The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-21
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attempts at destroying property are
minor. Dynamite Is the weapon of a
sneak and a coward. lie cannot plead
the excuse of the man who loses his in
dividuality in the crowd. Foully and by
night does this degenerate go to work.
and he knows not who may be the victim
OF his nefario,is deed. A doctor In one
of our towns. who was oh his errand OF
mercy about midnight. heard twelve
yards ahead OF him the dcafening roar of
an explosion, and saw the porch of a
house blown to pieces and the windows
broken on all sides A saloon keeper who
sold liquor to Deputies was suddenly
startled from his repose by an explosion
hf dynamite which made the spirits
shake. In another town three houses of
union men were dynamited. For
| tunately none of the residences of these
| dwellings, were injured.
Time will not permit mentioning the
tampering with railroad tracks. the at
| tempt to destroy bridges. and the burning
| OF washeries. These deeds of lawIossness
have been perpetrated, and the sense of
insecurity engendered by them brings
| about a mental tension which tests the
steadiest nerves. while IL works havoc on
| those of weak and tmid women. Every
| foreman Is armed, and he keeps his weap-
ons near him every hour, night and day.
and must be ready to meet possible
| emergencies. The windows of his home
| are smashed effisies are hanging in
| front of his door, his Children are insulted
on the street. their playmates shun them,
and in tile public schools they are VIC
| Tins of malignant epithets. The wife is
| ostraczed. and the butcher. milkman,
| and baker are warned not to sell their
commodities to these families.
! The Reading company advanced the
wages of employees who have in this con-
fct stood loyal to their trust ten pc,
| cent Well may they. These men and
| their families have stood the brunt of the
battle, while the absentee capitalist re-
ceives reports at a safe distance. The
fact that these foremen are living with
their families Pm the midst Of the tempest
makes their sacrifice far greater than that
of the imported men who are away from
home and are well kept in the collieries.
Some of these Husbands and fathers are
for weeks away from their families. and
if the wife or little BARNS go to see him
they must do so surreptitiously
The consequence of this division of So
ciety into two hostile camps is serious
and appalling. Both sides to the con.
fiict are intolerant and abusive. An i'm
partial and rational discussion of the sit
uation is not possible. A calm and ju-
dicious estimate of the merits of either
side is abused as factional and biased.
The heat of nassion beclouds the judg-
ments of both parties and the ordinary
demands of courtesy and charity are for
gotten. Beddall was buried under mill
tary escort; Winston was boycotted even
in death-the lodge to which he belonged
and the men who worked at his side ana
were raised with him as boys dared not
attend his funeral. School teachers with
relatives among the ranks of the nom
union men are cut off from their means
of subsistence remorselesSy: bencticent
societies are disturbed. and social bonds
are snapped aslnder. Such is the con-
nfrtN Nf ,;,,t
We have seen ragmen pelted on the street |
by inconsiderate boys. so that they had
to flee for safety from their Prosecutors
Into the tender minds of children the |
poison of intolerance and violence is in |
stilled. When lispng childhood grows |
white with passion and clenches its tiny |
white hand in rage saying Me kill scab," |
it BODIES i'll for the peace of society
Work of Desperadoes.
DR.. Roberts explained here that he
discovered later that these deeds were
the work of deSperadoes not connected |
with the union. There was much of |
lawlessness he said, but it cannot be |
put on the union. The conditions which |
the strike brought about We're respon-
sible for much of the trouble. When |
a man is hungry the doctor said, he |
becomes desperate.
Next was introduced the article from
the Outlook of Nov. s. 1902, from which
the following is culled
But not only does industrial conflict
drive men and young women from home,
1t also disturbs social peace at home and
sets brother against brother and family
against family. Two men who left their
mother country together, shared the
same bed, and divided equally their earn
ings. are today enemies-they will not
exchange the time of day. One of them
went to work, and the other called him
"scab" This opprobrious epithet sticks
and stings most virulently. When uttered |
it means social ostracism, and for it