Show COURTS TO PASS ON USE USE I. I C OF THE TilE WO WORD SCAB Interesting Case Up Hearing BeU Before Be- Be U fore fore foIe a Magistrate a e SCRANTON Pa l Harch t- t Ing case has arisen i in t 1 o i e Magistrate Howe as to whether or ot the application of the word sc orr b to tOi l n- n workman who h has taken a the place pace o of another man Is Actionable act ona le T The e matter matter matter mat mat- ter arose through the attest arrest of Secretary U George Kagler of the executive c commit committee it- it tt tee Of of the strikers who was vas accused sed of yelling scab Cab at of ot the one Imported em- em nt the of-the the e B lIway company f f Inthis city At tHe hearing the Iou for tor Kagler asked the witness u. u are a iare scab are yf yot o i and when counsel for the company company com corn pany objected followed it up with an I arguments argument to the effect that the word ord scab scab lehow regarded as legitimate has been given na a definite and can An h hI he found In In- Intha the tha mi maintained t n-t n i that It was not misapplied iri hi t tb the case and ga gali e no excuse se for foi- the fhe arrest on ona ona ona a charge of disorderly con conduct luct Counsel for the other side maintained that there are other ather word worde printed In the dictionaries which if it applied to men lead to trouble The magistrate adopted this view of the case and Kagler was fined It is announced announced an an- that the case will be appealed and that a court will be naked asked to pass use of the world scab |