She THE STAR Muki'K you n visit rvory week In tlio year and keeps you Informed of all the THE STAR Goes right Into tbo homo and Is read by every member of tho family. Ad vertisers can And no better medium latest event. I an yon afford to do with- through which to reach the poople. jjj nut it leas than two cents per coy. .t ! VOLUME 10. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29, 1902. NUMBER 39. Last. Week. Re This being the last week of our Red Tag Sale it means a saving of 15 to 35 per cent, to you on your purchases of Suits, Over coats, Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Underwear, Hosiery, Capes, Jackets, Furs and Basement Goods. m mm Bing-Stoke THE CASH NEW YORK RACKET STORE Thuwnson for tiikliic Inventory Is now ' rlnnn out nil ndriM itnd ends. The history bin snips and Biimll piotliH limn to Imve mniill .iniill eXpUIIHtl IIIIU HIV HUM) 11. KU MII l MKlllllltTi n npn 1.1 .i h.t?, RKAI) THESE PRICES CAKF.FITI.LY. 1 Cent UoodM. 6 Shite pencils - - - In . 200 Matches .... c 5c NlrklebHBk lud pnnrll., - li: 14 rows of ptnn, - - lc 20 dHrnlng noi'dlim, lc 1 tlnzon Hhlrt buttons, - Tc BuHtliiK thread. Ikikc spool - - lc B cent Ciood.. 6c, pold collar buttons 200 Yards machine thread 1 Dozen bono collar button. 5c Box of tack - 8 cent Ciooda. So Dish raim, our nrtco !6c paukaKO ueedlo. 4 cent ftooii. 50 yds llk thread - Fine Crash, all shado. 1 bottle black Ink ... Clark'. O. N. T. thread 200 yd. 5 cent flood. 25 sheet writing paper, 25 envelope. 6 dozen clothos pins 2fic BclsuorH, a burualn - 60 fool clothes llnu. 10 ft. tin buckets. It iimhrella at a bargain, Ladle, pocket luniks, all styles Ladle. 60c chatalaln biiRs our price 5c box - Rc l(c 10c 10c 4tic 10 to SWc 21k; THE CASH NEW YORK RACKET STORE, SOL FRIEDMAN, PROP., Dr. Murray Building, Main St. Reynoldavllle, Penn'i mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmnmmm mmmmti I CLOSE OUT IN E m nr w a. t nr v a r-s 3 Rather than carry them over we will sell at cost the following new Heaters, fully guaranteed. Former price, Now. 1 Handsome Double Heater, (Oak) $13.00 $10.00 3 Large (Oak) Single Heaters, 8 Medium (Oak) Single Heaters 2 Open Front Heaters, 2 . . 2 Egg Stove Heaters, ; 2 Batchelor Heaters 1 Pittsburg Gas Heater 8 Economy Gas Heaters J II 1 1 O. R. HALL -Opposite the Postoffice, 'tillilill d Tag Sale Commencing Thursday morning we put on sale the largestand most complete line of Muslin Wearables ever shown in Reynoldsville. Skirts Gowns, Corset Covers, at a saving of 15 to See Window Display. Co. Deo't Stores. ONE rilK F. TO ALL. nhoiit hern mid wii uro milking pec'lul olTortH to of btiMlni'Ks tenches iih that Ii h beHt to litivo siiles mid IiIk prnllis. Uememher we are at 12 cakes of laundry soup 25c Turkey red tablecloths, (Win wide, some merchants risk 4te our price 25c per yd White llucti table cloths, all patterns, reg ular price ttoc goods - - - a5o I'amel hair underwear all .Ire., regular kv iroml. racket orlce - - 44c H.fJO I'nnls go at a bargain, - ft -25 ft-4 oil clot h per yd 15c. Per role - 1.55 5oc corsets, racket price - - ;wo While metal knives, regular 15c goods 7c 1 set cups and saucers, per set - Hoc 1 dinner set decorated dishes 112 pieces to the set ... fj.SO Hoys' heavy llecce-linod underwear, all sizes - - 22c t.V Mantles, our price Uc f: 25 all wool pants, special price - I.:5 4He Hoys' Sweaters go at Ufa 5c 2.'c .lean pants, racket price, - lite H.V brooms, ... 24c $1,011 (tuck coat. - 74c -Vh' Overalls, racket price 23c Fine nlckle plated fancy lamp, some mer chants ask 91.75 to $"!. 00, our price 74c Nlckie plated cott'oc pot, copper bottom 84c $1.:I5 Dickie plated, copper bottom tea ket tle, our price - - 70c R.V nickie plated cuspidor. - 15c $1.00 dress shirts, at - -44c $1.25 hand saws, 31 In. long, racket price 50c $1.00 Alarm clock., TUc BtK'clal .ale of gloves, mitten, and ladle.' and gents' underwear at about 15 per ceut less than the regular racket price. 