, 1879-08-04
THE WAGE-WORKERS.
Eight'Hour Leagues Picnic at
Chicago Avenue Park.
McAulttf's Lecture on tho Great
Topic Of the Day.
Education Needed to Insure the Sucooss
Of tho Eight-Hour Movemont
The Cigar Makers Look 10 Cooperation
as Tho euro Of All Evils.
Minor Meetings OF Other Glasses
Of Labor.
rrGIrT.1rDu1s PICNIC.

OF Labor.
T1GIfTA1IQUH PICNIC.
The ptrnlc hold yesterday in Tho Wost Chicago
Avenue park, under tic ausptccs OF Tho Eight.
Hour League, mas moderately successful, nearly
4,00 persons pnYinE foe admission. 4 few
tlird-class Democratic politicians appeared on
the ground during the day, With view to
manufacturing political cnpttal, but they met
With poor success. The ntfalr was simply au
"out!ng " for those Interested. It was dcccntly
conducted and we'll managed, as far rs regards
the behavior Of all concerned, but It meant nc
moro thau my other picnic.
There wns procession beforehand, It
started from the Randolph.st.ect narkct-ptace
about 10 O'Clock. and was composed OF various
trade organizations. l.. r. Neisou acted rs
Marshal. and an escort Of dozen policemen,
under command Of Lieut.. Callahan, led the
way. The stonccuttcss', the seamen's Union,
Brscklaycrs', Amalgamated Wosklngmcn's As
ISOLATION, Sons OF Adam, Washington Literary
and Benevolent Society, Followers Of LAFAYETTE,
Chicago Literary md Benevolent Society,
Washington Mutual Aid Society, Sons
of Vulcan, United Sous Of Toll,
United Sons Of Freedom, Br!cklayers'
Benevolent Association, Tuckpo'ntcr's Union,
aud other trade mud benevolent associations
participated In the procession. They proceeded
by Washington, Clinton. and Madison a.reets to
Clark, north on Clark to Chicago avenue. md
west on Ch[cn9o avenue to the grove, whero
they arrived at II 80 a. IN.
Itlero was but ono Objectionable feature IN
tic pfcn!c, md that was the inliscrtminalc an
unchecked gambling which was carried on. A
gang Of gamblers purchased the" privleron Of
setting up "wkeel OF fortune" n nswind!ng
arrangement Of tho Worst kind, anl the boys
had things all their own way. 1t was
wosse swindlo than keno, q more outrageous
inlrn.emcnt OF tho statutcs than policy IL, but
It rsn on unchecked: The manager OF the pIc-
ue received 6485 for "privifcecs,t' Including
tue bar, the various gambling swtntlles, mud the
and, as they only paid so55 tor the uso oi tho
GROUNDS and took In about 3475 Yur admissions,
the affair was financial success.
Aoout y o'clnck Benjamin j. Goodhue. Presi.
aeat oi the Elghs,llour League, mounted n
attFueted by band hired for The purpose, gatll-
Greg nrouhd. lie said this was }lg picuc u,d
7 pc movement, aud proceeded 10 read vagious
letters from persuus who had been invited to
STAYED army.
Jumos j. Flynn, Secretary OF the Working.
mems pasty Ut California, acknowledged tjIu
REGENT Ct III Invitation to Dcunts Kcarney tu
,%a,..a ,s t.'sE' ~ AhQ eao that hcarncy'A en-
august, 20 that be could not possibly attend.
Ac said the prospects for the purity Ia Caifor-
nta were very good, nnd that noyetuopt Aal
ton.
:, b!anton Duncan wrote from Point a psuue,
Canauo, that lie eould not intend ihe picnic.
iio wanted tho men to work together for pEuc-
tscal Tcsulss. lie thought tho Eight-Hour law
would be step ia tho right direction, and would
CD4ll6 tn {iRpffnt
5qenial Improvement. Ila wan.cd i''ls Eight. T.
ftnur 10y la"s passed ~ each State
leg!slaturc, and cducntion made compnlao.y
throughout tho land. In hts opluton, Tho ms.
sage Ut tho ELght-ilo law would not result ia
giving mon ten hours' Day for eight hUurs' work.
Tile present depression ot labor, be believed,
arose from want Of confidence tn the stability
Or O. American Institutions and to the ru!nons
financial Legislation Of tho last ten years, which
had iuurcd 20 tlib benefit Of tlosc who owned
tie fnonGy at the cxpense OF all others,
Wendell Phillips had received aa Invitation to
otate, put wrote to decline. and gave 10 reason
League Ind to tall back on home talent.
.. W: bishop was introduced, as.l gaye vent
to scElos Of platltuacs. Hu alleged that cprp-
petitlon Was M at tllp bottom Of all existing dill
cn'tlee: Ihen 10 vent back hall century to
show that In the good old days ugrIcul,usal
machinery "as unknown, and lahofars found
thrown out of employ oyor two millions
t' o. nsn. THEY wcEo naturally industrious and
willing, and tho only way to provide them With
tls work they 90 ,carnsstly des'rud Vas to re-.
ause tue hours Of labor trpn ten to eight. This
and Gramd Rapids and Cincinnati must jill
haIHls with Chtcago.
"0ld Mani Barr followed With 1hc claim
tllut TUG e'.ht-hour ssstcm was necessity for
sanitary reasons. The Scutts md Vspierbilta
ought t1 20 made to work eight honta day at
tl'anual labor: There were two c,psacs Of pau-
pers whom labor had to support, allu these wcro
tie crimfnala in tho County jail, whom tlle
County Commissioners wcre sturying at is conts
,3 gsr day, at1a te other class who spent IS per
William Mason, Representative Tor The Fifth
District, said TINT hc was !n the fullest syul-
pathY with the movement. liz claimed for
himself great deal Of credit for what be had
done to prevent tha profitable employment Of
prison lnbor.
;, Keha!d Powers, President Of tho Seatnen's
ualon, William Haley, a. X. Parsons. uud sotlc
o!l,ers t' taiked for while, aud, a'one about I
o'clock. tic mcrclful rain casno. In halt AZ
Haor more me grove was empty, and the Eight
Hour League piculc was thing OF the past.