Workmen's advocate., 1888-06-09
EDWARD KING AT NEW HANiN.
Responding Squeaks of Goldfish Ari'toc-
 racy and its Cubs,

Responding Suueaks of Codn,h Ari,toc-
 racy and its Cubs,
 The old State House steps last Sunday evening furnished seats for d few hun drcd. while iu front of them about two thousand people were gathered to listen to Edward King, of New York, who spoke upon the subject of "The Boy cott,' touching on recent local occur reuces, as well as upon the importance of the boycott in the labor movement. In his speech he drew upon the histor- irs of various nations and religions, showing that the boycott was not only practccd from time immcmoriaI, but that it has been and k practlced by the people of these days, and especially by the very class whose henchmen are per scouting wurkingmen for using this po- tent and democratic means of obtaining justice.
 The speaker was introduced by the chairman, delegate to the Trades COun- cil from the Typographical Union, who used his lung power for about ten min ntcs to attract the attention of the peo- ple who came Hooking around till they numbered about thousand, The din of the Trinity Church bells ceased at seven o'clock thus postponing the com mencemcnt of the peoples meeting till that time, though it had been announced to begin at half past six. But the wealthy and godly people who run this particular institution pay some one to ring bells regardless of others till seven o'clock, and so they were rung.
 While Mr. King was speaking d disor- lcrly person, with elephantine paunCh and peanut head" who evidently did not relish the truth, yelled out, '' Young man, you've got rats in your brain v The chairman then interrupted Mr. King and protested against such inter ference with the meeting, and challenged Mir. Henry Trowbridge, the wealthy scion of a millionaire family, to step up and discuss the question at issue i'll an orderly manner, but the fellow slunk away amid the laughter of the crowd, | for these nOtredu r}che don't pretend tC use reason. Mir, King, on resuming found opportunity for rdicule and bit. | interrllpter Trowbridgc, which was greatly enjoyed by the audience, save q small portion consisting of few alt Freshmen and town dudes, the sons ot pool brewers and gamblers of various shades of iniQuity, who showed their i'll breeding in attempting to provoke { breach of tine peace by whlstling in con cert. Their feeble pipes, however, Wer' not equal to Mir Kings penetrating voice, and the witty remarks of tn, speaker drew upon the thoughtleS young men the laughter of the good natured crowd of Worklngmen. \ mum ber of older ale students were present however, who listened respectfully {, Mir. Kings remarkable speech, for the, were evidently conscious that they Coul, learn something which the Yale protes sorS could not or would not, teach. An' in regard to the boycott, they learne' that it was decidedly American, mora and religious, for the speaker prove these assertions by undisputed author ities.
 Judge Pickett came in for a rating, an his inconsistency and hypocrisy wer held up to scotlI, as was the pertidy c Alexander Troup, the proprietor ol tn boycotted and msnamed mon. I'm rroup was the very man who had th Typographical Unions apprentice h' enacted which he violated, and for tn suspected support of-whirh he locke out his umon compositions, The speake explained this to the people. Mir. Kin spoke for nearly one hour and q haIi after which he made short visit to tn Trades Council before departing for rNeN York.