17.50 14.50 12.00 11.50 8.50 7.50 4.00 4.75 ' 6.50 6.50 16.00 15.00 10.50 9.75 5.25 6.50 8.74 8.75 3 3 Last week. 35 per cent. Where there's ev erything that peo ple wear and most things people want Undertaking and Embalming. ' FIU8T CLASS WORK OVAUAXTEED. I am also headquarters for PICTURE FRAMING. I can have vour rtirtiir pnlnrowl at a reasonable price. I also RE-SILVER MIRRORS. Office and ware room in rear of G. W. ,Klepfer's 5 and 10 cent store. J. H. Hiiohes. Clearance Sale At Cost. A. Katzen, of the People's Bar gain store, has decided to make a clearance sale of clothing for 30 Daya, He will sell Mens,' Bqys and viuiuicii a uiui including men's pants and hats, at cost. . These goods are all first class, but are to be sold cheap in order to make room for spring goods. Call in and see my stock and be convinced that I am offering you big bargains in clothing. ft Katzen Prop. JUDGE JOHN W. At the Conclusion of the Evidence In the Silk Hill Riot Case Tried Last Week. CLEAR, CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE The Judge Define Plainly What Constitutes Riot The RlfhU of Organlied Labor to Demonstrate Its Strength Gentlemen of tho Jury: The Indict ments you have been sworn to try con tain four counts. Tho first two charge substantially the same offense namely, riot as defined at common law. The first count charges the riot generally as having been committed within the county and the second charges It specifically as having been com mitted on the premises of the American Silk Company, within the county. The third count charges an aggravated riot, as defined by act of assembly, and the fourth count charges an assault and battery. In order that you may intelligently ascertain and des ignate the offense committed, if you are satisfied from the evidence that any offunse whatsoever was commlttod, we will define to you the several crimes charged against the defendants and point out their essential elements which must bo proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, before a convlotion can follow. Here Judge Reed gave a lengthy de finition of the offenses charged against the defendants, which we omit. Ed. The gist of the offense in third oount is the tumultuous demolishing, pulling down or destroying, or beginning to de molish, pull down or destroy any build ing, machinery, etc. Now, gentlemen, we are not satisfied that the evidence in this case Is sufficient to submit to you on the question of whether these defendants, or any of them, made an as sault on the Enterprise Silk Co. mill, or on any of the machinery contained In It, with the intent to demolish, pull down or destroy the same. If a riot was committed by these defendants, or any of them, the evidence would not warrant the conclusion that the object or purpose of that riot was to demolish, pull down or destroy the building of this silk company, or of any of the ma chinery contained in it, and we are, therefore, constrained to instruct you that there can be no conviction, in any event, on the third count of these In dictments. Whether the defendants, or any of them, are guilty of the offense of riot at mmon law Is a question for your dot lnatlon under the evidenoe, and as to ttiat we intimate no opinion. But we Instruct you to find them not guilty of the statutory riot ohargod in the third oount of the Indictments. The Commonwealth allege that the defendants with a large number of others congregated on the property and In the vicinity of the silk mill; that tholr object was to force out the em ployees of the silk mill company and to Interfere with and Injure the company In its business, and that they attempted to execute this objeot by such demon stration of force and by such conduct as amounted to a tumultuous disturbance of the publlo peace, and that their manner was so violent and turbulent a to terrorize the employees of the com pany and to Interfere 'with the work and business of the company; also that the defendants and others aotlng with thorn assaulted and bit some of the managers and employees of the com pany with stone and other missiles, and t1- V..t.hey broke windows and ma chlno ie building of the company, and tht ymmonwealth therefore asks that the defendants be oonvloted both of riot and of assault and battery. On the other hand the defendant, who marched in the procession, ' allege their objapt In forming into a procession with others and marching to the muslo of a band, on the day in question, was a perfectly honest and legitimate one; and the defendant, generally, allege that they bad no purpose or Intention either to force out tbe employee of tbe silk company, or to terrorize them, or, In any manner, to Interfere with the work or business of the company, and their sole object wa to display the strength of the labor organizations and unions in and about Reynoldsville. Moreover, they allege that