Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-26
The RED FLAG
Takes the Place Of The Stars and
Stripes
In the Eight Hour Demonstration in
Chicago, Yesterday,
Under the Auspices Of the Central
Labor Union.
Thousands Of Swarthy Foreigners
Yell for Capitalists Downfall
And Listen 10 Blood and Thunder
0ratOry.
The Situation Of the New York Car
Strike Unchanged.
Gould Says His Roads Are Doing
49, III. poToro 8ha Sfrika
And Listen 10 Blood and Thunder
0ratOry.
The Situation Of the New York Car
Strike Unchanged.
Gould Says His Roads Are Doing
More Than Before ths Strike.

CHICAGO, April 25 5-Thronghout the
lsrver portion Of this city to day sll the
,aminders that this was Easter Sunday were
psruittsd to attract much less attention
than evidence that it was day OF display
for the International Workingmen's Asso-
citation. Streaming crimson banners and
burrving groRps OF swarthy faced foreign
ara were Tar more conspicuous in the east
eru half of the city than any tokens OF res
prrection or OF church going. The day had
been chosen for az eight hour demOustra'
t;op under the auspices ofthe Central Labor
Union representing the communistic els-
mert among laboriug people. There was
vrea, number in line probably 5000 to
900. Several bands Of music,
RED BANNERS By The SCORE
and vvy few United States flags. The
orosniz atom began gathering on Randolph
in old Haymsrket before 10 q m, and the
marching soon began. The line o! march
was sppareutIy chosen to crosS and reeross
"a many street car lines "a possible
At many places cars stood IN hne
over halt a mile in length. Ice objective
point was lake front, where a macs meet
inc was to be held. The long route OF the
processiou vas surrounded By thousands
of people. but notably lacking any sem
blsnce of enthusiasm Those IN the
ranks cheered and shouted Tor Eight
Hours" and
DOWN WITH THE CAPITALIST.
There were hardly dozen banners in
Eughsh the entire length OF the procession.
Two or three contained instructions to
b,,r..,. c.r-,,s. i.iu1idual5 or their manu-
f,rture anl One wA5 as follows: Private
oan;tal represents stolen labor" An
a,hsF had the worll, Eight hours day
One banner bore in German the words
Drink water. like cattle, 80 says Master
Workman PoEdsrlT.
On the way down Madison street the
driver OF q wagon attempted to drive
through the procession. bis wagon was
0nickIy overturned aud left upside down in
a yutrer When the procession reached
me lake front the various organizations,
auguented By the eoacolrss OF curious
na0ple in ell perhaps ten Thousand, gath
cred about the stands and listened to
sPsGcuEs
bvAR Sar5on, Michael Scbwab and A.
NJ Hsrsoch From one stand Parsons
.noka in Enyli n, s,,nbSAh in German, and
Harsoch in BoheUIaO. On sno,her stand
Sam Fielding, Aug1St Sg'es, ana John a.
Henry harangued the th-ong. Sp.eS SPOKE
in German and the othrr5 Ia Eaghsn. Inc
speeches were all OF hs
BLOOD AND THUADER
order And declared in favor Of the sboli-
rion Of pr,gste capital apd the unihcstion
Of the world Parsons declared It stsrVs
tiou was forl ed uDOo :he masses they Touic
raise the banner o. HSsfty and equality
and sweep away ihe;r Cpprsssof2. henry
said berstoEors all strikes bad been Srong. !
The mea struck aud walked out Ihey
must Oh lngs front, sod walk III and thro"
their owners our. II wss better to throw
out the owner of factory than
70 throw out 800 Workmen. While ,be
speaking was in progress all the United
States aAgs about the stand on which
Parsons was, were turled and taken out OF
sight, while the red AAg Vss Haunted on
ali sides; some one yelled out
"WHERE's The STARS AND STRIPES z
as Parsons spoke OF raising the banner of
liberty" aud pointed 10 the red flag of the
Central Labor Union. No answer was
vouched. but in 4 couple of minutes the
stars and stripes were Duturled from the
platform. When speaking had been con-
cluded a. each platform, three eheeIs were
given for the eight-hour movement. snd
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