The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-27
California Kearney.
THE LABOR AGITATORS OF BOSTON PREPARING
TO GIVE HIM A WARM RECEPTION.

THE LABOR AGITAT0RS OF BOSTON PREPARING
TO GIVE HIM WARM RECEPTION.
Especial dispatch to the New York Times.l
BOSTON, July 24.-Denis Kearney, the
California labor revoluti0nist, is expected
to reach Boston on Sunday, and arrange
ments have been made by certain labor agi-
tutors to give him a reception, large COM
mittees having been appointed at meeting
tonight, which was presided over by IL. NJ.
Chamberliu, the candidate some years ago
OF the Labor Reformers for Governor. 1t
is proposed to present kearney with an ad-
dress Of welcome, and to hire hall for the
purpose. Kearney sends word ahead that he
will not change his style Of speaking to suit
the sensibiIties Of Boston people, but will
give them his sssand-lot +" speeches unadul-
terated. He will also relate how the rail-
road companies rendered him free passes,
and how he scorned them, declaring that he
would take nothing from the vampires.
Kearney's mother and brothers live in
Brighton, one Of the suburbs Of the city,
and to visit them, he says, is his intention,
as we'll as to Stir up the workingmen, and
work for his friend Butler. The home OF
his mother and brothers is modest cottage.
The old lady came over from Ireland few
years ago. She is a well-preserved, ruddy-
faced, cheerful Irish woman, about sixty
wears old. Denis, she says, was smart lad
at home, in the county of Cork, where he was
born in 1847. Two OF his brothers live
with the old lady here, Michael being u
tailor, and Patricka blacksmith. His oldest
brother, Jerry, is following the sea. and is
somewhere on the coast OF Africa, and an
other brother, Daniel, is drayman.
FAREWELL. WORDS OF THE LEADER OF THE
woRKINGMEN's PARTY.
From the San Francisco Examiner, July Is ~
On the sand-lots yesterday were gathered
the usual number to listen to the farewell
address Of Denis kearney before bis de-
parture for the East. In calling the meet
ing to order kearrey said 81 am going to
preach sermon to-day, and we will begin
with the usual prayer. 'The Chinese must
co. All the churches are wheeling into
line and trying to pray them out, but we
say they must so peaceably II they will, but
forcibly If they must" The "sermon !"
that followed consisted of an attack upon
the commercial career OF Isaac Fried
lander. He also attacked NJ. d. Sweeny
and the bank in which that gentleman
is interested. e predict universal bank
ruptcy for the savings banks Of San
Francisco within two years. Biark the
prophecy. This scoundrel Duncan was
praying for another chance to rob when his
bank burst. and il he had died the week
before he failed, the ministers would have
sounded their nasal.twang eulogies and ad-
vised all young men to follow the defunct
thief's example. Next Sunday morning I
start for Boston to do my utmost to set the
work;ngmen Of the East to thinking. That's
all that's necessary. / will prove TO them
that when combined they are power that
can rend the earth asunder. will bid you
goodbye, and hope you will keep up the
Sunday meetings. I can assure you the
Chinese will 60, bank-smasbers will go, the
railroad thief will go, and political bummers
must go. s,..
The meeting was addressed by Wellock,
Tucker, and Others, before adjournment,
and Kearney committed the party to the
care OF Wellock during his absence.