their dem onstrations did not involve a purpose to break the peace, nor were tbey cal culated to occasion or result in yiolenoe; and the defendants further severally allege that they did ' not commit a breach of tbe peace; nor did they Incite, encourage, counsel, aid or abet others to do so, nor did tbey join or act with any person or persons who may have committed act of violence; and they also alloge that the manager and em ployees of tbe silk company oreated and were responsible for all the disturbance REED'S CHARGE TO THE JURY Intimidation and Boycotting. that occurred, and they therefore ask that they severally be acquitted of the charges made against them. We may here state that the right of men to organise for their mutual ad vantage and benefit and for the purpose of improving their condition and pro tecting their rights, within the limits of the law, cannot be Questioned. Neither can their right to carry flag and banners, properly Inscribed, and to form Into a procession and march to tbe muslo of bands, within tbe limit of a proper and legitimate parade, be ques tioned. These are right which every American citizen claims for himself, and which I am persuaded he will con tinue to enjoy until they are taken from him because of abuse. But no Individ ual or organization has a right to In vade or violate those Inherent and in defeasible rights guaranteed to all men by the Constitution and Law of tbl State, namely, of enjoying and defend ing life and liberty, of acquiring, pos sessing and protecting property and rep utation, and of pursuing their own happiness without molestation or inter ference. Every man has a right to quit an employment that Is not agreeable to blm, or which Is not a remunerative a be thinks it should be. But he has no right, by Intimidation or force, to pre vent another from taking his place in the employment abandoned by him. Neither may this Intimidation or force be constructively applied by surround ing htm with a large body of men mak ing demonstrations which are calculat ed to Inspire blm with fear and to com pel blm against his will to abandon an employment with which he I satisfied and In which he desires to oon- tlnue. Therefore, every resort to in timidation or force, whether actual or constructive, whloh violates these con stitutlonal and legal rights of either an employer or an employee I unlawful, and if you are satisfied from the evl denoe that the defendant with other congregated In large number about tbe silk mill or In that vlolnlty, whether on tbe premises of the company, or of terrorizing them, or, in any manner, interfering with the property or the business of the company, we say to you suoh objeot and purpose would be uo lawful; and If they, acting together or in concert with others, In an effort to carry out this objeot or purpose, ore ated a tumultuous disturbance of the publlo peaoe and by their violent and turbulent manner put tbe managers and employees of tbe silk mill, or some of them, In fear and terror, and you lire convinced of this beyond a reasonable doubt then you should And the defend ants, or those participating in this un lawful conduct, guilty of riot a charged in the first and second count of these lndlotments, and also of assault and bat tery, as charged in the fourth oount, if an assault an ."battery were committed, a we have explained that offence to you. But If you are not so convinced, then a to the defendant or defendants whom you entertain a reasonable doubt a to hi or tbelr guilt you should re turn a verdlot of not guilty. ' There ha been considerable said during the trial of this oaae about marching on tbe publlo highways. Streets and highway are primarily for the use and oonvenlenoe of the general publlo to travel on business or pleasure. It ha been tbe custom of our people, however, slnoe tbe formation of the government, to use tbe street and highway for marching In procession, and for parading and making demon' stratton by all manner of organizations. Very often the street are blockaded and travel and business Interfered with by processions passing along the same, and the general publlo suffer this tem porary interruption without objeotioa or oom plaint. So long a parade and demonstration are kept within reason able bounds, and so long a their objeot 1 lawful and not harmful the. right to use the street and highway for such purpose 1 not likely to be questioned, But publlo