Telegram-herald., 1889-09-16
WHERE THEY WENT.
Ths Record ~ ths Trip T4kea by "a.
ssrigPs' League Expedipon-


The oclpps League expedition,
wn.ch has Just returned fronl abroad
and Nh.ch vas accompanied by Mr
Kendall. u tbs city, designer Tor the
PAen.x Furniture Company, sailed
from NeR YORK 10 the cry u Rome
july "A. arriving GA August J. 4 re-
cept-on vas rendered tae party 8y the
mayor Ut Liverpool. and n the afier-
n0o1 of the same day another recep-
ton awaited them on then arrival ln
Manchester, the mayor and tie corr
poratlon 0n that occasion receiving a
deput4tion of workinginen Tor tic lrst
time n the history OF the city. Fac
tories, the cooperative stores and pub
lie Institutions were then visited, the
party beng separated for the purpose
lnt0 groups of kindred trades, each
group bent ou collecting facts relating
o. tne oeclI I-lous or splc.al studies OF
lfs members. Ihe day following was
spelt ty the euure parry ia inspecting
tle Manchester ship canal, work
which ou completion VIZ have cost
$50 0u0 GOO.
Ca Monday a visit MAS paid Saltaire,
the Pullman city OF England, where
TIE proprietor OF large WOOlleu mills
has erected comfortable stone dwell
ugs Tor about i've thousand persons,
mostly operatives. Here much profit
able observation was made as TO rents,
taxes, expenses, wages and general CON
diu0ns.
On Tuesday the party was enter
F tanned AZ Fountains Abbey by the Mar
quls Of fapOn. Leeds, Sheffield and
I Birmingham We're visited, the party
F being received N each city with many
/ hOu0rs and having ample opportunity
7 gwen them Tor useful investigation. Al
I Birmingham. with Consul John Jarrett,
/ the party attended meeting presided
J over by the mayor IN the city hall.
+ On Thursday, August 9, the cxpcdi-
/ ton arrived IN London, and an nOur
F and a half later entertained at dinner
a considerable party, among whom
were Minister Lincoln, several members
I OF Parliament and distinguished liter
ary men anI journalists OF Great
+ Britain. Speeches We're made by the
+ guests and the workers. The press of
\ London, a. had that OF the other cities
visited, accorded a great deal OF space
I 10 the dOlngs OF the wOrklngmen, the
/ makeup OF the party and tine objects
/ Of the expedition.
! Paris was reached on Monday, August
-. The next day the workers attended
banquet gwen them ut the Grand
/ Hotel 10y a committee appointed 10y the
municipality. day or two only were
! spent in visiting the general sights oi
the city, as the object of the visit to
/ Paris was manly to search for new IN
dustrial ideas at the exposition.
Four notable receptions were ten
dered the members OF the expedition IN
/ Paris. one was dinner gwen 10y the
/ city at Wagram Hall, the property of
the Paris labor organizations, which
was attended by several members of
every organization represented in the
Labor Exchange, and by deputat.Ons of
/ wOrklngmen from Holland. Belgium
| Spain. Switzerland and the United
/ States, nearly 1000 persons IN all being
seated at the tables. 4 lunch at the
Hotel de Vile with the Paris Municipal
/ Council, and a dinner IN the Eiifel
Tower, at which Whltelaw Reid and
Chauncey NJ. Depcw were present,
We're pleasant experiences, and
/ just before leaving Paris Mr.. Reid
/ breakfasted his American cO-wOrkers,
az he termed them, a. his palace In
Avenue Hoche.
After a two weeks stay in Paris the
/ expedition went to Brussels, where only
I one day was spent. Thence q Journey
was made T. Cologne and Bonn, where
some insight was gained as 10 Ger
/ fsfar, manufactures and a short trim
made up the Rhine. The expedition
after leaving the Rhine turned home
ward.
Holland, Rotterdam, Schedam and
! Delft We're somewhat hurriedly visited
+ tao party being entertained Hospitality
at each place. Passage was then taken
I TOR Le.th. 1T Glasgow, a day WAS spent
in the .hlpyards OF the clyde. The
expedition saiied for home from Liver
/ pool on Thursday, the 9Th inst.