The Portland daily press., 1873-12-12
NEW YORK.
Great Meeting Of Workingmen.


NEW YORK. Dec ia mass meeting of the
workingmen was held at Cooper Institute this
evening. 1t was so crowded that 1T was dlm-
cult to obtain standing room. Around the
platform were numerous notices such as we ue
mand suspension of rent for three months ;
''the general that CONN ands this army is Gen
eral Distress; ''when the working men begin
to think monopoly begins to tremble" and 9TH
ers equally Significant. Hand-bills were circu-
lated enumerating the high salaries paid offi-
cals and demanding mo more salaries over
$5,OOO." The number Of houseless men and
women in the city were given at 10000, those
in station houses $500 per week, and out OF
eleven trades unions 20, 25O men are idle and
only $3.50 being employed, also that there are
10000 skilled workmen idle in this State, and d
10000 of all classes are idle in this city; 600
women are earning only an average OF
George Blair, Chairman of the Committee on
Statistics, read report, giving the figures
above stated as the result of their inquiries.
The following preamble and resolutions were
presented:
Whereas, We wish to avoid all outrage on the
persons or property of any and depreciate vio-
lence and injustice any form, we only de-
mand the necessaries OF life for ourselves and
families, not as objects of charity but as law
abiding citizens whose right it is to demand
these Of the government which we have sup
ported.
Reso!yed, That we will, in this our time of
need, supply ourselves and families with proper
shelter and the necessaries of life, and We will
send all our bills for the same to City Treas
ury to be lquidated until such time as we
shall obtain work and pay for all our work.
That we demand work now and pay for the
work, and the abolition of the contract system,
That to prevent money panics, we demand the
enactment of law that shall limit the accu-
mutations of any individual; that there shall be
a law of graduated taxation which will prevent
any man or men being able to lock up our cir
culating medium, whether in gold stocks or
greenbacks.
A number of speeches were delivered sug
gesting the widest schemes and full of bitter
ness against the city officials and capitalists
generally. Both political parties were de-
noun"ed as thieves. Boss Tweed one said,
stole his tens of thousands but gave the work
ingmen their share His was a better rule
than the present one in that city.
An Irish mechanic got on the platform and
delivered barrangue which created tremen-
duous enthusiasm. He denounced amid up
roarous applause, the beautiful board of alder
men and those contaminated swindlers, the
Senator's who put up the job for Jay Cooke
and the infamous scoundrels who gave away
the peoples land and the railways
Various Matters.
Bark Carmelia, from Bordeaux, has the cap
tain and crew of the bark Friendship on board,
taken from the latter vessel, which was sink
ing at sea. The Friendship was bound from
Liverpool to Philadelphia.
Two men belonging to the schooner Glouces-
ter were drowned in the river last night.
Canals Open.
ALBANY, Dec 1.-BOats are moving on the
fourteenth mile level on the Champlain canal
and loaded boats at Fort Edward have been
telegraphed to move.