street and highways never have and never oan be lawfully used for the purpose of harassing, annoying, In- Umldatlng, or interfering with either person or business ofV any one located adjaoent to them by marching a proces sion upon or along such streets and highway, or by massing people there on, for that purpose. . Moreover, w may here take oocaslon to state that where there Is a conflict between the employed and the unemployed, or be tween employer and employee, and either side desires to make a show of numerical strength by a parade, or dem onstration of any kind, It certainly li not the part of wisdom to Invite a per sonal oonfllot by conducting that parade or demonstration, even upon a public highway, In the Immediate vicinity of where tbe other aide Is located, al though there may be no Intent or pur pose to harass, annoy, Intimidate, or in terfere with them. If a breach of tbe peace is thereby occasioned, and a riot ensues, all parties oonoerned and par ticipating in such riot must answer criminally for their conduct, because the offense Is a publlo one and Is direct ed against organized society generally, and It is Immaterial which side is re sponsible for bringing on tbe conflict. The faot whloh we mean to emphasize, gentlemen of tbe jury, Is this: If a riot takes plane a publlo crime Is thereby committed, and the actors are liable to be criminally prosecuted for tbe same. The inquiry, In suoh case, is not who Is to blame for occasioning the riot, but who wa engaged In it. The defendant in this case, however, are not to be convicted of riot because they may not have acted wisely in parading or in massing about this silk mill, or because of any other mere error of judgment as to tbelr rights In this respect. And we may here remark that there has been some statements made regarding misconduct on tbe streets of Reynoldsville since a strike was declared by the employees of the silk company some four or five months ago about Insulting gestures and re marks being made, and about boycott ing men in business. We are not aware of any evidenoe In the case tending to fix guilt on these defendants, or any of them, in suoh matters. They were not legitimately in this case, and' the de fendants were not and could not be heard on this trial regarding any suoh charges made againsl them. A con spiracy to Injure a man in his trade or business is criminal, and tbe parties en gaged In it may be criminally indloted and prosecuted. If any of the other matters mentioned or referred to were violations of tbe law, the parties en gaged In them might be proceeded against. But those are not the offense oharged against these defendants, or on which they have been put upon their trial, and tbey ought not to weigh here against the defendants, or operate to convict them of riot. It is scarcely neoessary for us to say that the defend' ant are entitled to a fair and impar tial trial. No feeling or bias should enter the jury-box against them. They are not to be oonvloted of a orlminal offense merely because they have exer- olsed their legal right to form labor or ganlzatlons, or to march along tbe pub llo highways In a peaceable and orderly manner. They can only be legally con vloted when It is satisfactorily proven that they have violated tbe law of the land In the manner and form charged against them In these indictments, They are not on trial for belonging to labor union that 1 their right and privilege. Neither are tbey on trial for marching in a parade that also is their, right and privilege. Nor for merely trespassing on the silk company's property, If they did trespass on It, But they are on trial for tbe serious and criminal offense of riot, and tbe ques tion for your determination is did they, or any of them, commit this crime? Did these defendants, or any of tbom, aotlng together or with others, to the number of three or more, create a tu multuoua disturbance of the publlo peaoe by oomblndlng together with the Intent to mutually assist one another against any who might oppose them in the execution of some private object? And did tbey execute that object in a violent and turbulent manner to tbe terror of the silk mill employees, or some of them? If you answer these questions In the affirmative, and are so satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, then It would be your duty to convict the defendants of riot, otherwise not. Tbe defendant offered