, 1880-02-01

perhaps the landlord on the stairs, ready to
put their wives and children in the streets
TO starye and die Of destitution. +
they asked for work they were told
the question was, When would they get itp
They were told to 80 into the workhouse, but
it would be better for them to 60 about the
streets in hunger, for when the family once
entered the Workhouse they were torn asun-
de He lea asRea them M to AND dr and
thus give themselves means to feed and
clothc their families, now running about the
streets almost naked. Their. call would pe
made in legal manner, and they would NOT
60 outside the bounds OF tle law unless N IS II meE
would not be their fault; foE they would
work if they had work to. do. They did
not want charity, but if there vas charity It
should commence at home. [Cheers,J Ihey
nha aeaa Gf Ss4 @ %oor were hud
died together without fire, or food, OF even
4 bed to lie upon, was neglected. They were
willing to work, and they meant to be 1lIm IN
their demand for it., voice here said % 7 that l9a
to do i'll Afr. Mooney next referred to the
sewerage aud paving works about to pc car,
ried out by the corporation, and contended
that these works should not be given to con-
tractors who always put tllree-tgMrths OF me
demand r that the work should be given among
Cheers.] 11r. Mooney, in conclusion, advised
his hearers to amalganlate and carry out the
propositions thatwould be made to them. MT
eed sa duPRh s ea aeosr e6w feH6 SpGa ys IL IL
said this was 1nonlentous crisis in the his,
tory of Ireland. The laboring men wanted
work from the opulent classes OF Ireland
They we're not going to beg, but to ask Tor
work. # such state 9f poverty existed IN IN
tic consequence? is voice" Revolution.
t'Yes," Mr.. Murphy said, revolution, It has
been said Of our class that we arc rebels
No; VIC are the most humble and submissive
ssss that God ever f5tf e IS
scribed. The farmer, it is said, has not seed
for his land, although he has COWS and
horses It is actually proposed to sand pay
are starving In Dublin, though willing, to
work. have seen three families
myself within the past three days thrown
out of their rooms, unable to pay rent. An
Gthsr fny th;s has mot Agh5s9 6g fe f foE teh m
owing to the aristocracy and the gormandlz-
ing propensities Of the landlords [eheers],
WHO are trying to extingnish the laboring
classes, who are the bone and slnew OF the
land The speaker Ment en- on to sax taat an ne
gentleman in Dublin two months before the
meeting in the Mansion House; but it was Of
no use: thew had no money to put in repre-
sentative in Parliament. This gentleman
1ieve there was hungry man in Dublin, but
afterwards as a matter Of policy he put
down his name in the Mansion House
for ESQ. There was one name, and 1t
was his duty to speak OF it with all respect,
he referred to the noble Duchess OF MARI
hcr ch TT n1IH e11aarc Tint 191V had
done more 10 endear her to all classes in Ire,
land than despotic Queen had done to add
lustre to her crown. Applause. Not
single pound had been given in Dublin to the
relief Of the distress, and application should
be made to the proper authorities for employ
ment. He complained that Poor Law
Guardian had proposed that the unemployed
and destitute should be put into the small
pox hospital, and another. gentleman, for the
reason that a man had refused to work
the laboIing classes were too lazy
to work. But the first principles of
Christian man should be a fair days wages
for fair days work. Twelve shillings a
had five or six in family. He strongly ad-
yised his hearers not to go into the Work
house, which he described as living hell.
Mr., Robert Mccormack, house-painter,
congratulated the aSSenby dS On the success T
Mooney suggested that they should march in
a body peaceably to the Mansion House and
ret an Interview with the Lord Mayor. The
proposal was at once agreed to; and the
workingmen, headed by the black flag and
the loaf on the pole, marched to the Mansion
House, through Dame street ami Grafton
street.
The n7ocess{on numbered about 500. A
s+rono ppo1ca fnTna ewas n1aced On t1,1tv in the
,s,;o;m;f enfio;no+ion nf their arriVai The
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