New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
IRISH DELEGATES IN CHICAGO
THEY ADDRESS A GREAT AND ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING.
NAyoy CREGIER WELCOMES THEM, AND MRS
PARNELL OCCUPIES A FRONT SEAT-REFUS-
,~o m r.ru on THE CpTSIS IN LONDON.

PARNELL
ING TO TALK OF TIE CRISIS IN LONDON.
Chicago. Now oo.-Nothing could have been more In
formal than the arrival of the Irish delegates In chicago
this evening. 1t after dark when the train pear
ing them rolled into the dngy little depot on the
lake 'front.' All Of the party including Mrs. snhi-
van and Mrs OBrien, In their travelling wraps
Melville E. Stone chairman Of the Citizens Reception
Committee had carriages present, and stepping quietly
into these the visitors were whsked away to their
hotel
Three hours before this time the Mayor OF chicago
De Witt G. Cegier accompanied by the CoDtroner'
william J. Onahan and thirty members OF the CITY
government, had gone down the road fifteen miles In a
spccal car TO meet tho Irish representatives. Win
the Mayors party also the entire membership OF
the Citizens Reception Committee, numbering TWO
dozen or more all well known In Official proiessloha'
and business circles At Kensington the special car
stopped, and a long wait ensued before the arrNH
of the train bearing the delegates. Then the
delegates train was plunging through tho
labyrinth of tracks In the kensington yards.
The first sight of the visitors was when they were
led hack through the asles OF after car being In
troduced to everybody and shaking hands right and
left laughing and chatting all the way into CHICAGO
Just before the delegates reached Kensington an AS
sociated Press reporter had an interview Win John
Dillon. Regarding the relations of Gladstone and
Parne and the situation generally, Mr.. Dillon sad
We have not yet arrVcu dt tiic siatO phOi" W.
wish to give an expression these subjects and when
we do We wish to give 1t the sentiments OF our
entire party OF SIX It is for this reason that we re-
train from expressing individual opinions"
During the confusion that followed the taking on OF
the Reception Committees at Kcnsington, news
arrived Of the contents Of Gadstones reply to Parne
and a summary was handed to Mr.. Dillon by the AS
ISOLATED Press representative. Mr. Dillon reached
eagerly for 1t. but at the same time saying:
sWhile / am anxious TO read this, l snail
probably make no comment whatever
Though tostled right and left by the crowd. Mr..
Dillon read steadily till he mastered tho tenor OF
the dispatch and then handed back the manuscript,
refusing to open his lips.
TIP O'Connor read tho telegram even moro caro-
fully than Dillon and also declined to say word.
Timothy Harrington told the contents, and was
equally non committal, but overheard remarkng
10 a friend Too bad too bad to have a contradc-
ton between two such men and at such a timd"
The Auditorium, though ample for an ordinary
National Convention, could not accommodate the
lam of people who congregated there last evening.
At D. m a whole hour before the speech making was
to begin Battery armory, big It is, was choked
full of people. The doors were ordered
closed and all corners headed toward the
God Regiment Armory adjoining, where the over
flow meeting was to be held Seated in the front OF
the reserve chairs, next the platform, was Mrs. Par
nell. with snow-white hair brushed carefully
down in antique Ihhihoh o'or MI oio'i 'N'"P'0
On her shoulders was a brilliantly colored shawl:
AZ n m a majority of the list of persons who had
accepted the invitation to act as vicepresdents were
Scaled on the stage The list included many Of the
leading citizens of Chicago.
Probably 5000 to 10000 people were IN and about
Tho two halls The Parliamentary party quietly entered
in the rear of the Battery ID Armory on a motion
from Melville Z. Stone, chairman of the Committee on
Arrangements the SIX delegates mounted the steps lea
by John Dillon. There was great cheering by the
audience as Dillon's tall form came into view.
Mayor Cregier welcomed the visitors, and strong
speeches In behalf OF the cause OF Ireland were made
by sDillon, O'Erlen and the Others Resolutions
were passed denouncing English rule in ireland.