The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-25
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
Resolutions Adopted by the Lithuanian
Alliance Of America.


The following resolutions, adopted at the
twelfth convention of the Lithuanian Ali
ance of America at Philadelphia last week,
are published by request
WHEREAS, On Sept. 10TH 1897, Sheriff
Martin of Luzerne county, and his posse did
numerically shoot and murder at Iattimer
the strikers Of foreign birth.
WHEREAS The evidence so far shows that
shooting was unnecessary and uucalled for.
WHEREAS With q little moro prudence,
consciousness and respect for q human life,
the marching strikers could have been easily
induced TO stop marching.
WHEREAS, The same Sheriff aHd his posse
in the interviews thought to justify their
unlawful and anarchistc conduct by calling
those Innocent people killed Foreigners
and trying to give to that word the meaning
of rioters.
WHEREAS, Not few American papers in
their un-American and narrow bigotry, try
ing to exOnerate the guilty parties have used
the same word foreigners as synonym of
riotand anarchy; and,
WHEREAS, We the representatives of the
Lithuanian Alliance of America repres. Mt
ing the hundreds of thousands Of citizens Of
the foreign birth. but who under their
solemn oath did declare their loyalty to the
sublime principles of the holy liberty as pro
claimed by the Declaration Of Independence
therefore, be IL
Resolved, That we, the delegates of the
twelfth annual con veution Of the Lithuanian
National Alliance, christian association, do
solemnly denOunce the action of Sheriil
Martin as unjust, unchristian, barbarOus and
disgraceful for the civilized nineteenth cen
tury and the principles of liberty and
equality.
Resolved That we consider this shooting
Of unarmed and law abiding citizens, though
of foreign descent, as murderOus, and we
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Sheriff Martin and his deputies as the ut
terances of the heather and the savage can
nibals who excuse their man-eating by the
sweet taste of the white mans flesh.
Resolved That we most emphatically pro
test against these vicious excuses MS imposing
on the American good faith and candid judg-
ment and that we call those iustilicators Of
the murder on the hghroad, ud.American,
inhuman, and we firmly believe them to be
more dangerous to the liberty of this, our
new Fatherland, than the uttemnces Of the
most desperate, the most vicious red headed
anarchists.
Resolved, That we appeal to the American
public to view the shooting of the poor
friendless foreigners (some Of chem citizens
OF this country in the true light OF Justice,
Of christian and civilized society, and that
we call on every fair minded citizen of this
country of the noble free to do his utmost to
defeat those efforts of the heathenizcd capi-
talists to oppress their fellow men.
Resolved That We brand every defender
of the shooting of the poor working men,
even Foreigners, as a traitor to his Decara-
tiOn of Independence, and Christianity, or
even humanity and we appeal to all the
friends of the oppressed classes to begin I'M
mediately the steps of mutual understanding
of the oppressed ones and Of enlisting them
selves in the list of wrestlers for the cause of
perfect liberty's equality against the evils of
the nobility by birth or money, not by merits.
Resolved, That we appropriate $1,000 to
the fund for the prosecution of Sheriff
Martin and for the support Of the orphans
and widows made by his stupid representa-
ton of the laws, and
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
be sent to the President, Governor Of the
state, Attorney General of Pennsylvania,
District Attorney and Judges Of Luzerne
county