The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-23

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0enseer uenonstr.tlsn ~ ths Trsdes u
toss ~ Chicaxe a. Favor ~ she Elghs-
Hear Mssemeas--As Brnmen~e ueesfnx
o. she Armesy and nix Ovsrn.w Out-
ssd~--An Anarchists Addeada That We
Qst~fiy Ignored
CufcAGo. April fl.-Fniiy eight thou
sand workin=men crowded into the great
armory Of the Sixth Cavalry on the
lake front last night and probably
four thousand more gathered In front ~
he building The occasion had been ad-
sertisei a. an eight-hour demonstrate on
Snder the auspices 81 the Trades A.
semhly. 4 large proportion Of the A.
semhlase came in organized bodies. pre-
ceded BY nfe and drum. and carrying
huge transparencies- Few Of the men
wore any regalia. and apparently no At
tempt a display was made except in point
~ numbers. Neither was there anything
resembling a procession. The various un-
Ions came troopinc In from all directions
and first come hrSf served was the rule IS
toseats. Nevertheless, <lDlle Mt order was
maintained.
curious feature Of the meeting wa<
the noticeable absence 81 youths and AGED
men A. vel The audience was almost
wholly composed Of men between twenty
Ave and forty. comfortably clad. and few.
any. showing sign Of liquor There
we're not q exceed dozen police e. Ne
-sen about the hall Interest cenfered ia
ne fran-rarencir<. and As union after
union ~ irregular infrry ais. marched into
h." A.a.| -.
notices the speakers voices were lost
IN rounds ~ cheers that were renewed
sgsin and sg<in. "Eight Hours and M
nrones." "work Eight Hours and Boom
The Labor Market" and ..Oppose Child La
bor'were fair samples Among the trades
present the most numerous were the car
p~nfer~. rlssf~rerS. ciothing-cufserS and
cigar-materS. hut long list Of others
werr not far hehind in roint Of numbers.
6enrye A Schiiling acted ~ chairman.
and ranged shout him on The platform
were the leaders Of the local unions. and
mon prominent In the labor movement
Among the lstter sat Judge Richard
Prenferga<f. ~ the State bench. Alex
anfer sullivan also occupied seat on the
platform The addresses Of the evening
were delivered nv Thomas \. Hill. who
spoke u the progress Of the efght-h0ur
movement. W X. Saiter. who dwelt on
the economic bearing Of the movement
On society. and L. H. SAWYER. on its ma
serial advantages 70 th~ wa-e-workers.
The crowds on the outside were held to-
sefher bv speeches from Richard Powers
sud several other prominent Knights Of
vahrr
inst IS the overflow meeting was falIy
under way hurly individual In long
cnsf. and wearing . shabby slouch haf.
mounted riie ~ lumber in front Of "a
loon on the outskirts ~ the crowd and
hrgan = socialistic haranene About the
same time there emerged from the hall in
which The eE-hf-honr demonstration was
hein- held ME of men hearing 4 nd
Fac having On II an Inscription IN Ger
man. This banner had been borne in the
hal while the meeting was 10 progress.
and being ~ fingv hne and kept furled.
was not distinguished from the half
dozen other flags all II which were
the regulation stars and stripes. Ahouf
fve hundred evidently earnest sympathiz-
~r~ drew close n the Socialist orator.
who 7rovef 70 ne On Anarchsst named
Sam yielding. Al hi~ feet sat his negro
visr. On the orfskirfs of the gather
ing ~ Fieidinc's supporters were ar
eonal NUMBER 81 cnrio<itv-seekerS. max
linz his snfiercr = ruuni thousand
The first named class Of listeners were
easily dFsrernei ~ their hearty applause
~ FIelding's sentiments and the fact
'hri their cries and conversation were not
in English.
who Violently sssai'ed the Knights 81 L.
hor. after which his hearers formed IN
linr nnd marched 70 the hall ~ the Inter
national Snci@u The only demonst-s-
tion for or srr:nsf the anarchists Nv the
general crowd were few deri<ive cheers
The other meetings. both IN the hall and
On the outside. were prolonged much
later. Bnf few references were made bv
che sneakers 70 the existing railway
strikes. and then principally 70 point . |
moral IN Arguments for the mass % or
gsnize till strikes should ~ made prac-
sirsllv impossible and steady work a. res
sonshie nav could be obtained Nv meas
~-es such ~ general adoption of the I
eigh;-hour system.
Though the strikers were left untouched /
Nv the speaker an expression Of the /
feeling Of the multitude was given In the |
following. which was adopted BY accla-
nation amid enthusiasm:
fssarres That shS~ mass meeting de-
norn~~- the prr6dv Of Jav Gould IN hreak- 1
f"- - HIIrFfN<U' WIN IU< kMfIUI@ 0I IXUUT
e. settle the causes or the present strike -
sh~ ~nu' hs--t ~ arbitration. n ht~ letter
- >r0fAv March >. 20 r. " FowierIv. Gen
e-~i Muster workman tire knights OF La
for. @ouid stated N subsistence that the
grievances - the men nov on = strike IN fh~
~rrtnw e>fern railroad ev-fern would ~ sub |
rrfffrd - arbitration. This was written 20
fn~ierfv after two interviews on that sun !
dsv ~ rcuif-e honee AMI ~ part ~ the
arreewenf hrfwren Gould and the knights |
81 Labor IN accordance With thu sane
-~-e~nenf. General Master workman Pow |
dsviv teIe~rsrh~d sh~ men - return fn work
~ orc~ Could. she next fsv. ~ fsi~ehoo1
rrf double d~~iinx. vfoixtet ~ and Ne ia
sni> nfesniv for she purpose Of d~morslixfnc
~ w xhss 81 I@hor We. therefor~. g.
cfsv- tnss the r0rfucf ~ sOnid IN thts mat
f~r = a~e N the extreme and - csff uroD
SO rntit~ every wher~ ~ fsmiii>rixe them
selves With sre fAre~ IN tho case. and infge
whc v ~ ni.me FOR the continuance of che
-srfke-SouId or The KnIxhts Of Labor.
some ~ the CITY papers estimate that
she gathering numbered between nfteen
md twenty thousand. n wss. probably.
she largest labor demonstration ever held
IN this city
'"~a~rlv saS O'N~nl-s arhssvatSea MN l
wAsHrxGTox. April l9.-Geners; Mas
Ter Workman Pcwderiy writes 70 Con
.res<man O'NeilI a. <av that his views On