New-York tribune., 1890-05-02
LABOR ASSERTS ITSELF.
STRONG DEMAND FOR A SHORTER WORK
ING DAY.
pARADING AND LISTENING TO SPEECHES IN TIL
RAIN-ADDIEssEs IN ENGLISH.

pARADING AND LISTENING TO SPEECHES IN THE
RA1N-ADDEEssEs IN ENGLISH.
GERMAN AND HEBREW.
With the war cry of Eight hours for work, eight
hours for rest eight hours for what will!' thou
sands Of New woringmen yesterday rallied round
the flag which, sercus Shcvltch told them, i red nov
with the blood Of their foes but with the blood OF their
martyrs and leaders. They had a great parade ana
big mass meeting In Union Square. They marched 10
the strains OF the Mareillase they were addressed IN
various languages by men from OF whose words
an incendiary meaning might be tortured. One OF inc
abes Of their speakers took for his text that TINS was
the beginning OF the end II so, the organizer
wokingmcn Of NewY York, socialist and Central LABOR
Union, are to be Congratulated In spite OF the rh
nag the perfcrvid oratory the call To citizens
OF Rouget De Lslc's hymn, ii orderly, peace
able, an American demonSration credit to those VINO
took part In 1t.
soon after dark the men began to march to Union
square from all parts of the city. The weather wa
unknd \ paradcr bitterly remarked that lie guessed
the elements with the bosses" The torches
al the head of the professions Of the trades sputcrcd
| In the rain. The ranks following we're sheltered by
umbrellas but the poor brass bandsmcn, inccssahtH
playing Aux armes, cltoyons' iOrtssiio, no doupo
would have acknowledged that umbrella, are the best
| arms OF American citizens on rainy night. II
bitter disappointment; TO the paraders that the
! promise Of the beautiful May morning had been "A
delusion and vain show. But the courage OF thcir
convictions made them N turn coward to rai-
Storm and they bravcly ploddcd through the mud and
stood hudded in nion square, accepting with equal
| grace a sauration Of water and Of principles.
IT must not he supposed however. that the weather
| had no effect on the size of the demonstration II
a matter OF comment that the socialists saved t'
day. Many of less radical beliefs, WHO would
lave Joined the paradne hosts under clear skies were
content to report their headquarters so as TO avoid
| and ia "a b,ra Vat n "A
Socialist demonstration. The socialist Labor Party
ont the cali for the mass meeting. but 1t was IN
dored by tho Central Labor Union. and the arrange
mcnts were made by a Joint committee
THE SCENE AT UNION SQUARE.
| In the cottage at Union Square Scrgius ehcvitch
| and other leaders stood at O'Clock awaiting the
gathering Of the masses. The organization of the
| cloakmakcrs Of the United Hebrew trades was the
first on the ground. Others followed In fast success
Sion Long lines poured in from the side streets
from broadway and Fourth ave. from the north. south
co.. and west Of Manhsttan Island, and nom Broohlyn
When the Tow Of lehts above the cottage balcony
was IL. they shone over scene OF picturesque
| dlecomfort TO the LEFT, at Broadway,
was a stand devoted to the Hebrew and Russian
languages on the other side Of the square at seven
| tecnthst. aud Fourth ave. was the German stand
Al each Of them calcium lights threw brilliant rays
upon dense cloud OF umbrellas.
From beneath the cloud came shoutngs and music.
and shyrOckcts went up rs thlckIy rs sparks rom
wood fire. Independent versions Of the Marselaise
were rendered by "a dozen bands. Whenever new
| orsahzaton came along with its band and its
MarScillalsc there tremendous cheering.
The Marscllal,e was here, there and everywhere
II al the bands had suddenly stopped at and II
the la, phrase Of the tune that they had uttered had
been jott,d down. the record would probably have
given the complete score Of the "MArseaise'
Red nags J., abundant poppIcs in field OF
oats There were also several American nags. Trans
parencic, with notices IN English, German and Hebrew
displayed such sentiments People Of America
You arc Governed by your Criminal CaSseS!' d" 40
More Roses Wage slavery Must co., Drink
| only Union Eccr.7 Others bore the figure So and
many enthusiasts wore 1t clAihcd on their hats.
now THE sPEECHMAKING WENT oN.
