, 1875-12-18
Scml-lsiotu11s Proceedings Of Two
Thousand Furnished Cit.-
IONS Of Montreal.
The City Taking Some Stops to Give
Work to Her Unemployed.
Fears of Violence at tie Hands Of Des-
perato Indulgence.

kuu HlolkH VI uuttlE.pl0 FGuuGE+ 4HGy ha-
somblcd In strong force this morning and uur-
rounded Citv-lIal1, demanding bread or work.
Alderman Groonior, Chairman Of tho Police
Committee, addressed thou, cudeavoring to
moilfy their discoutank although he could not
appcaao their hunger. lIo advised t.,em to
wnit patiently till tomorrow that the City
Council would probably do something for them
tonight. A deputa!on left horo for Ottawa
yesterday to wait upon the GovornnloDt and a..
certain what thoy intended doing In tho ,mntter.
1t IL nov made known that tho projected works
OIL tho Lhcl,ne Canal cAnnof be proceeded with
this wisItor thAt only portion of 1t e Contract
ott for, and that lies within tho city. limits and
wnso tho Uatnr lot ont Of tho canal At this
tho largest mills In the county, throwing thou.
sands OF people out Of employment. Aid Ia
somo shape will have 10 DO extended ia tho idle
Of this city soon, or tlo1e will probably 10 =
riot.
ANOTHER DlsrtTcH.
!Spfe7a! N4suatch 10 The Chraan 7tibsn<.
hlcSrnEAI4 Dec. 7.--A portion OF tho rrocea-
siouisss, Altar having ths City.uA building this
II tu1nultuous column, and turned into Notre
Dane street. along which they proceeded, shout
ing Work OF bread! r" while nno demanded
"Work or blood" Tho cry OF ITO tho Champs
do Mars j. was at length raised, and Bonn 200 or
800 proceeded there Hero one Of the leaders
addressed thom, advising thoal 70 be quiet, and
to proceed to so1no store and demand i flag with
which to head tho column. In leaving tho ChAmpn
tho West Eui; About . p. m. . crowd numbering
1000 assc1abled 1t the entrance to Cny-tfnll.
Tho crowd hero became very diaorderly md
sonc outside 1ghtipg took place. Tho police
had much difficulty to rostore order Az q pre-
caution the various Departments were locked
up. Efforts worc mado to keep the crowd OUT Of
the hall, aud tho Mayer Addressed them from
tho balcony. advising lhcm to Ro.hone. and coun-
iencs, which weuld only make matters worao,
LIE said tho cPnncil would gsvo their. case
rup'ed BY cries, I'VE aro suffering.
sna Ind want food !" and tho crowd then
made. aud Chtaf-of- Pollee renton received
cut over tho eye, ahrading tho skin. Tho fight
becoming pretty general, tho police using their
batons freely. and relnforcanents Of police ar
rivtng with spenoes rifles tho crowd soatsored In
every direction, Tho polioa took up position
In tEpnt Of tho Court-IIouse, aud, although sur
rounded BY crowds, wore not futthor molcsted.
At tho meeting OF tho Council, the hEayor ieliv-
cred speech On tho hnbjcct Of the large num-
boz Of unomploysd persons seeking aia from
tho CITY. and said thoro was no doubt Of
tho widespread dissress. Ho zend lsttcra which
lad passed bctwoon him and tile Lion,
tsore @as too 9'I Rie. rue sse aspo.,,ioa ssa
to lean upon the Government in this crisis.
Tho Fe4laral Government could adopt no policy
III uGutrEa1 which they do not adopt in other
cities OF the Dominion. Instructions had been
gison contractors to proceed with orory portion
Of tho Lachine Canal works that could DO dono
in the winter. Owing to engineering difficulties,
but very amnu portlon Of tho work can be pro-
eseded CO.! with ~ present. Ia tho eprlng, when
good deal Of employment will be Furnished. Tho
Mayor said, In conclusion that 1t waa now for
then to tAka measures Of relief for tho people,
not by distributing charity, but by giving work,
1fftaR nut ,tr u1, fn}s
poverty. Somo dtacnss.on took place on tho
1uestlon Of proceeding with tue rater.works,
aud u INA poInted out that tho samo reason
urEoa BY the Doninlon Government that work
Oh the LRchlno Canal could not 70 Oh iu wiuter
applied 10 great ueaAnte.
IN tbs Assodtattd f@su1
MONTREAL poo. 17.-Ihls forenoon about
dsn, ssss5sd m pon Hosy 81 gnn
where they remained for aomo trae In an excited
state, but, boyond relieving bread-wagon OF .
dozen loaveB, NO roprehensibte acts were commit
ted. AID. Qrcniars spoke to tie crow1 advising
them 70 djourn until p. NJ. when tho Council
would be ready to give some answer III RESPONSE
to their demand fdr work or trcnd. The ma1ori-
ty OF the assc,nblsGe then marched through tho
atreets In = tunultnoun column. Al s p. N,
lisotlerly thlong OF over 1900 surrounded tho
C,ty-Hall, and, despite tho largo body of police,
tic mob attaokod = lees-WaEon, took the casks
aud drank tho contents. bread-wa8on WAS
then cleaned out. Ton minutes lator haht
Alderman locked up the various dopartmeutE
and discussed the propr1ety Of reading the Riot
act. Tho Mayor then addressed tho aaaemblage
from tho balcony. lie counHeled tho greatest
only make mattern worso. lie said sho
Council was to moot md give thetE
on those who wanted 10 create dihorder, and was
interrupted By cries Of "Wo a1o suffering and
At quarter to the Council commenced delib-
erations. Meanwhile several sIlcouutors took
place between tho police aud o1citsd mob Chief
psnton taking Al active part. Several Arrests
Hcto made, and upon tho kppsoAch OF reinforce
nients the crowd ilod In every direction. num-
ber wero intoxicated, and while no doubt largo
number Of the lahorers prcHout really deserved
work: many simply waited ap opportunity for
At the Council tho hnyor read Nh answer from
Prsm!er lrackenz1a 10 lis letter describlog tho
state Of dsst!tuslon u tho c,sy. The Premier
said tGuro wAs too Rraat disposition 10
th!s crisis. They could adopt no ape-
oAl policy touching the case. Contracts
had been let for portion of the canal enlarge
mcnt, and the contractors ware requested 10
wlntor. but to go ahead would require thse emp w
tying Of the canal, thus throwing l,100 tnillers
out of employment The route OF certain por-
tlons OF the canal had not yet becn decided ou,
tracts would be lst during tho wintor, which
would furnish . good deal employment early In
the spring. Tue Mayor said now was tho tino
for the Council To take measures for relief, not
by distributing charity, but BY giving work.
After . long discussion tho Council decided to
employ ~ many ~ 1t could in the earthwo1ks It
90 cents day.
Thu polics aro out aFmcd. expecting trouble
tonight
Tho Outside Passenger.
EsstoS Cb'NmsEetal El4lstsn,