is a fact that tho damages inflicted by mob
violence must in the end, be paid for by the
public ara gives two or three instances of such
payment, The most serious riots before the
present time were the draft riots in New YORK
in 1868 THESE riots cost the treasury Of New
York, in money paid Tor private prOner.y de-
stroVed the large amount OF s ,74S 1856 &c., That
similar payments must he made in t1e case of
the present riots is expressly provided for by
the laws of FennsGlyana. ON May 81, 1871, the
ttp1,
viii oe found III BTightly's PuTdOn's Digest,
page 1853, which provides that I'm al cases
where any dwelling house or other building or
property, real OF personal, hrs been or shall be
destroyed within The cOtntv OF Philadelphia,
in consequence of any mob or rot it shall Oe
lawful iOr the person or persons interested in
and owning such property to brig SUIT against
the saIO county where such property was stu.
ated beng tor the recovery OF such damages
as he or they sustained by the destruction
thereof and HE amount whIC1 shall be recover
ed in said action shall be pad ont of the county
treasury on warrant drawn bV the COmmis-
,ioners thereof, who are hereby required TO
dIaw the same az coon as aid damages are
fnaly fixed ana ascCrtaned" BY subsequent
law, passe March 20, 1919 ana Which VIII he
found on page 1851, the prov Rous of this law
are extended to Allegheny county BY deCs-
ions Of courts mace subsequently, to the pass.
age OF this law II Is pGOVued thaC buildings
burnt through fire communicated rom OF ler
buildings fired bv n mob are witnn the act,
and that corporations eau take advantage of it
as wei as individuals. The jury aIe nUV 20 give
exemplary damages, but tile full value of the
properly DESTROYED at the time of its uastlus-
non, with interest to the date of their verdict
There can be no DOUBT that the varioTs rall
wavS thal suffered losses by The destruction OF
their property by the PITTSBURGH mob can re.
cover full damages from Allegheny county.
he same could be done III Philadelphia Il q
mob destroyed railway proDerCy. III New Jer-
sey, the law urOn the subject is substantially
similar 60 that of Pennsylvania, and we quote
it, as follows; Wherever anv buildings or
other real or personal property shol be destroy
ed or injured IN consequence q. OF any moo or
riot, the city in which the same hal occur, or
il not IN city then the county in which such
property situated shall be liable TO any ac-
tlOn by or in behat OF the party whose proper.
ty was thus DESTROYED or Injured for the dam
ages sustained by reason thereof"
The Destruction at Pittsburgh.
PITTsBUGH July 22.-The sun dawned this
mOrnrg on one Of the most terrible scenes ever
witnessed except in the Carriage Of war lhe
nre RACED with unaDateC furY, and che flames
kept creeping steadily toward the the depot,
AT q O'clOcT the large m Ichi ne shOp- b. tire
track, Oe weeu Twentv-slxth and Twenty.
seventh streets caught fire, and Ourning cars
were switched on 60 the Allegheny Valie, rail-
road and sent down that track IN Liberty street,
setting bTe 10 II any Of the houses. S1penn.
tendent P,tcairns and other Offices of tie com.
SOLDIERS were driven INTO the outer round house
| by the IN al crossing At 7:3j The military made
| ell IN sohd co .umn and came out through the
| lumber yard, and went down TWeuty-diTh
| street 10 Liberty with Gathng guu IN trOnU.
They made Tor the Allegheny Arsenal. After
| they had disappeared some ten soldiers, suppOs-
| ed 10 be dese'teTs, were seen Poldg along the
| Liberty sti eet wal waving their caps
| II is kuOwN thut several OF the soldiers were
killed IN tine round house during the nlght and
many wounded Twelve are known O. have
| been xii Ell. and il ~ foai ed that many more
| stayed IN the building and were destrOy ed OY
the flames Eight huudred so diurs went in
| there last mgnt and the numueT VINO have es.
eaped the lire ana the moo lspOsluvelv stated
| at only 90. With a Calling gun before th IN
| che surviving Phleue. phlnns marCneu through
! Penn avenue drlN ing OIr mob before them au0
! hOhy pursued OY another not irs> tDrula t0le
| I he soldier, were snort of ammunition ana 50
! fred but httle, They We're reused adnis sion
! TO the Anenul, ana continued their retreat.
! WheN these regimeuts lett the u linn Depot
/ last nigAt ley had 10 ratlDns with them, and
| EeGueutly along Penn avenue theE Cled 70 the
| people siand,us N the 200 ana windows fOr
! bread ana water. Their sulf ring was luttn ,e
| lney were duVeG through LuWrencey lie, out
TO sharp 'sourg, six mllrs up tIe Allegheny and
ulslue the CITY nmlts,aS The rioters hau sworn
| WO1nOed durns tins retreat tue infurBted
| mOO allowing no one TO touch the f,tlug bodies
! save some CatnChc priests from a rectUrY IN thC
! nelBhb lrhOOd About slNtoen more citizens
| are also reported kluel tnIs morning.
At $3.50 the UnIUn Line Office at twenty sec
ont 81 Get was OurueG 10 the ground Mean
| time the flames from the two round hOu es
machine shops, ana cars became magmnuenl
/ and appalling. ne hulurtu aud twenty tiy,
| locomotives were burned, valued at three mil
Ions OF dollars and the loss on the out dIugs IN
oleases that loss Ia "a 0J0 90. Al the mOruin-
! IA" tr,i isht CIls between the UUlOu Deuol AIT
the ure we're beng broken Open by the plunder
ets, add hams, sewing machines, boots meats 5
tootcc9 ia every iorm. and e'elD aTtc.e OF met