Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

people against whom they have made infor-
nation until final decision is reached.
This business will result in either the re-
peal or amendment of the law of 1894, and
no one will he more pleased than to see
thar result. The Law and Order people
don't own me and they will find it out The
newspaper men will be given fair play to-
morrow, and will not accept any dictation
with regard to the disposition of the cases.
Mr. Matthews, the East End agent, who
was the first to be prosecuted, is as deter
mined as ever to fight the battle through.
Il am receiving all the encouragement pos
sible" he said YESTERDAY. "This morning
prominent architect who gets papers from
NE offered to give me financial support in
carrying on the case. He is only one of
many who have spoken to me on the SUBJ
ject. The feeling is almost unanimous
against the Law and Order Society among
the wealthy people in the East End, and, of
course, laboring people are opposed to it.
Carriers Organize to Secure Repeal.
"I am in favor of workingmen organizing
to have members of the Legislature elected
who Will pledge themselves to work for the
amendment of .the law of 1894 A move
will be made to have the Philadelphia car
riers organize to support us. Cities and
towns in the interior part Of the State will
probably follow suit, so that when members
of the Legislature are to be elected We will
be in good fighting trim
Cal Wyatt, 4 prominent member of the
Central Trades Assembly, who is well
known IL labor circles, is deeply interested
in the Sunday newspaper question and
thinks the law of 1894 should be repealed.
"The Brooks law he continued, provides
that liquor shall not be sold on Sunday and
believe people should be allowed to use
their discretion with regard to other things.
am not in favor of men working seven
DAYS in the week and l do not think they
would he compelled to. Printers are not
allowed by the typographical Union to
work more than six DAYS and still there
is big sub list that cannot get
steady work. If the Sunday papers
were stopped that would take off
still more. Sunday papers are about three
times as large as on other days, and there
fore If they were stopped one-third of the
printers would be out of work. The Mon
day morning papers might also be CON-
PEELED to suspend, and that would take off
still more. The same is true in other
branches of labor. There are too many
laboring men now for the amount of work,
and if the blue laws are strictly enforced
the effect on labor would be to create an
overflow, and as result wages would go
down.
"The Sunday paper is valuable to labor
ing mer. because it comes when they have
time to read il, and from the fact that il not
only contains resume of all the news of the
week, but is a mine of information besides.
Literature of all kinds-scientific, religious
and the best works of fiction can be secured
once week for cents, and no one can
deny that it is of the best quality. The
only other place such reading matter can be
found is in the magazines, and they cost too
1,1,. L.
Why Sunday Papers Are Needed.
'There is no more sensational matter in
Sunday paper than on any other day in the
week. The truly sensational ranerS are the
ones with a Sunday date that are issued the
Friday before and are sold on Saturday.
III do not pretend TO give the news. There.
areNnot many of them sold in Pitts
burg because they are crowded out by high
class papers, but if the Sunday morning
papers we're forced to suspend, the boiler
plate, eight-page sensational sheet would be
shipped in from other towns on Saturday
and would be purchased by many for read
ing matter on the following day.
Thomas McNamee, Secretary of the Cen
tral Trades Assembly, thought it probable
that organization would take action against
the Law and Order Society's prosecution of
Sunday newspaper employees. 'The matter
will be brought up, he said, "bv the paper
carriers who are members of the Trades As
sembly. Labor people want their Sunday
newspaper and they will undoubtedly take
action to protest against few cranks who
have set themselves up to fustrate the
wishes of the majority. The Trades Assem-
bly, represents more laboring men than any
other organization in the city and 1 think
they will pass resolutions similar to those
passed by the paper carriers"
Make the Law Obnoxious
A prominent business man spoken to YES
terday wrote out the following interview:
at was General Grant who said that the
way 20 make bad law obnoxious was by
enforcing it, and that is precisely the case
with the blue laws of 1894 There can be
no better way to arouse public sentiment
against these laws than by forcing them to \
the yerY extremity in the letter and spirit
It Is a shame and an outrage that such laws
should stand on the statute books of this
great Commonwealth in this enlightened
and progressive age. 1t is also pity that
our Legislature meets only biennialiv 1t
seems too long to wait another wear, and it
becomes duty and necessity on the part
of every voter that whoever he votes for
shall be pledged 10 the repeal Of the odious
features Of these laws 1t belongs to the
press throughout the State 10 create a
healthy public sentiment with that end in
view. Common sense and a decent regard
Tor The rights of the people demand it.
There should be proper regard for Sunday
observance, and strict laws should be en-
acted, but such nonsensical laws as the stop
page Of Sunday papers, the sale of soda
water and cigars and other harmless features
should be obliterated. Ii is time that such
laws take back seat and be wiped from
the statute books"
Il would rather have nv Sunday paper
than my breakfast" said Chief Clerk Will |
lam Crosby, of the Anderson, yesterday. 81
hope the Law and Order people will succeed
IN stopping the street cars, newspapers and |
the running Of trains on Sunday l think
then the people will bestir themselves and |
repeal the laws which have made us the |
laughing stock OF the country 1 know it |
TO be true that the presence of the Law and
Order Society in Pittsburg has kept capital
away from the city. Moneyed men a-e
afraid to risk their investments here owing
10 the narrowness and old fogyism of a very
few people.
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tomorrow.