The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-03


lsSter in which he exhorts the working
glasses 70 consider closely their present
posifion- He says: There may come :
time when labor viii prove too strong for
capital. and may uss tn strength unjustiy,
but capital viii surely hold il own" In
conclusion he expresses wish to - labor
and art all;ed, with . view 70 aileviating
and adorning the life Of man.
MAnxlILn. Nay AT midnight last
night disorderiy crowds gathered IN the
Course Bslmunce- The police were power
less. and infantry dispersed the mob. Noisy
groups elsewhere we're dispersed by cav
airy patrols. A rio:ous mob Of foreigners
piIlaged "a oil-miIl. Thirty Of them. eli
Italians, we're arrested One hundred per-
sons altogether were arrested during the
day. II Is estimated that SC. 900 workmen
took part in the labor demonstration
yesterday. The streets were noisy. but
there was no breach Of thespeace. A large
meeting Was held, and . deputation of
forty presidents OF trades unions and 5000
vorkmen were appointed to visit the pre-
lecture and present petition OF the eight
hour system. The project declined to re-
ceive the deputation in . body. bat offered
to receive the members ii they would di-
vide into groupa- The deputation, how
ever. had been instructed 70 be received as
. whole or not ct oil, and the party re-
ported to the meeting. which then dis
persed.
PARIS, May "A dispatch from Tourco-
ing, IN extensive manufacturing town.
states that serious trouble has broken out
there. The hands employed in twenty-six
mills vent on strike today. Great crowds
which gathered upon the streets were joined
by strikers from another manufacturing
town. and soon ali hands began to show
. feeling which ended in serious rioting.
which was progressing ct noon The mill
tary have been summoned Tonight at
Tourcoing 5000 strikers are parading the
streets, committing many excuses. Cav
airy disperses Ill groups. Twenty persons
have been arrested.
The Roubeaux strike is extending to ad-
jacent communes at Croix. The strikers
attacked Holden's factory, intending 70
plumber it. Troops dispersed them after
struggle.
BARCELONA, May 1.-The strikers con-
Quoted themselves in . riotous manner
throughout the day. They impeded all
kinds of business. stopping market carts
and scattering and trampling upon their
contents. The civil guard was continually
engaged in attempting to disperse the riot
ers, but failed. Finally state of siege was
declared. Late tonight the strikers fred q
tool-hut The guard chased the mob. and
two strikers were injured Another group
attacked the printing Office in which the
proclamation was being printed. They put
q stop to the work, and the authorities
were Obliged to get the proclamations
printed elsewhere under military protec-
ton.
BERLIN. Maya large number of work
men paraded last evening. but were or
DERBY and the police did not interfere in
any way. kilograms from . number of in
dustrial centers throughout Germany state
that the day passed quietly. The iron
foundriea and machine factories OF Berlin
kept o record Of men who absented them
selves from work. Out of lS.Sl6 men en-
ployed in sixty factories, 1896 were absent.
In Hamburg 5000 men remained from
work and attended picnics. There was no
disorder.
MADRID, May AT Valencia many of
the masters have conceded the demands
OF the workmen, but the strikers pre-
vented the men from resuming work. The
railway guards, porters and dockmen be-
came riotous. but were suppressed by
cavalry. Troops are now guarding the
threatened factories and other establish
ments Similar disturbances occurred at
saragossa and Alicante.
DUBLIN. May 2.-The railway strikers
will probably resume work Monday, Arch
bishop Walsh having accepted the modi-
fed terms of the railway directors.
HAMBURG, May mime thousand men
have been dismissed for being absent from
work yesterday.
LISBON. May 1.-The strikers have re-
sumed work throughout the country.
Corrupt Canadian Legislator Resigns.
OTTAWA. Ont, May 81. c. Rykert, NJ.
p. for Lincoln. has resigned his seat IN
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