The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12
YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.

YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.
THE following items of news appeared in our
Second Edition Of Sunday:l
Huge Labor Demonstration at Chicago.
CHICAGO, April I0.-Fully 5000 workingmen
crowded into the great armoryo of the Sixth Cav
airy, on the lake front, tonight, and probably
1000 more gathered in front Of the building.
The occasion had been advertised as an eight
hour demonstration, under the auspices OF the
Trades Assem- bly,. A large proportion of the as
semblage came in organized bodies. preceded by
fife and drum and carrying huge transparencies.
Few OF the men wore any regalia, and apparently
no attempt at display was made except in point
sembling q procession. The various unions
came trooping from all directions, and
first come first served was the rule as
to seats Nevertheless excellent order
was maintained, hats were promptly removed at
the first tap of the chairman's gavel, and the
two or three hundred of the mems wives and
sweethearts who occupied tiers of seats in a
place OF honor We're shown marked considera-
ton by the abandonment of pipes and cigars In
their vicinity. A curious feature OF the meeting
was the noticeable absence of youths and aged
men. The audience was almost wholly COM
posed of men between twenty-five and forty,
comfortably clad, and few, If any, showing a
sign of liquor. There were not to exceed a dozen
police 10 Do Secu 4 OF dUOut LILO Idil.
centered in the transparencies, and as union
after union, at irregular intervals, marched into
the hall and the crowd caught sight of
the notices, the speakers voices were
lost in rounds Of cheers that were renewed
again and again: Eight hours and no drones,"
Work eight hours only and boom the labor
market" and Oppose child labor" were fair
samples. Among the trades represented the
most numerous were the carpenters. plasterers,
clothing cutters and cigar-makers, but a long
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number. George A. Schilling acted as chair
man. Ranged about him on the platform were
the leaders of the local unions and men promi-
nent in the labor movement. Among the latter
sat Judge Richard Prendergast, of the State
bench. Alexander Sullivan also occupied a seat
on the platform. The addresses of the evening
were delivered by Thomas Z. Hill, who spoke of
the progress Of the eight-hour movement; w. b.
Saltal and L. N. Sawyer. who spoke on adyanta-
ges of organization.
way a burly individual in a long coat, and wear
ing a shabby SLOUGH hat. mounted q pile of lum-
Der in front of q saloon on the outskirts of
the crowd, and began o Socialistic 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 flag hav-
ing on it an inscription in German. This banner
had been borne in the hall while the meeting
was in progress, and, being of dizzy hue, and
kept furled. was not distinguished from the
half dozen other flags. all of which were
the regulation stars and Stripes. About five hun
dred evidently earnest svmpathizers drew close
to the Socialist orator who proved to be an An
archist named Sam Fielding. At his feet sat
his negro wife. On the outskirts of tho gather
ing of Fielding's supporters, were an equal num-
Der of curiosity-seekers making his audience a
round thousand. The irst-named class of listen
ers were easily discerned by their hearty ap-
plause of Fielding's sentiments. and the fact
that their cries and conversation were not in
English. Inquiries directed to the two men
who bore the red flag developed the
fact that neither of them could
speak the language In which Fielding
was addressing the crowd. He was succeeded
by A. r. Parsons, who assaulted the knights of
Labor, after which his bearers formed in line
and marched to the hall of the international So
ciety. 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 their principal
point was that strikes should be made practically
impossible.
Though the strikers were practically left IN
touched by the speakers, an expression of the
feeling Of the multitude was given in the follow
ing, which was adopted by reclamation, amid the
widest enthusiasm:
Resolved. That this m~ass-meeting of citizens of Chi
cago denounces the per6dy of Jay Gould in breaking
his agreement with the Knights of Labor to settle the
causes of the present strike in the Southwest by arbi-
tration. By his letter of Sunday, March % last, to
Z. Y, Powdelly. General Master Workman of the
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the grievances of the men now on strike on
the Southwestern railroad system would be
unlimited to arbitration. This letter was written to
Powderly after two interviews on that Sunday at
Goulds house, and as part of the ~agreement between
Gould and the Knights of Labor. In accordance with
the same agreement. General Master Workman Pow
derby telegraphed the men on strike to return to work
at once. Gould, the next day, by falsehood and double
dealing, violated this agreement, and he did this
knights of Labor. We. therefore, declare that the
conduct of Gould Ia this matter is base in the ex-
treme, and we call upon the public everywhere to
familiarize themselves with the facts in the case, and
to judge 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 Is. 900 and 20, 900
men. 1t was probably the largest labor demon
~stration ever held in this city.
Investigating the East st. Louis Tragedy.
ST.. Louis, April 10.--The inquests on the
bodies Of the people killed yesterday afternoon
by deputy sheriffs, in the yards of the Louis.
vile g Nashville railroad, in East st. Louis.
was Joseph Mitchell, formerly In the employ of
the Ohio q Mississippi road. He said he was on
the Broadway crossing at the time the shooting
began; saw about ten deputies on the Louisville
& Nashville ~trestle; saw no stones thrown, but
heard the crowd call the deputies names, and.
laugh at them. A little man, who appeared to
be the leader. told the crowd to dispense, and
then, a minute after, fred into them, and a man
standing near a telegraph pole fell. The crowd
then turned and ran. and all the deputies fred
into them.
Robert McGarighan, a locomotive engineer,
said he was standing on the bridge when the
deputies came on the trestle. The man who
fred the 6rst shot was named Hewlett, / think;
when they reached the trestle he shouted out,
'tGet off that crossing, every one of you; get,
now, or we will kill half a dozen Of you" The
crowd yelled at this. and the man who had been
talking came out and said, II am a deputy sher-
if. and I want you all to dispense" Then Off
GERS Dalton and Mahoney stepped in front Of
the road, holding up their hands as if to warn
the deputies not to shoot This little leader
then fired right into the crowd.
James M. Kellogg, an engineer, said: II was