New-York tribune., 1878-05-27
LABOR MOVEM ENTS.
A SOCIALIST MAss.MEETING.


A SOCIALIST MASS-MEETING.
, PARTY THAT WISHES TO ABOLISH POVERTY
SPEECHES CLAIMING THAT BALLOTS, AND NOT
BULLETS, ARE TO DE THE MEANS
The large hall in the Germania Assembly
Rooms was hed on Saturday evening. at the meeting
Of the socalisc Labor party Socialism, on this occa
sion, apparently got much OF its stimulus from peer as
there large consumption OF lager, ana also time'
before the meeting called to order The crowd was
orderly and the speakers dealt out very diluted knd OF
Communism The object of the meeting was stated 10 Do
oset the public Alright about the objects OF the organza
ton and 70 give opportunities for joining the party
The speakers all deprecated the OF force In setting
the labor question, denounced the press FOR msrepie
sentatons OF the labor movement and declared that tue
ballotbOx the only resource for the worRlngmah'
The chief speaker Henry Drury, who was careessy
dressed had thin gray hair. intellectual forehead
and very tragic way of rolling his eyes When excited
He hnd much to say Of the wrongs Of the working class
to which proessed TO belong. He spoke fueny, aud
his hands were not the hands Of wOrkingmGn
I'VE have met to express few OF our thoughts" said
Mr. Drnry, OF those topics at present agtatlng
The minds Of men, and that has been more Yilhed
than any other that has been before the public for dis
cusslon refer to the labor question and socalism-to
those who are styled Ne cOmmunistic sOcaiisc, red-
handed, red-bannered, inccDdIary and assasslhathS
people We here tonight 60 express our own private
conviction, which is-howevor sanguinaTy IL may DO
called, however muCn VIC nave cuuso uo
TO feel aggressive know too well that our question 10
which to be decided by physical force 1t Is to
decided by intellectual and moral power and as Intel
lectual men OF the working classes we meet here TO-
night. lApplause.I We are fighting and we VIII fight
the battle OF the future the great battle OF humanity
And now word about tine public press We have heard
that onr friends In ST. Louis had entered into contracts
for and ammunition 1t is true that are preparing
for revolution but not FOR the revolution Whch our
opponents suppose The very who your papers say
with arms but with banners bearing such devices az
these Justice to labor" All wealth belongs 10 those
who create it, These the trophies which these
cuLroats these dynamltecariridges men brought out
Last came the most murderOus weapon OF all upon
OF the cars was Ur1ntlng-prtss; from III Nep
printed aud distributed broadcast among the people tie
platform and principles OF the s0calstlc lahor party
That WIS Our powder magazine. Loud applause Ihe
prntingpress was our eatinS gu the papers were our
bullets; aud win these we intend 10 prosecute lhe COM
:? Those who talk so glibIy" continued Mr. Drury.
about Communists Use words which they don't under
stand. These men VINO are called lconOclastS, com
pOrtant IN the world that tle most powerful aristoc-
| racics fad that II Il time 10 wipe them out
There Is another point to which wish 10 call your
attention The speaker here read the following extract
from an editorial IN TigE TRIBUNE: 80 The law-Dreakng
Communist must meet no more federation than mad
dog COMMUNISM must De tFcaie1 as We tIea' tnoGre
the smallpox. OF IT, work will be far more deadly
the question treated Wien these scOurges occur We
| know there is something the matter. We don't send
squads Of soldiers 10 stamp OUT cholera me ooclaiSuc
or what they please To call the COmmunlsuc party
proves that there Is eogtagon IN society when we
TRIBUNE this About 1888 the cholera penetrated into
Scotland 1t ragged at Edlburghi some plous people
sent note to Lord PalmcrstOu TO appoint day OF
prayer TO relieve the city OF the scourgc PdlmersCns
ac0nc reply was We have found that IN the treat
m.ut Of cholera a wliitewasl-DTlsh Is more effective
! than prayers The SOcallstc Labor party Is thc
wmtewasI-brush which Will sweet the cholera from
! our society. We know that We have one Of the
great problems OF tine century 10 sOyt-how 10 aDOish
poverty. That Is our work, and If they call us Com
munsta, let accept proudly that dtiuton Inc time
has passed when the workingmen Will hOd themselves
subject any sO-cIlied hgner class We shall not con
fr,s our Inrfority until il Is proved. We told not
10 take mp aims while AT the time the attempt Is
made to close against us tie baHoI,Dox Dy properly
qualification We recently cubbed out OF a public
meeting sclnWay Hall Yet We viii conquer IL the
The audience had been growing restless and once the
! speaker, when speaking OF political e2onOinY ana the
Wrlun.s OF Adam smith, told to si down" 4 let
ter read from the labor Organization III Jersey Cy
IL ended with the sentiment: Long to 10 the oOclalis
press" The chairman then said he mad been requested
read resolution, mainly FOR the benefit OF the press
aud public at large thnt the LABOR paIf
has only elected by majority; We have no lead
ers 5chwib and Others wno are often called the
leaders OF the commune We declare are only members
with vote, having no more influence than any one
George Winter then made address IN German out
lining tue plan Of the organizations ne denounced tne
h,hness OF ca pitasts Ike Vanderbilt and Scott. The
pres, in for censurH IN the largest German words
! al the speakers command.
Isaac Beuuett--a man with a German accent aud an
indifferent command OF Englisi-said: " we were 20
believe what the press say. We should thnk the devil
the wages u over labor. Is this crime And yet the
vilh the American people. Do differ at ali from
native hmelicausi / tell you tie American com
nc,d TO scnd Ills wife aud children to the factories to
earn their bread. Lc woui say 10 the capitalists, Pm
Communist and III be- id dOd't cut your throat
Iond apllluscl We, however. shall 20 10 the ballot
box for our rights but trust the Lousana Returning
Board VIII left out We shall take good care TO de-
feud that box II have TO do II with bullets The
watchword should be, Whoever ia apers with the vote
of the people, shoot him on the spot We don't want 10
carry arms: carry a clear head ana honest con
science. We You who compel man To work zen
or Twelve hours day starvation wages-yOu murder
that man. murder the morals OF his wife and uaught
ere this stopped ana We will have II stopped.
They tell religious enough. We will let
those who Henry Ward BcccheFs chIrch pray, ~
their days arc numbered
The meeting adjourned quietly, and there was more
beer down sairs Tor the Socialists who found discussion
ufy work.