, 1877-07-24

1FEAkAN0 ANu HhoOAO4AONas
A mass-mcettng Of workinemcn 10 express
sympathy with tho railroad strikers was held
last evening on Market square, between Mall-
son and Washington streets, In pursuance Of
tho following Gail:
WonK1HdMKS OF CHICAGO!
uAyE rou no ntdnrss-So. AAnlI1ox!-xo NAN
.. Mu0uf ...'..
4sss fob you of ii. yoas r,shts ~ wet ~ iii tAa
fruits Of yonr laborf a movement IL now fnaux.
united by the hMpns, ke. q 4nssf. * a,9
elep tt Monarchy. WAS It in vain that our fore-
fsshers fuurht aud died for L'hKnrst
rest, 10 vasabond, Of nny workipgman uut Vt om.
ployn.cne who niny Wander In *chFch Vt work-uo
Thsy hsss parsed il making 1t = criminal Of.
OF ihcir wagrs-su odeneu punlshabte by inprfs.
h!ne IN reducing our wnPcs. aud Bringing starvs.
tiun 10 our hnu,rs. j. protected by all the police
fuse 70 pay ,thelr faze,, but demand al ill., lm.
Every day. scseFy berr. that W. remain dlsnntted
only hs1pa our opprcasaTs TO onA ,uoro 6Emly the
ehalMs around v. Throughout tho en!EEa land our
aSo1 Fof ths .sks Ss o u Jul = wse. 1 I aaa eidsen
and nnt own self' respect, LET us WAIT NO LoxakK!
Mas .1acettpg IN Market stsest, near Madison,
Tonight.
Leiu..st whlis shese IL yet tine!
workipsmcn's Party Of tha CnIied states.
From the tcnor Of tlu uboye II might hare
been supposed that tho gathering would bare
been very inccnliary In !ts Character. sa1cht
however, wa4 not the cnsc. 1t was large gatli-
eFlpg rsrging all tic way during the evening
from, Z, ,0U to 1000 people, Among them theru
wcro some korenca4ls aud many thieves,
but the crowd had maay respectable
hborIng men, who csmc 10 listsn, and
others who were present merely from curiosity,
helped to swell tho numbers some drawn by
the idea that there would bo trouble, xnd eth
ers for amusement, As they would 60 to free
theatre. A carly - o'clock tue crowd began
to gather. They Turned in little groups, Dis
GUSHING the merits Of tho situation. Maoy sym.
pathized with tho Pennsylvania stfikers, Dus
nearly Ill deprecated the destruction Of lia antl
property. Now and then man would boast oi
the ruin wrought, and saytt
sknvzp TUE CoRponA71oh RIGHT,
and ono stalwart lEtslimsn said, while standing
beside Tns TRIBUNE reporter, "Begorsa, taln
flttsbusgeEs atl ttelr wefk we'll, aad I xlst
they'd do ths same thing here" This remark
met With uo approval. aud the man shut up.
The tneetInR waa ln sense mIsnolner, sincs
II was held under the auspices Of this Socialists
who, contrary " general expectation, eoun
seled tat least openly moderation, and depre
Gated any resort TO violence. Durtpl
tho evening two proeessions came up
on tho ground carrying mnttocs Is follows
"Lifv by labor Or death BY light -; Why dos
oyerproluetIon Cause starvation" " United VI
stanl, divided we fall" These were carried
transpArcurIcs, aud tssnslatclIuto GcEtaan AM
ffeuet,. Previous to tho regular meeting,
man named Albert Curson got upon tho plat
form and said that they had come together t.
consult about their bErtLscu now on strike o.
the Pennsylvania CeutEal and the Illinola Rasl
roals. They deprecated any yiolenet, but tue
would stAud BY the strikcrs TO tug deAth.
he military shot II them they would
RkTGAH THE kiKE.
There was quitr IN tnisrludu between ht
speech aud the regular organization Of th
meeting, which was mol effected until q littl
ths platform. lie said that they had not com
toxelLes to Issue u proclamation Of war, but t
at'coss the tmpofsxnt questions Of the day
Thay would enly eouutsnanse good ozlcl