New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-07
MAY DAY STRIKES.

MAY DAY STRIKES.
| Great Labor Demonstrations in all
Large Centres but no Disturb
ances.
The daily papers for weeks havsbeen tenn
ing With descriptions of the great labor strikes
| which were to occur in America and Europe
and predicting that on thu first of May, the
day set apart for the uEited action Of the
trades union at home and abroad, there
ould be an upheaval of all the relation
sWeen capitol and labor and perhaps par
tlal destruction of our present social system
But the first OF May has come and gone, and
the result OF the dem onstrations in the lead
ing cities may be summa rised as follows.
| IN CHICAGO.
Thousands ofthe men quit work for the day
60 march in the grand parade, but by far many.
more took a holiday dressedain their Sum
day clothes to view the procession. 1t was
| an orderly, good natured crowd and an or
DERBY parade. The M marching line was about
tour miles long. 1t occupied two hours in
| passing a given point, and. the number of
men IN. line was estimated at 25, 900 to 80,
900. The carpenters who. have been placed
by the American Federation of Labor in the
van OF the eight hour movement led the de-
N onstration with about 6, 900 men, incIud-
| ing three assemblies of the Knights OF Labor.
-. IN NEW YORK.
The New. York city end of the. world wide
labor demonstration was not q; great sue
cess SO far as the numbers who paratled and
who attended the Union square mass meet
| ing was concerned. The. meeting was under
| the auspices of the Socialistic Labor. party.
Resolutions were adopted by the meeting
which recited the fact that the day had been
liked by the American Federation of Labor as
INSTRUMENTATION OF the eight-hour movement;
| that the 1nternationa al Labor congress at Par.
| is last July had issued such acall to the work
lngmen OF the world; that the carpenters
have opened the eight-hour battle. The inn
pending strike among the members of the
trainers union, and which it was. believed
| would be inaugurated, has been avoided,
Fhe bosses announced that they would agree
to the terms of the men that eight hours
should constitute days work The men
are all at work and there is; q generals rejoie,
ing among the different trades
! ST. LOUIS.
Fully 25 900 men were in line in. the great
labor demonstration May day. practically
under the auspices of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, and the parade swelled by the
| presence of Knights. of Labor and men made
4 p of bookbinders, shoelasters, harnessmak
els, cigarmakers, plateprnters, collarmakers,
eoopers and a dozen other trades above all
being the ten organizations of carpenters.
1t is believed that the demonstration will be
| followed by strike in one or more of the
building trades.
4 LOUISVILLE.
At least IL, 600 men were in line in pro-
eession five miles in length. After the parade
a monster meeting was hello at National Park,
/ where Samuel Gompers, president OF the
i Federation of Labor, and other speakers,
addressed the wage workers.
IN PARIS.
1 Paris was the scene of many labor demon
| strations. but withal the day passed off more
/ quietly than was expected. A row occurred
/ in the Place de la Concord, but it was quick
! ly suppressed. A procession attempted to
/ pass down the Rue de la Cirque towards the
/ Elysee. The police barred the way and com.
manded the parade to stop, but the paraders
defied them. The guards then charged upon
the mob with bayonets, wounding many in
the front ranks. The crowd then broke. A
large number OF arrests were made.
IN LONDON.
The street displays OF the boosted strength
1 and uncompromising determination of the
workmen were positively ridiculous in their
meagerness. The parades were not directed
by either the trades unionists or the social
1 lists and really seemed to have no definate
object. The socialists and trades organiza-
tions, however declare, that they are reserv-
/ ing their forces for Sunday, when they will
| give an example of their power that will
cause society to tremble In the possession
today a banner was inscribed Remember
4 Chicago" and displayed pictures of chains
handouts, nooses, cts. together with the
names of spies. Parsons and their compan-
ions on the gallows and the last words of
Spies
QUIET IN AUSTRIA.
The streets of Vienna filled with people, but
the crowds were orderly. riot occurred at
/ Prosnitz growing out Of an attempt on the
| part OF workingmen to liberate some of their
comrades who had been imprisoned mob
4 o. 1000 made a rush on the prison with the
i the intention of setting the inmates free, but
they were met by strong body of troops
and repulsed. A few of the rioters were hurt
| At Trieste, Pola and Cracow there was only
a slight observance of the day by working
men and everything was quiet. The latest
reports from elsewhere in Austria and Hun
| gary speak only of quiet meetings in favor of
a orking day Of eight hours, at which the
speakers exhorted their hearers not to break
| the law.
ORDER IN BERLIN.
j As socialist demonstration to the move
mentin Berlin was complete iasco. Those
! who turned out were chiefly young men who
were bent on nothing more serious than hav-
ing holiday and there was no meeting or
other m anifestaton of any consequence. The
military were ordered out nominally for field
exercice and the police were instructed to ig-
more the workingmen as far as possible and
/ only to interfere in case any of the men at
work We're threatened or molested. Ten
4 thousand men marched in procession today.
There was not the slightest sign of disorder
4 at any place in Germany as far as heard
i from.
/ OTHER PLACES.
In all the other cities of the United States
and Europe the May day celebration passed
off with little or no excitement.
i Expensive Fun.