Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-03
Mr.. YOST DROPS OUT.
He Withdraws as the Legal Adviser
of the L. & 0. Society.
ONE CASE GOES BY DEFAULT.
A Rival Organization to Rigidly Enforce
the Laws of 1894.
A FREE TALK ABOUT THE MOVEMENT

maze himself conspicuous and well-t0-d0 a.
the attorney for the Law and Order Society
of Pittsburg, has Withdrawn as counsel fol-
that somewhat famous organization and has,
it is alleged, decided to appear no longer as
the attorney for Agent Mcclure and his de-
tectives
Agent Mcclure yesterday denied that he
had heard anything of Yost's withdrawal,
and Mr. Yost himself refused to either con-
firm or deny the report that he had decided
to abandon his. former practice. He said
he was practicing law and his services could
be engaged by any one who had the money
to pay for them. The report that
Yost had withdrawn his legal serv.
ices from the L. & o. was circulated
yesterday on good authority and was sub
stantially confirmed during the afternoon,
when Mr.. Yost failed to appear in the case
of the Law and Order Society against the
Emil Winter Company, which was charged
with selling side of dressed beef to John
Cant, of Braddock, on Sunday, May 8, and
was not heard yesterday before AL
derman Robe, as had been sched-
uled. The hearing was not held, Alderman
Rohe said, because Mr.. Yost had not ap-
peared to prosecute the cases. The Winter
Company was ready for their hearing and
was present with their attorney, but on ac-
count of Mr.. Yost's absence the case was in
definitely postponed and will, the Alder
man said last night, probably never be
called up again.
Succeeded in Securing tho Beef.
The case against the Winter Company
was rather peculiar one. On Sunday,
May 8, John Cant, Of Braddock, called at
the Winter Company's place and asked for
side of dressed beef which he said he
wanted for his customers early on Monday
morning. The beef was supplied to Cant
after some protest by an employe of the
Winter Company. The beef was paid
for but the bill was dated the day following
which was Monday, May 9. The purchaser
afterward proved to be Law and Order
spy and the suit promptly followed the pur-
chase.
The retirement of Attorney Yost at this
time is considered significant and has Gre
ated considerable discussion in face of the
fact that it has just been made public
that an organization of 100 or more repu-
IdUle cltlZenS uau pceH Iotueu TO make tHe
old Blue Laws of 1894 odious, which it is
argued is the only sure way to secure the
repeal of those laws.
The promoters of the scheme to create q
popular uprising against the Blue Laws and
the Law and Order Society are said, on re-
liable authority, to be numerous and In
clude some of the most substantial citizens
in Pittsburg. Two detectives have been
at work for several weeks arranging details
for the contemplated crusade and already
more than 20 constables in the various city
wards have been included in the organiza-
tion and at the proper time all will act in
harmony with the plans prepared for their
action, which is to secure the Wholesale ar
rest of all the street car conductors, motor and
gripmen, livery stable keepers and drivers.
Plenty Of Information on Hand.
The names of all such men have been
secured and at fixed time it is the inten-
tion of the organization, through the ward
constables now in their employ and con-
fdence, to make wholesale arrests and to
plunge the cities of Pittsburg and Allie
gheny into the greatest possible inconven-
ience and confusion until such howl
goes up that some move will be
made looking to guarantee that the OBJ
noxious laws will be repealed.
be moved against for the present, but it is
said to be tie intention of the new organi-
zation to keep up the agitation and to at
tack every business that can in any way be
affected by the laws that have proven so in
convenient to the people generally, but so
profitable to the Law and Order Society.
The agents of the Law and Order Society
who act as spies on Sunday and in that way
violate the law they pretend to protect
well, it is said, also be arrested in the gen.
eral haul and all will be made to suffer the
penalty of the odious enactment
81 am heartily glad to know of such an
and to hear of such move"
w. j. Bremen said yesterday when asked
about the proposed effort to make the law
and order laws odious. 'The best way to
get shut of bad law is to enforce it, he
went on. 81 am not in favor of throwing
things wide open on Sunday, az they say,
but submit that the laws that attempt to
prevent me getting my paper on Sunday
morning should prevent ME getting morn
ing ride on the street car or in livery
team. Let this Lew organization go ahead,
and let them not only arrest the street
car men, but let them go farther and arrest
the employees of the great railroad systems
that operate in this city and in this State on
Sunday. Then they can have some hope of
success at the hands of the next Legisla-
ture.
A Bill Already Prepared.
'The law that affects and closes up the
soda water fountains will stop the street
and steam railways, and to stop these cor
porations will guarantee the repeal of the
law. In tact, have already written a bill
which friend of mine will present to the
Legislature providing for the repeal of the
Blue Laws, as they are called, and substi-
tuting a law that suits our advanced age
and civilization. This bill is radical only
in repeating the laws of 1894. 1t protects
The Sabbath sufficiently to satisfy any sensi-
bic churchman, and it is broad enough to
satisfy the age in which we live"
Another lawyer who was spoken to on the
subject said he had heard of Mr.. Yost's
withdrawal from the legal end of the Law
Mr. Yost's retirement at this time" he
said. 1.-THE whole scheme of Mr.. Yost and
mis- organization is clearly apparent to me.
The members of the next Legislature are
about to be elected, and am confirmed in
ny belief that Mr.. Yost has decided to re-
main quiet for the time being through fear
hat any prosecutions at this time might re-
main fresh in the minds of the new legisla-
;ors when they go to Harrisburg in January
,ext Then, I understand. the Law and
ORDERS treasury is low, which. of course, is
he best reason in the world for a lawyer de-
ierting the organization. I have heard it
limited that the State intended going after
he Law and Order people, and that might
,e assigned as sufficient cause for their
attorney abandoning their cause"
Mean to Enforce the Blue Laws
B. R. McNeirney, Alderman of the
Eighteenth ward, is member of the new
organization that proposes inaugurating a
.igid enforcement of the Law and Order
avs The Alderman regretted that the
,lans of the new organization had been
made public. 'It is time that such an or