Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-11-19

are honest, hard-working men here to-day
who have labored and built your cities ant
your palatial residences and banking houses
who are now supplicating you for work t.
keep themselves and families from starving
Will you give it them.
VoIcEs.-Work or bread.
Mr.. BowLEs.-My face is well know
in this city, but l am pleading in a goot
cause, and will continue to speak and la
Dor in it while my breath lasts, soone
than not to attain the ends for which
seek. We are willing to work if we car
get it, at any thing, no matter what, sooner
than walk the streets with starvation star
ing us in the face. Let US now form il
procession and march through the princi
pal thoroughfares to the Park. The Com
mon Council must and shall respect the
rights of the people, and come to our aid
We will not parley with them from day
to day until we are half starved.
VoIcEs.-No, no.
Mr.. B.-We want them to act with
promptness at once. Let US now pass by
the Hermd Office and give three cheers fol
it, as it always stands by the workingmen
when they are in need.
THE POLICE AROUND. -a
At this state of the proceedings police
men No. SO and one or two other officers
made their way into the crowd and seized
hold of the small banner, and attempted to
wrest it from the hands of the person who
held it. In this, however, he was defeated,
by the rush of the crowd to the rescue,
amid cries of 'Kill the bloody rascalsm
Counter cries-"No, no, keep the peace
Renewed cries-"Kil the bloody ras-
cals!"
Counter cries-"No. Don't make asses
of yourselves here. Keep the peace, or
You will be shot like dogs"
SUGGESTIONS AND REMARKS.
During the time the crowd remained in
Wall street. remarks like the following
were heard from the passers by and look
ers on:
sONE TALKER-These are Mayor Woods
friends. These are the spirits evoked by
his $4,000 promised barrels of -four.
ANOTHER TALKER-The city has insti-
tutions of its own to feed at the public ex-
pense every hungry and suffering man in it,
whether foreigner or American. If it can
not give them work, it gives them free,
and for nothing, bread, soup and meat
house, home and bed. Our taxes are eight
millions of dollars for these and like things.
YET ANOTHER TALKER-The private
charitable contributions cf this city are mil
lions and millions. There is home and
an asylum for everybody. No man need
starve here if he will make himself known
to the public or the private charities.
YET ANoTHER-These demonstrations
talk of "peace," but they are riot, revolu-
ton and blood-just as such things in
Paris. in the last century and in ls4s,
were the premonitory symptoms of the
horrible bloodshead that followed.
IN THE PARK.
The procession having formed again,
marched TO the Park, when Mr.. Bowles
again addressed the crowd, and then, be
proceeded to say he hoped peace whould
be maintained. He was for doing every
thing honorable, but work they must and
should have, if they made the Mayor give
it to them. He insisted that the Mayor
was their friend, and hoped three cheers
would he given for him-(responded to by
hearty cheers.) He said he had wished
them to come to the City Hall, principally
for the purpose of cheering their noble
Mayor. (Three more cheers.) After some
'urther remarks the speaker gave way to
Mr.. Smith, who spoke for some time, and
bv reading the following resolu-
ion, which had been drawn up by the
committee for their adoption.
Resolved, That landlords can do much
% alleviate the present and prospective
distress among the mechanics aud laboring
classes, by a course ofliberalily and forbear-
snce towards their tenants. The mass of
aboring men hire premises by the month,
md rents become due every day in the
year, payable in advance. To eject fam
ly at this season for non-payment of ad-
;ance rent, would be unwarrantable and
,ruel, and justly deserving of the severest
apprehension and scorn of all good men.
This resolution was received with shouts
If applause from the multitude.
At this stage the Committee ON Address
md Resolutions, who had waited on the
Mayor, returned and reported that he had
old them that the Central Park would be
commenced on Monday, and that one thou
'and men would be employed at it. He
.lso told them that if the working classes
would be able to do much more for them.
When this was announced to the crowd
rom the steps of the City Hall, there was
10 end to. the cheering that followed for
he Mayor. This was succeeded by addi-
ional speeches from those who had ad-
lressed the meeting in Tompkins square,
nd other workmen, after which the multi
ude quietly dispersed.
DELEGATES FROM THE SEVENTEENTH WARD
WAIT ON THE MAYOR.
After the mass meeting had dispersed,
hre delegates from the working classes in
he Seventeenth ward waited on Mayor
Wood in his office, for the purpose of lay
ng before him the condition of the people
n that locality, and beseeching him to do
What would be in his power for them. The
is the conversation that occurred
N that occasion.
DELEGATEs-We come, your Honor, as
delegates from the Seventeenth ward to
peak on behalf of the working class in that
ocality.
MAYoR-What is the business that Won
want to lay before me9