, 1873-12-29
Fervid Denunciation of the
Press and the Aristo.
Gratis.
Absolute Necessity for Organiza-
ton and q Platform.
The State Must Build Manufactures
and Storehousos.
Another Mass-Meeting to Be
Held This Week.

Hold This Week.
Tho unemployed workiugmon held naea-mcet-
lngs yesterday afternoon ut their headquarters,
No. 68 aud 10 West Lake atreot mud No. 1870
West Polk. Both thcee placcs wero crowded to
tlcir utmost capacity. at tho Lake street head
quarters thoro wero about 1000 workingmcn,
whjlo ut the Polk street headquarters. which arc
much smaller, no moro tllan 500 could havo boon
assembled. Tho participants at the former noot-
ing wore mostly Gor1naus and Scauduayians
thoso ut tho latter wore workingmen Of all na-
tonalltieH. Neither III numbers nor III spirit
could Tho neetinss bo compared With tho muB,-
meeting held at West Side. Turner HILL wcok
ago Sunday. None Of tho prominent citizcus
who were preacnt ut that meoting made their
appearance at theso. hlr. Francis i. Hoffman,
Jr., was conspicuous by his absence, and many
Of tho workingmen gayo Him soyere ucathing
for having deserted tho sinking ship like q rat.
Tho meeting on Lake Htroet wns quite hnr-
monious, although somo worry incendiary speechos
were mado, but at the Polk stroot meeting
spirit Of war prevailed, especially among tho
Irish woriingmon, who, it sooms would like
nothing better than to uso their shillelahs at
eoon as posaiblo, end it took considerable tact
oa Sao part VI Iuo Aeaueib u pieVent o lIoLou5
outbreak.
THE roLE STREET 3iEErISu.
Tho 1naas-mceting Mt No. 139 West Polk street
was called to order by AR. Christian kraus, who
nominated aIr. Jacob Winnou al Chairman.
THE Committees 1Eronr.
vtatoa M Mhi thu o oSoss SSees o o asoXur 'ssts d
hear tho report Of tho Spccln Committee ar>
pointed Mt tho Sunday mass -nlcctins, mud to
lass upon tho resignation of tho Commlttoo.
AIr. Carl Killings, chairman Of tho Special Com
mitteo, then made '.+ ,tbal report Of what tho
| Committee had douo 1dring tho weok. Ho then
wont OH to 6ay that, although they had &C.
| compIishod but worry little. every tair-,uiuded
person n'ust SEQ that thoy had dono all that
could possibly DO expected from them. Much
moro would have ,boou accomplished had thoy
been united,-a strong baud of brothers. who
wcro not afraid to meet any issue that might
arlso Tloy must organize, md tllut at once
| WAR on THE An1sTocaNrs,
| if they did not uiah to remain slaves forever.
| Their means wore very limited, aud tho press
was entirely in tho hands Of the rich. a strong
| organization Of tho workngmen OF all nationn
would be ablo to broa|; every opposition, and
| they would thon havo no longor to doponl1 npon
! capitalists 1Io then informed tho meeting that
| on account Of the tightnoss il. tho money mar
het; IT. they would be compelled to givo up the hal
| hall would be at their Bcryice.
THE GItAN0ERs rO1N THEM.
nqe nG nad a!r1 o something very pleasant to
Stand BY thon,. aud worE WITH I'll tom 1'ipd Land u u
hand, and, united with them. they would SEQ 10
4 that no moro brokers would stand between
them eld ecapital. Largo storelouscs for
tho worknGnon would then ho erected
whore the farmors could purchase their agrictl-
tnral implements at coAt price. and their pro-
auco would I'LL thoir storehonBos from top to
bottom, aud want md dostitution would be
known no moro among tl,om.
TILE STATE TO RE THE EMPLOYER.
lhc state must DO the manufacturer Of oyory-
Thing, and then, by political combinations, they
could gum the governing power, aud I'll they lad
Until now, they bad worked faithfully for the
monopoliSts; why should they lot work lust as
faithfully Tor themselyca?
THE rnEss DENOUNCED.
Tho press-llo miserable, dirty press-ha0
run thcm down over ainco tlis movement com.
1ncnced, just ps he pyodctod ut their first uaass~
meeting. They could do without tho press
quito vol they did not want it. [volce.
Down with tile prcss"l Tho aristocrata
could do with the pricos rs they wantod, bocauso
thoy had tho money, and therefore they udvo-
Gated treating tho workingmon in this country
tho Banlo a. ther brothren woro treated ut Paris.
to shoot them down like dogs. But thoy kuow
how to 1ncot such people. Au, organized force
Of workingmen would be ablo to haye t!leir or.
gaas which would represent thom US they should
bo represented.
CES6uEE OIL THE COMMITTEE.
Nlr. Janlos 3ialone vas uoxt introduced. lie
addressed the meeting in English, and began by
saying thnt tho Committee Lad duue decidedly
wrong ~ going with tho Mayor aud commoil
Council to The Relief Society; taoy should haro
desired Tho workingmen bud nothing to
do with tho 1lolief Society; thoy were 10
laupcrs, and did not ask for aid. Thoy
wnnted the city TO glyc thon work. II Hoffman
had understood bis mission, ho would havo come
COnHtitt1tntH n
and not 6lrunk OF like O coward, and retired 10
private lite, boforo ending his work. 1t was u
doxterous thing for Mr: Dexter TO bluR him of
with empty phrasos and promises. Wns it prop
he asked for bread? Ho hoped 10 1rahman
would consont to sr,oh III outrage. Whore wero
nEs1NG AND DAN o'uAnA
@ booso @ eny t thesa G o noM VII tnSy sS
1nonbcred, and they would catch Tartar in tho
worlingmon next time. There Ind beon too
snuuh talk aud too littlo work. 40 ion was what
wns needed to 1s!so the worhingnen out Of bis
previous speaker, madoa furious attack oil tho
Eloss, saying that tho Englisll press had boon
much harder on thom thnn tho F:oucl. Irish,
and Scandinavian.
coLv1N DENOUNCED.
Neither the Mayor nor tho City Fathers had
done their duty, lYoico, "God saYo llB flom such
fa1hers.'J Mayor ColSin bud enough money to
sond to Now York to pay tue interest on tho city
uIH1s u!t 4oC Ile pcorp starving Wotkln8tl!on !lo
Ind nothing but onpty phrases. Tho Committee
appointed ut tho lsst nlasB-moetng had neglected
itH duties, and Hoffman, lii;o ronl lawyor. lad
become trcaclloro.lB to hs o.ients Tho Question
now before tho meeting wav, what tt4oy intended
to do, aud llc would therefore propono that tho
report Of tho Committee DO diap0Hcd of. Tho
yorbal report presented amounted to nothing ut
nil. lie would aiuo move tint tho resignation OF
tho Committee be accoptou.
THE COMMITTEE DEPENDED.
Air. Christian KrauB, 4 1nombcr OF tho Cbu,-