, 1876-05-08
TO ARMS /! TO ARMS
This. Il the Cry Of the Communist,
Lumbor-Sh overs Now on
q Strike.
II They Can't Get aR1.75 Per Day The,
Will Not Allow Others to
Get $3.50.
What Was Done at Their Mass.Moet;ne
Yesterday.

Way out In tho southwest portion at thu civ.
on the open prairie. the lutnber-shovcra maj
ycslotdav aftosnoou. Through mass OF min.
gloi mud aud dobsis, nntl In uud out throuoh
peculiar by-wayr, = TRIBUNE reporter trudged
t'nlnfntiy to ilul tho masa- meeting. Tho piacs
chosen wns = large ploco Of grcenavArd aouth Of
Twanty.sccond ktroos, and near Van Horn and
Lincoln strsosa. Tho crowd which gathered
theto Was Iarge-vory largo 1t WAS ewoiod by
equnlling brats mud uncouta females. II mum.
bored thousands. rhoro woso nlcn gatl,ored
t&arv who Ind no interest III thu
procasl1ngn, oAcopt ns iookcrs.oh. They
noon became t'isRuatod d4+. sfrt thoir way. Tho
snnss OF tho gathering wna clan nj :..,,....:e.
ista-iEuorant, superstitious, ard ungo,lly md
uokompt. They voro malnly 1'ohomans, poloA
few uuuEarIans, and Hmatl aprnklinR Of
dormnus. II was mob Of gigantic propor.Ionu,
Witch could easily have beea carried away by a
fov designing n,en, and the gathering Jcaerdiy bodies
good to the lumber interests unless sone precau.
tioiis Tor ptotao llon
AIR TAKEN TO-DAY.
Every man who WAS decontIy dressed wA1 frowned
down upon, and ienominlously hustlel 10 ono ids.
wagon mod fur sc,kers stand, but "a 1nlck.
~ sny po!son saas nsar "to ~ was suspected a. he
n mob dit not want = rrimrtor near them. Evpn Ia
uLtan tho namo Of the Chairman was mt tolerated.
then, wonld tell tho meaning Of q word that any
speaker uttered. Az, however, were fiery. and adv-
Dohonan aud POLISH, interspesscl With fow spssc. H.
s in terman To tho credit Of the lsttnr 10 1t said
that t!.sr addresses wers marked with temper.
uto TINS than thoSh OF tbs other 6pcakera.
1t had boen decided by tie Lot to "a.
ducs wages below this standard IT last yoar ai.os ias
M atcmpt by certain dealers to souc. the wa.e1 81
" ".lovsrs' to = fl:3s & per NY; fron $50 Tu. led 70
~ q aes.an
wuh supposed Would p1cify the man Anl prcvcat
further trouble: luce the arrest Of soa Of tho ring
hoad Communists hnvo gone among these ignorant
men aud .ola them that tie roiee and l,es, had
ulado you'd bc complied with
PROVIDED THEY USED FonuE
sufficient TO compol tho employers to submit. Tha
iss1. Tho bohemian spesehos and the,s Of the pos
were Of Tho most hery character. ~ Durn down ths
fsr 4 buy 80 ~ ht nsy 2s IL
men away who would continue 10 work for sso day
Or 10 shoot sny etnployor who would mako prcten
were asoeatod thonsb thcre was little
outside Of tho app.ass which the ignorant v4ya
behaved. Thoy called for money TO bali ont All,
who tRht 10 arrested and to defay tho sxpenaca OF
The police and press were alldod 10 In tho mo.i
Jeering terms. Thcy spoken Of tue paid hrs
lnas u tho capitalists. and foes to ths working
10 18th lin. ' N'''' : '''N w." 1".>@ ''' '">A '''s
WEAPONS COULD De rrnCHABED :,
in Rufcfent quantity to arm At eass $50 Of them. to
would take no less than. ti,iS per day, and would
lambsf-yaTd in chls.so; oas q .he .peaiets
tecFa could leave sheir nsmos aud contrihah
men In et!seus elotlina ut shay weso mt o!oassd
Tho reporters were followea from tho GROUNDS by
hsy o i NJ is e
mcu mean mischief, and they will gathor together this