The spcechmahng was made under difficulties
When three gentlemen address three different parts
| NJ "A crowd at the same time In three different Ian
-uagcs the effect surprising. but not wholly salts
factory either t. the orators or the audience. Tho
speakers AT the cottage who used English did their
/ hc., but over their iarnsucs came the roaring OF
the advocate IN Hebrew. language capable Of adap'
| ,atlon to an enormous volume ~ sound, and from
| acro., the square came occasional high wrought
peroration in German, II language much moro assrcs
.iyc than either English or Hebrew IN the mouth Of
| an able man.
Moreover. ench stand Ind iis band or bands, and
,f tl. end # every speech the brass did crash and
TIE tr.mpct, bray with complete irrcicvaucc 60 the
| remark, II the speaker aoros, the way. Then th>
/ poops who had not umbrellas erowlcd IN various
/ tongues ~ those VINO had and who were allowing
! water 10 drip down the hacks of their ncIe'horS.
While Professor DE Leon was speaking from ti" cot
tasc an excited added TO the general confusion hy
making cNcmporancou, remark, tho subject of re-
,oicr, lie had louder voice than Professor Dc Leon,
and divided With him the attention oi the audience
! IloodhpunGs7 and "blooIsuokcrs' were the mdcs,
name, he applied to the reporters ana after giving
them In bad German to his appiudine hearers ne
kindly translated them into bad English for the hcne
III Of the objects Of his attention. Then he tried to
| nick a fight with one of the Bloodhound,, and was
qucllcd.
This was the only incident Of this harmonious. en-
thusia,tio and whole soucd meeting which IA prclu-
diced man might consider dl>orerly. The police were
not needed but they there both in plain clothes
| and Uniform Il, the spcnkcrs and the crowd we'll
knew ono orator referred TO the officers rs in
.rumenis Of OPPRESSION aud there was loud and long
cheering. This. however did rot provoke the officers
10 riot About half past -. after passing poyglot
| o!uons in favor Of an eight hour wording day tho
dripping rd nags were iurcd and the drcrched multi
| ud- quietly dispersed.
THE WOEkMEN ASSEMBLING.
Early in the evening members Of the various unions
besan conercgating their headquarters IN different
parts Of the city, but II these part refused to
| paradc in the rain and wind and went home or rode
| To the meeting place In lnion square
nv far tho largest parade was that
of the Socialist Labor party, which numbered altogether
| about 800 men. They started from Fourthst and
| the Bowcry, marched to seventh st. and Avenue y,
| were joned BY the Framcrs here and In body pro
| cecded to Union Square. Each union paradcd by
| itself from 1t, headquarters with bands of music,
flag, and transparcncieS The Trainers, who strnck
| Tor eight hours yesterday, had one with
| {" From Today We Work Eight Hours Among the
tran,parcnclcs were the following; shorter Hours
Mean HIGHER WaecsT. How to Purify politicsAb0l-
l,h Poverty rroctariaEs of the World, Unite -;
Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight
|
| of fho World -. All We Produce Must BE Ours -:
Tho Present Industrial system Means Robbery"
rho Tolrrs Produce the ldlcr Enjoys: 1OOo 900
| Uncmploycd-A Handful Of Mlllionarcs own Half tho
| Country~ How Abolish lruatS-N Natioualao
! Them" Liberty j. a sham where Misery Prevails
| rollers Of All Countries. YOnr Cause is Ours ."
| 4. The W0rhngmen of the World Arc United May I.
| 1eyO": lHSO, 10 IIours-lsgO. Hours ~ No Moro
| no,,cs "rolcrs Arise the Social Revolution ~ Ap-
nrnachng The 4 Hour Day r. the Next step IN the
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