The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

there to illustrate 3 point; and the En-
slish language might Is well be changed
to the Pataeonian language, If illustra.
tons are not to be used.
At the large demonstration on th,
market square. when there were 10,0O(
people there before they marched te
Ooden's grove, Parsons and I spoke
there, and distinctly told them thai
the Socialists did not propose the de
struction of property or the robbing ol
houses. I pointed at the buildings, but
did not propose anything of that kind
have told them 80 many time. Al
the meetings of tie American grou |
werefor the purpose of discussing things.
OF course in the discussion the persons
on the different sides always advocate
their own views; therefore they were
for the advocacy of ANYTHING, and the
discussion of anything, and many men
of different shades of opinion have been
at those meetings and know that there
we're no meetings of the American group
held for the purpose of treason or incit-
ing to riot. You may have satisfied
these twelve jurymen that there were,
but these men outside know it was not
so. I went to special meeting on the
night of the fourth of May, and it was
necessary that should 90 there for I
was treasurer ofthe organization other
wise should not have been at the hay
market meeting.
On the Sunday previous l met a man
at No. 54 West Lake street who told me
he had been at meeting of the Central
Labor Union, and at that time the Or
ganlzer of the Central Labor Union
came to me and asked me to speak Tues
dav night at Worklngmen's hall. No.
376 West Twelfth street. I think 1
agreed to 90 there. Monday night I was
at No. "a Lake street and spoke to the
wagon-makers and went home. Tues
day 1 was out of town all dav; I went
ten miles in the country as teamster,
in which business I have been engaged
in deludlnZ the workingmen and making
moneY.out of them! was out of town
all that day, and could not personally
have known of any arrangements for
the meeting at the haymarket until l
got to No. 107 Fifth avenue about
o'clock. l should have gone to the
other meeting, but what little things
80 much change the current of mans
life Just the fact of seeing an adver-
tisement in the News will cause my
death. for if had not seen it I should
not have gone. 1 have committed no
more crime, and have no more knowl-
edge or intention of committing crime,
than 1 had when 1 was on my wagon
that day.
1t has been ingeniously urged that the
American group never met there before,
to convex the idea to the jury
that they went there in pursuance of
The fact OF the matter is
that they met there many time, and
here were many reasons that an honest
nan might have assumed that their
meeting there that night was suspicious
but all the halls in Greff's were occupied
ong before, for the davs on which they
we're to bo used came during the eight
hour excitement. Even if it were not
rue this is a plausible reason in itself.
I have shown the jury here q hand
bill calling upon the working women Of
his city to organize, and it was for that
reason that was called to No. l07 Fifth
avenue, on the night of the fourth of
MAY and after Rsu came back from the
he said there was nobody
here but Spies and a large audience.
That is enough to show that Spies should
know I was at No. 107. Your honor has
repeated my haymarket speech very fire.
luently here, and it would seem as
though 1t was a tender morsel to roll
1nder the tongue of those interested in
his conviction. On that occasirn l said
hat Mr.. Foran had made a speech in
he house of congress. l claim here that
here is no man that understands the
English language but will say that there
vas more threat, more violence, more of
IN Indictment to riot in the speech OF
Foran than anything said on the hay
market that night. Foran's speech was
published in Chicago. In discussing the
arbitration bill he said it was useless for
The workingmen of this country to eI-
oect remedy by legislation. He said
'urther:- at is only when the rich men
IF this country understand that it is
for them to live in commu.
nlty where there are dissatisfied work
ingmen, then and not till then will the
labor question be solved" There is
nothing in the speeches on the haytnar-
ket that is as violent as that.
What would have seen said through
out the country if the police force of
Washington had gone into the chamber
Of congress and cleaned it out on account
of what Foran had said2 Would it have
been justified anywhere? 1t was claimed
here that it was because of the violence
of Fielden's speech that the police were
called out. I would humblv submit to
those who make that claim that they