Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
CITIZENS ALLIANCE.
Aims and Objects of the Order An
nOunced and Rewards offered.

and Vicinity, the secret organization
recently formed, has issued proclama-
tion announcing its aims and objects.
The following are the principal para
graphs of the proclamation, which is
signed by Edward Turnbach, of Halle
ton, who is styled leader of the society:
I'm order that the Citizens Alliance
of Hazeton and Vicinity might not be
preiudged and that its objects might
be understood by all, it is deemed ad
visable to present this statement to
the public. Its membership is com
posed OF citizens of Hazleton and vi
cinity, who believe in the maintenance
Of law and order and who have at hand
the welfare of our whole community.
1t is not partisan of any company,
| corporation, faction, creed, class, ma
tionality or clan. 1t is simply an asso-
citation of citizens against lawlessness,
riots, conspiracy, denial of constitution
al rights, against unnecessary and fire.
quent strikes and strife and above all,
unalterably and forever against those
un-American weapons, intimidation,
violent persuasion and the boycott.
Amy lawabiding citizen willing to up
hold these principles, and to assist to
promote the general welfare, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
to our fellow citizens, is eligible to men,
bership; and every man who has the
manhood to stand up and fearlessly
assert his rights is herewith invited to
join this Alliance, which will be per-
manent organization for all time to
come.
1.-The Alliance declares It's exalted re-
spect for honest labor and Is friendly
to labor unions, because it believes
when they are conducted in the spirit
of American liberty and personal free
dom, and wisely guided, they may be
Of great benefit to the wage Garner and
to capital. The Alliance recognizes
that there are generally black sheep on
both sides of labor controversies and it
pledges its members to use every en-
deavor to keep such in the straight path
of duty to American citizenship and
laws.
The Citizens Alliance of Hazleton
and Vicinity, representing the banded
strength of thousands of our public
spirited citizens, is determined and
hereby serves notice.:
"That assaults on law and order must
cease.
THAT property rights In Hazleton
and vicinity must be protected.
THAT the individual liberty of our
citizens to work for or hire whom they
please, at wages mutually agreeable,
must not be menaced by secret decree
of any union nor suspended by any
process of terrorism.
That hanging in ei1igy, the digging
of mock graves and every other form of
violence, threat and libel must cease.
THAT the free and unhampered use
OF highways, which are public property,
must be accorded to everybody not
wthstanding strike is in progress.
THAT the boycott Is unlawful, be-
cause 1t Is conspiracy, and the means
chosen are characterized by threats,
intimidation, force, moestation, i'm
proper interference and compusion
Therefore such conspiracy or boycotts
must cease because they are un-Ameri-
can, and coerce the victims, through
fear of resulting injuries or loss of busi-
ness to submit to dictation in the man
agement of their own affairs.
Therefore, to bring about the condl-
tons desired by all law abiding citizens
and to accomplish the ends set forth in
the foregoing address, the Citizens ALI
ance of Hazleton and Vicinity offers the
rewards hereto appended.
REWARDS OFFERED.
"For information that will lead to the
arrest and conviction In the court of
quarter sessions or the court of oyer
and termner of Luzernc, Carbon or
Schuylkill county, of any person or per-
sons guilty of the following otfenses, to
wit:
81. For murder; dynamiting with
the intention of injuring persons or de-
stroying property; and arson, $500.
'2. For conspiring to boycott any
person, firm or corporation in HazIeton
and vicinity, $3.50.
'3. For obstructlng the streets or
highways, or crminally interfering in |
any way with any one going to or from
work, $25.
"a. For assaulting any law abiding
citizen while at work, going to or re-
turning from his work, or while he may
be acting entirely within his rights at
home or abroad, or for assaulting any |
sympathizer with such a working man |
or woman, S25.
"5. For throwing stones or other
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