testimony tending to show that they enjoyed a good reputation for being peaceable and law-abiding citizen prior to the time of these offenses charged against them This Is not only proper but substantive evidenoe In the case. Our Supreme Court ha said that evidence of good character may be of itself, or In connec tion with the other evidenoe in tbe ease, oreate the reasonable doubt whloh works an acquittal. In so far as the defendant have severally established or proven a good reputation for being peaceable and law-abiding citizens, you will consider the same In connection with tbe other testimony In the case, and, if upon the whole testimony, you entertain a reasonable doubt as to tbelr guilt acquit them. There are eighteen defendants, and you will recall the testimony not only tending to prove the alleged riot but also the testimony tending to severally connect them with the same; also the testimony which has been severally offered to exculpate them from any wrong doing ' whatsoever, or that would In any way connect them with a Hot, If one occurred. If you are satisfied, beyond a reasonable doubt, that there was a riot, you will then pass upon the guilt or innocence of each defendant separately, and if there is a reasonable doubt as to guilt acquit him, otherwise convict him. What we have said regarding the charge of riot also applies to the charge of assault and battery. Fowler Oas Engine. i "., J' .. k' 'f'VT- mmmMM ' ;' - ' . I IS ," mm 0 if ;':;;;;V:v,i;;;M1 .'p . , . -7 juLts: The above Is a picture of the Fowler gas engine that has been In use In THE Star oflice for more than a year. G. Bohren, baker, P. B. Rhodes, butcher, and Northerner & Kollock, of this place, are using, the same make of engine in their places of business. The engine has proven very satisfactory in this of fioe and we believe the other people using tbe engine are well pleasod with it. The engine is made at Bradford, Pa. Orrah Smith, of Oil City, is agent for the engine. Florida. The fii'Bt Pennsylvania Railroad tour of tbe season to Jacksonville, allowing two weoks In Florida, will leave New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, ar!d Washington by special train on Febru ary 4. Excursion tickets, lnoludlng railway transportation, Pullman accommoda tions (one berth), and moals en routs In both directions while travelling on the special train, will bo sold at the follow ing rates: New York, $."0.00; Philadel phia, Harrtsburg, Baltimore, and Wash ington, (48.00; Pittsburg, &3.00, and at proportionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and other In formation apply to ticket agents, or to Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pass enger Agont, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. Splendid Examples of Eloquence. Though unpretending and unfrllled, Champ Clark Is perhaps tho mos ploturesque figuro In tbe House of Rey ' resentatlvos. Though be Is what would ordinarily be called a good look ing man, his personal appearance is.'not especially significant of the thoughts that burn within or tho razor-like grace with which they aro emitted. He has an ample frame and a quietly expres sive face. His speeches are splendid examples of heart eloquence. Cincin nati E)iquirer. At Assembly hall Feb ruary 7 tin Deceitful Women. Tbey met with pleasant greeting, and It was a cheerful meeting, yet both were cheating; two ladles fair were they. ' Tbey kissed each other sweetly, gave compliments most neatly, then meekly and discreetly they went upon their way. Tbey bated one another, but their feeling did they smother when falsely klssod each other this very curious pair. 'TU a kind of os culation much In need of sanitation and wholesome reformation, both heie and everywhere. Ex. Mackinaw, and homespuns at halt price to close out at Roynoldsyllle Woolen Mill. 300 yds mockinaw 54 Inch, In black, brown, blue, and grey, at 60c. yd., just the thing for over shirts and horse blankets. Also 1,000 yds homespun 64 Inch at 35o. yd., these are first class bargains. ' - ' We are offoring bargains In meruh,an- dlse, reducing our stock, and will rent our rooms, as t am on the road selling McCormiok machinery and can't run a store at the same time. We have sev eral horses to dispose of and wagons and harness. At the now chop mill below company store you will find all kluds of feed. M. C. Couut&N.
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