Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-11
A PROTEST ENTERED.
Poles Object to the Death Sentence of
the Braddock Rioters
CONVICTED OF KILLING M. QUINN.
Judge White Receives a Peculiar Letter
From Chicago.
AN INDIGNATION MEETING IN ST. LOUIS

Judge White yesterday received a letter
from Polish labor society of Chicago, pro-
testing against the death sentence In the
cases of the men convicted of the murder OF
Michael Quinn, which made him very in
dignant and he characterized the writers as
monsters" and ''assassins." The letter was
addressed 10 ''The Hon. Justice of the
Criminal Court, Pittsburg," and reads as
folowsI
"GENTLEMAN-0n a regular meeting held
March !, Chicago. corner Holt avenue and w.
Division street, by a Polish labor society, The
New Life, the decree of death rendered
recently by the Pittsburg Judges was consid-
cred.
The Pittsburg jurors pronounced the sentence
of death upon three Slavs, George Rusnok,
Michael Sabol and Andrew Todt for injuries
inflicted upon scab M. Quinn during the strike
in the Connellsville coke region. After a care
ful consideration of the case stated above the
following conclusion was arrived at:
THE present condition of the laboring man
is SO deplorabe, the way he is taken advantage
of so inhuman, that in order to avoid starva-
tion which threatens him and his family, he is
compelled to defend himself by organizing
strikes.
The Strike Call for Justice.
"The strike of the laborers in Braddock was
furnaces at Connellsville, unwilling to grant
their men what they rightly claimed, set TO
work scabs, by which measure the workingmen
were brought TO despair, and NJ. Quinn became
victim of the ensuing trouble.
THE jurors at Plttsburg would not recognize
that the strikers were compelled by the in
justice of those who employedthem to organ
ise a strike.
The jurors would not consider that the in
Suries of NJ. Quinn during such confusion
might have been inflicted by many other work
ingmen besides the three condemned men
The jurors ignored that NJ Quinn died of
his injuries some time after they were inflicted
on him, which, according to the criminal law of
this country, is considered murder in the Sec
ond degree and not as murder In the hrst de-
gree.
such decree leads one to believe that this is
simply means of vengeance OF the capitalist
on the laboring man because he wants bread
for himself and children.
A Protest Against the Decree.
ION the strength of the former statement
we, the members of the Polish labor society,
New Lite protest publicly against such de-
cree, holding it as utterly unjust. We protest
against the execution of the three condemned
men, calling it an act of appalling injustice
I'VE demand in the name OF the law and
Justice that the case of the three condemned
men be once more sub ject to the consideration
of competent and honest judges
Resolved. That copy of the above protest
will be sent out to all the labor associations of
the United States and Europe in order that
they will also express their opinion in the mat
ter.
Resolved, That copy of it will be sent 10
the Court of Justice at Pitsburg and to the
Secretary of Justice of the United States.
I'm the name of the Polish labor society
New Life FIR. SZoZERBowsKL
Secretary"
The document was also signed by John, A,
NJ. and Plus Waranko W. and Anton Zdzie-
blowski, Szymon MOdrzewski, Anton Malew-
ski, ]. B. b. GrabOwski, B. Sosnowski, FIR
Maciontek, Anton Brodl, 5. Markiewicz, Miss |
Michalina GuitOwt J. GuitowI ]. Raczorow-
Ski, J. Or fEfnewski and J. Szymonski
AT ST. Louis Sunday an alleged indignation |
meeting was held under the auspices of the |
Workingmen's Self-Culture Club and Group |
Autonomy to protest against the death SEN |
tence passed on the rioters. Several warm |
speeches were made.