Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-15

them to a speedy trial, until the law is thor
oughlv tested, and TO expedite matters the
Sunday telephone, telegraph, livery, rail-
road and street railway services and all
other Sunday work that seems to be per-
Initted bv the Law and Order triumvlrate
will not be molested until after the prelim-
inary test is decided one way or the other.
Union News Company VIII Fight
r. r. Burke. the Western Pennsylvania
agent for the Union News Company, went
to New York last night to consult with the
general manager Of the company with re-
gard to the Law and Order Soclety's move.
81 have little doubt, he said, "that i
will be instructed TO continue the sale of
papers and fight the Society. The only
things we sell on Sunday are newspapers
and other literature and.we think the sale
of such things is almost necessity. Re-
ligious papers and books as well as other
matter are offered for sale, so there can be
no excuse for interference on that account.
''The only time we were ever interfered
with before for selling papers on Sunday
was a few wears ago at Huntingdon. A few
religious cranks there concluded to reform
the town and brought suits against all the
news stands The first time our man was
prosecuted he was fined S25 and / paid it. l
consulted with the general manager, and
he notified me to fight them. l sent word
to the Huntingdon people that if they mo-
Tested us again we would appeal the case TO
court. We were open the next Sunday as
usual, but there were no prosecutions made,
For a few weeks we had a monopoly of the
Sunday business, but finally the other deal
ers commenced opening on Sunday until all
had resumed.
~ think the law of 1894 should be
amended to suit the present century. L
have little doubt ii will be done Paners
all over the country viii be affected if this
crusade is successful We handle 400 or 500
Sunday New York and Cincinnati
papers, and more from Philadelphia.
We sell far more Sunday papers
from other cities than on any other day IN
the week and have no doubt all Of them
viii protest against interference from a So
cietv whose members remain under
blanket
Paper Carriers Vigorously Protest.
At a meeting of PaNer Carriers Union
ho2e, A. F. OF l., Yesterday afternoon the
following address to labor unions. working
lnen ana friends of labor was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved. That this Union enters n vigor-
Otls protest against the recent action of the
SO-caIled La and Order Society in prose
cutting or persrau5inE Sunday newspapers
,indpr cover oT an obsolete law known as
tie Blue Law, passed years ago whrn not
oae-jenth a. what is now the United States
vas known 70 white Deo-nle
any other people hut savage Indians.
Uuder these early and obspls-a laws the
present so-called Law and Order Society
sets with its y or 10 members. aided by a few
detectives who run around on Sunday and
purchase ANYTHING from anyone they can
1e-secute to sell to them, thus working them
svlvvs and annoying and inducing people to
sell 20 them who. probably il let alone,
would nos think OF selling on sunday under
lire shade of this saInc Blue Law.
ThrSs Law and Order people lave at last
nut inco execution their long promised
Threat of stopping the publishing. sale and
delivery Of Sunday n- w>papeI-s. On WedG"s-
day the constable o. Alderman H0nes Cflice
1iuttfi1 d number or paper carriers anG
2sevSDuys Of the fact that warrants haC been
sworn out against them for selling Sunday
Da"evS
Resolved further, That This Unlon appeal
10 Won and the public geLeraily to support
us in protesting against the enforcement Of
this Objectionable a:sd obsolete la~, for the
reason that its enforcement Inears. IL stop
ping he sale or delivery OF Sunday papers,
tie loss OF two days work each week 70 NOT
only the carriers and neTsbcys, but also
c0"p0sitors, writers, stereo:rpers clerks.
Or, Ssmen and a vast number OF others at
ind employment through the publication
o! ihe Sunday and Monday morning
paDcrs Any action on yoUr ra-t
viii he appreciated ny your fellow
wOri5men. namely The paper carriers of Al
leghcnV codntNs We ask Nou to act on this
at once ana thus t:y and preserve our free
dom as American citizens ard 40 secure the
amendment of the law OF I1SI to accord with
the needs and adrIncemenE cf tie present
century. Further than this, We think that
we as carriers and delivcrers of papers on
Sunday morning do not annoy anrone, for
q very large portion or our pa l)SrS are te!lN-
cred long before people rise in the morn
ings. GEORGE EDWARDS. President,
GEORGE DUNBAR. Vice President,
THOMAS MATTHEW'S secretary,
JOHN RITTER, Treasurer.
Would Force = entail Starvation.
Stephen Madden, Secretary of the Anal
uamated Association, is heartily in favor of
the Sunday paner and just rs much op-
posed to the Law and Order Society. II
think many of the sub-lodSes," " lie said,
will adopt resolutions condemning the
methods of the society and advising amend
ments 20 the law Of 1894. Sunday is the
OHlv dav wori.Ggmen have an opportunity |
to do much reading and to deprive them OF
sheir paper would lie forcing mental siarva-
zion. The SUNDAY papers give q resume of
the news of the week, and in this way lab
oring people can keep informed on what is
going OF. They will not submit to the
tyranny Of few, and you can count on a
vigorous protes: from the iron workers" "
Agent Mcclure Yesterday confessed that
The society he represents is discriminating
against the Sunday raper in their rrosecu-
lion. "We do not intend he said, f'to go
litef lle SITSSi TaiINaIS, lIe eISctTlc 1lSnts,
telegraph or telephone services"
.'Whv not2"
Can't tell''
Continuing, he admitted that there were
not p warrants ont, hat claimed there
wopld be six persons to be heard TODAY.
Alderu an Robe said there would be only
four and that if it were true, 2s the news
papers had stated, that Young Smith is only
13 years old, he would not be tried. Mr..
Rohe says he will not prosecute anyone
under Is wears of age.
Mr. Mcclure was asked how he would
proceed against persons against whom AL |
derman Robe might refuse t. entertain pros
ecution and replied that if he couldn't find
an alderman in the city TO do his work he
would bring it before some justice of the
peace in one Of the townships of Allegheny
county.
ANOTHER DIVIDEND DECLARED.