, 1873-12-27
THE UNEMlPL DYED.
Important Meeting Last
Evening at tho Re-
lief sooiety's
Rooms.
Speeches by F. A. Hoffman,. Jr, Writ
Dexter, Aldermen Scliaffner and
McCrath, G. Z. TruslelL,
Julius Rescnthal,
and Others.
Mr.. Hoffman Urges that the
Relief Money Be Turned
Over to tho City Gov.
GrnmGnt.
Dlr. Dexter Shows that This Cam
not Do Done, but that tho
Destitute Can Do Taxi
en- Care Or
Aid. McGrath Thinks that That Is
All that Can Be Reason
ably Asked.
Somebody Wanted to " Count |
the Money" |
Amicable End of the Meet /
ing.
What Was Done at the 1Vorkingmen's
Headquarters Yesterday.
The New York Workingmen Demand
Employment from the Citv
Government.
Somebody Wanted to " Count
the Money"
Amicable End of the Meet
ing.
What Was Done at the 1Vorkingmen's
Headquarters Yesterday.
The New York Workingmen Demand
Employment from the Citv
Government.


Tho headquarters Of tho 6ocio-P Political Asso.
citation, at No. 6s West Lake street and No. 139
West Polk street, wore again crowded all day
yestorday with mon wAouo rallying cry was
"broad or death" They expected to Aear ro-
port from tho Committee which had consulta-
tion with the Common Council Committee and
tho Mayor on Wednesday afternoon, but instead
OF the Committee they found tho following NO.
tice conspicuously posted ut tho door Of each
headquarters:
Das Commtte Gann hcfor 8anlstag ncht berlchtcu
Ile Committee can't renortnlot before Saturday.
Tho reading Of this notice threw most Of them
In perfect state Of fronzy. They declared that
they would wait no longer; tint the city was
trying to fool them, and TINT tho most
terrible consequences would be tho inevitable
result. Tho members OF the Relof and Aid So
ciety, Mr. Hesing, aud Mr. Gage, camo i'll for tho
largest ahnro Of abuse and inyectiycs, aud, to
judge by tho language used, either Of these gon-
t1cmcn, had they boon present, would hardly
have left their halls alive.
swEErlSd THREATS.
They accused tho Relief aud aid Society of
enlbczzling tho funds in their hands, aud that
thoy could not produce tic money, aud that
HcBlng and Gage had pocketcd the public funds
Threats Of deno}isling tho ltoiiof Building, tho
Pacfo Hotel, and tho Staats-Zeitnng Building,
were made quito rccklcBsly, and III attacI Oh tho
wcl-tillcd elevators was also occasionally aug
gcsted. They declared that II tho report Of the
Committee should bo unfayorable, they would
take possession of the Exposition Building Sun
day, and hold such o meeting as Chicago had
never behold bafore. If tho building was re-
fused them, tAcy would take it by storm.
The crowd ut No. G6 West Luke street was
composed mostly Of Germans, mud was the ,nost
orderly; but nevertheless, thoy seemed to be
anxious for tho fight which, in their opinion,
would bo tho inevitable result.
DRILLING THEIR MEN.
Efficient drill-InAstors wero busy all dav drill
ing tho men in marching and organizing tLem
into squads. Tho reporters wcre told that this
was done only as pastimo, md tlat tl1oy need
nuke no mention Of tho fuct. They know how to
fight, and they were ready for 1t, but thoy would
rather havo tho city accedo to tloir demands
pcnceably.
THE WIDOWS COOPERATE.
ln tho afternoon, d rcd-haired, midlle-agod
Indy 1nauo her appearance ut tho heauguurlQra
md asked the anxious crowd surrounding her
for tho addrx;a Of Mr, Francis A. Ho1fAlanu,
Jr., to whom size had something Of gycal i'm
portanco to communicates. No ono OF tho
workingmon present knowing that goutlo.
man's addreas, TItE TunuSr reporter, who
was lounging around to pick up somo
the required information. Tho reporter, pcrcoiv- Civ
Ing Ills eAance for MI important item offered tho
lady Ills guidance, which was willingly acoopted
On tho way ho elected from ller tho 1aut that her
name Is Mrs. s. II. Higgins, au!l that sho ID got
among the widows. She would emil mcoting In
lew dayH, aud hundreds of ladies would bo
present to denoullce tho Relief Society," and give
tho workingmen all THO moral support They
Hft NI,n 7rn1 ri9,tyit
prolnlnont luonbors OF tho Society, who a'lo suill
inA.,ted poor ladoH aaking for aid. 10 CONVINCE
tle reporter OF tie truth Of lor assertion, Alo
showed him basket IN which SHE bud about 5oo
hut wore refused. Ble Ind a'Bo book III wilicl,
were tho nunieH Of 1G1 atlioH who lut sig,lticd
their Willingness to join in this movement.
po1.K STREET. HEADQUARTERS. |
At the Polk Htroot headquarters, which was i
alel with laboro,u Of all nationalitieB tloy were
exceedingly boHtoroua antl unruly. It waa a |
dangerous task for reporter to venture among |
them, they having all uspocial hatraa aKaintt |
newspapers which they nculao Of hoing il, tho |
pay Of nrbtocrata. On II platform at tho head Of
the roam wGro seated two meu who woro busy |
lcG.Htorng new namos, about 600 bciug addoa |
ycnturluy.
In tho roar were two tlagg, Oh A,norlcau aud a
rod ono, which bore tlo inscription:
Arhclter alier Natione,, wcrled etnig
WorkMgincn Of nll nau1sa heroula unitod
a largo nl,mlor OF lmmpllota md Cotnmunjstio
papora luy around tho room, conspicuous alnouE
Which was the Kolks-6iaat (l'ooplo'a Stato),
very radicul sheet published at Loipzig, Cor
tnauy, us tho oreau OF tho uonora Council Of
tho international Workingn.en'a Society. Tho
former oditor of tllis papor wins tho notorious
Socialist 1.obknccht, but 1t III now oditod by
MIR. Il, Sciirort, another ablo Communicate writ
Or,
ONE CAUSE or nlTTERSEas,
J.. One of tho p,sn et thia place, rho was ezeosa-
|uglS !uRa u &s tasuAta sSaluAt socluty. bs!pa