The Dillon tribune., 1886-05-01

4 COMM, NiSTIC NOR.
III" isiE Demonstration Of the lli,w-,,
Socialists Last sunday.

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SPECIALISTS Last SUNDAY
Throughout the larger portion oi Chca.
so last Sunday all reminders that it WAS
Easter Sunday were permitted to at,rac,
'nuch less attention than the evidence :hat
it was the day OF display i,m the "In.
ternational Workingmen'> Association"
Streaming crimson banners and hurrvins
groups ot swarthy faced foreigners were
tar more conspicuous in the eastern part
ot the city than any tokens of the res,,rrcr-
ton or OF churcl,.going. The dav had
been chosen for an ciyht.ho,r lemonstra
ton Under the auspices Of the Central La
Dor Mon. representing the commani,tic
element among the laboriny peopl, of the
city. There was great number OF men in
Inc, probably three or four thousand. sey.
era' band Of music, red banners by th,
score and very few United States 1ous
The organization began gathering on
Randolph street, in the old llavmark,t be.
tore 10 Il. m and the marching beya,i.
Ihe line ot march was apparently chosen
to cross and rccrOss as many stree, ,,r
lines as possible. At many place, car,
stood in lines over hall mile in length
The object point was the lake front, where
mass meetings were to be held The route
%: procession was thronyed b> thousands
OF people, but notably lackin! any sem
b'anrc OF enthusiasm. Those in the rank,
however shouted for, "ciyht. hours" and
'down with the capitalists There was
hardly Il dozen banners in til. entire |>nrth
OF the procession. Two or three contained
instructions to boycott certain individuals.
or their manufactures, and one was as fol-
lows: "l'rivate capital represents stolen
labor Another had the words, "Eiuht
hours per day. One banner bore in Ger
man the words: Drink water like cattle
SO says Master Workman Powderlv." On
the way down Madison street the driver of
wagon attempted to drive through the
procession. Iii, wagon was quickly over
turned and left upside down in the gutter.
When the procession reached lake front.
the various organizations were a,,pumcn,ed
by 'hrong> OF curious people In all per.
haps 10000 gathered around the two
stands. and listened to speeches BY \. X,
Parsons, Michael Schwab and \. NJ, liar.
a>ach from ON stand. Parsons spoke IN
English, Schwab in German and llarasacb
in bohemian. On the other PLATFORM
Sam Fielding, August Spies and Tohn A.
Henry haranyuci the multitude, Spies
speaking in German and the others in En.
ylish. The speeches were all of the .blood
and thunder order, and declared in favor
OF the abolition otprivatc capital and the.
unitication Of all wealth. Parsons declared
that II starvation was forced upon the
masses they would raise the banner Of
liberty and sweep away all their opprcss-
ors. Henry said that heretofore all strikes
had been wrong. The men had struck to
walk out; they must change front and
strike to walk in and throw the owners
and managers out. 1t was better to throw
out the owner Of Il factory than to throw
nut 700 or 500 workmcn.
While the speaking was in progress all
United States flags on the stand on which
Parsons stood were turlcd and tucked ont
u sight, while the red flag was Haunted on
III sides. Some one yelled out "Whcre's
Inc stars and stripe>:" as Parsons spok.
II raising "thc Banner of Liberty" and
pointed to the reg tl,y Of the Ccntral La.
'or Union. No answer WAS vouchsafi,d
'ut in a couple o! minutes the stars and
t'pe> We're u"t'rlrd from The platform.
" hen the speaking had been concluded At
ach platform three cheers were viycn for
he eight hour movement and the crowds
quickly melted awav