Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14

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DO Won know who secured the evidence
AGAINST Won for selling Sunday papers,
Il think so, but, of course, L cannot tell
for sure until he appears as witness A
week ago last Sunday q bum looking sort OF
a human being came into my store in sus-
pieious manner and wanted to buy some
tobies. He was refused, but persisted and
would not 60 away until almost ordered.
From nv place he went to Jones store on
Station street and bought Sunday paper
He also wanted to buy cigars, but could
not He then came back to my store and
bought the same paper he had from Jones.
He wasn't very good detective, but then
thev have very few but chumps in the
society, so 1 think this fellow was
one of them. Last Sunday another
suspicious looking man bought a paper over
nv counter, and L have been told since he
was one of McClure's sharps. The question
is one of law, however, not of selling
papers. l carry papers myself on Sunday
and have the best people in the East End
for customers. l am not going to stop
either. will deliver papers as long as they
are issued, and all the carriers will do the
same. They are not going TO get scared,
and even if the society does let up on us.
we will keep the matter agitated until the
blue laws are repealed"
10 appear before the Alderman, is not more
than 13 wears old. Why he was picked out
ior target is no clearer than the other
peculiar actions of the society. He claims
he has not been selling papers on Sunday,
but admits having read the children's col
umn in THE DISPATCH last week after re-
turning from Sunday school. 1t is sup
posed a lynx-eyed Law and Order detective
locked through a window and caught him
rI;c offanca anI hatprmlDpd n
Il axe an example of him. 1t is also thought
possible, that a blundering constable got the
wrong George Smith. None of the people
connected with the society would offer an
explanation
Explanations Hard to Get.
As matter of fact, explanations from
Law and Order people are as hard TO
set as blood from turnip. 1t is an army
without discipline, and from a reporters
experience yesterday, evidently without
proper sense of consistency. THE generals
in command forgot to have rehearsal YES
terday, and as consequence their stories
didn't dovetail Mcclure said % warrants
had been issued. and that Robe had two
constables at work serving them. Robe
said only two had been issued and that he
had given both to one constable.
Mcclure saws there are 25, - he was told
"MeClure doesn't know he answered.
F'Those people don't seem to know what
they are doing. l haven't seen Mcclure
since week ago last Tuesday, and hare
heard from him only once and that was TO
issue warrants against Matthews and Smith
No other names were included and don't
know when they will be. l think this
whole business will fall through. The Law
and Order people are going TOO far, and The
result will be the repeal of the law of 1874.
They might as well trv to stop the earth as
the Sunday newspapers. The people won't
stand it. ="
Continuing, Mr.. Robe wanted correction
of the statement in morning paper that he
would probably fine The employees Of Sun
day papers brought before him. az wont
try the cases in advance he said, "and l
want it understood I did not make such a
statement I am blamed for this work, but
that is wrong. 1 am only doing my duty as
an Alderman in taking the cases and will
act without prejudice in trying them.
am not a member of the Law and Order
Society and as a citizen, l do not approve
of some of their work. -
Mcclure could not be found after the
Alderman had been seen to account for the
inconsistency in their statements. He had
previously said that all of the % cases. or
as many as possible, would be tried on
FRIDAY and that Attorney Yost would be
litSSuN ~ represent AtiG SNCitlN. lie NdHttu
il stated that he is Sabbatarian as well as
a detective, and was in hearty sympathy
with Law and Order work.
Labor People Aroused.
The feeling among labor people was evil
denced last night by George Dabney, dele
gate to District g. X. of L., who said that at
the District meeting on January 20 reso-
luton would be offered and probably passed
condemning the Law and Order Society's
recent move, and advising the repeal of the
law of 1894 'Laboring people are getting
tired of so much restriction, " he continued.
SUNDAY is the day they have most time for
reading, and it would be an outrage to de-
prive them of the newspapers"
II. J. Kimpton, Master Workman of
Printers Assembly 1885, X. of L., said his
organization would take action with regard
TO the Law and Order Leagues move at a
meeting week from next Sunday. printers
depend on the Sunday paper for great
deal of their work, he continued, land
whatever they can do to protect it will be
done. Type is set for Sunday papers every
day in the week and in this way employment
is given TO more men. Besides, it is FOR
the Monday paper that most work is done
on SUNDAY. If one is stopped, / suppose
the other would be also, so that we would
be thrown out of two days work each week.
Laboring people are in favor of the repeal
OF the law of 1894 and will demand that
that be done by the next Legislature.
a meeting of Typographical Union No
Z, will be held next Sunday at which ac-
tion will probably be taken against
the Law and Order Society.
Compromise With The League.
r. r. Burke Superintendent of the
Union News Company in Western Penn
sylvania, stated Yesterday that ne had re-
ceived no indication that his employes
selling Sunday newspapers would be mo-
Tested about three years ago" ne sai3,
Zone OF my men was prosecuted for selling
pack of cards on Sunday. l saw Captain
Nishart and Attorney Yost about it and
compromised with them bv agreeing to stop
selling everything except reading matter.
don't know whether that agreement will
hold good now or not. The Union News
Company will insist on selling Sunday
papers, and If necessary, 1 think they will
fight for that right in the courts
Arrangements are about perfected to have
the holy trlumvirate extend over the whole
community. This means that Sunday work
of all kinds will come within the scope Of
the crusade. The telephone, telegraph and
messenger service are said to be doomed to
attack, and viii suffer the same persecution
as Sunday street cars, railroad trains, liv-
cry rigs, and possibly Law and Order de-
teciives who collect evidence on the Lords
Day.
Fifty-Ton NickeI-SteeI Plate Rolled.
The 50-ton nickel-steel ingot recently |
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