Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-22
WILL PUT UPATICKET.
Followers Of the Peoples Party to
Hold Mass Meeting Here.
THE CALL Is ALREADY ISSUED.
It Is to Be Party That Will Foster the
Workingmans Cause.
LEADERS SAY 1T Is A HEALTHY INFANT

A Peoples Party Mass Convention has
been called, with c. A. Burrows, of Sharps'
burg, as Chairman, and Thomas j. Roney,
Of Allegheny, as Secretary pro tenn. The
call reads:
Citizens of Allegheny county, irrespective
of their late political Affiliations, who will at
the next Presidential election vote for the
Peoples party nominees, and thus ipdorse
the second Declaration of Independence
are invited to attend a mass convention in
the city Of Pittsburg, Saturday. July 80. 1892
at O'Clock P. n, at Curry University Hall,
corner Sixth street and Penn avenue, to
nominate q Peoples party county ticket,
and otherwise organize for the campaign
now in progress.
A DISPATCH reporter called on Mr..
Burrows at his residence in Sharpsburg last
night Mr.. Burrows is highly educated
and refined gentleman, and his conversation
evidenced that he has thoroughly stud
led the social problems OF the day
and is conversant with the
opinions and writings of all the great re-
formers He has had great opportunities
to study the labor side of the question, as
be has been employed all his life as book
keeper in the various mills of the city. He
said:
Other Issues Than the Tariff.
eWe are only few Of the very many
people who are dissatisfied with the way
matters are going, and appreciate
that there are other issues than
the tariff to be looked after.
We are aware that our movement is ex-
ceedinely young and verdaut yet, but every
thing must have q beginning and we think
that ours has commenced just at the proper
time After the meetings we held here to
elect delegate to the State Convention this
idea of entering the county campaign with q
Peoples ticket was formulated and discussed
at several subsequent meetings When the
Homestead trouble came the difficulties out
West and the aspect of affairs in general
made it more apparent to us that the time
to act was the present After several
meetings the call which you received was
prepared and any person who has griev-
ance to right should Join us in our meet
ing"
HFrom where will you get your dele
gates?" .
'srhis is simply preliminary mass meet
ing, at which all those matters will be
settled"
"Have you any persons in view as likely
to be named as candidates?"
"We have not discussed that at ALL The
movement will be spontaneous ole; we
have held no caucuses. At no one of our
private meetings have we ever had as many
ss ten present No, we want the people
themselves to name their choice"
''On whom do you rely for the strength Of
your party?"
Party for the Workingmen.
"On the workingmen principally, but
then we expect to have the support of any
vote for the old parties. You would be sur
prised to know the amount of encouragement
we have received in our work. Several trades
associations have called upon us and pledged
themselves to our cause. Only yesterday I
received q letter from q pattern maker who
represented large faction of his fellow
workmen who had decided to vote no more
for the old partiea''
interested with you in this movement"
~ hardly think it would be policy to give
the names of those actively engaged, as
they are all workingmen and it would en-
danger their positions, for times have not
changed much from when the now great
Republican party was in its infancy. A
Republican in those days was black Re-
publican and was ostracised generally as
the negro's friend. 1t might result the
same with the workingmen If 1t was thought
they were conflicting with the old party"
Mr.. Burrows is what might be termed
Bellamite. Two years ago he Joined the
Nationalists and he has naturally fallen into
the Peoples party.