Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-24
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New YORK, january %. 1SF "a

The unemployed, laborers of the city
took place on the 4th. It a. mounted
to nothing. An effort has b cen made
for weeks to incste the lab' ,ring pop
ulation to riot and viol lence, but
with little effect. The re al laborers
looked with suspicion T pom the or
ators who were below ing at their
meetings. 49,
"Who is he, and where does he
work." became a very common
question to the red -n-Osed individn-
ais who were max ing spread-eagle
appeals in behalf Of "we laborers. "
And, it never coul q be ascertained
as the red-noses ha d ever illamined
any shop or factor. 7, or other places
of labor, their clai ms to be consid-
cred laborers wer secuted. Not
withstanding the infammatory ap-
peals to the lahore rs out of work to
join in a demonstr alton on Tuesday,
and "demand bread" presenting the
alternative of blood" only three
orfour thousand gathered in Tomp-
kins Square, and of these but few
were laborers-that is, regular labor
ers. They were agitators, whose ideas
of property were exceedingly vague,
men who believe in the doctrine
that the man who has saved SOME
thing by industry and sobriety, shall
share it with the man whose intern
perance and laziness has prevented
him from saving anything. These
fellows, mostly foreigners, met with
red flags and badges, and-that W as
all. The police ordered them to
disperse-a few of them showed
fight, and were promptly knocked
down, and the rest-the orators be-
ing frst-ran for sweet life. Ard
that ended it. Thirty of the agita-
tors were arrested and committed
to Jail. They were all foreigners,
which fact has significance. There
are in New York thousands of
English, and German communists.
who are working vigorously to or
ganize the labor of the country in
to raid upon capital; but the real
laborers are steadfastly opposed to
anything of the sort, and the move
ment failed. The prudence and
good sense of the laborers saved the
city a terrible riot.
TAArMANY's DEMANDS.
Tammany has no idea of giving
up the ghost, or relinquishing one
iota of its former power. The soci-
ETY. has been somewhat modest for
a year or two, but the elections last
fall going Democratic, as they did,
gave it new courage. Tammany
proposes to take charge of the
courts again, and, as the first step,
has divided up the appointments,
s0ithOat consulting the judges. One
MieTsOn, representing Tammany in
the Twentieth Assembly District, no.
tilted Judge Hackett and one Depu-
ty Clerk and one officer of his
Court had been assigned by Tamma-
ny to his District, and that he should
designate the two men.
Judge Hackett was somewhat sur
prised at this. He couldn't under
stand what the ring Of thieves,
headed by gambler, had to do
with making appointments of of.
fictArs in his court, and he so told
Mr.. Mierson. Thereupon Mr.. Mier-
son waxed wroth, and notified Judge
Hackett that. when the time came
Tammany would go for Judge
Hackett's scalp.
You see what chance New York
has for decent Courts, so long as a
mob of rum-mill frequenters dare to
indicate appointments like these.
WHAT WE DRINK FOR WINE.
There is shaking among the dry
bones that are habitually moisten-
ed with wine. yesterday a case
came before one of the courts, which
turned upon the genuiness of fa-
vorite brand of wine. What do you
suppose the Sherry drank in the
country is made of? Read We wine
drinkers.
An analysis of a STANDARD"
brand showed that it was composed
of forty gallons of potato spirit, |
fifty six gallons of water, four gal
Ions of capillaire, and ten gallons of |
grape juice. This delicate mixture |
makes forty dozen quarts, which
sells in the market at $8s per dozen. |
Rather profitable business for ev-
except the consumers
they need stomachs glass-lined and
backed with fire brick. The fact is,
there is but little actual wine import
ed. The Sherries are adulterated |
with sulphuric acid, and strength
ed with alcohol, Port is a villain
ous decoction, and so on through
;he list. Still the fastidious drink
er smackS his lips over his sulphu-
'ic acid, its price and its foreign
lame commencing 1t to him. Not
'ne of them can be induced to touch
he real wine, made from real grapes
crown in America.
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