The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-17
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cmcAao, April iis-rnily eight lhou.
sand woFtlhamss crowded Into the great
armofy N the Sixth Cavalry on the
iahs front last nirht and probably
four thousand moro gathered In trout "
the building, The occasion had been Nd.
ver,lsed m an elght.hour demonstration
under the auspices " the Trades AZ.
semhis large proportion n the as.
sembl n came In organized bodies, pre-
eedcd by nie aud drum, and carrying
huge transparenclcs Pew oi the men
worr any reealia, and apparently no at-
tempt at display was made exceptin point
of numbers. Neither was there anything
resembling . procession. The yaricus un.
ions came trooping In from all directions
md hrst come first served was the rule as
10 seats. Nevertheless, oxcelle Mt order was
maintained.
A curious feature ~ the meeting was |
the noticeable absence oiyouths and aged |
men ms we'll The audience was almost
wholly composed ~ men between twenty. |
nve and forty, comfortably clad, and few,
II any, showing n sign of liquor There
were not 10 exceed dozen police 20 he
seen abora the hall. Interest centorcd In
the transparencics md AZ union after
union, at Irregular intervals. marched Into
the hall and the crowd caught sight Of
notices. the speakers voices were lost
In rounds Of cheers that were renewed
again and again. "Elght Hours and No
Drones," "work Eight Hours and Boom
the Labor Marketr and "0pposc Child la.
bor"were fair samples. Among the trades
present the most numerous were the car.
pcnters, plastercrs, clothing cutters and
cigar.mnkcrs, but long list Of others
were not far behind In point Of numbers.
George A. Schllllnr acted as chairman,
and ranged about him ON the platform
were the leaders Of the local unions, and
men prominent In the labor movement.
Among the latter sat Judge Richard
Prcnderqast Of the State bench. Alex.
Ander Sullivan also occupied \ seat on the
platform. The addresses Of the evening
were delivered by Thomas r. Hill, who
spoke Of the progress Of the eighthonr
| movement; w. X. Salter, who dwelt on
| the economic bearing Of the movement
on society, aud L. IT, Sawyer, on its ma
terial advantages TO the workers.
The crowds on the outside were held 10.
gether by speeches from Richard Powers
and several other prominent Knights OF
Labor.
Just as the overflow meeting was fully
under way bury individual In q long
coat, and wearing shabby slouch hat,
mounted n pile of lumber In front Of a "a.
loon on the outskirts of the crowd and
began a soclallstic harangne. About the
same time there emerged from the hall In
/ whic, the eight.hour demonstration was
heing held flle Of men bearing \ red
nac. having on II nm inscription In Ger.
man. This banner had hcen borne In the
hal while the meeting was In progress,
and being of dingy hue and kept furled.
was not distinguished from the half
dozen other flags, all Of which were
the regulation stars and stripes. About
Eve hundred evidently earnest sympathiz-
ers drew close 10 the Socialist orator.
who proved TO he an Anarchist named
Sam Fielding. AT his feet sat his negro
wife. On the outskirts OF the gather
ing of Fleldlne's supporters were an
equal number OF cnriositv'seekers, max
Ing his audience ruunu thousand
The first named class Of listeners were
easilv discerncd by their hearty applause
Of Weddings sentiments and the fact
that their cries and cOnvers alton were not
4, pr,,,sh
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tie was succeenen ny a. ". Ihr.nnr,
/ who violently aasaiIed the knights OF Ia
bor after which hIs hearerS formed in
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inc hnu nlhruheu 70 ~ "a'' w .uo i".'''
| national Society The only demOnstra.
lion Tor mr. againv the Anarrhists nv the
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| The other meetings, both IN the hall ana
| nm the ontstde, were prolonged much
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the speakers 70 the existing railway
strikes. and then principally 10 point a
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esnize WI ftFlkfs shoulh De mare pfhf-
ticaliv impossible and steady work AZ rea.
sonable nav could be obtained BY meas.
ures such ss q general adoption oi the
eight.hour system. l...
Though the strikers were left untouched
by the speaker. an expression Of the
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