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policy requires that the boycott be held illegal roads and steamboats conducting the busi in every instance of it. For nothing can ex ness, travel and transportation of the city, cuse a boycott. Xo provocation, even such a | ere listed and published under the obloquy social one as might palliate it, can do that. and denunciation of the blacklist. One or And no privilege, even such purpose in it as two specimens will suffice: 'Boycott Baugh man Brothers and all who patronize them.' to advance the business interests of the as sociates can justify it. It is a means that the 'Watch out for Baughman Brothers' rats, and law will not suffer, whatever its end. find out where they board. It is dangerous One other illustration will show this mon for honest men to board in the same house ster—the boycott—in its most hideous form with these creatures. They are so mean that —Crump -i'. Commonwealth, 84 Va. 927; the the air becomes contaminated in which they facts in which are well set forth in the opinion breathe.' 'Boycott Baughman Brothers every day in the week.' 'Boycott Baughman of Mr. Justice Fauntleroy: Brothers because they are enemies of honest "The evidence in this case shows that, while Baughman Brothers were engaged in labor.' 'Boycott Baughman Brothers' cus tomers wherever you find them.' 'The Lynchtheir lawful business, as stationers and print burg boys will begin to play their hand on ers, the plaintiff in error and the other mem bers of the Richmond Typographical Union, Messrs. Baughman's boycotted goods in a No. 90, conspired to compel Baughman short time. The battle will not be fought in Brothers to make their office a union office, Richmond only, but in all Virginia and North and to comoel them not to employ any printer Carolina will be raised the cry, "Away with who did not belong to the said union; that the goods of this tyrannical firm." ' 'Let our upon the refusal of Baughman Brothers to friends remember it is the patronage of the Chesapeake & Ohio; Richmond, Fredericksmake their office a union office, the plaintiff burg & Potomac; Richmond & Danville, and in error and others composing the said Rich Richmond & Alleghany Railroads that ia mond Typographical Union, No. 90, con keeping Baughman Brothers up.' 'We are spired and determined to boycott the said sorry to see the Exchange Hotel on the black firm of Baughman Brothers, as they had list. There will be two thousand strangers threatened to do, and sent circulars to a great in this city in October—none of whom will •many of the customers of the said firm, in forming them that they had, with the aid of patronize a hotel or boarding house whose name appears on that list.' 'The boycott on the Knights of Labor, and all the trades or Baughman Brothers is working so good, that ganizations in the city, boycotted the estab lishment of Messrs. Baughman Brothers, and a man cannot buy a single bristol board from formally notifying the said customers that the the rat firm without having his name put names of all persons who should persist in upon the black list.' 'The old rat establish trading, patronizing or dealing with Baugh- ment is about to cave in. Let it fall with a crash that will be a warning to all enemies of man Brothers, after being notified of the boy cott, would be published weekly in the Labor labor in the future.' ' The court spoke very sharply in its opinion Herald as a black list, who, in their turn, in this case: "It was proved that the con would be boycotted until they agreed to with draw their patronage from Baughman spirators declared their set purpose and per sistent effort to crush Baughman Brothers; Brothers. that the minions of the boycott committee "Not only Baughman Brothers and their employes and their customers, but the dogged the firm in all their transactions; fol lowed their delivery wagon; secured the hotels, boarding houses, public schools, rail