New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-01
And where this arrow down should Iai'
There buried should he be"

The colder part of Huddersfeld" glories IN some
of those lines, which a new an reckless generation
may perhaps read in spite OF tile adverse hahun"s
Of ancient orthographv and possibly proht there-
FROM Here is one deciphered on a picture III u
haunted hall near Huddersfed-it is descriptive
of the life of an honest Yorkshire matroh' r'''
arOrs hOHestd:
To i've Mt home in howswyverc,
To order well my tanylyr
To see they I'VE hol 10, .iys.,,,,siv.
~ t. reyeve poor iouk wiliEllye;
90 This l. my wiln mode styr,
To leade my lyfe In honestye'
Wholesome sentiments those, and the good old
DANES of IIuddersield aIso believe IN
"obeying our howsoands in what lawful Ia
Honest. sober. thrifty and industrious were the
ancestors Of the manufacturers OF Hndder'heid' ana
10 ;his day. unlike towns ~ the cloth District
the aim In Hddlorsfeld is qu:lity rather thln
cheapness aid the great Lord II ohoddy' win HS
maximum OF sIurrness sy.ftuoss, profit and men
dae,ty. for the doyis sake. amen Is not worshIpped
70 the same Extent n ~ Bailey. Dewsbury, aud IN
sope lAes of trade | may add Bradford. In Its
nroductin of bettcr-ciass goods in worsted makes
cspecialiy Huddcr,teld now stands unriNalleu'
and 4. success and presrat prosperity are Areo'S
due TO this aud iis goods are attractive enough 10
break in abroad over THE cheaper labor Of the Con-
,inent and the adverse tariff laws OF nearly all
foreign countries. ,
Though destitute Of ancient history, the industrial
growth of Huddersfeid has not been attained win
ont its share of bloody stains and tragic deeds
which owing to ignorance aud prejudice ana some
times 10 actual want ushered in the great industrial
! or, If Fnefapl', history This outbreak of igno-
AGAINST tn inventions and improvements male
in the machinery for spinning and weaving at one
time threatened 10 he more secret, more gi'm an"
more dis strous TO progress than anything OF the
| kind known even IN the middle ages IL pe-
! gan by an outbreak OF framework knittrrs al Not
ngham who could not exist on the small wages TO
| winch they were reduced. and only ended wheh
! they discovered that by chopping up and burning
| frames they were DESTROYING the means by when
| they might live. Inc Luddie nsurrectlon was
brought about by the Introduction of machinery
| fer finishing cloth and though 10 took its rise IN
| Nottinpham soon spread into Yorkshire, and Hud-
| d.tsfell was one the towns most deeply ehgaseu
in H. great number of Gro ppers joined themselves
into a confederacy, AMI ayowed with fearful oaths
their determination to prevent the introduction OF
machinery INTO this branch of trade. Ihey pro"led
about the country at night their faces Varlonsiy
disguised and appearing where least expected
would smaoh into fragme Is manufacturers frames
emf voollen cloth into shreds aud waylay and muir
dertho manufacturer. reign OF terror followed
ond (, was rot safe for Huddershed manufacturers
IN Oalt abroad after nightfall. This i-teclng De-
| tvvecn master and men continued to break out III
| vorious WAYS until the commercial hepreSson Vi
| 1917 when II eliminated in Huddershrld III ING
| lannon's Folly Hall" fight at which plao' some
| hundreds of discontcn ed men ass"lnpieu uoiuuou
| nv the expectation that they would De Ioihcu ny
men from all parts of the kingdom. that they wouid
| then march To London and overturn the uovern-
80. T,ho onneorance of tho militia finally dis
| t H. rio,crs In 1870 owing TO the shocking
| i;s,resa which prevail ell among the manuiactur-
| 40, onorativcs an attack was made on all sides OF
| uuddcrsGed The mails were stopped anu an open
| rehellion threatened. but not being joined by an
| expectcd army of London roughs and hearing Oh the
,anid approach OF tho Kings troops, they dispersed
| with but little bloodshed
| The Huddersfeld " men-folk." like their heign-
hors at bradford never itatod to use physical
| force % gain point either from the manufacturer
or from Parliament, and in This they have Often
| ,,,oea heen even cmel. A Huddersheld parliament
tory election half century ago, during the agta-
tion of tho " Ten Hours " bill, was lively ana Il
rougb scene The eminent Scottish DIVINE Dr' Onai-
mers once visited tho town during ono "l tnoso
co,tcsts aud could compare the yelling myriads IN
the market place with nothing short or fahdemo-
mum itself From tho window OF tue peorge Inn
~, Doctor saw a prodgi)us assembly oil people at
market The crowd. he says, was iurther aug
mented by n political meeting in tho open ar and
tbe whole of the SPACIOUS Market Place was filled
with IN, multitude A Mr.. Oastler held forth IN
tbc ,nost for, nsic manner and depicted the suffer
ings OF the factory children. The multitude alter
natelv yelled and checrcd. Then followed what, to
the pous Doctor, was ian original scene the
| bprninc of the Factory Commissioners, captain
| Fenton. one of the obnoxious members OF Parlia-
ment. and another unpopular master Manufactured,
In efiay "The hgures were fearfuily like men,"
says Dr. Chalmers, aud 1t being now dark. the con-
aaproion lighted M the whole square, and revealed
the faces o. tne yelling myrads 30 as to give the
aspec, and character of Pandemonlum TO the scene.
Ibe burning figures were tossed ferociousy in the
mir and 70 renew their combustion were dashed INTO
n lpnfre from time TO time"
Rut these were the good old times in England,
| when the upper classes coarse, drunken and
ILL hammered aud the lower classes ferocious and
! brutal when the popular amusemenis of the people
were man-fghtng. dog-ignting aud cock-ightlng
| and their "ume-honored institutions" the public
d gallows the stocks aud the plory Such ierocious
I amusements have happily now departed and the
aburers and operatives of the manufacturing towns
have healthier amusements and recreations, II they
choose co avail themselves OF them, and have oppor
| OF IT In leal n eOunder and sOberer life