Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-18
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/. a mass meeting was held in Cooper
Institute, New York, Thursday night.
The. hall was desenly crowded by 7:20
o'clock. Several hundred. women Were
present. Around the platform were fa-
rnerous mottoes. such as '.Ne demand a
suspension of rent for three months. {"
,.The General that commands this army
is general distress. When working
men begin to think, monopoly begins to
tremble," and others of an equally signif-
fcant character : A hand-bill was .circn-
lated enumerating the high salaries paid.
to officials, and demanding no more sal
aries of over $4,000. The number of
homeless men and women in. the city
was given at 10000; those in the sta
ton houses {, 500 per week, and out OF
eleven trades Unions 90, $50 men. were
idle and only $3.50 employed. 1t also
stated that there were 100000 skilled
workmen idle in the State of New York
and 10, 900 of all classes idle in the city,
and SO, 600 women earning only an av-
erage of $3.44 per week. Theodore I'll.
Banks, painter, presided.
JONI l.. LlllOl ICdQ all kltOlSSo VIZ thS
duty of the government to protect indi-
viduals When the government fails in
that duty it should be set aside or over
thrown. (Applause.) John Hubert
read preamble and resolutions, amongst
which were:
WHEREAS, We wish to avoid all outrages
on the persons or property of any, and
deprecate violence and injustice in any
form, and we only demand the necessaries
of life for ourselves and families. not as
objects of charity, but as law abiding citi-
Zens whose right it is to demand sof the
government which we have always sup
ported.
Resolued, That we will in this, our time
of need, supply ourselves and our families
with proper shelter and the necessarles
of life, and we will send all our bills for
the same to the city treasury, to be 1qul-
dated, until such time as we shall obtain
work and pay for all our work; that we de-
mand work now and pay for work, and an
abolition of the contract system; that to
prevent money panics we demand the
enactment of a law that shall limit the ac-
foundations of individual wealth, that Is.
q law of graduated taxation, which shall
prevent any man or men being able to lock
our circulating medium, whether In gold,
stocks or greenbackS.
Speeches were made in German and
French and English.
A committee of safety was appointed,
including one woman, and was instruct
ed to open communication with the
grangers.
DEMOCRATIC DEFAULTERs.
Some days ago the New York World
paraded in an editorial the following list
of defaulters as belonging to the Iowa
Republicans "James d. Eads, State
superintendent of schools, $3.50, 900 ;
James A. Bryan, treasurer of Jackson
county, $4,000; the treasurer of Du-
buque county, $35, 900; treasurer of De
catur county, $4,000" From this text
the World proceeded to argue the cor
ruptibility of Republican Office holders
in general; but the following from the
Des Moines Register shows that the
Worlds data is incorrect: "The Eads
steal of $4,000 was in 1856, in the
Democratic days of Iowa, and Eads was
Democrat of the straightest sect. The
$4,000 Bryan steal was unearthed in
Jackson county some two months ago.
Jackson is one of the three Democratic
counties in Iowa, and Bryan was three
times elected by the Democrats. More
than this, the Democratic board of SUI
peryisors have compounded the felony
by compromise, accepting less
amount of money than was stolen, and
allowing Bryan the opportunity of re-
signing. The SIS, 900 steal in Dubuque
county was also that of a Democratic
treasurer, and so was the S12, 600 steal
in Decatur county.
THE COLLEGE REGATTA FOR 1874.
The iSdrdt0qidn is DESTROYS of having
the next college regattaheld on Saratoga
Lake. 1t says: Many people who have
never visited our village, imagine that it
is a quiet little hamlet composed of a
few clearinghouse, swelled to bursting
in summer time, and sort of ''desert-
cd village" during all the rest of the
year. The fact is that our regular popu-
lation is about 1900. We have half a
dozen of the largest and finest hotels to
be found anywhere, with half hundred
smaller hotels and 1irst-class boarding
houses kept III the best style, and at
reasonable rates. We can accommodate
from Is, 900 to 20, 600 guests without put
ting them on plank mattresses, or crowd
ing them at table. The waters of Sara
toga Lake have been pronounced I'M
equaled for rowing purposes by the best
Judges, and the high banks afford the
finest opportunity for witnessing the
sport. The Lake is approached by
three different roads and avenues, the
principal one of which is double the
width of an ordinary road, smooth and
level. Indeed in all the main requisites,
whether as regards the comforts and
conveniences demanded by the partici-
pants in the regatta or the accommoda-
ton and enjoyment of visitors, Saratoga
fully answers the requirements, while
the admirable manner in which the as
ISOLATION conducted the amateur regatta
of the present season shows that moth
ing will be lacking in that direction.
Should the college regatta be held here
once we are confident that Saratoga
Lake will be chosen as the permanent
water for the annual trial of skill in this
noble recreation.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. -
A horrible railroad accident occurred
at Eagle Bridge, Thursday afternoon, by
which Joseph Belman, of Troy, brake
man on the Troy aud Boston train lost
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at Troy at o'clock on Thursday even
ing. At Eagle Bridge he fell from the
platform of one of the cars and was
run over by the wheels, killing him
instantly. His remains were taken to
Troy. He was IS years of age, and I'M
married. He was a sober, industrious
man, and was very popular with travl-
ers.
REWARD OF TREACHERY.
It is said the Spaniards relied upon the
testimony of the second engineer of the
Virginius to justify them in treating the
passengers and crew of the vessel as
pirates. If that is the case, the man
deserved the terrible fate he subse-
quently suffered. To prevent his
treachery being known to his comrades
this engineer again mingled with the
prisoners, and was taken ashore with
them. When the thirty-seven men
were detailed for execution at the prison
a mistake was made, and the engineer
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