The Osceola times., 1886-04-17
TIE e,oHT.HoUR MOVEMENT

side--An Anarchist Addenda Ihat was
Quietly Ignored
CHICAGO, April ll.-Fully eight thou
sand workingmen crowded into the great
armory of the Sixth Cavalry on the
lake front last night and prooaDy
four thousand more gathered in front OF
the building. The occasion had been ad-
yertised as an eight-hour demonstration
under the auspices of the Trades AS
sembly. A large proportion OF the as
semblage came In organized bodies, pre-
ceded by hfe and drum, and carrying
huge transparencics Few of the men
wore any regalia, and apparently no at
tempt at display was made except in point
Of numbers. Neither was there anything
resembling procession. The various unr
ions came trooping in from all directions
and first come first served was the rule as
to seats. Nevertheless, excellent orderWas
maintained.
A curious feature of the meeting was
the noticeable absence Of youths and aged
men as well The audience was almost
wholly composed of men between twenty
hve and forty. comfortably clad, and few,
II any. showing sign of liquor There
were not to exceed dozen police to be
seen about the hail. Interest centered in
the transrarencies, and as union after
union. at irregular intervals. marched into
the hall and the crowd caught sight OF
notices. the speakers voices were lost
In rounds Of cheers that wen pnewcd
again and agsin. "Eight Houl> and No
Drones." "Work Eight Hours and Boom
the Labor Market aud "OppOse Child La
bor"were fair samples Among the trades
present the most numerous were the car
pentcrs. pasterers, clothing-cutters and
cigar makers, hut long list of others
were not far behind in point of numbers.
George L. Schilling acted as chairman,
and ranged about him on the platform
were the leaders of the local unions, and
men prominent in the labor movement.
Among the latter sat Judge Richard
PrendergaSt. of the State bench. Alex
ander Sullivan also occupied a seat on the
platform The addresses of the evening
were Delivered by Thomas r. Hill. who
spoke of the progress of the eight-honr
movement; W r. Sater, who dwelt on
the economic bearing Of the movement
on society, and i. II. Sawyer, on its ma
terlal advantages to the workers.
The crowds on the outside were held to-
gether by speeches from Richard Powers
and several other prominent Knights Of
Labor.
just ms the overflow meeting was fully
under way burly individual in a long
coat and wearing a shabby Slouch hat,
mounted pile Of lumber in front Of a sa-
loon on the outskirts of the crowd and
began a sociaistic harangue. About the
same time there emerged from the hall in
which the eight-hour demonstration was
being held a file Of men bearing a red
hag. having on IL an inscription in Ger
man. This banner had been borne In the
hal while the meeting was in progress,
and being of dingy hue and kept furled,
was not distinguished from the half
dozen other flags, all Of which were
the regulation stars and stripes. About
Ave hundred evidently earnest Svmpathiz-
ers drew close to the Socialist orator.
who proved to he an Anarchist named
Sam Fielding. At his feet sat his negro
wife. On the outskirts Of the gather
ing of Fielding's supporters were an
equal number Of curoSitv-seekers, max
lng his audience round thousand.
The first named class Of listeners were
easily discerned by their hearty applause
of Fielding's sentiments and the fact
that their cries aud conversation were not
in English.
He was succeeded hv A. r Parsons,
who violently assailed the Knights Of La
Dor, after which his hearers formed in
line and marched to the hall Of the Inter.
national Society. The only dcmonstra-
far mr. pst ih4 ~ hN hn
general crowd were few derisive cheers
The other meetings, both in the hall and
on the outside. were prolonged much
later. But few references were made by
the speakers To the existing railway
strikes, and then principally to point a
moral in arguments for the mass to or
ganize till strikes should he made prac-
ticallv impossible and steady work at rea-
sonable pay could he obtained by meas
ures such as a general adoption Of the
eight-hour system.
Though the strikers were left untouched
by the speakers. nm expression OF the
feeling Of the multitude was given in the
following. which was adopted by accla-
nation amid enthusiasm:
Pesotred. That this mass meeting de
nounces the peridv OF Jay Gould In break
to settle the causes Of the present strike in
the Son' Invest hv arbitration. In his letter
Of sunday. March *, to r V. Powderly, Gen.
eral Master Workman Of tie knights Of La
Dor, Gould stated In substance that the
grievances NJ the men now on strike on the
Southwestern railroad system would be sub
mitted 70 arhitrat on. This was written to
Powderlv after two interviews on that sun
day at Gould's house. and as part Of the
agreement between Could aud the knights
of Labor In accordance with the same
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derlv televrdphed the men to rcturn to work
nj once. Could. he neNt dav. by falsehood
and double-dealing, violated IT, and he did
this plaiulv for the purpose Of den ioralizing
the I'm ghts OF Labor. We. therefore. de
clare that the conduct of Gould In this mat
ter is base In the extreme. and we call upon
the public everywhers tn familiarfze them
selves with the facts In the case, and nudge
who Is to blame for the continuance OF the
strike-Gould or the knights OF Labor
Some Of the city papers estimate that
the gathering numbered between fifteen
and twenty thousand. II was, proba''v.
the largest labor demonstration ever held
in this city.
Powdery and O'Neill's Arbitration Bill.
WAsHINGToN, April l2.-General Mas
ter Workman Powderly writes TO Con-
gresham O'Neill to say that his views on
the Arbitration bill have been incorrectly
reported and published He is well
pleased with the action taken 'on it by
Congress, for, aside from the merits of
the measure, II shows the growth of a
sentiment and feeling in Congress favor
able to the principle of arbitration. He
thinks Mr.. O'Neill's bill the best that
could have been passed.
Reception Of the Chinese Embassy.
SAN FR,NcIsco, April 12.-Port Col.
lector Hagar, Surveyor Tinnen and Su-
perintendent Lawton Of the Mint, called