The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-19

mob violence. by communistic orders or
by efforts upon their part which ore
conceived in a spirit OF anarchy. and
which lead to and end In anarchy, then
the time has come when the laws OF the
land must be enforced to control that
spirit of anarchy. Such Is the duty Of
the court here to-day. The court Is
here to enforce law and order. It is
here to restrain mob violence and TO
prevent Interference with the move
ments OF the malls OF the United States.
and to protect the rights OF citizens OF
the United States under the Interstate
commerce net.
Every good citizen OF the state is in
terested in the suppression OF this vio-
lence and In the enforcement OF the
law. A precedent Of .this character,
which defles law and order, Will result
In disaster TO the community. II such q
thing Is countcnanced by the commu-
nifty at this time. It is only an induce
mert for other persons, who may con-
ceive that they have a just grievance.
to take the same course, and the time
Is not far distant when repetition OF
similar acts Of disorder will end In vio-
lence. And say to the good people OF
this city that such violence will result
business. to Its. enterprises. and will
drive capital from Its borders, which
Will seek investment elsewhere, and the
grass may grow In the streets OF your
now prosperous and thriving city,
Experience With Strikes.
Those are the quiet thoughts that
dictated in a very short time while
coming up here. and hal them
written out, and have submitted them
to you for your consideration.
II have talked to you. to-day, gen.
tleman, from no limited experience.
have passed the notch of three score
years and ten. I have dealt with
strikes before. and have never found
any good results from them. I have
dealt with them on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, on the Norfolk & West
ern railroad. with that most notable
strike Of the employees Of the Monon-
gah Coal Company and of the employees
of this same company, six years ago,
as the records OF the court will disclose.
I believe have had one or two smaller
affairs to deal with. but those have
mentioned were notable in their char.
acter. In every instance where have
been called UPON to interfere rs judge
Of the United States court for the pro-
lection Of the rights Of property. have
found those, who, in their, misguided
Judgment organized the strike. and
those who aided and abetted It., did
that which did them no good, and only
resulted in some injury to the owners of
the property against which the strike
was raised.
Take my advice. I feel kindly to-
oil fNf I,, t~ta
raised In the mother state as we'll as In
the state of my adoption-the state of
West Virglnla-all my sympathies are
with West Virginia. My feelings Of
sympathy are always with the oppress-
ed and downtrodden. have been poor
myself. ] am not rich now. Indeed,
! may consider myself poor man, af-
ter devoting nearly twenty eight years
OF my life to the public service, on a
salary that hns barely supported my
self and family. Notwithstanding all
this, my observations and experiences
have been that 1t is better to endure the
ills you have than to fly to those you
know not Of
The Marshals to Remain.
60 home 10 your families. Be peace
able; be quiet; observe the law; then
W. lo"i upOll Jul pIllOW dl
night you will feel the conscious convic-
ton that you have done well. have TO
dispose OF these cases l have here to-
day. l regret that am compelled 10
enforce the law against these parties.
God knows 1 wish 1t were otherwise.
This court does not like to punish any
body. although he has had u great deal
OF 1t 10 do in his life, but as an example
to YOU ALL he must do It
THE marshal and his deputies are
going to remain here until peace and or
der are restored. 1t Is useless to under
take to fight great government like
the United States. Those officers repre-
sent the emblem OF authority OF this
great sovereign government. This court
to-day Is only administering Its laws.
Now, think of that, and then say how
long you Will continue this course. Stop
before you get into the clutches Of the
law. and let order and peace once more
prevail in your community"
Concluding. Judge jackson sentenced
each man to serve thirty days in the
Ohio county Jail and-to pay a fine of $50.
At the conclusion OF Judge Jackson's
remarks. Pultz, Reiter. Hlxenbaugh
and Byrnes were tnken to the Ohio
county Jail and committed in due
form.
The father Of Pultz went to DEPUTY
Marshal Randolph and informed him
that his son was not sane. and that
he would hold the United States court
responsible for his safe-keepinG. The
marshal conducted Pultz to Judge
Jackson. and reported what he had
said. The judge interpreted what
Pultz had said to be threat, and
warned him against repetition. Mr..
Pultz said the marshal had misunder-
stood him, but the latter said he had
only repeated what Pultz said to him.
Judge Jackson told Pultz that there
was proper maner to go about the
matter II 1t could be shown that his
son was Of unsound mind. This ended
the incident.