, 1890-05-02
MULTlTUDES MARCH.
Thousands of Workingmen Join
the Eight Hour Parade.s
None but Carpenters Will
Strike in Chicago.
The Day in Various Cities of
Europe.

CHICAGO, May May day with its
demonstration by organized labor in be-
half of the eight hour work day has come
and gone and the predictions of riot and
bloodshed and an almost uni
versal strike have not been re-
lized. Labor, indeed, was in a
great measure suspended, but those who
dropped their to bis for the day did not
do 50 for the purpose OF taking up sticks
and paving stones and ndulglng In
riotous demonstrations. Thousands OF
them quit work for the day to march in
the great parade aud many more thous-
ands made it a holiday. 1t was an Or
DERBY. good natured crowd and an or
derby parade, The marching line was
about four miles long. 1t occupied two
hours in passing a given point and the
number OF men in line is estimated at
about 8 5000. The carpenters who have
been placed BIZ the Amencan Federation
of Labor in the van 10 the eight hour
movement, led the demonstration. They
had about 5000 men, including three
assemblies of Knights OF Labor. They
were followed By 5000 stonemasons and
bricklayers.
Then came delegates from the unions of
printers, metal workers and moulders.
These were followed by a dozen German
tirner societies forming the second divis
Ion. Next followed the furniture workers,
cabinet makers. carriage and wagon build
ers, cigarmakers, cloak makers, boiler
makers, rattan workers, and harness
makers. Many Of the trades escorted in
in their ranks gaudily decorated floats on
which were realistic presentations of mem
bers Of their craft pursuing their daily
occupations. There were bricklayers build
inga miniature house, boilermakers pound
ing with frightful noise, coopers working
on huge casks, carpenters, s~tone-cutters
and many similar exhibitions. Que of
the features Of the procession was the
enormous number of banners and motos
carried. Among the nanny mottos
were the following: Arbitration is our
motto" Down with monopoly"
Eight hours and arbitration is a just de
mand," We live by labor, not by war;"
"When arbitration is compulsory strikes
will cease, Child labor should not be on
the bench or in the shop, but in the
school," Eight hours for work, eight
hours for sleep and eight hours to do
what we will"
The line of march was crowded with
people who cheered the marchers and the
notices. After pcrading through some
of the principal streets OF the West Side
they marched over to the South Side and
to the Lake Front park, where they lis
tened to addresses from several stands.
CHICAGO. May lit now appears evil
dent that the number of strikes here will
not be nearly as numerous as was antici-
pated. Representatives OF the Fedora
tion of Labor rave been busy among the
discon tented workmen during the past
week doing their best to allay strikes and
with apparent good success. They have
been asking all trades to lay aside their
grievances until the carpenters get their
demands all over the country. It looks
now as if there would only be a few spo-
radio strikes here and there and that none
of the city's great industries will be tied
up. So many are out to take part in the
parade or to witness it it is impossible to
accurately state the number who will re-
fuse to go to work to morrow. The pro
cession started shortly after noou today
with bands, hampers and appropriate mot
toes. 1t is estimated that IS, 900 men were
in line, which was four miles long. Every.
thing ia going smoothly and no disturb,
ance is reported anywhere in the city OF
suburbs.