, 1873-12-22
Distribution Of Surplus Wealth
Among the Laboring
Glasses.
The Workingmen's Party to Be Or
ganized.
Meetings OF Workingmcn in Intli,
annapolis ami CINCINNATI

Mover Was there such an immenao multitude
Of people crammed into Yorwaort'a Turner HILL,
on West Twelfth street, near Hasted. as last
night. There wore, at tho lowest testimate, from
1900 to 7,000 people present, and, while the
upper and lower halls wero pncllcd to sufFoca-
tion, several Thousand wore unable to gain ad-
mission. These pocplo wore worAiugmen of nil
nntionalities and trades, who had come together
for the purpose Of talking over the social ques-
tion, and how tho condition Of '1aboring mon
could DO botto1ed. While somo Of tho apceclcs
were inccndiary in tho extremo, to tho credit of
the vaat multitude present it must bo admitted
that the utmost order mud docorum prevailed
during tho entire evening.
THE ORGANIZATION.
The meeting was called to order by Mr,
Arnoldt, who nominated NIr. StaLl as Chnrman.
nlr. stahl being unanimously elected, thanked
them for tho honor conferred upon him, and
stated TINT the object Of the meeting would be
explained to them in different languages, by
different speakers Messrs. John HanBon mud
Christian kraus we're elected Secretaries.
FACE TO FACE WITH DEsr1Tur1oN.
hlr. Christian Kraus wRB thon introduced au
the first speaker. IIe addressed tic meeting In
German, and commoncea by saylng that 1t was
not political question TINT had brought them
together. but tho great dostitution that was
staring tho,n In tho face. They had assembled
for tho puf 1850 Of taking mcasured against tho
dreadful prvations thoy would hnvo to endure
during the coming nintor. Thousanls Of labor
ers wero to-day out or work, not knowing
how to provide bread for their families. The
little charity about which the German Society
was making 30 much noise, was nothing but
Hmall drop towards relieving tho immonao des~
titution among worklngmen. Something Ind
to be done to relieve them. a man waB q nun
although he was q laboEer. It wns high tiino
tint a laborer became something olse than a
machine, tool, dead working material They
naust show the world they wero mon, and thoy
could feel and not as such. Tho horses and cat
tle that worked On farm Wcro provided against
Want by thoir owHoTH. But our aristocratio
rulers and manufacturers never cared whether
all the laborors III the city wero dying OF Btarya-
tion or not. They must stand ono by tho other,
with han da and hearts, and Bhow the
DLoATED AnISTpCHACY
that the laborera bud some rights they wsro
bound to respect.
Dir. William JofTera was noxt introduced. Ho
spoko In English, and hegau by sayiug that lo
was highly pleased to SEQ before him allcl MI
immense multitude of workingnon. They Ind
all come together for common interest," and
that was to live, mud, If thoy only stood untealy
together, no power on carth could prevent tlom
from accomplishing their object.
THE PRESS DENOUNCED.
When tho present criHis commenced, tAey wefo
told by the papogB TINT it would not Affect thu
laborers. This waH a lie. Tho press mover told
the TRUTH but always tried to blind tic poor
Workingman. Tho press, which ought to repre-
Bont public opinion, lid its utmost to pcrvert 1t
md 11rrt tim 1nb f[.au a1,rn}i uur.
pr,sed when they found IN The papora in tho
morning immeuao lies about their ,noye-
mont, and they should be|ioyo nothing
Of It; Wages had 'beon 80 much
food for their families. Worsingnlon could not
be blamed for tho crisis, and they should not feel
the consequences Of 1t.
NORTHERN LAnoRERs rs. SOUTHERN sLAvEB.
The slaves Of the South woro in far Lettor
condition than tic laborora in this city are at
present. 4 BlaYo was supported by hls MASTER
no mattor how hard tho timcH wore, but tho
laborcr was cast away in bud times, to got along
tho best lio could.
THE srAArs-zE1ruNa LEGAL duAn.
Twoprou,inont ctlzonH Ind croatcd considerable
Talk for the last fow days, namely Gage and Hos
ing. Tho speaker then road an article from The
INlnpNE, in Which 1t waa stated that Hosing as
public printer Ind received tbs sum OF $50, 900.
legal-gmbblng, while tho otlier Was Illegal Thus
it WAS proven tint when two thieves accused
each other honest people found oue wlsaro lle
money went. 1loslng could prato no longer to
them about his honesty, they know now will.
what money ho built his grund palace on Wastl~
ington street. (ApplauHo).
Tho Chairman hero announced that NIL those
unable to find p'aco n tho lall should 90 down
stalra where anothor meeting WA organizing.
uItEAD MUST DE HAD.
Mr. A. l.. 1lornanlt addroHBul llIo ulootinE In
French, Ito said tho thousands assonlbled
tllore had como for tic purpose Of finding ollt