The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-18

that a man has a. legal right to spend
his money wherever he pleases, ana ne
has a right to tell the merchant his rca-
sons for.
A., 1u,, p;rh+
e" 'ne "es'N
q. Has he not the leSai rlEhl W Wo'h
where he pleases? A. lie has a legal
right-yeS: ] think an American mas
legal right to spend his money Wherever
he chooses.
Q. Has he not a moral right to pursue
a lawful occupation in a laWtui manner
A. He has not a moral right, If his
work destroys the hopes and aspirations
of his fellow men.
Q. Suppose he thinks he is helping: a
He never does T-aughterl
q. Oh / beg your pardon, ne Is as
liable to do that as you are to think the
other way. But now, you say you may
join with other mon to notify store.
keeper that if he sells the neccssarles OF
life to a man who is performing MS law
full occupation in lawful manner, mat
you will cease dealing with him! A. !
have the right to tell him that VIII
cease dealing with him II ! want TO, uh-
der any circumstances.
a. Yes, yes, but have you risht 10 'e'i
him you cease dealing with MIN because
he is supplying the necessaries of life 10
any other citizen, your equal IN every re-
spcct, who is pursuing Il legal occupa-
tion in an lawful manner! "A. L say l
would regard it as IA great extreme TO
deny the storekeeper the right TO supply
nccessares of life to anyone. ana l
should not sustain any such action. ! 90
not believe in starving men, even II they
are scabs.
q. DO YOU think 1t Is an American sSs-
tenn which ought to be extended upon U.S.
the owners of these properties, that When-
ever majority OF our Workmen diltsT
from minority IN OPINION DIS 10 'le i.oul
y, ,ior;tv iart shall he a. ubertv 70 intinidate
the minority and the members of their
ia miles into abandoning their honest con-
victions on the subject? A. 1t depends
entirely on what you mean by intimida-
ton.
G. You know perfectly we'll what it is;
YOU know you would be intimidated and
your family would be intimdated if the
grocery man in your village was notified
that he would deal with you at his PERIL
if your children when they went out of
the gate were called by this epithet which
you think not commendable but admissi-
BILE: if the wife, when she appeared on the
street We're treated as if she were a leper
that is intimidation, and we all know
what it is. Now, why cannot your or
ganizaton come up like American men
and say that it is a cowardly practice.
that it is n-American, that it is brutal and
unmanly and that YOU will abolish it; why
cannot YOU do that? A. Wen. to begin
with, I should be very much opposed to
our organization taking a position that
would place the non-unionst, the man
who worked the man who sought to de-
stroy the hopes and aspirations of the
great bulk Of the men, the man who
sought to destroy the hopes of the chill
dren. on the same plane of responsibility
as the man who fights for those Ameri.
can principles.
Antl1uAoat1oh Va IeopAe'
G. Have you the right to practice the
coWardly and unmanly course or lntimi-
dating Inc into abandoning my convictions
as to the propriety of my working by
making the lives of my wife and children
uncomfortable? That Is the question. A. 1t
depends on what You mean by making
their lives unendurable.-
@. You know how they can be made un-
endurable: how easy they can be made
uncomfortable. Take your best Judgment
of what makes a good wifc's life unen-
durable and what wrings n fathers heart
to breaking by the treatment OF his chill
dren. You know what it Isl why don't
you stop it? a. have not advised our
people to do this thing that you say;
do not know that they do. @. OF course
yo,, ,ova Oot adyisal them-- 4 I do NOT