Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-05
MONSTER PARADE.
lonoon's Labor Turns Out to
Take a Walk.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND IN LINE.

The Gathering Estimated to Have Aggre-
gated from 500, 600 to 1000, 900 Per-
sons-Three Great Columns Converge on
Hyde Park, Listen to Their Leaders and
Dispense without q Harsh word-The
Situation at Observation-Disclosures Decide
the Chicago Carpenters Strike.
LONDON, May 5.-Yesterday should be-
come a memorable one in the history of
demonstrations on the part of the laboring
classes of England for it was never equaled
since the days of monster outpourings of
the people which characterized the reform
movement of 1867. The most moderate es-
innate of the number of people taking
part in the Hyde Park meetings. 500 000, of
which 100000 came in the professions and
SOC, 900 gathered at will This is very
conservative calculation, however, and
some observers, accustomed to gauge
large crowds, do not hesitate TO assert that
fully 100000 people participated in the
demonstrations.
Composition of the Parade.
There were $50 bands of music in the
professions. The affair was three-headed
one, the largest number of men being I'M
der the leadership of the Trades council-a
distinctively non-Socialistic body. some
what less numerous contingent acknowl-
edged the leadership of the Central com
mittee, which leans strongly toward Social
ism, while third and relatively small
division was under the control of the out
and out Socialistic organization known as
the Socialistic Democratic Federation. All
possibility of strife and friction among the
various bodies had been avoided by careful
previous arrangements, and for once people
of all shades of opinion on the labor ques-
ton joined in a common movement.
Ragged, but Good HUNDRED.
The Trades Council procession was badly
led, and for the most part was hardly bet
ter than a struggling mob of ill-condi
toned, dirty and ragged men, whose APP
pearance made it plain that they repre-
sented the unemployed rather than the
working men. These forlorn hosts made
no attempt to keep step, even when they
were within hearing of music They
moved along pell-mell, but despite their
miserable appearance they manifested
great good nature, and INDUCED in much
horse play and rude joking among them
selves. Their gorgeous banners were in
odd contrast with the evident poverty of
the bearers
Scene at Hyde Park.
The Central committees procession
moved in much the best form, and was
made up of more well-to-do set of work
men. When all the marchers had reached
the park the scene was an imposing one.
The plainness of garb charncterizing the
assemblage as a whole was largely off
Gat nv no nav l,trf ha
ing prevalence of personal decoration in
the shape of bright ribbons, rosettes, etc,
some being the badges of the unions, Others
impromptu embellishments. The scene
resembled huge fair, the crowd outside
of the dense centSal portion being dis
persed in smaller groups, each made
up of the auditors of some orator
of more moderate fame than that
of the leaders who addressed the main
crowd from the central platforms. The
park, three quarters of mile long by half
a mile wild, was crammed with a solid
mass of people, while all the streets and
ways leading TO the park were more or less
congested
Denunciation of France.
The White Chapel distict seemed to
have disgorged a considerable fraction of
its unhappy denizens to swell the throng.
The crowd ebbed and flowed, and instead
of one meeting there was, properly speak
ing, a continuous succession of audiences.
The marching, or coming and going, con-
tinued from 2 O'Clock until after nightfall.
The best speakers were those furnished by
the Central committee, including the more
noted of the moderate Socialistic leaders
La Fargue, Frenchman, was one of the
few speakers who INDUCED in violent Ian
guage. He declared that France was ruled
by a syndicate of sweaters and swindlers,
who should be swept away
No Police Interference.
Groups of marchers continued to arrive
long after darkness had put an end to the
speaking. The day was an orderly one,
despite the thronged condition of the
streets. The police did not interfere in any
way with the professions or meetings. ex-
cept to put veto upon an attempt to lead
an elephant through the streets as part of
the turnout. The only arrests were those
of thieves, who were out in great force
their prey being naturally the spectators
on the sidewalks, rather than the humble
marchers in the streets. Altogether the
demonstration was creditable one TO the
great eight-hour movement
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