Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
GOTHAM AROUSED.
HENRY GEORGE FOR MAYOR
OF NEW YORK.
The Stars Account of the Coming
Struggle-A New Daily Paper.
An Interview with Henry
GeOrge-JOhn Swim.
tons Remarks.

The attitude of the organized
workmen of New York is matter
of much speculation among the poll
ticlans and their mouth-pieces. The
following interesting account from
the New York star will give an idea
of the feeling among the New York
ers, our next-door neighbors.
The moving spirits among the
l00,0 organized ge-workcrs on
the Island of Manhattan are actively
engaged in molding into shape
political organization, which they
fondly hope is destined to shatter
the older political bodies at the fall
election. This new move had been
persistently mooted in the various
local assemblies of the Knights of
Labor as far back as the Cleveland
convention and even before it; but
the public and official announce
ment that such action was in con-
temptation was first made at the
meeting of the delegates to the Cen
tral Labor Union last Sunday after
noon. The conviction of the Thesis
and Landgraff boycotters has fur
nlshed the new party with war cry
and has awakened a strong feeling
among workingmen generally.
Rev. Dir. r. Heber Newton and
Rev. Father McGlynn are the most
noticeable names Oh the roll OF the
new party, and as soon as organiza-
tion is perfected these gentlemen
will step to the front and general
the movement. Within the coming
week manifesto will be issued to
the workingmen of New York, ar
raigning office holders for their con-
duct toward labor. Members of the
State legislature will be attacked as
we'll as officers of the municipal
government. The manifesto will
call attention to the following bills
introduced in the last legislature:
Senator Cullen's bill to increase the
pay of police captains, the bill to in
crease the pay of sergeants, and
Senator Murphy's measure to in
crease the police force by 500.
Judge Barrett, District Attorney
MARITIME and the Penal Code con-
spiracy clause will be severely critl-
csed. The Penal Code is styled "a
conspiracy on the part of capitalist,
police and the legislature to put
down organized labor" The mani
festo will conclude with Il declara-
tion of principles, which will serve
as a'platform for the party, and the
work of organization will be begun
at once. The various local assem-
bles and trades unions will be
turned into mass meetings for rolit-
ical propaganda. An alliance will
be sought with the Socialistic Labor
Party, but only on the distinct un-
derstanding that the Socialists will
keep their peculiar views in the
background. A daily newspaper
will be established to support the
candidates of the party. The money
will be raised by subscriptions from
the trades unions and by contribu-
tions in the form of loans and dona-
tions from organized workmen
throughout the country.
The workingmen's party will
nominate an entire ticket of candi-
dates for the Board of Aldermen
and the Assembly, On the subject
of the Mayoralty there is differ
ence of opinion. One wing of the
party favors running Henry George,
the political economist, while an
other section advocates making no
separate nomination, but indorsing
the candidate of the local political
bodies who promise to do the most
for workingmen. All candidates
will be required to pledge them
selves, if elected, to report to their
constituents assembled in mass
meeting once each week for instruc-