Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. AGAINST MONOPOLY "A Meeting of New York
 Citizens
 Denouncing the Money Power. A Strong Arraignment of
 the Corporations. The Proceedings Against Guiteau. His Case Considered by the
 Grand Jury.
The Proceedings Against Guiteau.
NEW YORK.

Anti-MonOpoIy-A Meeting to Condemn
 the Growing Power of Corporations.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-A mass meeting o1
 citizens opposed to monopoly was held to- night in Tammany Hall Hundreds of peo- pie were unable to gain admission and lis tened to the speeches from two outside stands John Kelly was unanimously elect
 ed chairman and in opening the meeting said
 they had met to oppose monopoly in every
 shape. The two great parties he said had ! failed to meet the question fairly and had gone so far that the issue must now be met. Congress, he said, had from 1862 to 1871 granted to railroad companies no less than 293, 900 square miles of the best land in the
 country. After the election of large num-
 Der of vice presidents and secretaries a \ lengthy address to the people of America | ract:
 1.-The steady and persistent efforts that are being made on behalf of the moneyed cor porations of the country, not alone to de-
 stroy vested rights, but to vitiate the execu- tive, legislative and judicial benches of the ! national, State and municipal governments, warn us that unless the people in their capac- | ity as sovereigns rise en masse and assert l their prerogative they will speedily be shorn of power and forced to submit to the oner ous exactions which monopoles arbitrarily enforce. If democracy means anything at all, and if the teachings of the century pos sess any significance, the lesson tonight is that the government should be so equitably conducted, the laws so justly administered, society so fairly and properly regulated, that the arbitrary rule of monopolies would ha Fof government. In other words, this should be
 in fact as it is in name government of the people, by the people and for the people. The men who laid the foundation of our in-
 fant republic cemented with their best blood.
 and they pledged their ives fortunes and sacred honor to the establishment and per- petuity of form of government the corner stone, superstructure and keystone of which should be protection to the toiling many against the aggression of the favored few"
 After touching up the monopolies Fin oil, {" ':in coal" 'tin iron and steel" lin breadstutfs and medicines" etc., etc, the ad- dress concluded as follows
 ''The history of the aggressive policy pur- sued by the monopolies which now control the great staples of the country as herein presented cannot fail to arouse thinking people to the urgent necessity for prompt and decisive action. Strongly intrenched in power, backed by millions of capital and with foothold in all branches of the gov ernment, 1t is pertinent inquiry how long it will be, unless restrained by the deter mined will of the people as expressed through our only medium, the ballot box, before we will have been so completely en- slaved by the money kings of the land that extrication will be impossible. While the people are idle or indifferent the letters are being forged which will shaekle them to the throne of the monopolistic power, and once in full control nothing short of 8 terrible revolution will bring relief We urge that at every convention to be held in city, town ship, county or State, the party place itself upon record in unmistakable terms as openly opposed to further encroachments by corpor- ,ations, and, while according them every just and legal right to which they are entitled, de- mand that they take their station as servants and not masters of the people,"
 The meeting was also addressed by num- Der of prominent citizens.
 Rough Shot by Policeman.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-For long time con- siderable hostility has been shown by the 'Red Star" gang number of whom reside in the four tenement houses .621 to 627 For ty. sixth street, to the police of the Twenty second precinct, and they nightly displayed their enmity by throwing stones and bricks from the house tops and windows at any of- fcer who had incurred their dislike by inter- fering with them in their nefarious pursuits. Officer Peter Nugent was given this locality as his night post and was hated by the gang, who previous to his coming had full sway over the neighborhood. A couple of police men had been recently severely beaten by the gang and Nugent had arrested two, George Woods and Andrew Stone, for having beaten Officer Malone and they were sen- fenced to six months imprisonment each. This afternoon Nugent endeavored to arrest man named Yschtman and another who participated in the assault on Officer Malone. Yachtman fled and Nugent and another ofic- CT pursued. When near the row of tenement houses they were warned that an attack would be made upon them. Nugent on nearing the house observed Denis Baxter, aged 20, a notorious member of the gang, on top of the house ledge of rocks with 8 huge piece of rock in his hands. He was about to hurl it down on the policemen. Nugent saw the move and knowing the dangerous character of the man raised his pistol and fired just as Baxter was about to release his hold of the missile. Baxter fell, still holding on to the piece of rock. The bullet entered just above the heart and in less than five minutes after the firing of the shot he was dead The off cers searched the body after it had been brought to the station house and found in bis trowsers' pocket large six-chambered self cooking Colts revolver. Nugent was placed under formal arrest. Captain Killalea spoke very highly of Nugent. He said he believed the officer had acted right and he would per- sonally do all he could for him, as he had killed Baxter in the discharge of his duty. Nugent said: '1 saw Baxter on the roof, and knowing his dangerous character and that he would kill me if allowed him to throw the rock fired, but not with the intention of killing him."
 President Arthur and the Cranks.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Among the callers on