Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
Trouble at Boston.

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noon to listen to addresses by Morrison |
L. Swift, Herbert n. Casson AMI other |
"socialist-anarchists," as they call them
selves.
After hearing speeches, the crowd |
marched toihe state house, where Swift |
and Casson We're made delegation to |
visit Governor Greenhalge. They de-
manded, as they themselves put it, that
employment should be given to the
crowd which they led. The governor in
timated to Swift and Casson that he
would do all in his power to help the un-
employed, and that he had no doubt that
the Legislature would do something for |
the men. He consented to come out and |
address the crowd. He said to the people |
that, personally, he would do all he could |
and that he would recommend action by
the legislature. Still, he said, the legis-
iature had no power to give work to the
unemployed except it had money to pay
them, and except the works on which
they should be employed were necessary
for the general good. He insisted that
the first duty of every citizen was obedi-
ence to the laws. If the laws were not
| right it was the fault of the people of
| Massachusetts, not that of the governor
or the legislature. He said they were
simply there to express the will of the
people who sent them, AS they under
stood it.
After this Swift and Casson, followed
by a crowd of unemployed, went up to lay
their petition, which was coucned i'll the
terms of demand, before the senate and
house of representatives.
On their return from the chamber,
! Swift aScended to one of the little side
galleries and delivered Il speech that
sounded strangely out of place in the
historic old hall. 1--WE will clean out the
state house" he cried, 'if we don't get
what we want"
The rabble, for such it was, accepted the
| declaration with enthusiasm.
| Private Secretary Thomas was standing
near and at tine enunciatio on mentioned
repaired hastily to the governor and re
ported the state o affairs. Gov. Green
halge grabbed his hat and headed foc the
scene Of action. Meanwhile, however,
Swift had finished and had ascended the
stairs and stood outside the chamber door
awaiting Representative Mellen, whom
he desired to introduce the petition. The
governor met him.
Did you state that you would clean
out the state houses' asked the governor
Swift covered, II did, )" he half muttered
but | stated that we would do it with
the ballot"
ms was absolutely untrue.
You wish to qualify it in that way"
continued his excellency
Yes" replied the agitator.
"Well," said the governor, clinching
his hands, 81 do not like that language,
sir, and it won't be tolerated. warn you
that l hold you personally responsible" )"
Swift's bravado was all gone. He
quietly slipped out of sight and mingled
with the crowd that surged about Prev
ious to this episode Gov. Greenhalge had
summoned Representative Mellen to his
pr sence. "Mr. Mellen," he said 81 want
you to be on the side of law and order"
Meantime, Chief Wade of the district
police had te!ephoned to police headquar-
ters and fifty blue-coats marched up Bea
con street, and taking the side entrance
to the state house made a clean swath
through the mob straight to Doric hall,
where they halted, to await the orders of
| Chief Wade These orders were not slow
in coming. They were to clear the state
house and grounds of intruders, who at
that time had become kissing, bowling
mob. This was but the work of a mo-
ment, for the mere sight of the blue uni
forms and brass buttons was apparent y
enough to quell all anarchistic tendencies
Before the bluecoats the mob melted
away, out of the hall, down the broad
steps and on to Beacon street
There We're some shouts of ''Kill the
! police" but the shouters took good care
to keep in The background. The crowd
gradually made its way back to the COM
mon aud the state hou Sc ouce more re-
sumed its accust Jmei quiet.
Catholics and Public Schools
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2L-Archbishop Kahn
has Great ID stir among Catholics by n
letter to the clergy, wherein he expresses
! the desire that the Catholic children who
| attend the public schools shall be pre-
! pared for their first communion by their
parish priests. 1t has long been charged
that in some parishes the clergy have
used coercive measures to force Catholic
children cut Of the public schools into the
parish schools by refusing to ius, ruct the
public school children for the first COM
munion.
Bili Nye Oyerworked.
BUFFALO, Feb 2l-Bill Nye reached
the city at o'cicck last even.n,. Speak
ing OF his illness at Niagara Falls, Mr..
Nye said: at was MT heart disease but
Only an attack tHat came from overwork.
| am {. yiug t. do too much. My writing
is only a small part OF my w.,rk. 1t is the
! travelling about and strain of lecturi1g,
! combined VITA late nights, that is pull ng
me down. My seas II closes the middle
| Of Aptil, and lie ieve l shail give up
lecturing then or good. My health is of |
| too much Importance to take tie risk"
American Press Polar Expedition.
LONDON, Feb. 81 "A despatch to the
Daily News from Christiana says that an
American press expedition to the p1la~ re-
gions will start next May Three Nor
wegi tns will 60 with the party, and the
Norwegian ship Rogenstald Earl has
been chartered to convey the expedition.
Mrs. Lease Does Not Belong.
Fort SCOTT, Kan, Ftb. 21.--In reply to
a question rs to whether Mary Ellen
Lease was memb. of Hugh de Payne
/ commandery, Knights Templar, Of this
| city, Eminent Commander a. d.. Will
hams said; NO, sir; she il not, and /
cannot understand how the report was