The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-02-16

ierstood have nothing but good words for
th police Of either New York or Brook yn.
A braver or better disciplined set of men
does not exist on the face Of the earth. The
bravery exhibited by hundreds Of them was +
fully equal TO that Of Horatius at the Tiber
or Napoleon at the bridge of Lodi. 1t vas
no uncommon thing 10 see policeman, sin
gle-handled and alone dash into a murder
Ous crowd of strikers and seize a prisoner
and against the most desperate odds bear
MIN off. H. most OF the encounters the
odds we're fully ten to one and frequently
twenty to one; paving stones, knives and
pistols were used, but In every instance the
police were victorious and the strikers were
compelled TO hy. Too Inuch praise cannot
be awarded TO the brave men who for sew
eral days have stood between us and an
archy. All the rebellious and destructive
elements came to the surface ready for fire
and murder. and these were fairly beaten
down and trampled under foot and now |
peace and security is restored to our city |
This is desperate alternative, but it is all |
that is eft us If we would have an thing |
remain that looks like order or law. The |
strikers appear to think that nobody has
any rights or wrongs except themselves. II
any poor fellow out of a job dares TO apply
for the situations which they have aban
doned they beat him TO death. That this
ate of affairs should be tolerated in free
country is incredib e, and the who e power
of the State and nation should be invoked
to protect the humblest laboring man in
Jhe right TO freely walk the streets without
the slightest di cad or hindrance from labor
picket guards and to defend his right to
dispose of his labor wherever he can find a
market for it,
The question is no longer one Of labor
aud capital; that is completely driven out
Of sight in the far more important matter
If the power OF labor over labor; whether
,ne class of aboring men shall have he
light to Ill and main any other class OF
iabOring men who do not agree with them.
and who do not desire to belong to thei
associations; whether they shall be allowed
TO picket our streets to prevent any man
rom earning his bread except by their per-
mission; in short, whether the people of
he United States are to be governed b the
Knights of Labor or similar associations.o or
whether we are TO live under government
Of the people and for the people and by The
people. There is not the slightest objec
| lion to the Knights of Labor who desire II
and are willing to submit 20 them, being
goyerned.by their own laws when the do
not come In conflict with the laws of the
the land. According to the last reports
their organization an only show mem-
bership of 250,000 men. In the United
States at the present time there are over
| ,ixty-tive millions of people, or ratio OF
one to 250. Now. he 250 utterly repudiale
the rule of that one; he shall have his JUS
| rIyhts as they haye-no more, no less; and
at any cost or any sacrifice the right of u
man to dispose of his own labor wherever
| he sees fit and for -.hateyer price he may
| choose to fix upon it without interference
| from any other man should be maintained
| If 1t took the last man in our police and
| militia and the last dollar in the State
and National treasury to do IT, The ruffian-
ism and brutality of the mobs last week
have awakened New York and Brooklyn to
i the fact that, magnifcently as the police
have done their allotted work, we have not
police enough. New York needs five hun
dred more and Brooklyn an equal number.
With this body OF well drilled, faithful eff
GERS, both cities can rely on absolute peace
and security. The cost will be considera-
BILE, but the safety of life and property will
be worth it all.
1t is little singular that in the midst Of
this social revolution business has gone on
right ahead and al, the theatres have been
doing rushing business. While the thea
tres have been doing well it is gratifying TO
record that Shakespeare has been the prin-
cipal feature of the week. Antony and
Cleopatra at Palmer's with Mrs. Potter and
X rle Brllew in the leading parts. and Mac
beth at the Fifth Avenue, with Mrs. Lang
try and Charles Coughan as Lady Macbeth
and Macbeth. 1t is not my purpose to crit
icise either of these performances; there Is
a square, honest endeayor to do the best
} they possibly know how. Ones ideas OF
Lldy Macbeth have been builded up on Ger
tain lines and we cannot help IL, The gen
Grafton that rem mbers Charlotte Cushman
r sII 4.
scarcely able TO accept the handsome Eng.
lish woman whose very beaut is almost
, fatal to the part. Grand in scenery, lavish
in properties, startling in effects, gorgeou:
in costume. it still fails to rise to the height
of artistic and intellect ual excellence which
} marked some of the performances given AZ
years ago Who can ever forget, who saw
It,, the wonderful performance given b,
MacreadY and Charlotte Cushman? james
allack. Jr., and his wife gave a magnfi
; cent rendering of these parts and man!
others that could name. Those who re
member them will not be satisfied BY tn,
performance of Charles Coughlan as Mac
beth. To those who have not seen Mae
beth before. the play will be a gratifying
surprise and a great relief from those artlfi
cial denominations, the SO called sOciet!
D PLAYS.
As rival to Lily Langtr Mr.. Cora Pot
ter holds high carnival at Palmrr's, Whicl
was formerly known AS Wal acks. Alds
4 poor Wallack not exactly Shakespeare
, but near it AS i remarked Mrs. Potte
holds her own at Palmer's, and ever Thin
], that careful, conscientious staging could d,
S has been done. Money has not been spare,
to make it a success. The reputali ion U
Nr. Palmer himself was at stake fully a
: much as that OF Mrs. Potter aud Kyle Bel
4 ew, so that the spectacular part was full
assured. and the acting, AS far as the ma
erial on hand will allow 1t is imposshi
% make a good act ess out of Mrs Pottp
y the timber is not there. There is the dill
ference between her and great actor, Iha
here is between tirst-clsss ocean sleame
and lhtle pleasure yacht. The Jne look
y pretty, sails well in smooth water, hut sh
!. is not built for heavy weather. The dii
terence between reciIing "Ostler Joe" in
n ladies' parlor aud acting Shakespeare Gle
II opatIa is considerable. NotwithsIandn
u these drawbacks am happy to record Ihs
:, the pla is a financial success.
The Eames divorce case. of which spok
q a few weeks ago, where the correspondent
was the lady's own young bro her, has fin
l ally brought all the parties 10 the accurse
conspiracy To grief and promises 10 Ian
every one of them in States Prison.
e fouler and more dSmnab!e piece of villain
II 10 blast The reputation Of an innocent gi
. and To ruin the repui al ion of a wort Il
young man for life has seldom been hear
Of in ouI criminal courts. The man wante
If TO get rid of his wife, and two servant
"a were suborned to swear that she was see
in compromising position with a Youn
gentleman who visited the family. tn
r application was made secretly, and on th
4 testimony Of these perjured witnesses th
m decree was granted, the man all the tim
living with his wife. and the first she kne'
u of it was while sitting al breakfast wit
Is him one Sunday morning she took up th
paper and read the decree that had bee
|, granted the day before. At first she ,iIe
to understand it, but her husband quiell
N looked across the table and assured he
" that IL was all correct When the attenLiO
m of the Judge was called 10 the fact that