The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-15

At a meeting of the Central Labor
union held last night, strong resolu-
tions were passed condemning Sheriff
Martin, of I.uzerne county for his ac-
tion at Lattimer last Friday. A COM
mittee consisting of one member of
each labor organization connected with
the union was appointed to make ar
rangements for a general mass meet
ing, to be held Thursday evening. This
meeting will take place at the intersec-
tion of Linden street bridge and Mifflin
avenue, if arrangements for the use Of
the street can be made with the city
authorities. A number of prominent
speakers will be invited to address the
meeting.
Tuesday night the Polish and Lith-
| uanian residents of the city held an
Indignation meeting in the basement of
st. Stanislaus church, on Locust street,
South Side, at which the action of
Sheriff Martin and his deputies was
condemned in no uncertain terms.
| Speeches were made by Rev. Francis
Hodur, pastor of the church; Frank
| Brown, John Lowitskie and DIR. John
| SZlupas. Before the meeting closed a
a collection was taken up for the Wild
ows and orphans of the men who were
killed Friday. 1t amounted to $21.75.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS.
AT a meeting of Scranton Typograph-
ical union Sunday afternoon the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted bear
| ing upon Fridays tragedy at Latti-
mer:
Whereas the pages of history have been
| darkened and civilization dsgraced by
| the awful calamity at Lattimer, Luzerne
| county, on Friday, Sept. TO- due to Sher-
| in Martins reckless use of the laws of
| the commonwealth and his bloodthirsty
desire for notoriety, whereby he has
placed himself on history's page as the
king colossal murderer of the Nineteenth
century, whose victims blood will surely
cry to heaven for vengeance, and the
| tears of their widows and orphans speak
out aloud for justice to this band of red
| handed assassins, and
whereas, we deplore this sad catas-
| trophe in a land of civilization, and which
has brought the blush of shame upon
| the fair name of our country, and cast
gloom and dismay into the homes of so
| many helpless families, whose guiding
| stars and bread-providers have been so
| ruthlessly swept away in cowardly and
| cold-blooded murder; therefore, be 1t
Resolved by Scranton Typographical
union. No. 1l2. in regular session as
| sembled, that, while we uphold and be-
lleve in maintaining law and order and
the guaranteeing of the rights of free
| dom and citizenship to all men, yet we
must stamp the seal of our condemna-
| tion on this shameful and wholesale
slaughter of human life, through the
hasty and thoughtless use OF our laws
| placed in the hands of a man whose i'm
peachment should follow with swift
| vengeance. And be il further
LEGISLATION ASKED.
Resolved, That we recommend to our
| representatives at Harrisburg the con.
sideration of some law that will guar.
| antee to the poor miner, who is now al
| most on a level with the serf the right
| to buy his groceries and provisions, etc
| where he pleases, other than at the
| sweatbox company stores of these greedy
corporations, whose starvation wages
and coercive tactics are wholly respon.
sible for this terrible disaster and all
| kindred troubles throughout the coal re.
| giOns, and be 1t
Resolved, That 1t is the sense of thi.
union that Sheriff James Martin and his
band of cowardly and cold -blooded mur.
derers be brought TO justice for theil
awful act, and that their bloody deco
| may be held aloft on the banner OF
crime to serve as a warning to Others
| who may have occasion TO invoke the
| law in such cases.
William II. Crolly,
John Kiernan,
p. G. Moran,
| Committee.
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