The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-01-29

terprise within this State, requir-
ing the employment of laborers,
from laboring for or from being
employed TO perform labor, or
any other legitimate duty, by any
such corporation. person, or per-
sons. on such conditions as may
be agreed upon by and between
such corporation, person or per-
sons, and such iaborer or labor
ers shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not more than three
years nor less than one year
Section 2. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
The provisions of this bill are
easily understood. 1t needs no
construction outside of the literal
meaning of the words used in it.
i Intimidate means II maze AFRAID
Are you, and the Democracy OF
this county, in favor Of honest
laborers teing made afraid to la.
Dor when they desire to labor
are anxious and willing TO labor
Please name the man-Demo-
crat. Republican or Prohibition
ist-who is in favor of a set OF
lazy, mean, dirty scoundrels max
ing honest men afraid Of doing
that which they desire to do, in
order to make an honest liveli-
hood for themselves and families
by honest toll! Does the bill
seek anything beyond Furnishing
the person or persons who shall
| undertake by threats to deter and
make afraid honest laborers from
doing that which is to their best
interests, and of community? II
so. point it out.
But you say the bill is leveled
at the miners of this county alone
This you must know not to be
true in any sense whatever. The
bill provides geaeral law
throughout the State. Itdoes moi
even seek to punish "strikers,
or interfere with labor organiza
tions, so long as they maintain
order and deceney, and let those
alone who wish to work.
You say the. provisions of the
bill are tyranous, but you fail tt
point, or even attempt to point
out wherein the tyranny consists
Just the reverse. The bill pro
vides punishment for those who
undertake to tyranize over 9th
ers, by threats and actual VIC
lence, to keep them from exer'
cising freedom of action, as guar
anteed 10 every citizen by the
Constitution. Ntate and Federal
Yet you say the Democracy ol
Hooking county is opposed to
these inalienable rights. / don't
believe, sir, you understand the
Democracy of Hooking or any
other county, or you would not
make such silly statements as
your paper of last week contains.
The author of the bill a"cords
the right 10 all men to organize
themselves for self protection in
all spheres OF life, but he denies
the right Of any and all men and
organizations to tyranize over
those who do not think and act
as they do or desire them to act.
What has been the result of
the strike in the Hooking Valley
during The past eight months 3
Almost all the crimes have been
committed known to the cata-
logue of crimes. Murder. shoot
ing with intent to kill, arson,
theft, assault and battery, and
many other crlmes-all commit
ted by men who belong 10 labor
organizations. Hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of property
has been destroyed by these same
men Why? because men who
own their property have sought
to control it. The whole Valley
has been kept in state of ex-
citement and terrorism as has rev.
er been known in any country.
| charge it, without fear of sue
cessful contradiction, that your
paper during all of this period of
lawlessness and terrorism, ,winked
at and countenanced all of hese
crimes committed in the Valley.
Let me say TO you-the De-
mocracy and the whole people
have not been obiivious to the
course of your paper. Go ask
the old sturdy Democratic farm
er or business man, of which he
has the higher opinion, my bill
or your paper.
Now, sir, l have taken up more
time and space than l intended,
and will conclude by predicting
that the principles of my bill will
not only become the law III the
State, but will and necessarily
must become the law in every
State of this Union.
S. WELDY.
REPLY.
Before reaching the tall timbs r
in the exercise before us, it is
necessary to clean away some