The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-06-28
AT ARMORY HALL.
The Place Packed-The Speeches-Jas.
II. Barry.

Inc Place Packed-The Speeches-JaS.
II. Barry.
The procession arrived at Armory Hail
at Sis o'clock. The big double doors on
the Sixth-street side were thrown open to
| accommodate the marchers, and they
| came in in an orderly manner. The band
took up position at the rear of the hall
and played lively airs while the immense
body of workers trooped in. The latter,
led by Grand Marshal Rodgers, formed
around the hall in an orderly way, so that
the spectators might have first call on the
seats. These were soon filled with an
enthusiastic throng of ladies and gentle
men.
HANDSOME DECORATIONS.
The stage where the speech making was
! to take place was handsomely decorated
] for the occasion. on the rear wall were
! draped two immense American flags,
| while the sides and front ofthe stage were
| draped with Yari-colored bunting, rich
red prevailing. Over the speakers table
were three handsomely draped arches.
As the various labor organizations and
| unions arrived the flags and banners they
carried were brought TO the stage and ar
ranged about it tastefully-the flags being
| set up in punches over the arches and the
! banners in an around them.
! When completed the stage was a mass
Of waving colors that nearly hid it from
! view.
CALLED To ORDER.
! Nearly quarter of an hour was con-
sumed IN getting the immense body into
the hall. The galleries were packed with
ladies and gentlemen until they fairly
groaned under the great weight. On the
! main floor every available seat was occu-
| pied, and more than half of the great
audience had to stand. Many persons
could not get into the hall and had to con-
| tent themselves with standing in the
| doorwayS in order to hear what was 60
ing on.
Finally order was secured, and w. J.
| Harding, Chairman OF the committee
having in charge the arrangements for
the meeting, called the assem- bIage to or
der. be announced that John Hantzman,
President OF the Sacramento Federation
OF Trades, would preside over the meet
ing, and that Henry Bauman and j. a.
Sheehan would act as Secretaries.
Mr.. HantZman was then brought for
ward and introduced. He was received
with cheers from his coworkers.
OBJECT OF THE MEETING.
Mr.. Hantzman, in taking the chair,
stated that the meeting had been called
for the purpose of taking action on the re-
cent manifesto of the Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION Of San Francisco. This body
denounced trades unionism, he said, and
had declared war against the working
man. 1t had accused the wage-worker
Of conspiracy to wreck the Golden State
of California, when, as matter of fact,
these manufacturers themselves were the
greatest enemies the prosperity of the
State had.
Mr.. Hartman announced that several
speakers were to follow, and he intro
duced j. a. Sheehan as the first one
Mr.. Sheehan said it would only be
few days when 60,000,0O0 Americans
would celebrate the anniversary of their
independence. They boasted of their
freedom, but nevertheless it was fact
that they were not yet free. Capital was
endeavoring to crush out the poor, weak
and helpless-the laboring people. But
the laboring people were about to rise
and declare TO their enemy that they did
not fear it and intended to fight for their
right. The Manufacturers Association
had, without provocatiOn, thrown down
the gauntlet to Observation-Disclosures let
it look out. The formidable parade and
gathering at the hall would cause the
enemy to halt and hesitate before it
assailed the laboring men of San Fran
cisco.
When the speaker concluded there
were loud calls for James II. Barry of
San Francisco from all parts Of the house.
Chairman HantZman said that Mr.. Barry
was being reserved for the last, he being
the speaker Of the evening But the
crowd continued to call for Barry, and
that gentleman was brought forward and
introduced.
BARRY'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Barry was received with thunder
Gus applause. He said he was almost
overwhelmed with the reception-with
the thousands Of honest faces that he be-
held. Mr.. Barry said he occupied a
unique position. He considered himself
the laboring mans friend and had been
fighting his battles for years. At the same
time he was an employer himself and be-
longed to the Typothete, as well as to the
Typographical Union. The fact that he
employed people TO work for him on his
newspaper did not blind him to the con-
ditions of the working people. he said, as
it did with many others. He had labored
hard himself and knew how it was.
The speaker then took up the recent
manifesto of the Manufacturers Associa-
ton of San Francisco (which was pub
lished in full in the RECoRD-UNIoN at the
time and read it paragraph by paragraph,
commenting upon them as he went
along.
SOME DENIALs.
The first proposition was that every
line of production was being affected by
the interference of trades unions. This
the speaker denied emphatically. The
Employers Association had laid particu-
lar stress upon the iron trade. Who was
to blame for the reductions in wages of
the iron trade? Such men as Andrew
Carnegie, he said. This man had inn
ported all kinds of foreigners, and babe
the American work at their wages. ONLY
recently he had demanded that his men
submit to reduction of Is per cent, and
when the labOrers attempted to resist the
inroads upon their little homes they were
forced into submission by Pinkerton's
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States troops.
The next assertion of the EMPLOYERS
Association, he said, was that, owing to
the operations of trade unions, large
quantities of printing was now being
done in the East instead of in California
that home printing establishments
had been driven out of existence by
the trades unions. This the speaker also
denied. The mistake had been made by
those sending East for their printing
they were to blame for the trouble.
When they sent East for their printing
they sent for very large quantities. Ii
they would order large quantities at home
they would find that they could get it
just as cheap as in the East. The next
charge of the association was that hard
wood was imported instead of being
made at home. WELL said the speaker.
I'VE all know that there are people who
are fiunkies to something foreign. They
would sooner drink inferior wine. be-
cause 1t has a French label, rather than
superior wine with domestic label on
it,"
LITTLE POLITICS.
Mr.. Barry then addressed himself to
the charge that the wool industry of Cali
tornia had been greatly hampered, and
was growing less every day. On this
point Mr.. Barry attacked indirectly the
Republican party and directly protection.
He said the laboring man had been