New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14

Park across the Park, and MP l. ""s""v " ."S
and Cooper Institute. The firing Of ..s. o
ncr Of Nineteenth-st. announced the time OF ,'..v
GI7 the "Uned stonecuttcr's Benevolent Asso, H-Vn
headed by rsfuas band wheeled out Of SeventeentS'
They were by far the largest division Of the psrSSGO
numbering altogether 2soS Next, each n:1esa ~ y
band, came the Granite s'". .uur,crs, .numoc.,".
and IN. Blne. cutters Carpenter su sns
on %noS was on INDUSTRY
Another banner claimed that "w'rFmon OF al 0'O1'
The As,oeiaon Lsrnocna came ne1 a. w' dele
large a. 0Gy 0Gn' snd I nnnre 49, Tho
"NcwYorf Benevolent society OF Opea sea sss were
Which The HsF' S S'%sfS
strong: fSO snd ps by ucn
s IN nnSer next INTO the roc asesds
line gun squad SIs SsS'+ eS Sorss after When
Strong m sssrns d in their and ''1S:
rsi1 ss and total the force NJ s'1s5s
t inter ELEGANT Os e% Of the uned Of
rwn ~ eed' position by the efforts Of sew
era en concealed within On the END ana sues bcurs
per day. "No more talk mean @ , . mort
ingeh the bulwark OF the nation rho nswt Governor
Viii enforce the hour law This followed by l''o
| plastercrs. ,, ON s,rorc led by a
The neS BY V 5ae 2 ss0
lore Protective and Benevoemt arneven Plumbers
100: Coopers Protective Association $40; Marble IG-
slers and Rubbers 800 and Lahorers Union OF brooA
The parade along Twentythirlst; to Broadway ana
thence" after passing the "orn rsna Naturalization
save that the sidewalks were thronged with snrcnaoIss
Park thcr" were in waiting probably 500 people kept in
order by body of police me steps at the man rd
and from the windows the various Offices few clerks
looked out The large body of sonc-cnters marched
| Hall
eSs sf looking toward and the Fsma ,m. s. Of
the 10 e Sy the crowd
gathered there greeted them goodhumoredy With CLAP
the PARK half dozen rounds were fred from the brass
gun in the prOcc sion. The head OF the line entered he
Park at 4o5 o'clock. and laa man marched out at
45 The procession then marched through Broadway to
Eghthst thence TO Cooper Institute where 1t dis
| f'''' THE coorER INSTITUTE MEETING.
the great hall Of the Cooper Union was the scene In
the evening Of one Of the most enthusiastic meetings
wnch the workincnen have ever held In this city. Inc
audience apparently almost entirely composed OF
mechanics and artisans. Soon after the doors "cre
opened the seats began rapidly 10 fill ana by IT o'clock
at which hour the proceedings began the vast was
all occupied 1t would lie wrong TO gay that excitement
prevailed IL was au expression OF deep and stern ieel
Ing Of indignation at the evasion or open Ignoring OF tc
Eght-Iionr act ~ law OF fhc state: oh nnc p a."sm
banners of the various unions were cohspruousiy
placed, bearing such nscriptions as, "Wheh eaceaDe
Sr. s en f Ms c s%t Of
conversation went on, Notwithstanding the music OF a
band stationed ON te e' Si ' te more @
thcmc-thc Eight Hour demonstration or c o0rnl'-
rocr Connolly. Throughout the evening the SPEECHES
tinGcd more or less with ansons to tie almnort
Company brought down more applause even Than tho
most telling points in favor Of the object tor W WI ro e
there and then on the Willingness OF the meeting TO
F rG~ e Sa h "nannos sSi In the affirmative
burst forth which would have shaken any less strongly
William Jessup, taking the chair as President OF
the a e ha fh %e ts h% Gy not TO be
forgotten those VINO should be our servants not our
Controller but mcmber of the rantcs' lnion), whom
no proposed for Secretary of the meeting Mr. quinn "
asked WIN, Goo or 25ooo noa had walked through
muddy streets of New York, and said 1t was because
ton that they indignant at the tramrlmr down OF
"n Tine law-lnakers had become the awhrcakcrs.
Most Of those present had fled from land OF ynnny to
a the fet aessS eat to Il the s very hone"
McDermott of the Pscrers Union saiH that tn,
speech. He desired to put cas- to- the meeting nne
Sy reducing Of aopr reduce production, in;
the price Of articles decrease con:npoD and
ago farm of 80 acres employed as many men as now
TILED 500 1t was impossible to reconsc tho two
increased that wOrkngmen had TO live in tenement rock
iree Hra tSr death r "t n%nSr Of
ducers The gain OF two hours under the cxl1tIie law,
ngmcn to live IN the more healthy suburbs OF the ety.
Mr. McMacken of the Paint RS Union Thought that the
wOrkingnen Of this country the most deluded fools III
the world. They allowed unshl'd laborcis. men who
not mechanics to nc employed 10y their chosen
Commissioners, who cannot even pay them because the
thieves have stolen all the available lands ne then
pointed to the banner Pcaccably il W" can. urcpiy II
we must and quoted Lord Aacaulry's axiom that "the
orator is the who Knows how To vote He
empaticaly declared that hr would KNOW how 10 vote
q tie next election.
Alexander Troup Of the Printers Union proposed to
send telegram Ia PreFIent Grant to demand the inIc-
date enforcement of the E@ht Hour law, ad TO tho
tCrcy OF the County "i Albany to demand tue
.pIn
the Capitol for ignoring that law Mr.. Powers the
President Of the Sonccncrs declared that every man
who marched IN the profession was hero IL" MAS fol!
lowed 10y MI Matthews OF the Brickl'yrrs Union, and
other speakers. Long resolutions expressing the scn!-
mrnt OF the meeting with reference t. the Eight Herr
law also adopted. The III, citing adjourned amid
congratulations OH The success Of The .ay, and
Hyowed determination to ii ont the qiCntiC Of work
nsmcns rights