, 1877-08-20
TIE COMMUNISTS,

THEIR T1CN1u YESTERDAY At o1DEs's GROVE.
The Worklngmcn's Association, or rather
number Of tradesunlons and the Communists
combined, held granI picnic yesterday at OR-
dcn's Grove for tho ostensiJlc intention Of rails
Ing funds to support sick workng1neu and their
families during tho coming winter, hut tho real
purpose was 10 ralso funds for the coming coun-
ty election, when tho wOrktng,ncn intend to
make distinct fight and show their strength
and influence. It was successful In point OF at
tendance, and the leaders of the party claim In
have cleared about $500. Eleven tradcs-unions
sections Of the ,vorkingmcns party Of llIi-
nois (Communlsts} turned out and marched
TO tic urorc In procession. There. were
about LOCO men in the procession, though
1900 strong. The worklng,ncn from the North
Side formed at the corner OF North arcnuc and
LarFabcc streets; those frun tho Northwest
Side Mt 5l5 Milwaukee avenue, and those from
the Southwest Side at the corner Of Desplalncs
md Lake streets. AZ tho lattcr point the three
Divisions halted and formed into Il procession at
about 10 o'uiock d. tn. They l,ad eighteen dlhgs,
threc Of which were American, and two bands
Of mnale- The line OF marrh vas north on Des-
PLANES IT, Milwaukee, avenue, thence to Chicago
avenue, thence east TO Sedgwlck; thence north
to Division; thence cast to Clybourn avenue
aa9 anl along g., thu, ,not stree. & to oFden G5oys
they showed their entnlty towards tic
police BY informing tic lew officers
present that they wcre not wanted, ns they
were able to protect themselves. The policc-
men, WHO evidently were not very anxious to
rcnntn, left for other parts, and were not seen
again during tho afternoon. Tic result Of the
aIbence Of tho police was several dlsgraceful
lights and as many bloody heats!., Tho leaders
Of the party caisned that the police had sent
number OF roughs for tic purpose Of disturbing
tho harmony Df tho proceedings. aud making the
party odlous III the eyes Of thu people. AS thu
day advanced, fights became more frequent,
and mattcrh commenced 10 look dangerous.
Tho leaders thereupon held a conference, and,
after shprt discussion, IN which several OF
them gave It as their opinion that tho police
decided to orCnnlzo patrol Of about
Nifty. Tic men wero armed with clubs
and they soon succeeded In expelliuE all parties
who felt inclined to be troublesome. No further
trouble WAS experienced after this. At about 2
o'clock Mr. j. G. Pfelfer mounted platform
and made speech, the burden pt which was tic
treatment Of tho workIngncn durlMg tho late
riots on tho part Of tho police. Ilo tried To
show that It they had acted lit harmony they
suit would have been different. Still ic clalmcu
tllat the general result has been highly bcue-
lcial to the worktngMcn. and tlint ~they asc
stronger to-day than iley wcro ever before. Mr.
A. X. Parsons also Undo his customary
haFangue. lie urged tho workingmcn 10 organ
ire at once, and get rcat1y to snake themselves
felt a. tho coming election: no was confident
that II they acted wisely they would rout tho
capitalists at the polls and galn the point for
which they hatl been lighting 10 long. During
the afternoon collection was taken up 10 de-
fray the campaign expenses, which ncttel nbout
So. Tho Grore WIS crowded all day, about hall
OF those present being women aud Children.