The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-05
ALABOR DAY In LONDON.
uALF A MILLION TOILERS MEET
IN HYDE PARK.

Procession containing 10000
Man Marches From the Thames
Frnbankment With Bands Playing
and Banners Flying-Speeches From
Tb,rteen Stands-The Demonstration
Unmarked by Disturbances.
IovDoN. May 4-To-day's labor demon
stratiou in Hyde Park was a magnificent
,uccess, and excelled in point of numbers
ondorderly enthusiasm all the working class
gatherings since the great reform assemblage
IN 1866. The splendid organization of the
different sections taking part in the process
sions brought together in the park 100000
neople. who met, went through their
busipess and dispersed without a
single incident occurring of a
dsorderlv character. The leading
sections were the trade councils, which in
cluded eight groups, representing the
leather trades, metal and cabinet workers,
and shipping, clothing and printing, paper
and building trades. These bodies, in which
were numerous related trades, mustered in
sneciied districts of the metropolis early in
the forenoon and marched, headed by their
leaders. and with bands and banners, toward
the Thames enhancement, the central point,
whence the marshalled array was ordered to
start for the park.
CROWDS OF sIGHTSEERS.
At 2 o'clock the embankment gave no
promise of any demonstration beyond the
rapidly increasing mssses of sight-seers, but
soon after that hour the first column of the
procession was seen advancing with brave
show of banners toward the national
library, and before long the embaukment,
as far as the eye could reach, was a dense
mass of moving columns, all keeping ad-
mirable order. Leaders on horseback
guided the different sections toward their
proper places, and mounted policemen,
by arrangement with trades councils,
assisted in the formation of the ranks. The
gigantic procession was timed TO start at 3
o'clock, and punctually at that hour it
moved off amid thunderous cheering and
blending Of music of many bands. The
route toward the park was along Bridge
street, st. James, Park, and Birdcage walk,
which were lined with spectators. Masses
Of artisans joined the paraders on the way
until on entering the park it is estimated
that the number of men in line was 1900
THE SOCIALIST WING.
Simultaneous 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 the distant suburbs
marched from different points, con-
verging toward two platforms in
the park especially allotted to socialist
speakers. The rail way workers union had
also special PROFESSIONS, some of the groups
Of which swelled the embankment columns.
while others marched isolated toward the
platform. The total number taking part in
the various professions is estimated at no.
600, and these were almost lost in the vast
ness of the assemblage gathered around the
thirteen platforms upon which labor-day
advocates held forth.
POLICE KEPT OUT OF SIGHT.
Among the far-stretching dense crowd no
police were visible. The orders from head
quarters to refrain from interfering or
cooperating with the organizers of the
demonstration had caused the police to
judiciously keep in the background. The
tact and prudence of the organizers Of the
demonstration was further seen in the
brevity Of the proceedings. After the
paraders had been formed around the plat
forms The speaking commenced. Shortly
after o'clock resolutions demanding that
eight hours be recognized as a days work
were put and carried amid the
acclamations of the multitude, .and by 5
o'clock, when the paraders had reformed In
nus, CHe dSSSIuDldR0 began 10 ulSpeTSe.
Half a million is moderate computation
of the gathering, the character of which
bore everywhere the unmistakable stamp of
the solid respectable artisan classes, the
rag-tag and bob-tail being conspicuously
absent.
NO REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC.
notable feature was that the bands of
the trade councils eschewed revolutionary
music playing only popular and national
airs. The speakers included Mr.. Davitt,
Mr. Cunningham Graham, John Burns,
Thomas Mann, Benjamin Tillett, Mrs. Ave-
ling, and Annie Besant. By 6 o'clock the
park was deserted, and the thoroughfares
We're full of orderly crowds streaming
homeward.
AT the stands of the social democrats, at
which all the speakers were socialists, there
was an audience Of 100, 900 people, Of whom
three-quarters wore red sashes. The
Speeches were moderate in tone. The
Speakers claimed that the socialists ini-
tated the eight-hour movement, and urged
their hearers to regard it as the first step
toward securing complete freedom for
Workmen. Hyndman, who was one OF the
Speakers, apologized for the failure of their
brethren on the continent to gather in
greater force on Mayday. The socialist
orators denounced Messrs. Bradlaugh and