The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
LONDON MODERATION.
THE GREAT EIGHT HOUR GATHERING
A SUCCESS.
There Was Neither Rioting INDUCED No
Anarchy Proclaimed-What the Meet
Ing Stood For-Notes and News on
Z Labor and Other Topics.
The Great LONDON Meeting.

Sunday q labor demonstration in HYDE
park, London, was q magnificent success
and excelled In point of numbers and
orderly enthusiasm all working class gath
erings since the great reform assemblage
ofls66: The splendid organization of the
different sections taking part in. the
procession brought together in the
park half a million people. who
met, went through their business,
and dispersed without q single incident
occurring of . disorderly character. The
leading sections we're the trade councils,
which included eight groups. representing
the leather trades, metal and cabinet work.
ers, and shipping, clothing, printing, paper
and building trades. These bodies, in
which were numerous related trades, mus
tered in specified districts of the metropo-
lis early in the forenoon and marched,
headed by their leaders and with bands and
banners, toward the Thames em~bankment,
the central point whence the marshalled
array was ordered to start for the park.
The gigantic procession moved off at 9
o'clock amid thunderous cheers and the
blending music Of many bands. The
route towards the park was along Bridge
street, st. James Park and Birdcage walk,
Which were lined with spectators. Masses
Of artisans joined the spectators until en-
entering the park the estimated number Of
men in line was Isl, 900.
simultaneously with the appearance In
the park Of the trades columns sections Of
the social democratic federation began to
enter. Some Of them had joined the main
body on the Thames .~embankment,
while others, marshalled in
distant. suburbs, marched from
different points conyerging toward the two
platforms in the park especially allotted to
socialist speakers. The railway workers
union had also q special procession, some
Of the groups of which swelled to the en-
bankment columns, while others marched
isolated toward the platform .%centers. The
total number taking part in the various
professions is estimated at 100000 and
these were almost lost in the vastness of
the assemblage gathered around the thir-
teen platforms upon which the labor day
advocates held forth.
After the paraders had formed around
the platforms the speaking commenced.
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eight hours as a days work were put and
carried amid the acclamations of the multi
.tude, and by 5 O'Clock, when the paraders
had reformed in line, the a%ssemblage began
to dispense. half a million is a moderate
computation of the gathering, the char
aoter of which bore everywhere the I'M
mistakable stamp of solid, respectable ar
tisan classes, the ragtag and bobtail ele-
ment being conspicuously absent. Anota-
BILE feature was that the bands eschewed
revolutionary music. The speakers in
cluded Davitt, Cunningham, Graham, John
Burns, Thomas Mann, Benjamin Tillett,
Mrs. Aveling and Annie Besant.
London papers commenting upon the
labor demonstration agree that it was Of q
very significant character and declare that
it will cause the day to rank among the
most decisive in the industrial history of
ENGLAND.