The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-11


shoulder shed the b,ooi Of their fellow m ~ The
conatoI Al the present tlmo OF the laDorag men, tie
commended, worse than tnai OF the slaves before
emancipation The latter clothed and led by tnsr
masters, but working men must feed aud clotho
ton of lne disastrous consequences 10 The counIry
arising IRON the lack OF employment for the
labor'Dg classes. Taxing 4o.ouoooo psoplo the
basis OF population, he eoncl uded that there we're
at least eght million heads of iamiiies Accord
ing 70 Montgomery Blair there were 2oOo 900 rsmps,
quarter OF the male adult popula ton living 4
life worse than brutes. revolution was necessary,
though they should have to wade knee docp blood
TO obtain u. Loud appause.)
Before aujournment the cuairmao announced that
preparations would soon be completed Tor primary
eleotions
GERMAN socIALIsTIc NEE ING IN THIS CITY
HEwiTT's COMMITTEE DENoUNcED-wHAr
THE LABoRING CLASSES SHOULD DO.
Those who feed themselves With the fancy that the
socialistic movement is the decline would have
been disappoi nted II they attended the meeting at
No. 29l Bowery, last evening The impress
sion prevails that socialism Is synony
nous VITA communism. and that the move
mcnt is nanny French. A VISIT 10 the hall where
tue meeting was hold last evening would speedily
disaouse the mind Of such y Inclusion N,ue tcnths
OF the audionre were German, the speeches all
delivered IN German, the nittces appointed
exclusively German and the tone OF the speakers had
especial reference 10 Germany. Tue hour nxed tor
the meeting was eight O'Clock, but the hall was
thrown open I'll fifteen minutes before nioe. The
gas was lighted, bell struck three
times, ant one Of the attendants said TO the
reporter, "Yust shtep nsides; now begin"
Acting on the ADVICE the reporter entered the hall,
where abou. ono hundred aud twenty persons, inoud-
Ing two indies. were assembled. The chairman
elected was Frank Fornor, aud he took his place
sBravolu
''My friends" he observed. speaking In German.
hear IRON others on Inc great movement which
Is now agiatihy not only this country
u .nrr n nu'v w neal on ne mas come ior
tncir grievances, ana II these are unheed.d II Is IN
their power 10 exert roa,ica pressure that cannot
be d'srcsarded lApplause) Consolidate your forces,
and, IN srle o. monopoies and capitalists, aUor will
assert its Fights loud appause)
Michae schaener Was eleciei secretary. The 1rst
spcaker was Mr. George ,nder. EDITOR OF the Yoks.
Zetuag Alter settling forth the oDj set OF tue
meeting he ld.''Coug ress Apo intei a commit
tee inquire iuto tue condition OF The laborug cas
II rs my purpose this evening to show you how
transparent Tins pretcnce OF helping tho Iaboring
men. The appointment OF the COMMITTEE tho
OF the iaboring class to submit thor erlsy.
ances tn this committee was mot with sncers and
contempt What Is the lesson to DO derived from
thsY will tell you. II you want to be helped you
must help yourselves and the weapons are now
IN your own hands tAppaus J The os.ensble
object Of this Congressional COmmittce TO ferret
out the real cause OF the distress among the laborng
class. but what has IT accom- pisncd9 The labor
a's the coming aaspssn rsli.sa} p paaiiss
have made uso OF men for their
All The States IN the Union involved III this ques-
ton. wnicn must be settled sooner later, pre-.
political Offices viii rise or fall at me approaching
elections.
At this point q delegation, headed by Colonel
John Kearney, from Jersey CITY. entered the b,il.
Cit'zen Justus ScnwaO and A iderman Thomas Hardy
entered shortly aterward aud the speaker continu
as ioliows:-rhe great clues OF this country
more inim ediatcy concerned In this great con.
licI We arc not revolutionary, tut peaceful body,
and wo propose to mako our cause known to the
world through the ballot IL is not for nus
to predict wnat may follow II the rights
trampiea urer loot. fprolonSed sppls"aen eT Ths
men Oi New York, Cincinnati. ST. Loui., chicago aud
cIsownere are not yet prepared TO submit to the OPP
preston oi capital. THIS Congressional CON tee,
about which there has been great flourish OF trum.
pets, is mockery.
mKwiTr's COMMITTEE DExouxcRn
1t should be properly termed tho Hewitt commit
tee II tho committee realty desired TO ascertain
in the evening or on Sundays, when the poor day
laoorer could appear and give testimony In his own
dacts The investigation makes It hnposs,Oo for Tie
worxingmen 10 present Their case II Congress desired
to improve the condition OF tho working
meu II would have appointed commis
long before tho present tinie The poor workiugman
cannot spend his time In Saratoga or the water.
Ing pnces, but Is doomed 10 drag out a
miserable existence on every dollar he can
earn. Inc OBJECT Of Congress in appointing tho
| committee was clearly TO elect a iustou OF political
eem onts Tor Tue approaching eisclion There QUE
phase OF this investigation TINT cannot be
The COMMITTEES kept lawyer IN cnrhcr
OF the room not Tor tue purpose oil eiucidating tho
truth but OF confounding any poor workingman WHO
might appear TO present the case Of patient
suffering class. (Loud appiause.)
| SOCIALIST PRkss WANTED.
Ii tho workingmen desire to be represented iarly
anu justly they Will organize their press ana
! trust 10 press Ia tho hands Vt capitalists and
mouopoIists II you are TOO poor to estnb
| lish press OF your you should sub
scribe TO the press thai vndc tho of labor
IL Is iasnionabe TO decry socialists and brand them
win The iniamies of Communism, but II It
| Tor the socialists never should have had
tho Hewitt committee. Let the capitalists
take warning. there were SOV, QUO socialist votes
poIlcd IN the late campaign for mcnbcrs oi the Ger
man Recnstag, which shows that there Is very large
element OF the population alivo to tho Interest OF
| the working classes. Bismarck, with his military
power, ra0not crush the inoveusnt. Ia his strong
hold AT Berlin Fritchc, an opposition candidate, re-
ceivcd 20 23O votes though De was not elected he
ninety per cent greater than ut tho
previous one. mere forty sootalistic
papers III Germany, and the day Is not far distant
when the w0rkiugmen OF this country will wake up
to the CONVICTION that before they obtain their
rights they must have press In which they Will DO
LARRY represented
| Speeches were next delivered by Mcssrs. Klobriach
anu Others, during winch a livery scene occurred.
One OF The speakers nauy contraucted another, aud
MAS squecned by the CHAIRMAN. CitiZen Schwab spt
euafa near the entrance, and, to prevent any un.
pIeasantnsss, tho meeting was suddenly adjourned.
A mass ncstins oil the Ntttonal SOcIastic Associa
man ~ Assembly Rooms.