Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-09
READY FOR THE FIGHT.

The Organization Demanding the Repeal o.
the Blue Laws Meets and Perfects PIan'
of Operations Railroad Officials ant
Ministers Applaud the Scheme.
The organization recently formed to en-
force the Blue Laws of 1894, and in that way
make them sufficiently obnoxious to secure
their repeal, met on Tuesday at the Office ol
Alderman McNierney. Nearly every mem
Der Of the organization attended,
and the meeting was harmonious
and satisfactory. At the meet.
ing letter was read from an
official of the Pennsylvania lines east OF
Pittsburg saying that the new organization
had an important work before it and assur-
ing the organization that the Pennsylvania
Company would assist it in every way. The
railroad official vigorously condemned the
Blue Laws and their peculiar enforcement
and said that the determination to make the
law obnoxious by enforcing it was a conf
mendable idea. GOT course our road must
suffer with the rest when your organization
begins operations" the railroad man
wrote, ''but your efforts will unite the ad-
vanced necessities in this age in fighting
this old law, which is not only relic of
other ages, but is used more for profit than
for public good. I am confident your or
ganization is headed in the right direction,
whole people are clamoring for the repeal
Of that law which is now only an instru-
ment of revenue or hate"
The letter concludes with hearty congrat-
ulations TO the new association and pledges
to it financial assistance if such assistance
isregaired.
we nave all the money we need, Squire
McNlerne said yesterday. 'This letter
from the railroad official is only one - of
probably 500 letters of the same kind which
have received since our organization was
first formed. Here they are," the Alder
man said, placing his hand on a huge pile
OF letters neatly and carefully tied.
Many OF the most prominent men in the
two cities are represented in these letters
and to man all indorse the work we con-
template. Leading business men, street
railway officials and three prominent minis
and promising us any assistance they can
give.
"By the way," the Alderman went on, 81
wish you would correct q mistake that seems
to have occurred about our contem plated
work. We do not intend making any ar
rests at this time. We are not in this thing
for money, and we will not make move
against anybody or any concern until about
month before the Legislature meets.
When we start in we propose to keep going
until even the Law and Order people cry
enough, and we do not want to begin now
and keep on fining the street car and rail-
road men. All we have Oh hand now is the
work of perfecting our organization. That
work, we believe, is about complete, but we
will hold regular meetings probably once a
month, and when we do start to work we
will be in shape to go ahead to finish.
''We have already engaged attorneys to
assist us, and strange to say our attorneys
have already disagreed. We have employed
two of the best lawyers in the city. Both
were at our last meeting and they had quite
a lively legal battle over how we should
proceed. One of the lawyers contends that
to get the number Of the street car and the
numbers of the conductor and gripman
cap or badge is all that will be necessary to
make the arrest without throwing ourselves
liable for false arrest The other attorney
contended that the names of the conductor
and gripmen we're absolutely necessary be-
fore any arrests are made. We decided to
follow the advice of both, and our officers
will get not only, the number of the car and
badges but the name of the conductor and
gripman. This will put us to great trouble,
but it will keep us on the safe side all the
time "