Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-04-19
MAY |, 1890.
PREPARE FOR THE GREAT
DEMONSTRATION.
Union Square the Place of Meeting
Stirring Appeal of the New York
Socialists (, their Fellow Wage
Workers II -ade Unions Ready to
March.

Committee OF tn Socialist Labor Party
about 40 memhe IS of various labor Or
ganizalions of Ne " York City met at the
Labor Lyceum Asst Sunday to make
arrangements fol the great eight-hour
demonstration tc be held on May |
under the auspicei, of the Socialist Labor
Party. The conn littee Of five had been
authorized to ad to its number and
the comrades WI o attended last Sun
days meeting foI N together with the
original Committe q the enlarged Eight
Hour Committee of the party. The
following organi cations we're repre-.
sented:
brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners,
No. $40.
Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners,
No. 513
Pianomakers Lodge No. 4,
Furniture Workers Union No. Z.
Machine Woodw orker,' Union No. 10.
Typographical . nion No7.
Eccentric Engine eTS ~ D,
BARRIERS Union.
Cigarmakers' Tn ION No. 90.
Brewers Union No. /.
Bakers Union No. /.
Confectioners' Union.
United Machinist ).
Gilders' & Pict Ire Frame Makers
Union.
Carriage & Wage n Makers
Silk Ribbon W eavew' Progressive
Union No. l.
West Side Associ alton of Silk Ribbon
Weavers.
German Walters Union.
Sailors & Flreme as Union.
Progressive Music al Union
Locksmiths' & Ra ling Makers Union.
Advance Associa ion of Book binders
BrickIa, ers' Union No. II.
Federation of Clerks & Bookkeepers
German & Amer il an Sections, S. l.. P.
Nationalist Club No 1.
The meeting was called to order by
Fl. Vogt, who briefly stated the purpose
of the same. The meeting then organ
ized as the enlarge Eight Hour Com
mittee of the S. l.. F ., by the election of
H. Vogt as Chairman of the meeting,
Ernest Boehm as permanent Secretary
and August Waldlnger as permanent
Treasurer.
HI. Schlueter on b half of the original
Of ttn1
that an open air demonstration be held
on the evening of May at Union
Square and the labor organizations be
invited to march in d body from their
headquarters to the square.
Before the motion was put to a vote
the comrades present were called upon
to report as to the attitude of their
respective Organizati )nS towards such a
demonstration aud ne Participation to
b. expected. These rel orts we're very
encouraging; with the exception of a
few, which may be brought in line 10y
agitation, all the pr )gressve Ia Dor or
ganizations of New York will Join.
After the hearing OF these reports the
motion was unaninC usly adopted and
the Secretary instruct ed to obtain a per.
NIT for the meeting and for the march
ing of the uuions to the square at the
earliest possible momtnt A committee
of six on organization was appointed to
arrange the details a I'D also to organize
such trades as are not yet organized
The committee cons ists of Comrades
Stoffers, Waldinger, Schlueter, Vogt,
Koel ig and Geo. w. Reed.
On motion of Comrade Bucksath all
organizations not yet represented are to
be requested to send delegates 20 the
next meeting, which will take place on
Saturday next.
Comrade Shevitch eported rousing
eight hour meeting of he pianomak ers,
whom he had just add ress'd and had in
vited to attend the dernon,tration of the
party. The invitation had been received
with general applause and resolution to
that effect passed
Comrade Shevitch moved that an ap
peal be issued to the working p, ople of
New York, inviting their Participation.
In discussing this motion one of the
comrades present suggested the advis-
ability of issuing the appeal in name
less OF en- to prejudice than that of the
Socialist Labor Parry. The suggestion
met with general dist avor Comrahes
Won der Hpyden Ger man Silk Ribbon
Weavers), Westerheld English Silk Rib
bon Weavers). Red Isl llors FIemen),